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Design Challenges to Expand the Functionality of Drones: Deformable Rotorcraft and Nature‐Inspired Flapping Drones

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This review systematically analyzes deformable drones, including extendable, foldable, and tilting configurations, along with nature‐inspired flapping rotorcraft. By classifying deformation principles and structural mechanisms, design trade‐offs, functional capabilities, and future development potential are highlighted.
Ju‐Hee Lee, Sumin Jung, Jinwoo Jang, Yeji Han, Minchae Kang, Jihun Seong, Suyeon Seo, Eunsol Park, Haesol Kwak, Min‐Woo Han   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Female‐Locust‐Inspired Hybrid Soft‐Stiff Robotic Digger: Mimetics and Implications for Digging Efficiency

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Female desert locusts dig underground to lay their eggs. They displace soil, rather than removing it, to create a tunnel. We analyze burrowing dynamics and 3D kinematics and design a locust‐inspired hybrid soft–stiff robot that reproduces this mechanism. The results show the natural strategy minimizes energy, whereas alternative patterns raise costs up
Shai Sonnenreich, Amir Ayali, Bat‐El Pinchasik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stimuli‐Responsive Electrofluidic Nervous System for Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A stimuli‐responsive electrofluidic nervous system (SENS) is introduced to achieve sensing, signal processing, and decision‐making using soft materials. Comprising fluidic switches and electroactive actuators, SENS enables multimodal stimuli‐responsiveness and autonomous control in soft robots.
Dip Kumar Saha, Dana Ragab, Nicolas Herzig, Hareesh Godaba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant Chemistry and Enemy Pressure Shape Within-Stem Distribution of the Invasive Scale Nipponaclerda biwakoensis. [PDF]

Insects
Glassmire AE, Cronin JT, Diaz R, DeSoto A, Shapiro E, Gaffke A, Snook JS, Stout M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Worm‐Inspired Soft Robots With Modular Outfit‐Changing for Intelligent Multienvironment Adaptation

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study proposes a worm‐inspired soft robot capable of locomotion across multiple environments through a modular “outfit‐changing” strategy. The robot integrates pneumatically actuated peristaltic segments with interchangeable external modules, enabling efficient motion on ground surfaces, within pipelines, through granular media, and underwater ...
Xiaomin Liu, Heng Wei, Zhengxin Guo, Zheng Liu, Yi Jin, Yunwei Zhao, Changyong Chase Cao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systematic Continental Scale Monitoring by Weather Surveillance Radar Shows Fewer Insects Above Warming Landscapes in the United States. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Tielens EK, Stepanian PM, Kelly JF.
europepmc   +1 more source

Role of Biological Control in Management of Invasive Exotic Arthropod Pests and Weeds in India. [PDF]

Insects
Muniappan R, Subaharan K, Selvaraj K, Sampathkumar M, Sushil SN.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Aerobatic maneuvers in insect-scale flapping-wing aerial robots via deep-learned robust tube model predictive control. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Hsiao YH, Tagliabue A, Matteson O, Kim S, Zhao T, How JP, Chen Y.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

InsectBase 3.0: a comprehensive multi-omics resource for insects. [PDF]

Nucleic Acids Res
Wang Z, Chen H, Jin S, Li Z, Mei Y, Xiao Y, Zhao C, Zhou T, Li F, Liu Y, He K.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Morphological resemblance to injections elicits fear, disgust, and reduced conservation intent toward insects. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Prokop P, Todáková S, Fančovičová J.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source