Animals are able to detect the nutritional content of sugar independently of taste. When given a choice between nutritive sugar and nonnutritive sugar, animals develop a preference for nutritive sugar over nonnutritive sugar during a period of food d...
Automatic respiration monitoring of dairy cows in modern farming not only helps to reduce manual labor but also increases the automation of health assessment. It is common for cows to congregate on farms, which poses a challenge for manual observatio...
Lung cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer deaths in the modern world. Screening of lung nodules is essential for early recognition to facilitate treatment that improves the rate of patient rehabilitation. An increase in accuracy during l...
The majority of sprawling-posture quadrupedal vertebrates, such as geckos and lizards, adopt a cyclical lateral swing pattern of their trunk that is coordinated with limb movements to provide extraordinary flexibility and mobility. Inspired by the ge...
The knowledge of body size/weight is necessary for the general growth enhancement of swine as well as for making informed decisions that concern their health, productivity, and yield. Therefore, this work aims to automate the collection of pigs' body...
Many bat species navigate in complex, heavily vegetated habitats. To achieve this, the animal relies on a sensory basis that is very different from what is typically done in engineered systems that are designed for outdoor navigation. Whereas the eng...
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Feb 12, 2023
Annelids such as earthworms are considered to have central pattern generators (CPGs) that generate rhythms in neural circuits to coordinate the deformation of body segments for effective locomotion. At present, the states of earthworm-like robot segm...
Tropical animal health and production
Feb 10, 2023
Given the current bans on the use of some growth promoting antibiotics in poultry nutrition, the need to use alternative additives which could replace traditional promoters in diets has arisen. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect o...
Computer vision system (CVSs) are effective tools that enable large-scale phenotyping with a low-cost and non-invasive method, which avoids animal stress. Economically important traits, such as rib and loin yield, are difficult to measure; therefore,...
Medical microrobotics is an emerging field that aims at non-invasive diagnosis and therapy inside the human body through miniaturized sensors and actuators. Such microrobots can be tethered (e.g., smart microcatheters, microendoscopes) or untethered ...
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