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Nonlocomotory Robotic Strategies for Dynamic Rotation Control in Terrestrial Robots: A Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Terrestrial robots increasingly require rapid body rotation to maintain stability and agility in complex environments. This review shows nonlocomotory rotational control strategies that operate without ground contact, including reaction wheels, tails, bars, limbs, and thrusters.
Y. Liang, J. An, X. Zheng, D. Wang, S. Wang, X. Wang, P. Zhu, J. Pei, S. Li, J. Paripurana, Y. Han, Z. Tang, X. Gan, Q. He, X. Ma   +14 more
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The relationship between cloud distribution characteristics and meteorological elements over China

Scientific Reports
The meteorological elements in the cloud background field influence and change with the cloud macro and micro characteristics, so it is of great significance to study the relationship between them.
Yue Yang, HongKe Cai, Quan-Liang Chen
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Numerical Investigation of Terrain-Induced Turbulence in Complex Terrain Using High-Resolution Elevation Data and Surface Roughness Data Constructed with a Drone

Energies, 2019
Using the method based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery, two kinds of data can be obtained: the digital elevation model (DEM) for the digital expression of terrain, and the digital surface model (DSM) for the digital expression of the surface of ...
Takanori Uchida
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A review of wind turbines in complex terrain

International Journal of Thermofluids, 2023
With global energy consumption increasing, a shift to renewable energy resources is critical for sustainable energy development. Wind energy has emerged as one of the most promising sustainable and renewable energy resources, with the ability to ...
Mahmoud Elgendi, Maryam AlMallahi, Ashraf Abdelkhalig, Mohamed Y.E. Selim   +3 more
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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
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Change in diurnal temperature range on the Tibetan plateau in the last 40 years and its influencing factors

Scientific Reports
The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a sensitive area for climate change, with its temperature affected by global warming. However, the variation in the diurnal temperature range (DTR) remains unclear.
Mei Chen, Xiaohang Wen, Maoshan Li, Xian Zhu, Juan Feng   +4 more
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Simulating a severe windstorm in complex terrain

Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 2007
The severe windstorm that hit Iceland on 1 February 2002 is analyzed using high-resolution numerical simulations, conventional observations at the ground and satellite images.
Hálfdán Ágústsson, Haraldur Ólafsson   +1 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
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Declarative Terrain Modeling for Military Training Games

International Journal of Computer Games Technology, 2010
Military training instructors increasingly often employ computer games to train soldiers in all sorts of skills and tactics. One of the difficulties instructors face when using games as a training tool is the creation of suitable content, including ...
Ruben M. Smelik, Tim Tutenel, Klaas Jan de Kraker, Rafael Bidarra   +3 more
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High-Resolution Observations of Transport and Exchange Processes in Mountainous Terrain

Atmosphere, 2018
Mountainous areas require appropriate measurement strategies to cover the full spectrum of details concerning the energy exchange at the Earth’s surface and to capture the spatiotemporal distribution of atmospheric dynamic and thermodynamic fields over ...
Stefan Emeis, Norbert Kalthoff, Bianca Adler, Eric Pardyjak, Alexandre Paci, Wolfgang Junkermann   +5 more
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