They have received renewed attention because they exhibit band gaps where there are only mechanical (elastic or acoustic) evanescent waves. There are no mechanical propagating waves in the band gaps.

Abstract: In current designs soft robotic bending actuators, the need for high force capabilities is not adequately addressed. In this article, we present a new inflatable actuator that exploits ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

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Affected by the low-frequency seismic data missing and multiple parameters coupling, elastic full waveform inversion (EFWI) is easy to fall into local minima. This letter attempts to solve the local ...