J. Robert Oppenheimer

Robert J . Webster III

As a flexible needle with a bevel tip is pushed through soft tissue, the asymmetry of the tip causes the needle to bend. We propose that, by using nonholonomic kinematics, control, and path planning, an appropriately designed needle can be steered through tissue to reach a specified 3D target. Such steering capability could enhance targeting accuracy and may improve outcomes for percutaneous th...

Comment (on Robert J. Gordon)

Robert J. Wenthold (1948–2009)

Robert J. Wenthold (Bob) grew up on a farm outside of Cresco, Iowa, a small town near the Minnesota border. Anyone who knew Bob would acknowledge that he never lost the midwestern work ethic gained during his formative years. After high school, Bob left the farm and went to Loras College, a small liberal arts college in Dubuque, Iowa. Following the completion of his undergraduate degree, he pur...

A biographical sketch of Robert J . Sacker

Robert John Sacker was born in Miami, Florida in October 1937. While in high school in Key West, Florida, he developed a strong interest in both mathematics and electrical engineering. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, where he met John Nohel, who inspired Sacker to specialize in mathematics. Completing his undergraduate studies in 1959, he entered the graduate program...

Boyd, Robert and Richerson, Peter J

This book is a must-have for philosophers of psychology, philosophers of biology, philosophers of the social sciences, and, more generally, anybody who is interested in the evolution of mind and behavior. The anthropologists Robert Boyd and Peter Richerson have collected twenty of their most important articles written between 1987 and 2003. This collection is an excellent initiative, since thes...