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Earth's FutureUrbanization tends to modify heavy precipitation patterns, resulting in increased risk of extreme hazards. However, how urbanization differentially modulates various precipitation categories—captured by indices based on all precipitation events and those
Jiajia Su +4 more
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Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.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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Author Correction: Hurricane risk assessment in a multi-hazard context for Dominica in the Caribbean
Scientific Reports, 2023 Peter Sammonds +4 more
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Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.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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Disaster risk reduction strategies and post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction [PDF]
World’s vulnerability to natural disasters has increased over the last few years. Hence, mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into constructed facilities has taken up an important role in the whole of the disaster management cycle. This paper aims to
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +2 more
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Disaster Risk Reduction in the Built Environment in Sri Lanka- An overview [PDF]
, 2013 Natural disasters have long-term implications on sustainable development. They mainly destroy the built environment thereby hindering economic and social development, and causing environment degradation.
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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 +2 more
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Post-tsunami road reconstruction in Sri Lanka: Efficacy of mainstreaming disaster risk reduction [PDF]
, 2013 Following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami all roads in the affected areas in Sri Lanka were inaccessible during the immediate aftermath of the disaster either due to the damages they sustained or poor networking of roads and lack of contingency planning ...
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Real-Time Remote Sensing for Sudden Surface Anomalies: A Review of Principles and Challenges
Space: Science & TechnologySudden surface anomalies—ranging from earthquakes and floods to wildfires and industrial accidents—pose escalating threats to ecosystems and societies worldwide.
Xing Yan +7 more
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