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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Chemical Cues Induced from Fly-Oviposition Mediate the Host-Seeking Behaviour of Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an Effective Egg Parasitoid of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae), within a Tritrophic Context

Insects, 2020
Fopius arisanus is a solitary endoparasitoid that parasitizes a variety of tephritid species. Native to the Indo-Australian region, it is currently exploited worldwide as a biological control agent due to its exceptional efficiency in reducing pest ...
Pumo Cai, Yunzhe Song, Da Huo, Jia Lin, Huameng Zhang, Zihao Zhang, Chunmei Xiao, Fengming Huang, Qinge Ji   +8 more
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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two Asian egg parasitoids of Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) emerge in northern Italy: Trissolcus mitsukurii (Ashmead) and Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) [PDF]

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2018
Halyomorpha halys (Stål) is a severe agricultural pest that is spreading worldwide from its original distribution in Asia. Egg parasitoids from Asia, which play a key role in the population dynamics of H.
Giuseppino Sabbatini Peverieri, Elijah Talamas, Marie Claude Bon, Leonardo Marianelli, Iris Bernardinelli, Giorgio Malossini, Luca Benvenuto, Pio Federico Roversi, Kim Hoelmer   +8 more
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Susceptibility of Myzus persicae, Brevicoryne brassicae and Nasonovia ribisnigri to fungal biopesticides in laboratory and field experiments [PDF]

, 2020
The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) for the control of aphid pests of field vegetable crops. Four biopesticides based on the EPF Beauveria bassiana (Botanigard ES and Naturalis L), Cordyceps fumosorosea s.l.
Chandler, Dave, Prince, Gillian
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Degradable Magnetic Composites from Recycled NdFeB Magnets for Soft Actuation and Sensing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a degradable soft magnetic composite made from recycled NdFeB particles embedded in a gelatin‐based organogel. The material is processed into magnetic sensors and soft robotic components, which can later be dissolved in a green solvent to recover NdFeB magnetic particles.
Muhammad Bilal Khan, Lin Guo, Kilian Schäfer, Eduardo Sergio Oliveros‐Mata, Xiaotao Wang, Florian Hofmann, Matthias Lutzi, Mark Suppelt, Proloy Taran Das, Jan Schmidtpeter, Imants Dirba, Stephan Rinderknecht, Mario Kupnik, Denys Makarov, Oliver Gutfleisch   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Winter treatments against the woolly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum): products and timing of applications [PDF]

, 2008
In organic apple growing the woolly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum) is still an unsolved problem. Various approaches to use beneficial insects were not really effective. Only winter treatments with mineral oils showed partial and fluctuating success.
Casera, Claudio, Kelderer, Markus, Lardschneider, Ewald   +2 more
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Gait Analysis of Pak Biawak: A Necrobot Lizard Built using the Skeleton of an Asian Water Monitor (Varanus Salvator)

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Pak Biawak, a necrobot, embodies an unusual fusion of biology and robotics. Designed to repurpose natural structures after death, it challenges conventional boundaries between nature and engineering. Its movements are precise yet unsettling, raising questions about sustainability, ethics, and the untapped potential of biointegrated machines.
Leo Foulds, Donan Satria Yudha, Parvez Alam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

American Sand Wasp (suggested common name), Bembix americana Fabricius, 1793 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae)

EDIS
This article describes the identification, biology, and importance of the American sand wasps (Bembix americana Fabricius), which are a subspecies-complex of large, robust wasps in the subfamily Bembicinae.
Marirose P. Kuhlman, Adam G. Dale
doaj   +3 more sources

Fungal entomopathogens: new insights on their ecology [PDF]

, 2009
An important mechanism for insect pest control should be the use of fungal entomopathogens. Even though these organisms have been studied for more than 100 y, their effective use in the field remains elusive.
Andrews, Arnold, Arnold, Arnold, Arnulfo Monzón, Askary, Audoin, Bardgett, Bark, Baverstock, Benhamou, Benhamou, Blackwell, Blackwell, Bonnie H. Ownley, Bourne, Bruck, Chamberlain, Cooke, Cory, Currie, David Chandler, De Leij, Dicke, Drauzio E.N. Rangel, Dunlap, Elliot, Faria, Fernando E. Vega, Gaugler, Goettel, Gottwald, Greif, Griffin, Groden, Gurr, Gurr, Helen E. Roy, Hibbett, Holder, Hu, Humber, Hywel-Jones, Inglis, Jaronski, Jones, Judith K. Pell, Kabaluk, Kerry, Kim, Kim, Kirk, Koske, Krassilstschik, Langewald, LeConte, Lee, Lewis, Little, Luangsa-ard, Mark A. Jackson, Mark S. Goettel, Masanori Koike, Meredith Blackwell, Meyling, Meyling, Nguya K. Maniania, Nikoh, Oerke, Ormond, Ownley, Ownley, Ownley, Ownley, Pasteur, Pereira, Rangel, Reisenzein, Renwick, Roberts, Roberts, Roy, Rudgers, Sabelis, Saikkonen, Schulz, Siegfried Keller, Singh, Spatafora, St. Leger, St. Leger, Staples, Strasser, Sung, Tanada, Taylor, Thacker, van Dam, Vega, Vega, Vesely, Waage, Welsh, Whipps, Wraight   +104 more
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