Halide-containing organic persistent luminescent materials for environmental sensing applications

This review presents a summary of the molecular design of halide-containing organic persistent luminescent materials, and their environmental sensing applications.

Stochastic Jumping Robots for Large-scale Environmental Sensing

Single-use jumping robots that are mass-producible and biodegradable could be quickly released for environmental sensing applications. Such robots would be pre-loaded to perform a set number of jumps, in random directions and with random distances, removing the need for onboard energy and computation. Stochastic jumpers build on embodied randomness and large-scale deployments to perform useful work. This paper introduces simulation results showing how to construct a large group of stochastic jumpers to perform environmental sensing, and the first demonstration of robot prototypes that can perform a set number of sequential jumps, have full-body sensing, and are well suited to be made biodegradable. Corresponding author(s) Email: [email protected]@bristol.ac.uk

MULTIFUNCTIONAL SENSOR BASED ON A PLANAR CAPACITOR FOR REMOTE SENSING

The article deals with the issues related to the technical implementation of environmental sensing using capacitive sensors. It proposes a design of a capacitive sensor of a planar type, and studies physical principles of its operation. The operation of the sensor in two main modes is analyzed: 1) determination of the distance to the object at known electrophysical characteristics of the object; 2) determination of the electrophysical characteristics of the object at a known distance to it. The article provides data of direct measurements of the sensor capacitance and its output signal level under various conditions.

Special Issue: Role of Bacterial Chromatin in Environmental Sensing, Adaptation and Evolution

A typical bacterial cell is micron-sized and contains a genome several million base pairs in length [...]

Stochastic Swarms of Jumping Robots for Large-scale Environmental Sensing

Single-use jumping robots that are mass-producible and potentially biodegradable could be quickly released for environmental sensing applications. Such robots would be pre-loaded to perform a set number of jumps, at random directions and distances, removing the need for onboard energy and computation. Stochastic swarms build on embodied randomness and large-scale deployments to perform useful work. This paper introduces simulation results showing how to construct a stochastic swarm of jumpers to perform environmental sensing, and the first demonstration of robot prototypes which can perform a set number of sequential jumps, full-body sensing, and have the potential to be biodegradable. Corresponding author(s) Email: [email protected]@bristol.ac.uk