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Urban farming: the challenges of hydroponic and vertical farming in Malaysia

Cogent Food & Agriculture
This exploratory study examines the challenges impacting urban farmers in Malaysia, especially those using hydroponic platforms on vertical farms, in three states: Penang, Johor, and Sabah.
Emily Hon Tshin Yapp, Nazarina Jamil, Lilian Shiau Gee Lee, Yew Tzen Chooi, Chee Onn Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biodegradable Wireless Soil Urea Sensor Using Metamaterial Perfect Absorber for Distributed Deployment in Precision Agriculture

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In this study, we propose a biodegradable wireless soil urea sensor for precision agriculture. The sensor's electromagnetic response varies depending on the urea concentration, allowing the measurement of relative soil urea concentrations by analyzing the time‐transient electromagnetic response.
Yu Tanaami, Ken Sakabe, Tetsuya Yarimizo, Yasutaka Murakami, Tetsuo Kan, Hiroaki Onoe   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic breeding for indoor vertical farming

npj Sustainable Agriculture
Indoor vertical farming emerges as a sustainable paradigm, enabling crop cultivation in vertically layered ecosystems under precisely controlled environmental parameters.
Zhi Wei Norman Teo, Hao Yu
doaj   +1 more source

Conformable Ferrimagnetic Tattoo Electrodes for Plant Electrophysiology

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The newly developed ferrimagnetic tattoo electrode is capable of measuring plant electrophysiological activity outside the Faraday cage. Its ability to adhere without damaging the plant tissue allows long‐term recordings. This premise opens new avenues for in‐field monitoring of plant health through electrophysiology.
Arianna Melis, Andrea Spanu, Fabrizio Antonio Viola, Abdul Manan Dar, Alexandra Sandéhn, Cyril Routier, Annalisa Bonfiglio, Eleni Stavrinidou   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A State‐Adaptive Koopman Control Framework for Real‐Time Deformable Tool Manipulation in Robotic Environmental Swabbing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a state‐adaptive Koopman linear quadratic regulator framework for real‐time manipulation of a deformable swab tool in robotic environmental sampling. By combining Koopman linearization, tactile sensing, and centroid‐based force regulation, the system maintains stable contact forces and high coverage across flat and inclined surfaces.
Siavash Mahmoudi, Amirreza Davar, Dongyi Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ChicGrasp: Imitation‐Learning‐Based Customized Dual‐Jaw Gripper Control for Manipulation of Delicate, Irregular Bio‐Products

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Automated poultry processing lines still rely on humans to lift slippery, easily bruised carcasses onto a shackle conveyor. Deformability, anatomical variance, and hygiene rules make conventional suction and scripted motions unreliable. We present ChicGrasp, an end‐to‐end hardware‐software co‐designed imitation learning framework, to offer a ...
Amirreza Davar, Zhengtong Xu, Siavash Mahmoudi, Pouya Sohrabipour, Chaitanya Pallerla, Yu She, Wan Shou, Philip Glen Crandall, Dongyi Wang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of an Improved GWO Algorithm for Solving Optimal Paths in Complex Vertical Farms with Multi-Robot Multi-Tasking

Agriculture
As the global population grows, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 presents a significant challenge. Vertical farming technology offers a potential solution, making the path planning of agricultural robots in vertical farms a research priority.
Jiazheng Shen, Tang Sai Hong, Luxin Fan, Ruixin Zhao, Mohd Khairol Anuar b. Mohd Ariffin, Azizan bin As’arry   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modular, Textile‐Based Soft Robotic Grippers for Agricultural Produce Handling

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article introduces textile‐based pneumatic grippers that transform simple textiles into robust bending actuators. Detailed experiments uncover how cut geometry and fabric selection shape performance. Successful handling of fragile agricultural items showcases the potential of textile robotics for safe, scalable automation in food processing and ...
Zeyu Hou, Eran Beeri Bamani, Joao Buzzatto, Bryan Busby, Lucas Ferrari Gerez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Advances in Laser‐Induced Graphene‐Based Gas Sensors: From Sensing Mechanisms to Biomedical Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Laser‐induced graphene (LIG) provides a scalable, laser‐direct‐written route to porous graphene architecture with tunable chemistry and defect density. Through heterojunction engineering, catalytic functionalization, and intrinsic self‐heating, LIG achieves highly sensitive and selective detection of NOX, NH3, H2, and humidity, supporting next ...
Md Abu Sayeed Biswas, Ankan Dutta, Shuvendu Das, Abu Musa Abdullah, Wanqing Zhang, Fatema Tuz Zohra, Huanyu Cheng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Vertical Integration Intensity on Broiler Farms Technical Efficiency: The Case of Contract Farming in West Sumatera

Tropical Animal Science Journal, 2019
Contractual arrangements of different types have increasingly found in West Sumatera not only in subsistence and commercial crops but particularly also in livestock sector.  Contract farming in livestock agribusiness is generally defined as broiler farms
Harianto Harianto, N. Kusnadi, D. A. Paramita   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source