Biomachine hybrid robots have been proposed for important scenarios, such as wilderness
rescue, ecological monitoring, and hazardous area surveying. The energy supply unit used …

Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters have demonstrated the potential for sustainable
energy generation from diverse ambient sources in the context of low-powered micro-scale …

Understanding fish migratory patterns and movements often relies on tags that are externally
or internally implanted. Energy harvesting from fish swimming may benefit the state of the art …

Wildlife monitoring has become increasingly crucial for better examination and protection of
wildlife. However, existing monitoring devices are limited and less effective due to battery life …

Smart ranch relying on sensor systems to realize monitoring of animals and the environment
has emerged with the promotion of the Internet of Things (IoT). This paper proposes a near …

A novel electromagnetic pendulum energy harvester with mechanical motion rectifier (MMR)
is proposed and investigated in this paper. MMR is a mechanism which rectifies the …

Over the past few years, it has been established that vibration energy harvesters with
intentionally designed components can be used for frequency bandwidth enhancement …

Energy harvesting using cantilever piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters excited by
Gaussian broadband random base excitation is considered. The optimal design and …

Human walking is a good energy source that can be harvested to support wearable devices.
For one walking cycle, the muscles at each joint of human lower body consume tens of …

In this study, we propose an optimization scheme for the control of a piezoelectric wind
energy harvester. The harvester is constructed by a blade in front and a magnet in the rear in …