This paper presents the results of experimental research on development and substantiation parameters operating modes drive mechanism cutting apparatus in a mower with double knife stroke. A structural technological scheme device segment-finger type has been developed, which stroke is provided. Analytical relationships were obtained to determine stroke, speed acceleration. Based theoretical stu...

Current surgical robotic systems in orthopaedics lack realistic pre-operative simulations and utilize invasive methods to register bone intra-operatively. A multidisciplinary group of researchers is addressing these de ciencies in the context of robotic cementless hip replacement surgery. In this paper we outline our current research progress and a road-map for the short-term future of our rese...

A key challenge in designing robot teams is determining how to allocate team members to specific roles according to their abilities and the demands of the environment. In this paper we explore this issue in the context of multi-robot foraging, and we show that optimal foraging theory can be used to evaluate our work in learned multi-robot foraging tasks. We present a means by which members of a...

This paper describes a shape-changing robotic mannequin. It is designed to imitate shapes of different people to be used in online clothes retail and made-tomeasure garment industry. We discuss the challenges related to creation of a female robotic mannequin and describe the technical solutions. 

Genetic robot is one of artificial creatures and has its own genome in which each chromosome consists of many genes that contribute to defining its personality. By using the concept of genetic robot, this paper proposes personalized robotic doll by applying evolutionary process to generate unique propensity, defined by its genome. A genome population is evolved such that it customizes the genom...

This paper describes the development and implementation of a Bayes network based system for distinguishing terrestrial rocks from meteorites from onboard the mobile robotic rover Nomad. Equipped with a color camera and spectrometer, Nomad autonomously made the first robotic identification of a meteorite, in January 2000 at the Elephant Moraine, Antarctica. This paper discusses rock classificati...

One of the reasons for relatively high biomass harvesting cost is challenges in adjusting the ground speed of harvesting machines with respect to the yield level within a field. A real-time biomass yield sensor that can predict the yield in front of a machine could be a useful tool to control ground speed. It was hypothesized that the force required to bend Miscanthus stems is a reliable predic...