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Apparatus to apply forces in a three-dimensional space

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Apparatus to apply forces in a three-dimensional space

Biohybrid Superorganisms—On the Design of a Robotic System for Thermal Interactions With Honeybee Colonies

Geometric Learning: Leveraging differential geometry for learning and control

A Biohybrid Superorganism - Investigating honeybees' collective behaviors via interactive robotics

Additively manufactured stretchable zipping electrostatic actuators

Distributed Predictive Formation Control of Autonomous Rotary-Wing Micro Aerial Vehicles

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A lunar reconnaissance drone for cooperative exploration and high-resolution mapping of extreme locations

Targeted worker removal reveals a lack of flexibility in brood transport specialisation with no compensatory gain in efficiency

Reactive collision-free motion generation in joint space via dynamical systems and sampling-based MPC

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Biohybrid Superorganisms—On the Design of a Robotic System for Thermal Interactions With Honeybee Colonies

Geometric Learning: Leveraging differential geometry for learning and control

A Biohybrid Superorganism - Investigating honeybees' collective behaviors via interactive robotics

Additively manufactured stretchable zipping electrostatic actuators

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A lunar reconnaissance drone for cooperative exploration and high-resolution mapping of extreme locations

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A robotic honeycomb for interaction with a honeybee colony

A robotic honeycomb for interaction with a honeybee colony