This paper documents the mechanical system of the Electric Cable Differential leg, and its incorporation into a monopod hopping robot named Thumper and a bipedal robot named MABEL. The ECD Leg is designed with physical springs and other passive dynamics to match a mathematically simple, bio-inspired mass-spring model, which can exhibit robust and economic walking and running gaits. With this de...

Electric behavior of biological cells is driven by ion transport through the membrane induced by specific proteins. The cable model classically describes the membrane potential dynamics by analogy with an electrical circuit. We show the failure of this description when the various ion species get different diffusion times. The pertinent parameter which describes the membrane electrical stabilit...

Defective cables in the electric power systems of nuclear power plants can cause a component to fail, resulting in potential safety concerns. Due to this problem, a non-destructive, non-intrusive condition assessment technique is highly desirable. Joint time-frequency domain reflectometry (JTFDR) is proposed and verified to be effective for cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) cable, which serves c...

A familiar analogy to the propagation of the electric wave in a nerve lies in the burning of a cigarette. This analogy, which has persisted through several editions of popular textbooks of physiology, has never been elaborated beyond a cursory mention. In this article, the analogy is reinvoked and refined to explain the cable properties of nerve, saltatory conduction, and some other factors aff...

Development of solid dielectric de transmission class cable has become a priority throughout much of the world. Interdiffusion between the semiconducting electrode materials and the dielectric inevitably causes variations in conductivity of the dielectric near the semicon which results in distortion of the electric field and space charge formation under de conditions. Analytical approximations ...