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Robotic Control for Human–Robot Collaborative Assembly Based on Digital Human Model and Reinforcement Learning

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a robotic control method for human–robot collaborative assembly based on a biomechanics‐constrained digital human model. Reinforcement learning is used to generate physiologically plausible human motion trajectories, which are integrated into a virtual environment for robot control learning.
Bitao Yao, Hongzhou Ai, Wenjun Xu, Zude Zhou, Lihui Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting Resilience in Early Childhood Education and Care to Prepare Children for a World of Change: A Critical Analysis of National and International Policy Documents. [PDF]

Children (Basel), 2023
Furu AC, Chan A, Larsson J, Engdahl I, Klaus S, Navarrete AM, Turk Niskač B.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bringing pumps to people: giving the poor better access to groundwater irrigation: sustainable approaches and options for eastern India [PDF]

Groundwater irrigation / Pumps / Tube wells / Energy / Electricity supplies / Poverty ...
International Water Management Institute, IWMI-TATA Water Policy Program
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Community Essay: Product stewardship in the United States: the changing policy landscape and the role of business

Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2009
Since I came to the United States almost twelve years ago, I have been astonished by the rate of consumption and the enormous amount of waste generated by people and organizations.
Vesela Veleva
doaj  

Artificial turf and crumb rubber infill: An international policy review concerning the current state of regulations. [PDF]

Environ Chall (Amst), 2022
Zuccaro P, Thompson DC, de Boer J, Watterson A, Wang Q, Tang S, Shi X, Llompart M, Ratola N, Vasiliou V.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Paving the Way to Elucidate Hg's Role in Tumorigenesis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Tumorigenesis can result from diverse environmental carcinogens. Among them, mercury—a lifelong bioaccumulative Group 2B carcinogen—has tumorigenic potential that remains poorly understood due to confounding co‐exposures and limited organ‐specific data.
Shouying Li, Rong Zhong, Zhenyang Yu, Hualing Fu, Jin Chen, Jia Wei, Ningwei Zhao, Le Qu, Tiantian Li, Wenli Tang, Huan Zhong   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changing climate: where are we and where should we be going?

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2017
Agricultural development efforts that do not address persistent gender gaps miss opportunities for greater impact. This synthesis reflects on key findings from integrated quantitative and qualitative analyses at the nexus of gender, agricultural ...
Patricia Kristjanson, Elizabeth Bryan, Quinn Bernier, Jennifer Twyman, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Caitlin Kieran, Claudia Ringler, Christine Jost, Cheryl Doss   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges encountered in comparing international policy responses to COVID-19 and their effects. [PDF]

Health Res Policy Syst, 2021
Riley C, Xie B, Khurshid A.
europepmc   +1 more source

The socio-ecology of groundwater in India [PDF]

Groundwater irrigation / Groundwater development ...
International Water Management Institute, IWMI-TATA Water Policy Program
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