Abstract Soft actuators have attracted significant attention owing to their unique characteristics and potential for various applications.A dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) is a type of soft actuator driven by electric voltage and has superior characteristics, such as a fast response, light weight, and simple structure.Several studies have been

The handshake is the most acceptable gesture of greeting in many cultures throughout many centuries.To date, robotic arms are not capable of fully replicating this typical human gesture.Using multiple sensors that detect contact forces and displacements, we characterized the movements that occured during handshakes.A typical human-to-human handshak

In 2021, 57 Thermal Fuse ringers ringed altogether 72 348 birds, what is the highest number of ringed birds till now in Slovakia.Of them only 5 598 were ringed the nestlings.Altogether 55 species were ringed.The five most numerous ringed species were Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla, 7 416 individuals), Great Tit (Parus major, 7 158 ind.), Barn Swallow

Argentina and Brazil find themselves in a situation in which the apparent agreement in their internal political changes and the harmony between their leaders seem to be serving as triggering elements for the coordination of their foreign Tantalum policies.Sharing, asthey do, a series of common problems in their insertion into the multilateral spher