Insect-inspired robots: bridging biological and artificial systems

P Manoonpong, L Patanè, X Xiong, I Brodoline… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review article aims to address common research questions in hexapod robotics. How
can we build intelligent autonomous hexapod robots that can exploit their biomechanics …

Robots with insect brains

B Webb - Science, 2020 - science.org
It is an engineer's dream to build a robot as competent as an insect at locomotion, directed
action, navigation, and survival in complex conditions. But as well as studying insects to …

Towards a multi-level understanding in insect navigation

F Le Moël, A Wystrach - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•The field of insect navigation is a good example of the implementation of Marr's
three levels of explanation.•It illustrates how important it is to consider an intermediary …

CyberGaia: Earth as cyborg

LT Collins - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Since the days of the transcendentalists, most environmental philosophers have assumed a
dividing line between human-made technology and nature. In the context of our current …

Auto-encoding using neural network architectures based on synaptic connectivity graphs

SA Laszlo - US Patent App. 16/994,487, 2022 - Google Patents
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer pro grams encoded on a computer
storage medium, for selecting a neural network architecture for performing a prediction task …

Morphognostic honey bees communicating nectar location through dance movements

TE Portegys - International Conference on Soft Computing and …, 2022 - Springer
Honey bees are social insects that forage for flower nectar cooperatively. When an
individual forager discovers a flower patch rich in nectar, it returns to the hive and performs a …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of mapping the human brain with expansion x-ray microscopy

LT Collins - logancollinsblog.com
Combining synchrotron x-ray microscopy with expansion microscopy may represent a
feasible approach for whole human brain connectomics at the nanoscale. Synchrotron x-ray …

Frontiere della conoscenza: Big Data nelle scienze fisiche, sociali, umanistiche e della vita

F Agostini, P Giaretta, G Moro, G Silvano - Frontiere della conoscenza, 2021 - torrossa.com
La crescita accelerata negli ultimi anni della cosiddetta ICT (Information and Communication
Technology) ha modificato profondamente la nostra organizzazione sociale, fino a …