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Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir, Muhammad A. Khalid, Manish Chauhan, Pietro Valdastri, James H. Chandler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A continuous approximation model for large-scale delivery alternative optimization: Case study in Chicago using POLARIS, an agent-based transportation modeling framework

Sustainability Analytics and Modeling
The growing access to technology combined with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in the demand for e-commerce delivery services.
Jesus Osorio, Hyun-Seop Uhm, Abdelrahman Ismael, Olcay Sahin, Natalia Zuniga-Garcia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery Traveling Salesman Problem considering the Express Lockers Using Attention Route Planning Network. [PDF]

Comput Intell Neurosci, 2021
Du Y, Fu S, Lu C, Zhou Q, Li C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Bioinspired Soft‐Skeleton Robotics With Cooperative Shape Transformation and Stiffness Adaptation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A bioinspired soft‐skeleton robot that integrates variable‐stiffness chain skeletons into a soft textile skin is developed. The chain skeletons are highly flexible initially but can stiffen upon pneumatic actuation, enabling large deformation and enhanced load‐bearing capacity.
Mengyuan Niu, Xiaorui Hu, Chenmin Yuan, Haoyun Li, Xuzhong Su, Fengxin Sun   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Influencing Consumer Adoption of Smart Parcel Lockers: A Scoping Review

Logistics
Background: Smart Parcel Lockers (SPLs) have emerged as an important solution for improving last-mile delivery (LMD) efficiency in response to the rapid growth in e-commerce and increasing consumer demand for flexible delivery options.
Lujain Hussein Alamoudi, Mohammad Asif Salam   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intelligent Sky Guardians (InSkyGuard): An Aerial Robotic Swarm for Autonomous Detection and Entrapment of Rogue Multirotors

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Intelligent Sky Guardians (InSkyGuard) is introduced as a four‐drone swarm that autonomously detects, tracks, and safely captures rogue drones using a coordinated net system. Computer vision and leader–follower control architecture enable synchronized enclosure, while integrated failsafes enhance system reliability. Validated through closed‐environment
Joshua Hastings, Levanya Dewanarayana, Iline Shaju, Haider Al‐Wizni, Sampson Marquis, Weicheng Huang, Pooya Sareh   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive-Biased Decision on Courier Express Parcel Market and the Effect of Narratives

Logistics
Background: Extensive research highlights the economic benefits of collaboration among parcel delivery service providers, yet mutually advantageous cooperative arrangements remain limited in Hungary’s online shopping sector.
Csilla Bartucz, Edit Süle, Adrián Horváth   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Technical Feasibility Study of Autonomous Field Robot‐Based on‐the‐go Assessment of Soil Nutrients Using Ion‐Sensitive Field‐Effect Transistors

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Autonomous field robots equipped with ISFET‐based sensors enable rapid, spatially resolved soil nutrient analysis directly in the field. An automated system based on the BoniRob platform is presented for standardized on‐site extraction and measurement of key macronutrients and soil pH.
Vadim Riedel, Stefan Hinck, Edgar Peiter, Arno Ruckelshausen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moving towards "mobile warehouse": Last-mile logistics during COVID-19 and beyond. [PDF]

Transp Res Interdiscip Perspect, 2021
Srivatsa Srinivas S, Marathe RR.
europepmc   +1 more source

Toward Mechanical Intelligence in Robotics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Robots can use their physical bodies to perform functions usually assigned to electronic sensors and controllers. This perspective defines mechanical intelligence through three core operations: filtering inputs, routing mechanical signals, and switching between states.
Xinyi Yang, Xinyi Ding, Tianyu Wang, Daniel I. Goldman, Shucong Li, Bolei Deng   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source