We investigate the problem of using contact sensors to estimate the pose of an object during planar pushing by a fixed-shape hand. Contact sensors are unique because they inherently discriminate between “contact” and “no-contact” configurations. As a result, the set of object configurations that activates a sensor constitutes a lower-dimensional contact manifold in the configuration space of th...

This paper explores the mis-specification of preferences as a cause of the poor empirical performance of the traditional Life Cycle/Permanent Income model in explaining Italian households’ consumption decisions. Consumption profiles generated under strict life cycle models could be hardly reconciled with those exhibited by Italian households. We estimate how household consumption evolves over t...

We present a framework for the automatic disassembly of 3D man-made models and the illustration of the disassembly process. Given an assembled 3D model, we first analyze the individual parts using sharp edge loops and extract the contact faces between each pair of neighboring parts. The contact faces are then used to compute the possible moving directions of each part. We then present a simple ...

IN I909 the Second International Congress on Leprosy was held at Bergen and passed the following resolution: "Leprosy is a disease which is contagious from person to person, whatevel may be the method by which this contagion is effected. Every country, in whatever latitude it may be situated, is within the range of possible infection by leprosy, and may, therefore, usefully undertake measures t...

We address the question of the appearence of ordinary quantum mechanics in the context of noncommutative quantum mechanics. We obtain the noncommutative extension of the Hu-Paz-Zhang master equation for a Brownian particle linearly coupled to a bath of harmonic oscillators. We consider the particular case of an Ohmic regime.

There are many types of bearings available, each used for different purposes and different conditions. Two major types of bearings are contact bearings and noncontact bearings. By considering the ball material, I separate the contact bearings to steel bearings and ceramic ball bearings. On the other hand, there are bearings that can run without any contact between the sliding surfaces in the be...

We present 30-nm InAs pseudomorphic HEMTs (PHEMTs) on an InP substrate with record fT characteristics and well-balanced fT and fmax values. This result was obtained by improving short-channel effects through widening of the siderecess spacing (Lside) to 150 nm, as well as reducing parasitic source and drain resistances. To compensate for an increase in Rs and Rd due to Lside widening, we optimi...

We propose and demonstrate self-aligned Double Injection Function Thin Film Transistor (DIF-TFT) architecture that mitigates short channel effects in 200 nm on non-scaled insulator (100 SiO 2 ). In this conceptual design, a combination of ohmic-like injection contact high injection-barrier metal...

This comment is on the paper ‘‘Piezoresistive Effect in SiOC Ceramics for Integrated Pressure Sensors’’, by Riedel et al. The experimental method of testing the piezoresistive behavior is flawed in this paper, as explained below. A similar flaw exists in Zhang et al. which is referenced by the subject paper. Due to this flaw, the piezoresistive results are not reliable. Piezoresistivity refers ...

The impact of forces due to the difference in mechanical stresses between the Schottky contacts and passivation films on the electrical properties of (0001) AlGaN/GaN Schottky diodes is numerically analyzed in the framework of the edge force model. The compressive (tensile) passivation films induce negative (positive) piezoelectric charges below the Schottky contacts in the GaN channels and bri...