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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

Hedging irrigated maize crop yields using temperature derivatives in Malawi. [PDF]

Heliyon
Dennis Chirwa PB, Dzupire NC.
europepmc   +1 more source

Piezoresistivity Enhancement by Graphite Flake Alignment in Thin Composite Films for Dielectric Elastomer Switches

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article presents dielectric elastomer switch (DES) materials, based on composite thin films. Alignment of graphite flakes due to their physical confinement within the thin films lead to much stronger piezoresistive responses than bulk composites, while their durability exceeds that of conventional liquid‐based DES materials.
Lingyu Liu, Thomas Kister, Bart‐Jan Niebuur, Tobias Kraus   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

High resolution temperature forecasting using functional time series decomposition and advanced predictive models. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Alshanbari HM, Aldhabani MS, Iqbal N, Saeed AM, Noori N.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Investigating Demand for Weather Index Insurance: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia

There is much interest in weather index insurance as a poverty‐mitigating tool, but concerns persist about potential demand for the product among the poorest of the poor.
Peterson, Nicole, Mullally, Conner, Norton, Michael T., Osgood, Daniel E., Madajewicz, Malgosia, Holthaus, Eric, Gebremichael, Mengesha, Teh, TseLing   +7 more
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transient dynamics and nonlinear fitness: A matrix approach to pulse and press perturbation. [PDF]

Ecology
Jaggi H, Tuljapurkar S, Zuo W, Gascoigne SJL, Kajin M, Salguero-Gómez R.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Weather-Based Crop Insurance Contracts for African Countries

Weather constitutes the major source for production risk in agriculture. Weather index can be used construct crop insurance that demand less information and can avoid moral hazard and adverse selection problems.
Young, Douglas L., Karuaihe, Raphael N., Wang, H. Holly   +2 more
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A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett, Maxwell Hammond, Niloufar Seyfi, Amirreza Fahim Golestaneh, Venanzio Cichella, Caterina Lamuta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Hourly Dataset of Moisture Budget Components Over the Indian Subcontinent (1940-2024). [PDF]

Sci Data
Raghuvanshi AS, Agarwal A.
europepmc   +1 more source