⚡ electrical engineering

In-Hand Manipulation Planning for Grippers with Active Surfaces

This paper presents a novel in-hand manipulation planning framework that operates in a combined finger-object state space to overcome the limitations of traditional object-centric methods, enabling active-surface grippers to successfully plan and execute controlled sliding trajectories that achieve high success rates in both simulation and real-world experiments.

Shambhuraj A. Mane, Andrew S. Morgan, Berk Calli2026-09-01
⚡ electrical engineering

Detection Method of Ballasted Track Fasteners in Dark Environment Based on Deep Learning

To address challenges such as poor illumination, complex backgrounds, and ballast interference in railway inspections, this paper proposes an improved D-fine based deep learning model incorporating ASFF, SCConv, and CoTAttention mechanisms, which significantly enhances the accuracy of ballasted track fastener detection in dark environments.

Tangbo Bai, Yufei Wang, Houliang Xiang, Xiaolan Wang, Wangyi Li2026-09-01
⚡ electrical engineering

Comparative Evaluation of Alkalinity Assessment Methods and Long-Term Phase Evolution in Electrochemical Realkalization of Historic Concrete: A Four-Year Field Study

This four-year field study demonstrates that electrochemical realkalization successfully restores the passivity of reinforcing steel in historic concrete by establishing a long-term CaCO₃-dominated solid-state buffer, while revealing that conventional phenolphthalein spray tests significantly underestimate this internal alkalinity due to slow dissolution kinetics compared to powder dissolution analyses.

WEN Xiaodong, YAO Xinyuan, CHEN Jian, FENG Lei, GAO Xiaojian2026-09-01
⚡ electrical engineering

Exceeding 500 Gbps thin film lithium niobate microring modulator and its applications

This paper presents an ultra-high-speed thin film lithium niobate microring modulator on a silicon nitride-loaded platform that achieves a record-breaking 517 Gbps modulation rate, over 110 GHz electro-optic bandwidth, and 1.5 fJ/bit energy consumption, demonstrating transformative potential for next-generation photonic computing and wireless communication systems.

Yonghui Tian, Yongheng Jiang, Pu Zhang, Shuai Meng, Xiaoyue Ma, Haorong Peng, Junfang Liang, Xudong Zhou, Mingrui Yuan (…)2026-09-01
⚡ electrical engineering

Learning Fast-to-Long Acquisition Mapping for Denoising Micro-CT

This study demonstrates that supervised deep learning, specifically using Restormer models, can effectively map fast (2 min 35 s) to high-quality (60 min) micro-CT acquisitions for Brazilian pre-salt carbonate rocks, significantly reducing noise and improving image quality to surpass intermediate scan times while acknowledging limitations in recovering fine details absent from the original fast inputs.

Luan Vieira, Aurea Pereira Martins Neta, Felipe Bevilaqua Foldes Guimarães, Júlio de Castro Vargas Fernandes, Carlos Edu (…)2026-09-01
⚡ electrical engineering

3D printed cement-based Li-ion batteries with hydration-reinforced networks

This study presents a scalable 3D printing strategy for cement-based Li-ion batteries that utilizes hydration-reinforced networks to achieve mechanically robust, hierarchically porous electrodes with exceptional long-term electrochemical stability, effectively transforming passive construction materials into active energy-storing structural components.

Teng Wang, Xiong Qian, Xiaocong Tian, Lei Feng, Jiashen Meng, Yi Xie, Chuanlin Hu, Fazhou Wang, Chi-sun Poon, Shuguang H (…)2026-09-01
⚡ electrical engineering

Formulating Multibody Models for Moving Horizon Estimation

This paper presents a multibody-focused formulation of the moving horizon estimation problem that accommodates various model representations from ODEs to index-3 DAEs, demonstrating through comparative analysis that direct constraint handling in index-3 formulations offers superior computational efficiency while index-2 formulations provide an easily implementable alternative for enforcing kinematic constraints on both position and velocity levels.

Andrea Stasi, Arnim Kargl, Peter Eberhard, Henrik Ebel2026-09-01