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The article is focused on problematic of the middle size wheeled 6×6 UGV development (approx. 1100kg), lessons learned, achieved results and its system integration in the digitized battlefield. Based on previous experiences with UGV systems, there were identified fundamental factors of tactical and technological requirements, which converge to a set of priorities, including some (routine) processes...
Computing in schools has gained momentum in the last two years resulting in GCSEs in Computing and teachers looking to up skill from Digital Literacy (ICT). For many students the subject of computer science concerns software code but writing code can be challenging, due to specific requirements on syntax and spelling with new ways of thinking required. Not only do many undergraduate students lack...
Organ printing, takes tissue spheroids as building blocks together with additive manufacturing technique to engineer tissue or organ replacement parts. Although a wide array of cell aggregation techniques has been investigated, and gained noticeable success, the application of tissue spheroids for scale-up tissue fabrication is still worth investigation. In this paper, we introduce a new micro-fabrication...
Service robots employed in public spaces need to be equipped with specific sensing, reasoning and human-robot interaction capabilities to adapt their interaction style and thus effectively engage with a variety of users. In this paper we present a method used by an ubiquitous robotic system to gather 3D body metrics and use them to robustly estimate age and gender of previously unseen participants...
For the actuation of a swimming microrobot, various types of electromagnetic actuation (EMA) systems were proposed. Compared with a conventional actuation system using an electric motor or shape memory alloy (SMA), EMA system has many advantages for a wireless actuation of a microrobot. This paper introduces a biomimetic swimming tadpole microrobot. The developed microrobot could be driven by an external...
This paper reports the results of a pilot study with autistic children based on our recent work examining the potential of combining haptic and sonic exploration with a real painting as a tool for neurorehabilitation. The study consisted of seven children with autism exploring a painting enhanced with haptic and sound feedback. Audio-visual and kinematic data were collected to evaluate the participants'...
Caudal fin plays significant role in the swimming of bony fishes. It has often been considered as a simple two-dimensional propulsive surface that generates forces in the horizontal plane. However, fish caudal fin has complex origami structures, and is able to produce multiple three-dimensional (3D) kinematics. Based on the biological data from Lauder lab at Harvard University, we developed a multi-material...
This section on the future of making includes the following articles describing various perspectives on technology's evolution going forward: "Design Evolution: A Medium for Ideas," by Yasaman Sheri; "Play and Teach: Making in the Future," by Enrique Gabriel Legaspi; "How We Will Live," Cynthia Erenas; "The Future as I See It," Ruben Estrada; "Open Science...
3D robotic vision is proposed using a neural network model that forms sparse distributed memory traces of spatiotemporal episodes of an object. These episodes are generated by the robot interaction with the environment or by robot's movement around 3D object and its perspective to the objects. The traces are distributed in each cell and synapse that participates in many traces. This sharing of representational...
Recently, there has been an increasing interest and demand for an effective use of leisure time. Many Koreans especially enjoy horseback riding as one way of spending leisure time. Some scholars noticed psychological, social, and emotional benefits produced by horseback riding because it is connected with various aspects of human movement and a special connection with an animal. Therefore, this study...
This paper outlines the motivation, design and development of a self-tuning, robotic monochord. This work presents a portable, autonomous musical robotic string instrument intended for creative and pedagogical use. Detailed tests performed to optimize technical aspects of STARI are described to highlight usability and performance specifications for artists and educators. STARI is intended to be open-source...
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