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Surveying a Floating Iceberg With the USV SEADRAGON

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The calving, drifting, and melting of icebergs has local, regional, and global implications. Besides the impacts to local ecosystems due to changes in seawater salinity and temperature, the freshwater influx and transport can have significant regional ...
Mingxi Zhou, Ralf Bachmayer, Brad DeYoung   +2 more
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AI–Guided 4D Printing of Carnivorous Plants–Inspired Microneedles for Accelerated Wound Healing

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work presents an artificial intelligence (AI)‐guided 4D‐printed microneedle platform inspired by carnivorous plants for wound healing. A thermo‐responsive shape memory polymer enables body temperature–triggered self‐coiling for autonomous wound closure.
Hyun Lee, Moon‐Jo Kim, DongEung Kim, Chan Ho Moon, Seojoon Bang, Hyeong Seok Kang, Ju Yeong Gwon, Jong Hwa Seo, Junhyub Jeon, Junhyuk Son, Munwon Lim, Minho Kang, Dong Yun Lee, Donghyun Lim, Jung‐Hoon Park, Gi Doo Cha, Soo‐Hong Lee, Tae‐Sik Jang, Kisuk Yang, Yunho Jeong, Youngho Eom, Hyun‐Do Jung   +21 more
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Development of Underwater Drilling Robot Based on Earthworm Locomotion

IEEE Access, 2019
In this paper, a drilling robot based on earthworm locomotion was developed for seafloor exploration. Seabed mineral resources are found on the bottom of the ocean.
Keita Isaka, Kazuki Tsumura, Tomoki Watanabe, Wataru Toyama, Makoto Sugesawa, Yasuyuki Yamada, Hiroshi Yoshida, Taro Nakamura   +7 more
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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani, Carlo Antonini, Teresa Gatti, Mengjiao Wang   +3 more
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Benchmarking Vision-Based Object Tracking for USVs in Complex Maritime Environments

IEEE Access
Vision-based target tracking is crucial for unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to perform tasks such as inspection, monitoring, and surveillance. However, real-time tracking in complex maritime environments is challenging due to dynamic camera movement ...
Muhayy Ud Din, Ahsan Baidar Bakht, Waseem Akram, Yihao Dong, Lakmal Seneviratne, Irfan Hussain   +5 more
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Editorial: special issue on marine robotics [PDF]

Intelligent Service Robotics, 2011
The marine environment is an exciting and challenging context for the robotics community. Autonomous underwater and surface vehicles face a demanding environment with poor perception and actuation capabilities with respect to the ground-based robotics.
Giacomo Marani, Gianluca Antonelli, Hyun-Taek Choi   +2 more
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Hydrogel‐Based Functional Materials: Classifications, Properties, and Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Conductive hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for smart wearable devices due to their outstanding flexibility, multifunctionality, and biocompatibility. This review systematically summarizes recent progress in their design strategies, focusing on monomer systems and conductive components, and highlights key multifunctional properties such as
Zeyu Zhang, Zao Cheng, Patrizio Raffa
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Research Trends and Future Perspectives in Marine Biomimicking Robotics

Sensors, 2021
Mechatronic and soft robotics are taking inspiration from the animal kingdom to create new high-performance robots. Here, we focused on marine biomimetic research and used innovative bibliographic statistics tools, to highlight established and emerging ...
Jacopo Aguzzi, Corrado Costa, Marcello Calisti, Valerio Funari, Sergio Stefanni, Roberto Danovaro, Helena I. Gomes, Fabrizio Vecchi, Lewis R. Dartnell, Peter Weiss, Kathrin Nowak, Damianos Chatzievangelou, Simone Marini   +12 more
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Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review thoroughly reviews liquid metal sensors in soft robots. Their unique material properties like high conductivity and good biocompatibility are analyzed. Working principles are classified, and applications in environmental perception, motion detection, and human—robot interaction are introduced.
Qi Zhang, Nan Li, Yujia Song, Chen Hua, Tangzhen Guan, Yibing Ma, Cai Cheng, Jing Liu   +7 more
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Marine Robots Mapping the Present and the Past: Unraveling the Secrets of the Deep

Remote Sensing, 2020
Underwater cultural heritage sites are subject to constant change, whether due to natural forces such as sediments, waves, currents or human intervention.
Nadir Kapetanović, Antonio Vasilijević, Đula Nađ, Krunoslav Zubčić, Nikola Mišković   +4 more
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