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Collision‐Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Based on structures of birds such as the woodpeck, this article presents the collision‐resilient aerial robot, SWIFT. SWIFT leverages tensegrity structures in the fuselage and wings which allow it to undergo large deformations in a crash, without sustaining damage. Experiments show that SWIFT can reduce impact forces by 70% over conventional structures.
Omar Aloui, Raphael Zufferey, William Stewart, Mohammad Askari, Simon Jeger, Dario Floreano   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying Physical Interactions in Contact‐Based Robot Manipulation for Learning from Demonstration

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Robots can learn manipulation tasks from human demonstrations. This work proposes a versatile method to identify the physical interactions that occur in a demonstration, such as sequences of different contacts and interactions with mechanical constraints.
Alex Harm Gert‐Jan Overbeek, Herman van der Kooij, Douwe Dresscher, Mark Vlutters   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Authigenic mineralization in Surtsey basaltic tuff deposits at 50 years after eruption. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Montesano G, Rispoli C, Petrosino P, Jackson MD, Weisenberger TB, Gudmundsson MT, Cappelletti P.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Compliant Pneumatic Feet with Real‐Time Stiffness Adaptation for Humanoid Locomotion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A compliant pneumatic foot with real‐time variable stiffness enables humanoid robots to adapt to changing terrains. Using onboard vision and pressure control, the foot modulates stiffness within each gait cycle, reducing impact forces and improving balance. The design, cast in soft silicone with embedded air chambers and Kevlar wrapping, offers durable,
Irene Frizza, Hiroshi Kaminaga, Philippe Fraisse, Gentiane Venture   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perivascular Matrix Densification Dysregulates Angiogenesis and Activates Pro‐Inflammatory Endothelial Cells

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Perivascular matrix densification promotes the emergence of aberrant endothelial tip cells (ATECs) that invade and persist within fibrotic microenvironments. Using in vivo lineage tracing and a human microvessel model, this study shows that fibrous matrix cues destabilize VE‐cadherin–mediated junctions to gate TGF‐β signaling, inducing a pro ...
Jingyi Xia, William Y. Wang, Kyle A. Jacobs, Kairav Maniar, Daphne Lin, Evan H. Jarman, Daniel L. Matera, Kristen Loesel, Christopher D. Davidson, Harrison L. Hiraki, Xiaotian Tan, Eve H. Shikanov, Robert N. Kent, Carole Parent, Xudong Fan, Ariella Shikanov, Matthew L. Kutys, Brendon M. Baker   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Pentaradial and Bilateral Combined Photoreception System in the Sea Cucumber is Mediated by a Blue Light‐Sensitive R‐Opsin

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota detects blue and adjacent wavelengths of light via an r‐opsin with a maximum absorption at 459 nm. In the oral tentacles, papillae, and tube feet, distinct light‐sensing structures with specialized morphologies are formed, constituting a unique pentaradial and bilateral combined photoreception system.
Jiasheng Huang, Chunhua Ren, Zhou Qin, Yimeng Cui, Bingbing Zhang, Peng Luo, Xuan Wang, Yaoqi Xie, Xin Zhang, Aifen Yan, Yang Zhang, Dingding Fan, Yang Liu, Wenjie Pan, Xiao Jiang, Lihong Yuan, Haipeng Qin, David M. Irwin, Chaoqun Hu, Yang Liu, Ting Chen   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

High-capacity optical communication relayed by multi-core amplifier on deployed submarine seven-core fiber cable. [PDF]

Commun Eng
Chen Y, Zhou J, Wu Y, Gao H, Xiao Y, Guo B, Li J, Li W, Chen R, Qiu R, Tu J, Du C, Shen L, Xie X, Yan Y, Wang G, Yu Y, Liu Z, Gao S, Li Z, Lu C.   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Facies analysis, biostratigraphy, and provenance of the late Neogene Seulimeum Formation, Northwest Aceh basin, Sumatra (Indonesia). [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Nugraha GS, Sunardi E, Haryanto I, Adhiperdana BG, Fakhruddin R, Fitriany R, Gunarsih D.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Deep Contrastive Learning for High‐Throughput Prediction of Drug Resistance Mutations from Sequences

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study presents DeepMutDTA, a deep learning framework aimed at predicting mutation‐induced changes in protein‐drug interactions and prioritizing variants potentially linked to drug resistance. Trained on large‐scale data, it incorporates SimSiam‐MuTF, a label‐aware contrastive fine‐tuning strategy that encourages separation between WT and MT ...
Xiaowen Hu, Pan Zhang, Shangqian Wu, Hao Sun, Minwei Li, Sophia Tsoka, Zizhang Sheng, Lei Deng   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid <i>de novo</i> assembly of animal-microbe biofilter to mitigate seabed methane leakage. [PDF]

Natl Sci Rev
Liang Q, Deng L, Xie R, Liu X, Xiao X, Hou J, Wang J, Sui W, Lu N, Tong Z, Huang D, Wang Y, Han Y, Zhao J, Guo B, Zhang W, Geng M, Ren T, Ye W, Xiong Z, Dong L, Ruff SE, Meile C, Tao J, Dong X, Wang F.   +25 more
europepmc   +1 more source