scholarly journals Discrimination of Particle Diameter by using Tactile Information (Estimation Algorithm of an Artificial System including the Functions of Tactile Receptors)

2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (725) ◽  
pp. 354-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken NAKANO ◽  
Ken-ichi KURUMADA ◽  
Yu WAKABAYASHI ◽  
Koji YAMAMOTO
Keyword(s):  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Estimation Algorithm ◽  
Artificial System ◽  
Tactile Information ◽  
Tactile Receptors

scholarly journals HARVEST: High-Resolution Haptic Vest and Fingertip Sensing Glove That Transfers Tactile Sensation of Fingers to the Back

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1298
Author(s):  
Taha Moriyama ◽  
Hiroyuki Kajimoto
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Pressure Distribution ◽  
Tactile Sensation ◽  
Tactile Information ◽  
Tactile Receptors ◽  
Finger Skin

Human fingertips are densely populated with tactile receptors and are hence incredibly sensitive. However, wearing gloves on the fingers drastically reduces the tactile information available to the fingertips, such as the texture and shape of the object, and makes it difficult to perform dexterous work. As a solution, in this study, we developed a high-resolution haptic vest that transfers the tactile sensation of the fingertips to the back. The haptic vest contains 80 voice-coil type vibrators which are located at each of the two discrimination thresholds on the back and can be driven independently. The tactile sensation of the fingertips is transferred to the back using the developed haptic vest in combination with a sensing glove that can detect the pressure distribution on the finger skin at up to 100 points. Different experiments were conducted to validate the performance of the proposed haptic vest and sensing gloves. The use of the haptic vest and the sensing glove enabled the user to perceive the shape of a planar object more accurately when compared to the case where the user wore only the glove.

In-Hand Grasping Pose Estimation Using Particle Filters in Combination with Haptic Rendering Models

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yitao Ding ◽  
Julian Bonse ◽  
Robert Andre ◽  
Ulrike Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Pose Estimation ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Estimation Algorithm ◽  
Haptic Rendering ◽  
Force Distribution ◽  
Deformable Objects ◽  
Tactile Information ◽  
Hand Pose Estimation ◽  
Hand Pose

Specialized grippers used in the industry are often restricted to specific tasks and objects. However, with the development of dexterous grippers, such as humanoid hands, in-hand pose estimation becomes crucial for successful manipulations, since objects will change their pose during and after the grasping process. In this paper, we present a gripping system and describe a new pose estimation algorithm based on tactile sensory information in combination with haptic rendering models (HRMs). We use a 3-finger manipulator equipped with tactile force sensing elements. A particle filter processes the tactile measurements from these sensor elements to estimate the grasp pose of an object. The algorithm evaluates hypotheses of grasp poses by comparing tactile measurements and expected tactile information from CAD-based haptic renderings, where distance values between the sensor and 3D-model are converted to forces. Our approach compares the force distribution instead of absolute forces or distance values of each taxel. The haptic rendering models of the objects allow us to estimate the pose of soft deformable objects. In comparison to mesh-based approaches, our algorithm reduces the calculation complexity and recognizes ambiguous and geometrically impossible solutions.

Surface Structure of Nucleated Animal Cells: Carbon Replicas

1967 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 120-121
Author(s):  
Robert M. Glaeser ◽  
Thea B. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Surface Structure ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Cellular Functions ◽  
Animal Cells ◽  
Replica Technique ◽  
Carbon Replica ◽  
Characteristic Particle ◽  
Cell Surface Structure ◽  
Carbon Replicas

The carbon-replica technique can be used to obtain information about cell-surface structure that cannot ordinarily be obtained by thin-section techniques. Mammalian erythrocytes have been studied by the replica technique and they appear to be characterized by a pebbly or “plaqued“ surface texture. The characteristic “particle” diameter is about 200 Å to 400 Å. We have now extended our observations on cell-surface structure to chicken and frog erythrocytes, which possess a broad range of cellular functions, and to normal rat lymphocytes and mouse ascites tumor cells, which are capable of cell division. In these experiments fresh cells were washed in Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium Salt Solution (for suspension cultures) and one volume of a 10% cell suspension was added to one volume of 2% OsO4 or 5% gluteraldehyde in 0.067 M phosphate buffer, pH 7.3. Carbon replicas were obtained by a technique similar to that employed by Glaeser et al. Figure 1 shows an electron micrograph of a carbon replica made from a chicken erythrocyte, and Figure 2 shows an enlarged portion of the same cell.

AEM analysis of solidification catalysts in atomized Fe-Ni

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 584-585
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Libera
Keyword(s):  
Powder Particle ◽  
Alloy Composition ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Metastable Phases ◽  
Liquid Droplets ◽  
Nucleation Kinetics ◽  
Ni Alloys ◽  
Nonequilibrium Solidification

The liquid droplets produced by atomization processes are believed to undergo substantial supercooling during solidification, because the catalytic heterogeneities, for statistical reasons, tend to be isolated in the larger droplets. This supercooling can lead to the nucleation of metastable phases. As part of a study on the effect of liquid supercooling on nonequilibrium solidification, three binary Fe-Ni alloys have been produced by conventional argon atomization (Fe-20Ni, Fe-30Ni, and Fe-40Ni). The primary variables in these experiments are: i) the alloy composition; and ii) the powder particle diameter (inversely proportional to supercooling). Of particular interest in this system is the competitive nucleation kinetics between the stable fee and metastable bec phases. Bcc is expected to nucleate preferentially with decreasing %Ni and decreasing particle diameter.

RHYNCHOLITES AND THE PROBLEM OF NARROW AND BROAD CONCEPTION OF TAXONS

2018 ◽  
pp. 12-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. R. Khuzina ◽  
V. N. Komarov
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Individual Variability ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Artificial System ◽  
Broad Understanding

The paper considers a point of view, based on the conception of the broad understanding of taxons. According to this point of view, rhyncholites of the subgenus Dentatobeccus and Microbeccus are accepted to be synonymous with the genus Rhynchoteuthis, and subgenus Romanovichella is considered to be synonymous with the genus Palaeoteuthis. The criteria, exercising influence on the different approaches to the classification of rhyncholites, have been analyzed (such as age and individual variability, sexual dimorphism, pathological and teratological features, degree of disintegration of material), underestimation of which can lead to inaccuracy. Divestment of the subgenuses Dentatobeccus, Microbeccus and Romanovichella, possessing very bright morphological characteristics, to have an independent status and denomination to their synonyms, has been noted to be unjustified. An artificial system (any suggested variant) with all its minuses is a single probable system for rhyncholites. The main criteria, minimizing its negative sides and proving the separation of the new taxon, is an available mass-scale material. The narrow understanding of the genus, used in sensible limits, has been underlined to simplify the problem of the passing the view about the genus to the other investigators and recognition of rhyncholites for the practical tasks.

Effect of ink and paperboard characteristics on flexographic print quality based on print density

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
KHODADAD MALMIRCHEGINI ◽  
FARSHAD SARKHOSH RAHMANI
Keyword(s):  
Water Absorption ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Print Quality ◽  
Printing Technology ◽  
Plastic Films ◽  
Printing Inks ◽  
Packaging Industry ◽  
Solids Content ◽  
Density Results

Flexography is an evolving printing technology that is suitable for printing on coated and uncoated paperboard and board, nonporous substrates including metalized and paperboard foils, and plastic films used especially in the packaging industry. This study evaluated the effect of paperboard and ink characteristics on flexographic print density in paperboard. Three commercial paperboards from different companies were prepared: brown kraft from Thailand, white kraft from Spain, and test liner from Iran. Four samples of process print inks from Iran were used in this investigation. Paperboard properties, such as roughness and water absorption, and ink characteristics, including solids content, PH and particle diameter, were measured. The inks were printed on paperboards using a roll no.15 applicator with a blade metering device, and the print densities were measured. Results showed that solids content, pH, and particle diameter of printing inks influenced print density, while the roughness and water absorption of the three types of paperboard had no significant influence on print density. Results also illustrated that two levels of ink viscosity (25–30 and 50–55 mPa·s) were insignificant to print density.

The Statistical Evaluations of Transmission Characteristics, Limits of Ranges and Speeds of Transmission of Information Via the Pulsed Atmospheric Bistatic Optical Channels

2019 ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
Mikhail V. Tarasenkov ◽  
Egor S. Poznakharev ◽  
Vladimir V. Belov
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Estimation Algorithm ◽  
Transmission Characteristics ◽  
Radiation Beam ◽  
Optical Channels ◽  
The Monte Carlo Method ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Transmission Of Information ◽  
Optical Axes ◽  
Visibility Range

The simulation program by the Monte Carlo method of pulse reactions of bistatic atmospheric aerosol-gas channels of optical-electronic communication systems (OECS) is created on the basis of the modified double local estimation algorithm. It is used in a series of numerical experiments in order to evaluate statistically the transfer characteristics of these channels depending on the optical characteristics of an atmosphere plane-parallel model for wavelengths λ = 0.3, 0.5, and 0.9 μm at a meteorological visibility range SM = 10 and 50 km. The results are obtained for a set of basic distances between the light source and the light receiver up to 50 km and for the angular orientations of the optical axes of a laser radiation beam and of the receiving system in a wide range of their values. The dependences of the pulse reactions maximum values over-the-horizon channels of the OECS on the variations of these parameters are established.

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