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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

Dive characteristics can predict foraging success in Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) as validated by animal-borne video

Biology Open, 2016
Dive characteristics and dive shape are often used to infer foraging success in pinnipeds. However, these inferences have not been directly validated in the field with video, and it remains unclear if this method can be applied to benthic foraging ...
Beth L. Volpov, David A. S. Rosen, Andrew J. Hoskins, Holly J. Lourie, Nicole Dorville, Alastair M. M. Baylis, Kathryn E. Wheatley, Greg Marshall, Kyler Abernathy, Jayson Semmens, Mark A. Hindell, John P. Y. Arnould   +11 more
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A Soft Robotic Fish With a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Body and Negative Stiffness Spine

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work introduces a bio‐mimetic soft robotic fish driven by fiber‐reinforced dielectric elastomer actuators integrated as its body. By prestretching this active skin against a flexible spine, a negative stiffness system is created, enabling large‐amplitude bending.
Markus Koenigsdorff, Simon Holzer, Stefania Konstantinidi, Yoan Civet, Yves Perriard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dive, Dive, Dive: Accessing the Subsurface of Ocean Worlds [PDF]

Bulletin of the AAS, 2021
Britney Schmidt, Kate Craft, Thomas Cwik, Kris Zacny, Miles Smith, Vishaal Singh, Bill Stone, Frances Bryson, Chase Chivers, Sara Pierson, Justin Lawrence, Taylor Plattner, Elizabeth Spiers, Andrew Mullen, Jacob Buffo, Nathan Daniel, Ashley Hanna, Glenn Lightsey, Matt Meister, Mohamed Nassif, Daniel Dichek, Anthony Spears   +21 more
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A Low‐Cost, Handheld Optical Stiffness Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A novel handheld stiffness sensor is presented for real‐time tissue stiffness characterization. By simultaneously sensing contact force and tissue deformation, the device enables accurate stiffness quantification without requiring precise manual control. This approach offers a promising solution for intraoperative tumor detection and minimally invasive
Qianyu Ma, Ruxiang Jiang, Kaspar Althoefer, Nicolas Herzig, Hareesh Godaba   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cyclic Mechanical Loading of Cardiomyocytes via Pressure‐Driven Non‐Planar Membrane Deformation in a Bioreactor System

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this research article, Mansoor and coworkers present a novel device that applies controlled mechanical stimuli to cardiomyocytes using pressure‐driven membrane deformation. By exposing cells to physiologically and pathologically relevant loading conditions, the platform reproduces distinct structural, functional and molecular responses associated ...
Haris Mansoor, Gabrielle Juul, Jil Patel, Heran Pradhan, Gram Hepner, Jackson Jewell, Mark Bardin, Ryan Slusser, Abigail Glezer, Leda Klouda, Melikhan Tanyeri, Anita Saraf   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fine-scale monitoring of routine deep dives by gravid leatherback turtles during the internesting interval indicate a capital breeding strategy

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016
The dive behavior of gravid leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) was studied during the internesting interval in two western Pacific nesting regions: Papua Barat, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands in 2006, 2007 and 2010.
Junichi Okuyama, Junichi Okuyama, Jeffrey A Seminoff, Peter H. Dutton, Scott Robert Benson   +4 more
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Lilrb4a Suppression Reprograms Microglia to Mitigate APOE4‐Associated Amyloid Plaques and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy in Association With a PPAR‐Linked Pro‐Clearance State

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Targeting Lilrb4a in Apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4)‐associated Alzheimer's disease (AD) reprograms microglia toward a beneficial, phagocytic state. Genetic deletion or antisense inhibition of Lilrb4a suppresses p‐SHP2/NF‐κB/STAT1 signaling, restores PPAR‐linked lipid and energy metabolism, and reduces amyloid plaque burden and cerebral amyloid angiopathy ...
Changxu Nie, Ruixi Yang, Xiaotong Wang, Ping Jia, Xueqi Zhang, Yaqi Dai, Xue Bai, Sijia Duan, Yufeng Li, Peng Zheng, Xin Tian, Li Jiang, Chao Wang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transferable Deep Reinforcement Learning With Edge‐Contour‐Depth Fusion for Autonomous Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Navigation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents an anatomical landmark‐guided DRL framework for autonomous wireless capsule endoscopy navigation. Using a lightweight edge‐contour‐depth fusion module, it achieves over 97% coverage across diverse gastric anatomies. To ensure reliability, a two‐stage sim‐to‐real pipeline with an adaptive dynamic programming controller mitigates ...
Haoxuan Wu, Haitao Gao, Qingyang Liu, Sishen Yuan, Haiyang Fang, Mingwu Su, Baijia Liang, Yongzun Yang, Long Bai, Wenzhen Dong, Dihong Xie, Shijian Su, Jiewen Lai, Shing Shin Cheng, Zhen Li, Xiuli Zuo, Hongliang Ren   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Materials‐Guided Gene‐Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles to Reverse Iron‐Associated Immune Resistance in Renal Cancer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Iron overload is a common metabolic disturbance in cancer and contributes to poor outcomes in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), yet its effects on the tumour immune microenvironment remain unclear. Here we identify a previously unrecognized immunosuppressive axis in which iron overload downregulates the palmitoyltransferase ZDHHC12 in CD8+ T cells ...
Xin Jin, Yulong Hong, Chengliang Yin, Wanyang Guo, Yaxuan Wang, Ruijiang Zeng, Ruilin Liu, Zexian Ding, Xinlin Liu, Shangqing Ren, Qiyang Liang, Yaohui Wang, Xu Zhang, João Conde, Yuan Li, Xin Ma, Liangyou Gu   +16 more
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