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Coagulative Granular Hydrogels with an Enzyme Catalyzed Fibrin Network for Endogenous Tissue Regeneration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Coagulative granular hydrogels are composed of packed thrombin‐functionalized microgels that catalyze the conversion of fibrinogen into a secondary fibrin network, filling the interstitial voids. This bio‐inspired approach stabilizes the biomaterial to match the robustness of bulk hydrogels without compromising injectability, mimicking the initial ...
Zhipeng Deng, Camila B. Tovani, Simona Bianco, Gianni Comandini, Aya Elghajiji, Mina Aleemardani, Roxana Moscalu, Jeremie Zappia, Bianca Fernandes, Olivia Annett, Chrissy L. Hammond, Jason Wong, Dave J. Adams, Fabrizio Scarpa, Michael R. Whitehouse, Annela M. Seddon, James P. K. Armstrong   +16 more
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Quality and Testing of Red Pepper Soft Picking Manipulator Based on RD-DEM Coupling

Agriculture
Due to a shortage of labor, the harvesting of fruits and vegetables faces significant challenges. Soft robotic hands, adaptable to variable environments due to their high-curvature bending and twisting, have garnered widespread attention and usage ...
Hanqi Zhao, Jian Wang, Yang Liu, Zhifan Chen, Jingqi Wang, Lin Chen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems (CELSS) conceptual design option study [PDF]

Results are given of a study to explore options for the development of a Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) for a future Space Station.
Oleson, Melvin, Olson, Richard L.
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Robotic Harvesting System for Eggplants

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly: JARQ, 2002
The harvesting operation for eggplants is complicated and accounts for a little less than 40% of the total number of working hours. For automating the harvesting operation, an intelligent robot that can emulate the judgment of human labor is necessary.
Shigehiko HAYASHI, Katsunobu GANNO, Yukitsugu ISHII, Itsuo TANAKA   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Decellularized Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds to Engineer the Dormant Landscape of Microscopic Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Decellularized liver extracellular matrix scaffolds provide a platform to study dormant liver‐metastatic colorectal cancer. They induce reversible dormancy, in combination with nutrient depletion and low dose chemotherapy, through cell cycle arrest and chemotherapy resistance.
Sabrina N. VandenHeuvel, Lucia L. Nash, Abigail J. Clevenger, Claudia A. Collier, Oscar R. Benavides, Sanjana Roy, Brinlee Goggans, Aelita Salikhova, Anvitha Tharakesh, Svasti Haricharan, Amber N. Stratman, Scott Kopetz, Alex J. Walsh, Shreya A. Raghavan   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Controlling Intestinal Organoid Polarity using Synthetic Dynamic Hydrogels Decorated with Laminin‐Derived IKVAV Peptides

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Design rules are presented to control intestinal organoid polarity in fully synthetic hydrogels. The laminin‐derived IKVAV sequence is crucial to obtain correct intestinal organoid polarity. Increasing hydrogel dynamics further supports the growth of correctly polarized intestinal organoids, while a bulk level of stiffness (G’ ≈ 0.7 kPa) is crucial to ...
Laura Rijns, Joost A. P. M. Wijnakker, Victor A. Veenbrink, Riccardo Bellan, Fenna W. B. Craenmehr, Simone I. S. Hendrikse, Johnick F. van Sprang, Wim de Lau, E. W. Meijer, Hans Clevers, Patricia Y. W. Dankers   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vision-based weed identification with farm robots [PDF]

, 2010
Robots in agriculture offer new opportunities for real time weed identification and quick removal operations. Weed identification and control remains one of the most challenging task in agriculture, particularly in organic agriculture practices ...
Bochtis, Dionysis, Green, Ole, Nørremark, Michael, Swain, Kishore C., Sørensen, Claus Grøn   +4 more
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Torque Measurement and Safety Control Method for Joint Motors in a Harvesting Robotic Arm

IEEE Access
The joint motor serves as the core component of fruit harvesting robots. Accurate torque measurement is crucial, as it provides essential feedback signals for achieving high flexibility and safety in robotic arm control.
Wentao Xia, Binchao Chen, Shuzhen Hu, Mengrong Liu, Ming Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Date fruit dataset for intelligent harvesting

Data in Brief, 2019
The date palm is one of the most valuable fruit trees in the world. Most methods used for date fruit inspection, harvesting, grading, and classification are manual, which makes them ineffective in terms of both time and economy.
Hamdi Altaheri, Mansour Alsulaiman, Ghulam Muhammad, Syed Umar Amin, Mohamed Bencherif, Mohamed Mekhtiche   +5 more
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Bioprinting Organs—Science or Fiction?—A Review From Students to Students

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Bioprinting artificial organs has the potential to revolutionize the medical field. This is a comprehensive review of the bioprinting workflow delving into the latest advancements in bioinks, materials and bioprinting techniques, exploring the critical stages of tissue maturation and functionality.
Nicoletta Murenu, Camilla Mussoni, Mateo S. Andrade Mier, Paula Buettner, Nathaly Chicaiza‐Cabezas, Yi‐Yu Robin Dai, Jessica Faber, Maren Fiedler, Zan Lamberger, Xuen Jen Ng, Vanessa Moessler, Anna Rederer, Jonas Roeder, Sabrina Stecher, Katinka Theis, Jeanette Weigelt, Silvia Budday, Gregor Lang, Natascha Schaefer   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source