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Benchmarking Data‐Driven Control of Octopus‐Inspired Soft Arms in Underwater Environment

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Underwater soft robots present safe, compliant interaction, yet reproducible control remains scarce. This work presents an open benchmark for octopus‐inspired arms: a smooth, velocity‐diverse data‐collection scheme produces a compact dataset to train a vanilla policy.
Muhammad Sunny Nazeer, Yasmin Tauqeer Ansari, Emanuele Solfiti, Baljinder Singh Bal, Matteo Lo Preti, Barbara Mazzolai, Cecilia Laschi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Costly is Modern Maritime Piracy for the International Community? [PDF]

This paper focuses on the impact of maritime piracy on international trade. Piracy increases the cost of international maritime transport through an increase in insecurity regarding goods deliveries.
Sami Bensassi, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso   +1 more
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Multirobot Aerial Soft Manipulator for Floating Litter Collection

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A multirobot aerial manipulator enables autonomous floating litter collection by controlling the shape of a flexible rope equipped with a hook‐based tool. Adaptive rope‐shape planning enhances grasping performance while reducing tension, demonstrating the potential of aerial robots for floating litter removal. Removing floating litter from water bodies
Antonio González‐Morgado, Sander Smits, Guillermo Heredia, Anibal Ollero, Alexandre Krupa, François Chaumette, Fabien Spindler, Antonio Franchi, Chiara Gabellieri   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing the viability of maritime arbitration for trade dispute resolution in Tanzania

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Maritime arbitration holds untapped potential for transforming trade dispute resolution within Tanzania’s vital maritime sector. Despite its advantages of speed, cost-effectiveness, and specialized expertise, the adoption of maritime arbitration remains ...
Edrick Johansen Mugisha, Msabaha Juma Mwendapole, Werneld Egno Ngongi, Diana Kiwia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geochemical provenance of an Indo-Arabian stone anchor from Manikapatna highlights the medieval maritime trade of India. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Tripati S, Ray JS, Behera RP, Babu P, Mahala MK, Kocherla M, Khedekar V.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Political Economy of Pre-industrial Trade in Northeast Asia [PDF]

This paper examines why the countries of Northeast Asia (China, Korea, and Japan) in the early nineteenth century traded much less (as measured by the proportion of trade to GDP) than most countries in other parts of the world. It is argued that the most
Hun-Chang Lee
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A Multistage Venturi Amplifier for Rapid Inflation of Soft Robots

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work presents the amplifier inflator for soft robotic systems (AIRS), a compact, lightweight, and effective device for rapidly deploying inflatable structures to high pressure. By integrating a check valve with a Venturi‐based air entrainer, AIRS delivers an initial high‐flow output followed by pressurization, supporting fast inflation and ...
Saba Firouznia, Ciqun Xu, Tim Helps, Majid Taghavi, Jonathan Rossiter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges and Security Risks in the Red Sea: Impact of Houthi Attacks on Maritime Traffic

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
This study examines the significant impact of Houthi insurgent activities on maritime traffic within the strategic Red Sea and Suez Canal routes, essential conduits for global trade.
Emilio Rodriguez-Diaz, J. I. Alcaide, R. Garcia-Llave   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Balancing Exploration and Exploitation Through a Sequential Hybrid of Roach Infestation and Mayfly Algorithms for Constrained Engineering Design Optimization

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Maintaining an effective balance between exploration and exploitation is essential during optimization processes, from mathematical functions to more complex problems such as constrained engineering design optimization, particularly when addressing highly nonlinear issues with numerous local optima and strict feasibility requirements.
Enrique Lizárraga, Fevrier Valdez, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF FRANCE’S VULNERABILITY TO MARITIME TRADE

International Maritime Transport and Logistic Journal
Recent disruptions, including the COVID-19 pandemic, security incidents in the Red Sea, and water shortages in the Panama Canal have revealed how dependent are countries and industries on maritime shipping routes.
Pierre Cariou, Nadine KAFA
doaj   +1 more source