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Future challenges in cephalopod research [PDF]
, 2014 We thank Anto´nio M. de Frias Martins, past President of the Unitas Malacologica and Peter Marko, President of the American Malacological Society for organizing the 2013 World Congress of Malacology, and the Cephalopod International Advisory Committee ...
Allcock, A. Louise +11 more
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Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj +2 more
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Lessons for Robotics From the Control Architecture of the Octopus
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 Biological and artificial agents are faced with many of the same computational and mechanical problems, thus strategies evolved in the biological realm can serve as inspiration for robotic development.
Dominic M. Sivitilli +5 more
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Exploiting short-term memory in soft body dynamics as a computational resource [PDF]
, 2014 Soft materials are not only highly deformable but they also possess rich and diverse body dynamics. Soft body dynamics exhibit a variety of properties, including nonlinearity, elasticity, and potentially infinitely many degrees of freedom.
Hauser, Helmut +3 more
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Strong‐Magnetic Flexible Composites for Magnetically Responsive Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This perspective provides an overview of the performance mechanisms, preparation methods, and applications of strong magnetic flexible composite materials in soft actuators (such as gripping, movement, and sensing), and further explores current opportunities and challenges.
Wenwen Li +4 more
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Rooting out ultraweak photon emission a-mung bean sprouts
Journal of Photochemistry and PhotobiologyIt is well known that life has evolved to use and generate light, for instance, photosynthesis, vision and bioluminescence. What is less well known is that during normal metabolism, it can generate 1–100 photons s−1 cm–2 known as ultra-weak photon ...
Alasdair M. Mackenzie +5 more
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Origin and diversification of steroids: Co-evolution of enzymes and nuclear receptors [PDF]
, 2010 Recent sequencing of amphioxus and sea urchin genomes has provided important data for understanding the origins of enzymes that synthesize adrenal and sex steroids and the receptors that mediate physiological response to these vertebrate steroids ...
Michael E. Baker
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Real-Time Propagation TDDFT and Density Analysis for Exciton Couplings Calculations in Large Systems [PDF]
, 2019 Photo-active systems are characterized by their capacity of absorbing light energy and transforming it. Usually, more than one chromophore is involved in the light absorption and excitation transport processes in complex systems.
Jornet-Somoza, Joaquim, Lebedeva, Irina
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu +5 more
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Atol das Rocas: an oasis for Octopus insularis juveniles (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2011 The habitat, population density, distribution and diet of Octopus insularis Leite & Haimovici, 2008 were studied in the Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve, based on visual census carried out in fixed quadrants.
Helena F Bouth +3 more
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