The paper discusses the state-of-the-art of locomotion systems for ground mobile robots
comprising tracks. Tracked locomotion, due to the large contact surface with the ground, is …

Growing social awareness of the need to adequately treat mining waste in order to protect
the environment has led to an increase in the research in this field. The aim of this study was …

Robot manipulation, for example, pick-and-place manipulation, is broadly used for intelligent
manufacturing with industrial robots, ocean engineering with underwater robots, service …

Water use efficiency in agriculture (WUEA) has become a priority given increasing
limitations on hydric resources. As a result, this area of research has increased in …

Smart cities are ecosystems where novel ideas and emerging technologies meet to improve
economy, environment, governance, living, and mobility. One of the pillars of smart cities is …

This paper presents the conceptual and functional design of a novel hybrid leg-wheel-track
ground mobile robot for surveillance and inspection, named WheTLHLoc (Wheel-Track-Leg …

Abstract Ocean Worlds such as Europa and Enceladus are known to harbor subsurface
liquid water oceans under their icy crust and are high-priority targets for in situ exploration …

The study of space has always been a field of great interest and thus space missions are
becoming more and more ambitious with time. Therefore, with the 50th anniversary of the …

Since the beginning of space exploration, Mars and the moon have been examined via
orbiters, landers, and rovers. More than 40 missions have targeted Mars, and over 100 have …

Recent years have experienced a notable surge in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
research, prompting exploration into innovative concepts. This paper introduces a compact …