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This study attempts to make a compact humanoid robot acquire a giant-swing motion without any robotic models by using reinforcement learning; only the interaction with environment is available. Generally, it is widely said that this type of learning method is not appropriated to obtain dynamic motions because Markov property is not necessarily guaranteed during the dynamic task. However, in this study,...
This paper describes the effect of Muller-Lyer illusion on a reaching movement just after the visual and haptic/kinesthetic cues are simultaneously presented. First, a standard experiment on this visual illusion is conducted by means of the most typical way so as to make sure that participants can experience this illusion; the result shows that all the subjects are deceived by the illusion figure...
Recently, all solid-state pulsed power modulators, which are operated with high repetition rate, long lifetime and high reliability, have been developed to be used for industrial applications of plasmas, such as high repetition rate pulsed gas lasers, high energy density plasma (EUV sources) and pulse ozonizer. We have studied and developed high repetition rate compact pulsed power modulator for discharge...
A methodology is presented to accurately estimate electric power consumption from saturated nighttime DMSP/OLS imagery using a stable light correction. An area correction for the stable light image of DMSP/OLS for the year 1999 was performed and the building area rate data were used to clarify the intensity distribution characteristics of the stable light. Based on the spatial distribution characteristics...
We have experimentally evaluated the coherent addition technique, and revealed that the coherent addition can enhance detected data intensity and realize clear three-level data retrieving. Moreover, we have achieved great improvements in the multiplexed performance, which are the SNR gain of +3.5 dB and the data density increase with the factor of 2. We consider that this technique will strongly contribute...
We have investigated the properties of boron carbon nitride containing hydrogen (BCNH) film deposited by using tris (dimethylamino)boron (TMAB) gas. The dielectric constant (k) of the BCNH film was achieved as low as 1.8 by deposition with a low RP power (10 W). The film has a sufficient Young's modulus as high as 26 GPa. In addition, k-value of BCNH film is more stable compared with conventional...
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