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Sophie Paul
dblp:383/4451
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1ranked-venue papers
1as first author
1since 2021 · last 2024
0009-0003-4624-4086ORCID · reported
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021Systems, architecture and hardware · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Robot manipulation · 100% | |
| Computer architecture, parallel and distributed computing, and storage systems
1 paper |
Reconfigurable computing and FPGAs · 100% |
Topics — the 1 heaviest of 2, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Robotics › Robot manipulation
actuator design |
0.8 | 1 | 2024 | A scalable, light-controlled, individually addressable, non-metal actuator array · ICRA 2024 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
photothermal actuation · 1.5laser cutting · 1.5
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | A scalable, light-controlled, individually addressable, non-metal actuator arrayabstractResearch in the area of photo-actuation is growing rapidly, yet there are few examples of photo-actuators with practical use cases. One potential application is for the control of intelligent electromagnetic surfaces, or two-dimensional arrays that could shape and control an incident electromagnetic field in ideally any manner. A promising concept to realize such a surface leverages signal refraction via antenna edges, but requires non-metal actuation, large antenna rotations, and high antenna angular accuracy for long periods of time. Here, we present a nonmetal, light-controlled, multi-position inchworm actuator array that can rotate an antenna 88 degrees in incremental steps of less than 3.4 degrees with zero-power shape-persistence. The design is modular and rapidly manufacturable via a layered laser-cutting technique, such that the actuator can be tiled into an array to control the rotation of many antennas. We control the array with a single focused IR light that rasters across the actuators to precisely control all antenna positions. We characterize the response time, accuracy, and repeatability of a single actuator, and demonstrate the array achieving diverse antenna configurations. This work advances the precision and scalability of photothermal actuation not only for use in intelligent electromagnetic surfaces but for any application benefitting from light-controlled actuation. Sophie Paul, Matthew R. Devlin, Elliot Wright Hawkes |
ICRA | 1 |