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Environmental aesthetics: A synthetic review
People and Nature, 2020 The main aim of the article is to provide up‐to‐date knowledge of environmental aesthetics for an interdisciplinary audience, and to signal the importance of research in this area for studying people–nature relationships.
Emily Brady, Jonathan Prior
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Buddhist Philosophy and the Ideals of Environmentalism [PDF]
, 2010 I examine the consistency between contemporary environmentalist ideals and Buddhist philosophy, focusing, first, on the problem of value in nature.
SCIBERRAS, COLETTE
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.An enhanced universal gripper combining rigid mechanics with self‐adaptable fingers is presented for industrial automation. The novel six‐bar linkage with integrated compliant pad eliminates mechanical interference while enabling passive shape adaptation.
Muhammad Usman Khalid +7 more
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Passive Flora? Reconsidering Nature’s Agency through Human-Plant Studies (HPS)
Societies, 2012 Plants have been—and, for reasons of human sustenance and creative inspiration, will continue to be—centrally important to societies globally. Yet, plants—including herbs, shrubs, and trees—are commonly characterized in Western thought as passive ...
John Charles Ryan
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On the Anarchy of Poetry and Philosophy [PDF]
, 2007 This book takes seriously the transformation of art into philosophy, focusing upon the systematic interest that so many European philosophers take in modernism. Among the philosophers Gerald Bruns discusses are Theodor W. Adorno, Maurice Blanchot, Arthur
Bruns, Gerald L.
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Origami‐Inspired Structural Design for Aquatic‐Terrestrial Amphibious Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work presents a lightweight amphibious origami robot actuated by a single shape memory alloy wire. A rigid foldable origami structure with displacement amplification enables efficient terrestrial crawling and aquatic swimming. The addition of fan‐shaped units allows controllable turning in both environments.
Weiqi Liu +5 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review maps the methods to monitor robots’ health by fusing vibration, sound, control signals, vision, force, and oil information with artificial intelligence. It identifies deep learning, transfer learning, digital twins, and physics‐informed models as key methodological pathways enabling earlier diagnosis, safer human–robot collaboration, and ...
Yuting Qiao +6 more
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Australian Journal of Environmental EducationPlacing Lauren Berlant’s concept of “cruel optimism,” in conversation with Tuck and Yang’s work, “Decolonization is Not a Metaphor,” this paper examines affective attachments to mass tree-planting efforts, which encourage unquestioned faith in these ...
Moss M.R. Berke
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Inexhaustibility at the outset : notes on Hamacher and philology
, 2017 © 2017. This paper pursues the way the terms exhaustion and inexhaustibility play a central role in Werner Hamacher's critical encounter with philosophy.
Benjamin, Andrew, Benjamin, A
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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won +5 more
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