A Novel Crawling Robot Based on the Hexagonal Mesh Structure and Enhanced PID Control Strategy
Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The locomotion of crawling robots is similar to that of caterpillars, relying on foot adhesion and body contraction to ensure flexible movement without compromising stability. However, most existing pneumatic soft crawling robots are incapable of simultaneously achieving forward, backward, turning, and climbing capabilities.
Meng Hongjun +4 more
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La mer glaciale : de 'locus horridus' à lieu digne de protection
Revue Nordique des Études FrancophonesL’article vise à inscrire les études nordiques du Moyen Âge et du début de l’âge moderne dans les réflexions récentes centrées sur la mer, notamment celles des Blue Humanities.
Alessia Bauer
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Memory, genealogy and power in íslendingabók [PDF]
Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2017 The aim of this study is to reveal the manner in which memory and genealogy are employed in Íslendingabók with the purpose of legitimizing the power and promoting the prestige of chieftains (goði), bishops and kings.
Costel COROBAN
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Control System for the Navigation of the Agricultural Robots: A Review
Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Control systems for the navigation of autonomous agricultural robots—particularly those operating in uneven terrain and in the presence of static or dynamic obstacles—have advanced considerably in recent years. As conventional machinery evolves toward increasingly automated systems, the design of reliable navigation controllers has become ...
Edna Carolina Moriones Polanía +3 more
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Underrepresentation of Women in Sports Leadership: Stereotypes, Discrimination, and Race [PDF]
, 2018 Since the passage of Title IX in 1972, the number of women playing sports has significantly increased; however, the percentage of women in coaching positions has strikingly declined.
Wallick, Keyleigh N.
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Review of: West over Sea: Studies in Scandinavian Sea-Borne Expansion and Settlement Before 1300. A Festschrift in honour of Dr Barbara E. Crawford [PDF]
, 2010 No abstract ...
Foster, S.
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Public Inquiries and UK Press Regulation: A Case of ‘Fading into Forgetfulness’?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Why were the proposals for reform of UK press regulation made by Lord Leveson in 2012 not implemented in full, despite popular and parliamentary support for the report's recommendations, and despite the creation of the legal framework for the reformed system of regulation?
John Street +2 more
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Pole-weapons in the Sagas of Icelanders: a comparison of literary and archaeological sources
Acta Periodica Duellatorum, 2016 The Icelandic sagas are a major source of information on the Vikings and their fighting prowess. In these stories, several mysterious pole-weapons appear, which are often called “halberds”, for lack of a better word.
Orkisz Jan H.
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Bounds on gravitational wave backgrounds from large distance clock comparisons
, 2008 Our spacetime is filled with gravitational wave backgrounds that constitute a fluctuating environment created by astrophysical and cosmological sources.
B. Lamine +13 more
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Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
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