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ICRA
2010
IEEE
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13 years 7 months ago
Two-phased controller for a pair of 2-DOF soft fingertips based on the qualitative relationship between joint angles and object
— We have previously shown that hemispherical soft fingertips are at equilibrium when they are in contact with objects, suggesting that the contact force and flexibility of the...
Yujiro Yamazaki, Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai
BMCBI
2010
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13 years 8 months ago
Simulation of a Petri net-based Model of the Terpenoid Biosynthesis Pathway
Background: The development and simulation of dynamic models of terpenoid biosynthesis has yielded a systems perspective that provides new insights into how the structure of this ...
Aliah Hazmah Hawari, Zeti-Azura Mohamed-Hussein
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 9 months ago
A Collaborative Virtual Environment for the Simulation of Temporal Bone Surgery
Abstract. We describe a framework for training-oriented simulation of temporal bone surgery. Bone dissection is simulated visually and haptically, using a hybrid data representatio...
Dan Morris, Christopher Sewell, Nikolas H. Blevins...
CORR
2008
Springer
72views Education» more  CORR 2008»
13 years 8 months ago
Design Optimization for an Electro-Thermally Actuated Polymeric Microgripper
Thermal micro-actuators are a promising solution to the need for large-displacement, gentle handling force, low-power MEMS actuators. Potential applications of these devices are mi...
R. Voicu, R. Muller, L. Eftime
AROBOTS
2005
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13 years 8 months ago
Visually Guided Cooperative Robot Actions Based on Information Quality
In field environments it is not usually possible to provide robots in advance with valid geometric models of its environment and task element locations. The robot or robot teams ne...
Vivek A. Sujan, Steven Dubowsky