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Disasters and disaster management
Disasters are the result of imbalance in nature that leads to hindered development and progress. Besides natural calamities Mare are several manmade situations. Natural disasters are earthquake, Tsunami, landslide, eruption of volcanoes, draught, flood, melting of glaciers etc.
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Collision‐Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures
Based on structures of birds such as the woodpeck, this article presents the collision‐resilient aerial robot, SWIFT. SWIFT leverages tensegrity structures in the fuselage and wings which allow it to undergo large deformations in a crash, without sustaining damage. Experiments show that SWIFT can reduce impact forces by 70% over conventional structures.
Omar Aloui +5 more
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Cost-benefit Analysis of Earthquake Costs and Building Retrofitting Costs in Iran [PDF]
Background: This article examines the cost of financial damages caused by earthquakes in the building sector and compares it with the estimation of retrofitting in Iran.
Fariborz Mohammadi +3 more
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Formation Control of Multi‐Agent System with Local Interaction and Artificial Potential Field
This article proposes a local interaction‐based formation control method for Multi‐Agent system, integrating consensus and leader‐follower strategies with a stress response mechanism—artificial potential field to reduce communication overhead and enable obstacle avoidance. Experimental results on triangular, square, and hexagonal formations confirm its
Luoyin Zhao +3 more
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Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots
This review thoroughly reviews liquid metal sensors in soft robots. Their unique material properties like high conductivity and good biocompatibility are analyzed. Working principles are classified, and applications in environmental perception, motion detection, and human—robot interaction are introduced.
Qi Zhang +7 more
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Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review
This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj +2 more
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Nonlocomotory Robotic Strategies for Dynamic Rotation Control in Terrestrial Robots: A Review
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 +14 more
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How Disaster Becomes Collective Trauma: Violence and Social Order from a Durkheimian Perspective
This article examines the genesis of a foundational concept in the sociology of trauma — Kai Erikson's theory of collective trauma — which emerged in the context of the post-war American sociology of disaster.
D. A. Bochkov
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Disaster knowledge factors: benefits and challenges [PDF]
Disasters bring about the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure and the environment. The number of reported disasters has increased steadily over the past century and risen very sharply during the past decade ...
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +3 more
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