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Unmanned Aerial Systems for Corrosion Detection: Multi‐Sensor Technologies, Challenges, and Opportunities for Next‐Generation Inspection

Quality and Reliability Engineering International, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corrosion remains a critical threat to the integrity and service life of infrastructure in industries such as oil, gas, construction, renewable energy, and transportation. Traditional inspection methods, being labor‐intensive, hazardous, and often subjective, fall short in addressing modern inspection demands.
Alhossein Alharbi, Yunes Alqudsi, Alhasan Ali Alharbi, Mohammed Basheer Mohiuddin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A review and meta-analysis of corneal cross-linking for post-laser vision correction ectasia. [PDF]

J Curr Ophthalmol, 2017
Wan Q, Wang D, Ye H, Tang J, Han Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Virtual Elastic Tether: A New Approach for Multi‐Agent Navigation in Confined Aquatic Environments

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Underwater navigation is a challenging area in the field of mobile robotics due to inherent constraints in self‐localization and communication in underwater environments. Some of these challenges can be mitigated by using collaborative multi‐agent teams.
Kanzhong Yao, Xueliang Cheng, Keir Groves, Barry Lennox, Ognjen Marjanovic, Simon Watson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Control System for the Navigation of the Agricultural Robots: A Review

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Control systems for the navigation of autonomous agricultural robots—particularly those operating in uneven terrain and in the presence of static or dynamic obstacles—have advanced considerably in recent years. As conventional machinery evolves toward increasingly automated systems, the design of reliable navigation controllers has become ...
Edna Carolina Moriones Polanía, Hugo Rafacho Fernandes, Daniel Albiero, Angel Pontin Garcia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Flybys to Sample Return: A Review of Space Probes and Robotic Sampling Technologies for Small Bodies

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As a crucial puzzle piece of deep space exploration, exploring small bodies can provide significant scientific insights and valuable mineral resources. Unlike missions to the Moon and Mars, small‐body missions pose distinct technical challenges, including communication delays, weak gravity, and uncertain environments. This paper reviews a full
Xin Zhang, Hao Zhou, Dalin Zhou, Zhaojie Ju   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Autonomous Decision‐Making for Cooperative Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles: A Search and Rescue Real World Application

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents the first end‐to‐end framework that combines guidance, navigation, and centralized task allocation for multiple UAVs performing autonomous search‐and‐rescue (SAR) in GNSS‐denied indoor environments. A twin delayed deep deterministic policy gradient controller is trained with an artificial potential field (APF) reward that ...
Thomas Hickling, Maxwell Hogan, Abdulla Tammam, Nabil Aouf   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing Inequalities Through Sustainable Digital Design: Assistive Technology Development for SDG 3 and SDG 10

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Limited access to appropriate assistive technologies (AT) remains a major barrier to health, well‐being, and social inclusion, particularly among vulnerable and marginalised populations. Addressing this challenge is central to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 (Good Health and Well‐being) and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities).
Cleyton Fernandes Ferrarini, Plínio Cesar Marins, Patrícia Saltorato, Andréa Regina Martins Fontes, Camila Barros Miranda de Moram, Renato Luvizoto, Daniel Braatz, Tiago F. A. C. Sigahi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Key Technical Fields and Future Outlooks of Space Manipulators: A Survey

SmartBot, EarlyView.
This paper systematically reviews the technological development of space manipulators, emphasizing the unique challenges posed by space environments. It examines four areas: structural design, modeling, planning, and control, while introducing typical ground test platforms.
Gang Chen, Zeyuan Huang, Ying Yan, Xiaokang An, Zhikai Zhao, Jirong Lin, Xiangrong Zhao, Xianyuan Gao, Junyi Zong, Xuewen Jia, Zhipeng Yao, Jianliang Liao, Ning Ji   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Small‐Scale Magnetic Soft Robots for Medical Applications: From Laboratory to Clinical Use

SmartBot, EarlyView.
Small‐scale magnetic soft robots are emerging as promising platforms for minimally invasive diagnosis and therapy in complex in vivo environments. This review compares untethered and tethered medical magnetic robots in parallel across five translational stages, from basic performance testing to clinical evaluation.
Xingxing Ke, Shizhi Li, Tianrui Zhang, Yue Zhong, Songyang Li, Shuo Zhang, Zhiping Chai, Menghao Pu, Zisheng Zong, Haochen Yong, Xingxing Dong, Lanting Huang, Zhen Deng, Shuaizheng Yan, Yue Zhang, Zhaoju Zhu, Mingzhu Zhu, Linze Li, Ruiquan Chen, Shu Zhang, Chong Wu, Di Wu, Lei Yang, Rui Chen, Tongzhi Niu, Hongling Qin, Han Ding, Bingwei He, Siqi Wu, Zhigang Wu   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resource reallocation across successive systemic innovations: How Rolls‐Royce shaped the evolution of the turbojet, turboprop, and turbofan

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Despite the importance of resource reallocation in shaping a variety of strategic outcomes, strategy scholars have paid only limited attention to the processes by which firms reallocate their resources across successive systemic innovations.
Gino Cattani, Mariano Mastrogiorgio, Giuseppe Carignani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source