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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Knowledge, Psychological Distress, and Medication Beliefs Among Tuberculosis Patients in Southwest China: A Mediation Analysis. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel)Zheng Y +10 more
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Multimodal Engagement Assessment in Children During Invented Story Paradigm With a Social Robot
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A multimodal framework is proposed to assess children's engagement during storytelling interactions with a social robot. Gaze, physiological, and behavioral data are combined and validated against observer ratings. An automated gaze‐labeling strategy is introduced, and supervised classifiers achieve high accuracy. The study supports scalable engagement
Laura Fiorini +7 more
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Preference and perception of traditional Somali health practice, 'Guboow', among Somali mothers for children's health. [PDF]
BMC Public HealthSuluhan D +4 more
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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
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<i>"I was treated like a human being"</i>: factors influencing women's preference for traditional birth attendants in Nigeria. [PDF]
Front Glob Womens HealthYalley AA, Sanusi Gumbi K.
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Muscle Control of an Extra Robotic Digit
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This study compares muscle‐ and movement‐based control for operating a supernumerary robotic thumb. While movement control performs better in the proposed tasks, muscle‐based (EMG) control promotes broader motor learning. The results highlight the promise and challenges of using biosignals for human augmentation, offering new insights into intuitive ...
Julien Russ +7 more
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The Dual Impacts of Fathers' Beliefs on Children's Social Adjustment: Serial Mediation Models Connecting Father Involvement and the Father-Child Relationship. [PDF]
Behav Sci (Basel)Huang P, Mo J, Cai L, Deng X, Liu D.
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Multimodal Human–Robot Interaction Using Human Pose Estimation and Local Large Language Models
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A multimodal human–robot interaction framework integrates human pose estimation (HPE) and a large language model (LLM) for gesture‐ and voice‐based robot control. Speech‐to‐text (STT) enables voice command interpretation, while a safety‐aware arbitration mechanism prioritizes gesture input for rapid intervention.
Nasiru Aboki +2 more
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The influence of traditional food consumption on Cameroonian immigrants' perception of type 2 diabetes in Minnesota: an exploratory qualitative study. [PDF]
Front Public HealthHira WH +9 more
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