s ytrain is one of the most accessile—in terms of barrier-free access for elderly and handicapped passengers—rapid transit systems in the world. Accessibility is not merely a feature of design, but also part of operations and education, safety, and emergency procedures. Skytrain was initiated by the British Columbia provincial government in 1980. Construction began in 1982, and Phase I went int...

1. The subject and the goals of the study Problems of structures subjected to loads travelling with high velocity are of a special interest for practicing engineers. Numerous of analytical and numerical solutions are applied to solve the problems of transportation and robotic systems with a single or multi-point interactions such as train-track, vehicle-bridge or effector-guideway. These proble...

This paper proposes a novel foot-pad omni-directional locomotion interface, establishes planar walking algorithm for it in detail. The proposed locomotion interface allows users walking omni-directionally in a virtual environment, which can improve users’ immersion characteristic significantly. The established walking algorithm explains the relation between the motion of foot-pads and the posit...