Insect trajectory simulation method based on radar observation
The Journal of Engineering, 2019 Large-scale insect migration may cause severe plant diseases and pests which can exert serious impact on agriculture. Predicting the trajectory and destination of insect migration accurately is an effective way to prevent pests. Here, an insect migration
Yixuan Wang +5 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Pak Biawak, a necrobot, embodies an unusual fusion of biology and robotics. Designed to repurpose natural structures after death, it challenges conventional boundaries between nature and engineering. Its movements are precise yet unsettling, raising questions about sustainability, ethics, and the untapped potential of biointegrated machines.
Leo Foulds +2 more
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First Record of the Invasive Scale Insect, Pulvinaria hydrangeae Steinweden, 1946 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Romania. [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Paraschiv M.
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3D‐Printing Aided Rapid Prototyping of Pretensioned Tensegrity Structures for Robotic Applications
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Printing, injection molding, and assembly (PMA) is a method for rapid prototyping mesoscale, topologically complex, and tensioned tensegrity structures. In combination with PMA method, two mold design strategies: modular mold and compact channel layout, enable efficiency and scalability for tensegrity fabrication.
Yi Sun +3 more
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Snapping for 4D‐Printed Insect‐Scale Metal‐Jumper
Advanced ScienceThe replication of jumping motions observed in small organisms poses a significant challenge due to size‐related effects. Shape memory alloys (SMAs) exhibit a superior work‐to‐weight ratio, making them suitable for jumping actuators.
Yang Yang, Yongquan Wang
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Are asymmetric inheritance systems an evolutionary trap? Transitions in the mechanism of paternal genome loss in the scale insect family Eriococcidae. [PDF]
Genetics, 2023 Hodson CN, Toon A, Cook LG, Ross L.
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Crop insect pest detection based on dilated multi-scale attention U-Net
Plant MethodsBackground Crop pests seriously affect the yield and quality of crops. Accurately and rapidly detecting and segmenting insect pests in crop leaves is a premise for effectively controlling insect pests. Methods Aiming at the detection problem of irregular
Xuqi Wang, Shanwen Zhang, Ting Zhang
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Thermal Plasticity is Regulated by a Key MicroRNA During Range Expansion of an Invasive Fruit Fly
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Populations at the invasion front of Bactrocera dorsalis adapt through reduced phenotypic and gene expression plasticity, a phenomenon likely to be driven by genetic assimilation. We identify a key miRNA‐mediated regulatory axis, in which miR‐276b post‐transcriptionally represses thw, a conserved chitin‐binding gene critical to the cold‐tolerance ...
Yan Zhao +5 more
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Defoliation-induced changes in foliage quality may trigger broad-scale insect outbreaks. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2022 De Grandpré L +9 more
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