Captured human motion data can provide a rich source of examples of successful manipulation strategies. General techniques for adapting these examples for use in robotics are not yet available, however, in part because the problem to be solved by the robot will rarely be the same as that in the human demonstration. This paper considers the problem of adapting a human demonstration of a quasista...

Arrays of electrostatic MEMS actuators have been fabricated using a multi-layer SCREAM (Single-Crystal Reactive Etching and Metallization) process. The high aspect ratio single-crystal silicon (SCS) devices consist of released, torsionally suspended grids with tips. Experiments and calculations show that the actuator array is strong enough to move macroscopic parts. An individual actuator can g...

As a great academic significance, Chen Huan-Chang’s The Economic Principles of Confucius and His School attracts attention at home abroad. However, few studies have mentioned the Chinese translations from perspective translation studies. This paper is descriptive interpretative study process in translations. Based on Andre Lefevere’s rewriting theory, this aims to explore manipulation ideology ...

This paper investigates manipulation tasks with arrays of mi-croelectromechanical structures (MEMS). We develop a model for the mechanics of microactuators and a theory of sensorless, parallel manipulation, and we describe eecient algorithms for their evaluation. The theory of limit surfaces ooers a purely geometric characterization of micro-scale contacts between actuator and moving object, wh...

This paper investigates the susceptibility of a futures market to manipulation in a twoperiod model with imperfect information and delivery-settled contracts. A large trader is assumed to have private information on his own type, while other traders' information regarding the large trader's identity is imperfect. Under certain mild assumptions, the model shows that a “corner’ or ‘squeeze’ can o...

This paper investigates manipulation tasks with arrays of microelectromechanical structures (MEMS). We develop a model for the mechanics of microactuators and a theory of sensorless, parallel manipulation, and we describe e cient algorithms for their evaluation. The theory of limit surfaces o ers a purely geometric characterization of micro-scale contacts between actuator and moving object, whi...

5 The transmission of many animal and plant diseases relies on the behavior of arthropod vectors. In 6 particular, the choice to feed on either infected or uninfected hosts can dramatically affect the 7 epidemiology of vector‐borne diseases. I develop an epidemiological model to explore the impact 8 of host choice behavior on the dynamics of these diseases and to examine sel...

Social group memberships are primarily studied in quasi-experimental contexts, but how can culture, class and gender be manipulated true experimental designs? This review highlights the different empirical strategies that used to manipulate “culture” as it relates race/ethnicity (activation of thinking styles, language, priming cultural constructs), (social standing, status, or perceived social...

Multiingered robot hands can be used for applying ne motions. Unlike pick-and-place manipulations, Fine Motions Strategies generate movements based on sensor information to overcome mechanical and sensory uncertainties(Laugier, 1989; Magnussen and Doersam, 1995; Munoz et al., 1995). Performing assembly operations with a dexterous hand, high level strategies for planning a manipulation task have...

Trophically transmitted parasites often alter their intermediate host's phenotype, thereby predisposing hosts to increased predation. This is generally considered to be a parasite strategy evolved to enhance transmission to the next host. However, the adaptive value of host manipulation is not clear, as it may be associated with costs, such as increased susceptibility to predator species that a...