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From Field to Market: Evolution of Strawberry-Harvesting Techniques and Research Progress in Intelligent Robotic Systems

Applied Sciences
Strawberry production is economically important but remains highly dependent on labour-intensive harvesting. The delicate texture, irregular distribution, and non-uniform maturity of strawberry fruit create substantial challenges for mechanised and ...
Tingrui Cui, Yuting Dong, Rui Zhang, Yapeng Wu, Yu Zhang, Xin Lu, Zhong Tang   +6 more
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Implementation of fruit plucking robot in apple harvesting: A review

Results in Engineering
This paper presents a review of the implementation of the fruit-plucking robot in apple harvesting. Robotic apple harvesting has several advantages, particularly in reducing labor costs and shortage, improving efficiency, real-time data collection, and ...
Tallat Noreen, Ahsan Ali, Saeed Anwar, Shahzaib Farooq, Wael A. Altabey, Sallam A Kouritem, Mohammad Noori   +6 more
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Numerical Study on the Swimming and Energy Self-Sufficiency of Multi-Joint Robotic Fish

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Energy is one of the primary challenges in the long-term operation of robotic fish. The research on combining wave energy-harvesting technology with robotic fish for energy supplementation is not extensive, and there is insufficient comprehensive ...
Guodu Liang, Zhiqiang Xin, Quanlin Ding, Songyang Liu, Liying Ren   +4 more
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The Shewanella oneidensis Fic enzyme SoFic targets the switch‐I region of EF‐Tu for AMPylation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fic enzymes mediate diverse post‐translational modifications across all domains of life, including AMPylation. Prokaryotic EF‐Tu can be AMPylated and deAMPylated by the conserved Fic enzyme SoFic. Structural and biochemical approaches were used to characterize the effect of AMPylation on EF‐Tu, SoFic's enzymatic activities, and the enzyme‐target ...
Svenja Runge, Vivian Pogenberg, Alexander Baumgart, Bente Siebels, Hartmut Schlüter, Michael Hecht‐Bucher, Aymelt Itzen   +6 more
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USP29‐regulated noncanonical stabilization of the hypoxia‐inducible factor‐α in aggressive prostate cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We identify USP29 as the only DUB mirroring CA9 expression, a marker of hypoxia and HIF pathway activation associated with PCA aggressiveness. USP29 stabilizes HIF‐1α and HIF‐2α via a noncanonical mechanism that is independent of PHD/pVHL activity yet relies on proteasomal regulation, establishing USP29 as a previously unrecognized regulator of hypoxic
Amelie S Schober, Leire Moreno‐Cugnon, Laura Martínez‐Pérez, Amaia Ercilla, Amaia Zabala‐Letona, Adrián Vicente‐Barrueco, Maider Fagoaga‐Eugui, Saioa Garcia‐Longarte, Blanca Calle‐Ciborro, Encarnación Pérez‐Andrés, Onintza Carlevaris, Sara Pozo, Isabel Mendizabal, Ugo Mayor, Arkaitz Carracedo, Violaine Sée, Edurne Berra   +16 more
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Development of a Button Mushroom Harvesting Robot using Expert System and Image Processing in Shelf Cultivation Method

Majlesi Journal of Electrical Engineering, 2023
Among the agricultural products, mushroom is one of the best candidates for robotic harvesting methods. One of the main problems of mushroom growers is a critical need for labor within the specified time for harvesting mushrooms, so mushroom growing is ...
Omid Ghahraei, Majid Kheshtzarrin, Ali Saghafinia   +2 more
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Importin 7 mediates the nuclear import of HIV‐1 integrase via a specific interacting interface

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
HIV‐1 integrase enables viral DNA integration into the host genome. By binding to the core domain of the host protein Importin 7 via its C‐terminal domain, the integrase is transported across the nuclear membrane into the nucleus, where integration of the viral genome into host DNA takes place. This translocation is a critical step for subsequent viral
Juana Bana, Avigail Yariv, Tal Oppenheim, Hadar Amartely, Dana Reichmann, Oded Livnah   +5 more
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Gripping Success Metric for Robotic Fruit Harvesting

Sensors
Recently, computer vision methods have been widely applied to agricultural tasks, such as robotic harvesting. In particular, fruit harvesting robots often rely on object detection or segmentation to identify and localize target fruits.
Dasom Seo, Il-Seok Oh
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Development of a sweet pepper harvesting robot [PDF]

Journal of Field Robotics, 2020
AbstractThis paper presents the development, testing and validation of SWEEPER, a robot for harvesting sweet pepper fruit in greenhouses. The robotic system includes a six degrees of freedom industrial arm equipped with a specially designed end effector, RGB‐D camera, high‐end computer with graphics processing unit, programmable logic controllers ...
Boaz Arad, Jos Balendonck, Ruud Barth, Ohad Ben-Shahar, Yael Edan, Thomas Hellström, Jochen Hemming, Polina Kurtser, Ola Ringdahl, Toon Tielen, Bart van Tuijl   +10 more
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Structural studies and functional engineering of NanX: an anhydro‐sialic acid transporter from Escherichia coli

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Biophysical characterisation shows that NanX, a membrane transport protein from the major facilitator superfamily (MFS), forms both monomers and dimers after purification. AlphaFold modelling and substrate docking provide information on residues likely involved in substrate recognition for NanX and another MFS member, NanT.
Michael C. Newton‐Vesty, Kelsi R. Hall, Zachary D. Tillett, Liam S. Turk, James S. Davies, Michael J. Currie, Hamish G. Brown, Sepideh Valimehr, Peter D. Mace, Andrew E. Whitten, Santosh Panjikar, Eric Hanssen, Rachel A. North, Renwick C.J. Dobson   +13 more
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