This paper presents the triBoingus, a three wheeled mobile robot built to encourage robotics exploration. Built over the course of one semester, the first version of the triBoingus explores problems with three wheeled constrained motion control and planning. The construction of the triBoingus is described, and a design and three possible applications for the next-generation triBoingus, v2, are ...

A nanovehicle with a new photoactive moiety has been synthesized. The incorporation of the azobenzene chassis allows for potential wormlike movement accompanying the rolling behavior of the wheels. Two versions, the fullerene-wheeled and carborane-wheeled nanoworms, were synthesized to examine the solution-based photoisomerization yields of the chassis.

1 Human Engineering Research Laboratories, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA 2Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA 3Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USA 4Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center, Reade, 1040 HG Amsterdam, Th...

Although the wheeled locomotion proved to be very efficient on smooth grounds, it still encounters great difficulties in natural environments, where the ground is subject to wide variations in term of geometry (irregular surface, presence of obstacles...) and material properties (cohesion, grip condition...). This chapter presents recent developments and original systems that improve the capaci...

Missionand safety critical system designers are more and more forced to use a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) approach due to more focus on cost and development times, even if COTS components normally are not specifically designed and developed for robust operation. Many safety critical systems have to be assessed or certified by independent organisations. This paper addresses the challenges as...

Abstract The objective of the paper is to analyse changes in new farm tractor market Poland and annual income farmers’ households generated same period. studies covered period from 2010 2020. tractors was analysed with reference number sold tractors, which measured by registrations. considers quarterly seasonality sale along demand for selected producers engine-power categories Poland. By “new ...

Hocus! pocus! up and down! Draw the white right from the crown! Hocus! pocus! at a loss! Draw the brazen rod across! Hocus! pocus! down and up! Draw them both from foot to top! Wooden nutmegs and counterfeit money are not the only frauds that have had their origin in Connecticut. To the members of the medical profession Perkins' Metallic Tractors are of the most interest. immediately began the ...

In 1999, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) researchers theorized that substantial improvements could be made in the braking performance of medium and heavy trucks. Therefore, NHTSA initiated a multi-year research program to learn what improvements in stopping performance could be achieved using advanced, but currently available, brake technology for medium and heavy trucks....