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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Social Evolving: Sociogenomics on the Wings of Social Insects

HoST, 2019
This paper excavates the epistemological and ontological foundations of a rapidly emerging field called sociogenomics in relation to the development of social insects as models of social behavior.
Suryanarayanan Sainath
doaj   +1 more source

Flight and Digging Effort in Leaf-cutting Ant Males and Gynes

Sociobiology, 2015
The nuptial flight and nest digging are high intensity activities which consume body reserves. The flight and digging effort was quantified by measuring the carbohydrate and total lipids content in males and females before and after the nuptial flight ...
Edypo Jacob Silva, Roberto da Silva Camargo, Luiz Carlos Forti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The case for emulating insect brains using anatomical "wiring diagrams" equipped with biophysical models of neuronal activity

, 2018
Developing whole-brain emulation (WBE) technology would provide immense benefits across neuroscience, biomedicine, artificial intelligence, and robotics.
Collins, Logan Thrasher
core   +1 more source

Degradable Magnetic Composites from Recycled NdFeB Magnets for Soft Actuation and Sensing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a degradable soft magnetic composite made from recycled NdFeB particles embedded in a gelatin‐based organogel. The material is processed into magnetic sensors and soft robotic components, which can later be dissolved in a green solvent to recover NdFeB magnetic particles.
Muhammad Bilal Khan, Lin Guo, Kilian Schäfer, Eduardo Sergio Oliveros‐Mata, Xiaotao Wang, Florian Hofmann, Matthias Lutzi, Mark Suppelt, Proloy Taran Das, Jan Schmidtpeter, Imants Dirba, Stephan Rinderknecht, Mario Kupnik, Denys Makarov, Oliver Gutfleisch   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post-Reproductive Lifespan in Honey Bee Workers with Varying Life Expectancies

Animals
This study specifically examines the post-reproductive lifespan and ovarian activation in honeybee workers (Apis mellifera) with differing life expectancies.
Karolina Kuszewska
doaj   +1 more source

Potential Hybridization between Two Invasive Termite Species, Coptotermes formosanus and C. gestroi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), and Its Biological and Economic Implications

Insects, 2017
The Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi, is a tropical species but has increasingly been collected from the subtropics in recent years, making it sympatric to the Formosan subterranean termite, C.
Nan-Yao Su, Thomas Chouvenc, Hou-Feng Li
doaj   +1 more source

Sex differences in deleterious genetic variants in a haplodiploid social insect. [PDF]

Mol Ecol, 2023
Miller SE, Sheehan MJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Teilhard de Chardin on Insects in "The Phenomenon of Man" [PDF]

, 2014
The year 2009 saw the publication of a curious work bearing the title The Secret Life of Insects: An Entomological Alphabet (New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers). The author, Peter Milward (b. 1925), excels in having combined together humour
Scerri, Hector
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Gait Analysis of Pak Biawak: A Necrobot Lizard Built using the Skeleton of an Asian Water Monitor (Varanus Salvator)

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, Donan Satria Yudha, Parvez Alam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source