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A Survey on Deployment Algorithms in Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2013
Node deployment is one of the fundamental tasks for underwater acoustic sensor networks (UASNs) where the deployment strategy supports many fundamental network services, such as network topology control, routing, and boundary detection.
Guangjie Han, Chenyu Zhang, Lei Shu, Ning Sun, Qingwu Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gravitational Clustering: A Simple, Robust and Adaptive Approach for Distributed Networks

, 2017
Distributed signal processing for wireless sensor networks enables that different devices cooperate to solve different signal processing tasks. A crucial first step is to answer the question: who observes what?
Binder, Patricia, Muma, Michael, Zoubir, Abdelhak M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review thoroughly reviews liquid metal sensors in soft robots. Their unique material properties like high conductivity and good biocompatibility are analyzed. Working principles are classified, and applications in environmental perception, motion detection, and human—robot interaction are introduced.
Qi Zhang, Nan Li, Yujia Song, Chen Hua, Tangzhen Guan, Yibing Ma, Cai Cheng, Jing Liu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Energy-efficient scheme for target recognition and localization in wireless acoustic sensor networks

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2019
The development of wireless acoustic sensor networks has driven the use of acoustic signals for target monitoring. Most monitoring applications require continuous network connectivity and data transfers, which can rapidly exhaust nodes’ energy ...
Afnan Algobail, Adel Soudani, Saad Alahmadi   +2 more
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Research on Underwater Wireless Sensor Network and MAC Protocol and Location Algorithm

IEEE Access, 2019
In recent years, underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) have received extensive attention due to their application in the development of marine resources. The underwater acoustic channel has a long delay, low bandwidth, and highly dynamic changes in
Zhenghao Xi, Xiu Kan, Le Cao, Huaping Liu, Gunasekaran Manogaran, George Mastorakis, Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis   +6 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

3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Adaptive OFDMA-Based MAC Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Wireless Sensor Networks

Sensors, 2012
Underwater acoustic wireless sensor networks (UAWSNs) have many applications across various civilian and military domains. However, they suffer from the limited available bandwidth of acoustic signals and harsh underwater conditions.
Issa M. Khalil, Yasser Gadallah, Mohammad Hayajneh, Abdallah Khreishah   +3 more
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A Secure Remote Mutual Authentication Scheme Based on Chaotic Map for Underwater Acoustic Networks

IEEE Access, 2020
Underwater acoustic networks (UANs) have emerged as a new wireless sensor network structure widely used in many applications. Sensor nodes are usually placed in a hostile and unattended underwater environment to gather information with limited resource ...
Shuailiang Zhang, Xiujuan Du, Xin Liu
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Tumbling Magnetic Microrobots for Targeted In Vivo Drug Delivery in the GI Tract

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
We introduce a microrobot design and integrated system for on‐demand targeted drug release in the gastrointestinal tract. The microrobot has an embedded magnet for actuation with external magnetic fields and is visualized in real time using ultrasound. It has two drug release ports sealed with a thermally sensitive wax. Local heating of the wax using a
Aaron C. Davis, Luis Carlos Sanjuan Acosta, Shubh P. Mehta, Baiyan Qi, Yang Yang, Luis Solorio, Craig J. Goergen, David J. Cappelleri   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source