Ernst, Floris Osburg, Jonas Tüshaus, Ludger
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Introduction Paediatric forearm fractures are a prevalent reason for medical consultation, often requiring diagnostic X-rays that present a risk due to ionising radiation, especially concerning given the sensitivity of children’s tissues. This paper explores the efficacy of ultrasound imaging, particularly through the development of the SonoBox sys...
Oberneder, Florian Landler, Stefan Otto, Michael Vogel-Heuser, Birgit Zimmermann, Markus Stahl, Karsten
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For a drive unit for axes of robots and robot-like systems (RLS) usually a motor-gearbox arrangement is chosen due to its high-power density. The combination of a high-ratio gearbox and a high-speed electric motor ensures a very compact and efficient design of the drive train. The transmission properties primarily determine the properties of the ax...
Brown, Joshua Bello, Fernando
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Physical interaction with patients, for example conducted as part of a diagnostic examination or surgical procedure, provides clinicians with a wealth of information about their condition. Simulating this interaction is of great interest to researchers in both haptics and medical education, and the development of softness changing tactile interface...
Sierra M., Sergio D. Harris, Nigel Múnera, Marcela Cifuentes, Carlos A.
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Introduction This paper addresses the growing healthcare needs of an ageing population and the lack of advanced technologies with social capabilities that are cost effective, user friendly, and readily adopted. In response to this motivation, a socially assistive walker is designed to provide physical and cognitive support in activities of daily li...
Kowsari, Elham Ghabcheloo, Reza
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Introduction The paper introduces a novel optimal feedforward controller for Hydraulic manipulators equipped with a passive grapple, addressing the issue of sway during and after movement. The controller is specifically applied to a forwarder machine used in forestry for log-loading tasks. Methods The controller is designed for smooth operation, lo...
Bretschneider, Lutz Bollmann, Sven Houssin-Agbomson, Deborah Shaw, Jacob Howes, Neil Nguyen, Linh Robinson, Rod Helmore, Jon Lichtenstern, Michael Nwaboh, Javis
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The quickly developing drone technology can be used efficiently in the field of pipeline leak detection. The aim of this article is to provide drone mission concepts for detecting releases from pipelines. It provides an overview of the current applications of natural gas pipeline surveys, it considers environmental conditions by plume modelling, it...
Johansson, Robert
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This paper presents an interdisciplinary framework, Machine Psychology, which integrates principles from operant learning psychology with a particular Artificial Intelligence model, the Non-Axiomatic Reasoning System (NARS), to advance Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) research. Central to this framework is the assumption that adaptation is fun...
Sallam, Mohamed Shamseldin, Mohamed A. Ficuciello, Fanny
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Microparticles are increasingly employed as drug carriers inside the human body. To avoid collision with environment, they reach their destination following a predefined trajectory. However, due to the various disturbances, tracking control of microparticles is still a challenge. In this work, we propose to use an Adaptive Nonlinear PID (A-NPID) co...
Rekabi Bana, Fatemeh Krajník, Tomáš Arvin, Farshad
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Cooperative multi-agent systems make it possible to employ miniature robots in order to perform different experiments for data collection in wide open areas to physical interactions with test subjects in confined environments such as a hive. This paper proposes a new multi-agent path-planning approach to determine a set of trajectories where the ag...
Smahi, Abdeslem Lakhal, Othman Chettibi, Taha Sanz Lopez, Mario Pasquier, David Merzouki, Rochdi
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Introduction In this paper, we introduce an advanced robotic system integrated with an adaptive optimization algorithm, tailored for Brachytherapy in prostate cancer treatment. The primary innovation of the system is the algorithm itself, designed to dynamically adjust needle trajectories in response to the real-time movements of the prostate gland...
