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David J. Gunkel • The MIT Press eBooks
(2018)
A provocative attempt to think about what was previously considered unthinkable: a serious philosophical case for the rights of robots. We are in the midst of a robot invasion, as devices of different configurations and capabilities slowly ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11444.001.0001
Mark H. Yim, Wei‐Min Shen, Behnam Salemi, Daniela L. Rus et al. • IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
(2007)
The field of modular self-reconfigurable robotic systems addresses the design, fabrication, motion planning, and control of autonomous kinematic machines with variable morphology. Modular self-reconfigurable systems have the promise of maki...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/mra.2007.339623
Gustavo A. Mesías-Ruiz, Gustavo A. Mesías-Ruiz, María Pérez-Ortiz, José Dorado et al. • Frontiers in Plant Science
(2023)
Crop protection is a key activity for the sustainability and feasibility of agriculture in a current context of climate change, which is causing the destabilization of agricultural practices and an increase in the incidence of current or in...
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DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1143326
Toshiro OHASHI, Kazuhiko HANAMURA, Daisaku AZUMA, Naoya SAKAMOTO et al. • Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering
(2008)
Cell Nuclei play a critical role in controlling gene expression and replicating DNA, and is known to deform in association with cell shape changes in response to external forces. This study dealed with morphological analysis to quantitative...
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DOI: 10.1299/jbse.3.63
Cecilia Laschi, Matteo Cianchetti • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
(2014)
The remarkable advances of robotics in the last 50 years, which represent an incredible wealth of knowledge, are based on the fundamental assumption that robots are chains of rigid links. The use of soft materials in robotics, driven not on...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2014.00003
PMC: 4090912
Mark A. Moline, Kelly Benoit-Bird • Robotics
(2016)
The ocean environment and the physical and biological processes that govern dynamics are complex. Sampling the ocean to better understand these processes is difficult given the temporal and spatial domains and sampling tools available. Biol...
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DOI: 10.3390/robotics5010004
Irina Besliu Bancescu, Roxana Gheorghita, Alexandru Nemtoi • Engineering Proceedings
(2026)
This study evaluated the influence of post-polymerization duration and a 14-day aging period on the mechanical and physical properties of 3D-printed standard resin models. Methods: Specimens were printed using Anycubic resin (50 µm layers) ...
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DOI: 10.3390/engproc2026148002
László Kerekes • Indonesia Private Law Review
(2023)
Artificial intelligence is increasingly influential in contemporary society. Isaac Asimov's seminal work, “I, Robot”, introduced the foundational robotic laws that have inspired both fictional and real-world discussions. This study examines...
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DOI: 10.25041/iplr.v4i2.2987
Gang Chen, Xin Tang, Baohang Guo, Guoqi Li et al. • Machines
(2025)
Underwater sensor deployment in military applications requires high precision, yet existing robotic solutions often lack the maneuverability and adaptability required for complex aquatic environments. To address this gap, this study propose...
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DOI: 10.3390/machines13060505
Huanpeng Liu, Luning Wang, Feng Wei, Yameng Wang • Mathematics
(2026)
This study examines the micro-level mechanisms through which increasing market concentration and the entrenchment of competitive advantage arise. We develop a theoretical framework based on a constant elasticity of substitution (CES) produc...
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DOI: 10.3390/math14111892
Gil Platon Soriano, Yuko Yasuhara, Hirokazu Ito, Kazuyuki Matsumoto et al. • Healthcare
(2022)
Technological advancements have led to the use of robots as prospective partners to complement understaffing and deliver effective care to patients. This article discusses relevant concepts on robots from the perspective of nursing theories...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10081571
PMC: 9407759
Cecilia Laschi, Barbara Mazzolai, Matteo Cianchetti • Science Robotics
(2016)
The proliferation of soft robotics research worldwide has brought substantial achievements in terms of principles, models, technologies, techniques, and prototypes of soft robots. Such achievements are reviewed here in terms of the abilitie...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aah3690
David Pánek, Václav Gerla, Michelle Dees, Yael Halaas et al. • Frontiers in Psychiatry
(2026)
IntroductionTranscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation technique with demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of multiple psychiatric and neurological disorders. ExoTMS represents an evolution in TMS system des...
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1850212
Eva Mõtshärg, Veiko Vunder, Renno Raudmäe, Marko Muro et al. • Frontiers in Robotics and AI
(2024)
Educational robots offer a platform for training aspiring engineers and building trust in technology that is envisioned to shape how we work and live. In education, accessibility and modularity are significant in the choice of such a techno...
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DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1406645
Xiaoxiao Dong, Hong Zhao, Jiapeng Li, Yu Tian et al. • iScience
(2020)
Summary: Nature does nothing in vain. Through millions of years of revolution, living organisms have evolved hierarchical and anisotropic structures to maximize their survival in complex and dynamic environments. Many of these structures ar...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101749
Stefano Nolfi, Dario Floreano • The MIT Press eBooks
(2000)
Evolutionary robotics is a new technique for the automatic creation of autonomous robots. Inspired by the Darwinian principle of selective reproduction of the fittest, it views robots as autonomous artificial organisms that develop their ow...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/2889.001.0001
George M. Whitesides • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2018)
This description of "soft robotics" is not intended to be a conventional review, in the sense of a comprehensive technical summary of a developing field. Rather, its objective is to describe soft robotics as a new field-one that offers oppo...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201800907
Kerstin Dautenhahn • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
(2007)
Social intelligence in robots has a quite recent history in artificial intelligence and robotics. However, it has become increasingly apparent that social and interactive skills are necessary requirements in many application areas and conte...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2006.2004
PMC: 2346526
• Choice Reviews Online
(2012)
Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to follow a code of ethics, if this is even possible? Are the...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.50-0844
Pieter Simoens, Mauro Dragone, Alessandro Saffiotti • International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
(2018)
The Internet of Robotic Things is an emerging vision that brings together pervasive sensors and objects with robotic and autonomous systems. This survey examines how the merger of robotic and Internet of Things technologies will advance the...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1729881418759424