Trophic Change and Community Decline in Acrobat Ants After Rainforest Conversion to Cash Crops. [PDF]
Ehlers J+10 more
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Rapid and Reversible Morphing to Enable Multifunctionality in Robots
This article introduces a rapid, reversible, and repeatable morphing robot through a bistable latch‐mediated, spring actuated (LaMSA) mechanism. This enables an untethered, multifunctional robot to near‐instantaneously (< 50 ms) and reversibly switch between a flying and driving configuration to navigate through different environments.
Brittan T. Wilcox+2 more
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Multiple floods interactions shape riparian plant communities and diversity. [PDF]
Igarashi K, Osawa T.
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This article answers the question “Where is the best place to apply compliance in a multirotor micro aerial vehicle to make it more collision‐resilient?” by analyzing the output data of more than 1200 drone collision tests for four main configurations of micro‐quadcopters each possessing a unique softness layout of physical frame.
Amirali Abazari+3 more
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Canopy height and biomass distribution across the forests of Iberian Peninsula. [PDF]
Su Y+14 more
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Magnetic soft robots offer promise in biomedicine due to their wireless actuation and rapid response, but current fabrication methods are complex and have limited cellular compatibility. A new, contactless bioassembly strategy using hydrodynamic instabilities is introduced, enabling customizable, centimeter‐scale robots.
Wei Gao+5 more
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Detectable land use impact on methanotrophs and methanogens in kettle hole sediments but not on net methane production potentials. [PDF]
Kynast D+5 more
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An Aerial Robot Achieving Bimodal Flight and Independent Attitude Control through Passive Morphing
This article presents a bimodal aerial robot capable of operating in both standard quadcopter and revolving flight modes. With four rotors, it independently controls position and roll‐pitch attitude across five degrees of freedom. The design features passive revolute joints, allowing seamless mid‐air transitions between modes using centrifugal forces ...
Jihao Xu, Pakpong Chirarattananon
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Using XGBoost-SHAP for understanding the ecosystem services trade-off effects and driving mechanisms in ecologically fragile areas. [PDF]
Du P+5 more
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Morphy: A Compliant and Morphologically Aware Flying Robot
This study presents Morphy, a 25.2 cm‐wide, 260 g aerial robot with flexible, sensorized joints that enable it to withstand high‐speed collisions and squeeze through narrow spaces. Powered by an adaptive control scheme exploiting real‐time morphology feedback, Morphy demonstrates resilience in trajectory tracking, collision, and impact recovery and ...
Paolo De Petris+2 more
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