A routing framework for heterogeneous multi-robot teams in exploration tasks

T Sakamoto, S Bonardi, T Kubota - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter proposes a routing framework for heterogeneous multi-robot teams in exploration
tasks. The proposed framework deals with a combinatorial optimization problem, and …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of seven types of superoxide dismutases for their ability to respond to oxidative stress in Bombyx mori

Y Kobayashi, Y Nojima, T Sakamoto, K Iwabuchi… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Insects are well adapted to changing environmental conditions. They have unique systems
for eliminating reactive oxygen species (ROS). Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is a key enzyme …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic functional annotation workflow for insects

H Bono, T Sakamoto, T Kasukawa, H Tabunoki - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The functions of all genes encoded in the genome should be studied for
genome editing. Genome editing technology can speed up insect research for the functional …

[HTML][HTML] Superoxide dismutase 6 is required during metamorphosis for the development of properly movable legs in Tribolium castaneum

M Nishiko, T Sakamoto, S Mun, MY Noh, Y Arakane… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The body form of holometabolous insects dramatically transforms from larval to adult stages
during metamorphosis that occurs in the pupal stage. The larval disorganization and then …

Functional importance of groups I and II chitinases in cuticle chitin turnover during molting in a wood-boring beetle, Monochamus alternatus

Y Lee, S Muthukrishnan, KJ Kramer, T Sakamoto… - Pesticide Biochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Insects must periodically replace their old cuticle/exoskeleton with a new one in a process
called molting or ecdysis to allow for continuous growth through sequential developmental …

Ionic conduction of slide-ring gel swollen with ionic liquids

T Moriyasu, T Sakamoto, N Sugihara, Y Sasa, Y Ota… - Polymer, 2013 - Elsevier
The slide-ring (SR) gels derived from polyethylene glycol (PEG) threatened with polyrotaxane
or hydroxypropyl polyrotaxane and crosslinked by 1,4-butanediol diglycidil ether were …

The CALorimetric electron telescope (CALET) on the international space station: Results from the first two years on orbit

…, SB Ricciarini, K Sakai, T Sakamoto… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) is a high-energy astroparticle physics space
experiment installed on the International Space Station (ISS), developed and operated by …

[HTML][HTML] Construction of TUATinsecta database that integrated plant and insect database for screening phytophagous insect metabolic products with medicinal …

…, T Nakazato, N Kaminaga, M Nakano, T Sakamoto… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Phytophagous insect larvae feed on plants containing secondary metabolic products with
biological activity against other predatory organisms. Phytophagous insects can use their …

[HTML][HTML] De novo transcriptome analysis for examination of the nutrition metabolic system related to the evolutionary process through which stick insects gain the ability …

T Sakamoto, S Sasaki, N Yamaguchi, M Nakano… - BMC Research …, 2021 - Springer
Objective Insects are the most evolutionarily successful groups of organisms, and this success
is largely due to their flight ability. Interestingly, some stick insects have lost their flight …

A C69-family cysteine dipeptidase from Lactobacillus farciminis JCM1097 possesses strong Gly-Pro hydrolytic activity

T Sakamoto, T Otokawa, R Kono… - The journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Dipeptide Gly-Pro, a hard-to-degrade and collagenous peptide, is thought to be hydrolysed
by prolidases that can work on various X-Pro dipeptides. Here, we found an entirely different …