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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robotics in Vertical Farming: Enhancing Automation for Seed Sowing and Harvesting [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences
Vertical farming has emerged as a sustainable method to meet the increasing demand for food. However, the labor-intensive nature of tasks such as seed sowing and harvesting has hindered its widespread adoption.
Sawlani Chandni, Tiwari Ankita
doaj   +1 more source

A Study on the Feasibility of Robotic Harvesting for Chile Pepper

Robotics, 2021
This paper presents a study on the robotic harvesting of New Mexico type chile pepper, in a laboratory setting, using a five degrees of freedom (DoF) serial manipulator.
Muhammad Umar Masood, Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Robotic Harvesting Of Kiwifruit

, 2017
Harvesting kiwifruit, New Zealand's largest horticultural export, is a labour intensive task. An automated harvesting system is presented that utilises a robotic arm controlled by a machine vision system. Being electrically actuated, the arm provides highly accurate spacial positioning, necessary for carrying out the motions involved with picking.
Seabright, M, Jones, M H, Williams, H, Nejati, M, Barnett, J, Duke, M, Scarfe, A, MacDonald, B   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Dynamically Actuated Reconfigurable Topographical Surface Enables Active Control of Implant‐Associated Infections

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A dynamically actuated reconfigurable topographical surface (DARTS) integrates contact‐mediated bactericidal nanotopography with programmable mechanical actuation to actively disrupt bacterial biofilms. Dynamic surface reconfiguration enhances bacterial killing and suppresses implant‐associated infections in vivo, providing a new strategy for active ...
Mohammad Asadi Tokmedash, Jihun Lee, J. Scott VanEpps, Sungmin Nam, Jouha Min   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive Path Planning for Robotic Winter Jujube Harvesting Using an Improved RRT-Connect Algorithm

Agriculture
Winter jujube harvesting is traditionally labor-intensive, yet declining labor availability and rising costs necessitate robotic automation to maintain agricultural competitiveness.
Anxiang Huang, Meng Zhou, Mengfei Liu, Yunxiao Pan, Jiapan Guo, Yaohua Hu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advances in Solution‐Processed Textile Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Ink Formation, Processing Strategies, Applications, and Challenges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Advanced ink systems for solution‐processed textile triboelectric nanogenerators are systematically summarized, spanning conductive, tribo‐negative, and tribo‐positive layers. By connecting ink chemistry, deposition methods, and device function, the present review reveals the key governing principles of solution development and highlights practical ...
Xinlong Sun, Stephen Beeby
wiley   +1 more source

Robotic Harvesting of Apples Using ROS2

Machines
Rising global food demand, increasing labor costs, and farm labor shortages have created significant challenges for specialty crop production, particularly in labor-intensive tasks such as fruit harvesting. Robotic harvesting offers a promising long-term
Connor Ruybalid, Christian Salisbury, Duke M. Bulanon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetically Programmed Shape‐Morphing of Engineered Living Materials

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Here, bacterial and mammalian engineered living materials (ELMs) are presented, in which living cells direct genetically programmed and enzymatically mediated shape‐morphing. The resulting deformation and shape‐recovery can be actuated in a genetically controlled manner by an ELM incorporating out‐of‐equilibrium counteracting biochemical reactions with
Jan Becker, Yuchen Liu, Miguel Baños, Rosanne Schmachtenberg, Mahmudul Hasan, Claudia Fink‐Straube, Luai R. Khoury, Wilfried Weber   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

An improved APF-guided BiRRT* motion planner for autonomous robotic apple harvesting in cluttered orchard environments

Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences
Robotic apple harvesting in cluttered orchards is challenging because target fruits are often located in narrow spaces surrounded by branches, support wires, and other obstacles.
Tantan Jin, Xiongzhe Han
doaj   +1 more source