Tubular continuum robots, which are composed of multiple concentric, precurved, elastic tubes, provide more dexterity than traditional surgical instruments at the same diameter. The tubes can be precurved such that the ...

Mechanical joining processes provide various advantages over conventional fusion welding of metallic components such as shorter cycle times, little or no heat input and reduced need for subsequent surface finishing operations. ...

Developing powerful hand-held drift tube ion mobility spectrometers (IMS) requires small, lightweight drift tubes with high analytical performance. In this work, we present an easy-to-manufacture, miniaturized drift tube ...