Academic Articles & Research Papers

Cybersecurity issues in robotics

Cybersecurity is not highly prioritized during the design and manufacture of robots. As with other embedded systems a higher priority is placed on development costs and delivering functionality to consumers. In the future greater attention ...

Explainable AI for Cybersecurity

In recent years, the utilization of AI in the field of cybersecurity has become more widespread. Black-box AI models pose a significant challenge in terms of interpretability and transparency, which is one of the major drawbacks of AI-based...

Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing

Integrating computer vision and natural language processing is a novel interdisciplinary field that has received a lot of attention recently. In this survey, we provide a comprehensive introduction of the integration of computer vision and ...

A survey of uncertainty in deep neural networks

Abstract Over the last decade, neural networks have reached almost every field of science and become a crucial part of various real world applications. Due to the increasing spread, confidence in neural network predictions has become more a...

Neural Networks in Robotics

Neural Networks for Control

Neural Networks for Control highlights key issues in learning control and identifies research directions that could lead to practical solutions for control problems in critical application domains. It addresses general issues of neural netw...

Deep Learning for Instance Retrieval: A Survey

In recent years a vast amount of visual content has been generated and shared from many fields, such as social media platforms, medical imaging, and robotics. This abundance of content creation and sharing has introduced new challenges, par...

Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Applications

Part 1. Principles of artificial intelligence, John Campbell. Part 2 Tools and techniques: artificial intelligence programming environments and the POPLOG system, John Gibson LISP, lists and pattern-matching, Tony Hasemer. Part 3 Applicatio...

Coalition of explainable artificial intelligence and quantum computing in precision medicine

This survey examines the convergence of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) and Quantum Computing (QC) toward precision medicine. We review developments from 2018 to 2025, summarizing quantum algorithms, quantum-machine-learning model...

Nanotechnology and medicine

Nanotechnology, or systems/device manufacture at the molecular level, is a multidisciplinary scientific field undergoing explosive development. The genesis of nanotechnology can be traced to the promise of revolutionary advances across medi...

Guiding the Self-Organization of Cyber-Physical Systems

Self-organization offers a promising approach for designing adaptive systems. Given the inherent complexity of most cyber-physical systems, adaptivity is desired, as predictability is limited. Here I summarize different concepts and approac...

A computational tool for conceptual design and optimization of planetary rovers

The design process of a Mars rover is driven by multiple design constraints, namely overall mass, power consumption and volume (dimensions). Various systems, such as mobility, manipulation, handling, power, thermal, communication, navigatio...

Flexoelectricity Modulated Electron Transport of 2D Indium Oxide

Abstract The phenomenon of flexoelectricity, wherein mechanical deformation induces alterations in the electron configuration of metal oxides, has emerged as a promising avenue for regulating electron transport. Leveraging this mechanism, s...

Biohybrid Actuators for Soft Robotics: Challenges in Scaling Up

Living systems have evolved to survive in a wide range of environments and safely interact with other objects and organisms. Thus, living systems have been the source of inspiration for many researchers looking to apply their mechanics and ...

Large datasets of water vapor sorption, mass diffusion immersed in water, hygroscopic expansion and mechanical properties of flax fibre/shape memory epoxy hygromorph composites

This data article presents four experimental sets of results related to flax fibre composites with epoxy shape memory polymer matrix: water vapor absorption, mass diffusion immersed in water, hygroscopic expansion, mechanical properties. Th...

Combined Effect of the Parameters of Vacuum Interrupter and L-C Circuit Upon Arc Re-Ignition in HVDC Circuit Breakers

The new horizons for HVDC systems and their applications has intensified the research in HVDC protection systems. The HVDC circuit breakers (CB) has been the center of the protection systems with vacuum interrupters (VIs) showcasing a great...

Soft Pneumatic Bending Actuator with Integrated Carbon Nanotube Displacement Sensor

The excellent compliance and large range of motion of soft actuators controlled by fluid pressure has lead to strong interest in applying devices of this type for biomimetic and human-robot interaction applications. However, in contrast to ...

Highly efficient photonic PCR system based on plasmonic heating of gold nanofilms

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a standard molecular method that has the potential to solve the need for accurate, viable, and immediate infectious pathogen detection at point-of-care (POC) centers in different fields such as pathoge...

Development and Control of an Innovative Underwater Vehicle Manipulator System

Recently, as humans have become increasingly interested in ocean resources, underwater vehicle-manipulator systems (UVMSs) have played an increasingly important role in ocean exploitation. To realize precise operation in underwater narrow s...

Competitiveness of the Russian space industry in the global space services market

The article carries out an analysis of the competitiveness of the Russian space industry in the international space services market according to the following indicators: the volume of budget of national space organizations, the volume of t...