AIMC Topic: Chiroptera

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Mapping global risk of bat and rodent borne disease outbreaks to anticipate emerging threats.

Scientific reports
Future epidemics and/or pandemics may likely arise from zoonotic viruses with bat- and rodent-borne pathogens being among the prime candidates. To improve preparedness and prevention strategies, we predicted the global distribution of bat- and rodent...

Bat-Inspired Bionic Bimodal Active Cognitive Electronic Skin with Multisensory Integration Ability.

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Empowering intelligent robots with cognitive abilities that rival or even surpass those of humans is the key to enabling more complex and sophisticated interactions. Currently, most electronic skins (e-skins) perform excellently in distinguishing sha...

Upstroke wing clapping in bats and bat-inspired robots offers efficient lift generation.

Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Wing articulation is critical for the efficient flight of bird- and bat-sized animals. Inspired by the flight of , the lesser short-nosed fruit bat, we built a two-degree-of-freedom flapping wing platform with variable wing folding capability. In the...

Decoding the blueprint of receptor binding by filoviruses through large-scale binding assays and machine learning.

Cell host & microbe
Evidence suggests that bats are important hosts of filoviruses, yet the specific species involved remain largely unidentified. Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) is an essential entry receptor, with amino acid variations influencing viral susceptibility and spec...

Bat2Web: A Framework for Real-Time Classification of Bat Species Echolocation Signals Using Audio Sensor Data.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Bats play a pivotal role in maintaining ecological balance, and studying their behaviors offers vital insights into environmental health and aids in conservation efforts. Determining the presence of various bat species in an environment is essential ...

Application of a novel deep learning-based 3D videography workflow to bat flight.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Studying the detailed biomechanics of flying animals requires accurate three-dimensional coordinates for key anatomical landmarks. Traditionally, this relies on manually digitizing animal videos, a labor-intensive task that scales poorly with increas...

Risk Assessment of the Possible Intermediate Host Role of Pigs for Coronaviruses with a Deep Learning Predictor.

Viruses
Swine coronaviruses (CoVs) have been found to cause infection in humans, suggesting that Suiformes might be potential intermediate hosts in CoV transmission from their natural hosts to humans. The present study aims to establish convolutional neural ...

Small-scale location identification in natural environments with deep learning based on biomimetic sonar echoes.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
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...

Bio-inspired flapping wing robots with foldable or deformable wings: a review.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Traditional flapping-wing robots (FWRs) obtain lift and thrust by relying on the passive deformation of their wings which cannot actively fold or deform. In contrast, flying creatures such as birds, bats, and insects can maneuver agilely through acti...

Large-scale recognition of natural landmarks with deep learning based on biomimetic sonar echoes.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
The ability to identify natural landmarks on a regional scale could contribute to the navigation skills of echolocating bats and also advance the quest for autonomy in natural environments with man-made systems. However, recognizing natural landmarks...