In this paper we present a method for virtual 3D cutting operations in 3D tomographic data. When cutting interactively the user specifies a serie of 3D cutting points and correponding cut depths on the surface of the ...
Simulations of static and dynamic aspects of the functionality of the human body are getting more important as the complexity of operations increases. The preoperative planning of maxillofacial operations like the rep...
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Mobile microrobots, which are capable of performing microscopic motions, have become a subject of great interest all over the world, They have the potential to be used for a variety of applications: in industry for as...
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Mobile microrobots, which are capable of performing microscopic motions, have become a subject of great interest all over the world, They have the potential to be used for a variety of applications: in industry for assembly of microsystems or for the testing of silicon chips;in medicine for handling biological cells, etc. A new model of an automated micromanipulation station, which includes piezoelectric microrobots is now being built by an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, This paper describes a sensor system and a powerful tailorable computer for controlling the micromanipulation station.
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Sukhatme, GSRobotics Research Laboratory
Department of Computer Science Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems University of Southern California Los Angeles
We describe the design, construction and control of a quadruped robot which walks on uneven terrain. A control system which produces a statically stable gait has been implemented;results showing a straight and turning...
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We describe the design, construction and control of a quadruped robot which walks on uneven terrain. A control system which produces a statically stable gait has been implemented;results showing a straight and turning gait are presented. The control of quadruped robots poses interesting challenges due to a small stability margin (when compared to hexapods for example). For this reason most implemented systems for outdoor walking on uneven terrain have been hexapods. The system described here has the added virtue of using very few inexpensive sensors and actuators. One of the aims of this work is to build a reduced complexity (low power, low mass and direct drive) walking robot for statically stable walking. The other aim is to compare the performance of this robot with a wheeled robot roughly the same size and weight. In this paper we report on progress towards the first of these two goals using a traverse across an obstacle field as an example.
This paper discusses the significance of communication between individual agents that are embedded into learning Multi-Agent systems. For several learning tasks occurring within a Multi-Agent System, communication act...
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Research in human/computer interaction has mainly focused on natural language, text, speech and vision primarily in isolation. Recently there have been a number of research projects that have concentrated on the integ...
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Research in human/computer interaction has mainly focused on natural language, text, speech and vision primarily in isolation. Recently there have been a number of research projects that have concentrated on the integration of such modalities using intelligent reasoners. The rationale is that many inherent ambiguities in single modes of communication can be resolved if extra information is available. This paper describes an intelligent multi-modal system called the Smart Work Manager. The main characteristics of the Smart Work Manager are that it can process speech, text, face images, gaze information and simulated gestures rising the mouse as input modalities, and its output is in the form of speech, text or graphics. The main components of the system are the reasoner, a speech system, a vision system, an integration platform and the application interface. The overall architecture of the system will be described together with the integration platform and the components of the system which include a non-intrusive neural network based gaze-tracking system. The paper concludes with a discussion on the applicability of such systems to intelligent human/computer interaction and lessons learnt in terms of reliability and efficiency.
Controlling multifingered robot hands makes high demands on the control algorithms and the speed of the control computer. The nonlinear friction, the impact problem and other plant uncertainties require a special kind...
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Controlling multifingered robot hands makes high demands on the control algorithms and the speed of the control computer. The nonlinear friction, the impact problem and other plant uncertainties require a special kind of control and tuning of the controller. Some simple linear and nonlinear controllers for the Karlsruhe Dexterous Hand are presented and the results and advantages of the controllers are shown. Also, a new adaptive fuzzy controller is presented to overcome the time consuming process of fine-tuning the membership functions. Finally, a short glance at the hardware platform is taken in order to show the control system architecture.
In contrast to a hierarchical and centralized structure, distributed or decentralized control architectures reveal their main advantages when it is necessary to enhance the system, to integrate components, and to main...
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In contrast to a hierarchical and centralized structure, distributed or decentralized control architectures reveal their main advantages when it is necessary to enhance the system, to integrate components, and to maintain the system. The main disadvantage of not centralized architectures is having to make sure that the system will fulfill an overall or global goal. To investigate these problems, a distributed control architecture for intelligent systems was developed at the University of Karlsruhe. In this paper, the methods for dead-lock-free coordination and cooperation are explained.
The need for simulation in medical environments increases with the complexity and risks of operations. Exact geometric planning is one of the main problems a surgeon has to deal with. The goal of the authors' rese...
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The need for simulation in medical environments increases with the complexity and risks of operations. Exact geometric planning is one of the main problems a surgeon has to deal with. The goal of the authors' research is the development of a graphical simulation of the human mastication system. Therefore, they are developing an integrated model of the jaw by parameterizing the bones (maxilla and mandible) and modeling the motion capabilities as well as the mastication muscles. The main focus of the paper is the introduction of a kinematic model of the temporomandibular joint and modeling of the mastication muscles. The kinematic model describes the geometrical and analytical movement of the jaw by specially defined axes. By modifying the axes or the geometrical model of the mandible, a surgeon can get a first impression of the post-operative result of, for example, a repositioning. Through integration of the muscles and muscle forces, one can even obtain a dynamic simulation of the whole mastication system.
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