A direct-drive arm is a mechanical arm in which the shafts of articulared joints are directly coupled to the rotors of motors with high torque. Since the arm does not contain transmission mechanisms between the motors and their loads, the drive system has no backlash, small friction, and high mechanical stiffness, all of which are desirable for fast, accurate, and versatile robots. First, the p...

case presentation in this report, ultrasound-guided sciatic nerve block was performed in a 25-year-old patient with tetanus to progress his respiratory drive which was decreased due to high dose sedative administration. this procedure accelerates the weaning process and extubation. introduction muscle rigidity and generalized spasm can cause severe pain in patients with tetanus. administration ...

In the paper an application of the model predictive controller for the drive system with elasticity and backlash is presented. In the introduction the control problem of the drive system with mechanical backlash is introduced. Next, the mathematical model of the drive is presented. Then the predictive algorithm is described briefly. The performance of the predictive controller is examined in th...

Our sweep design methodology centers on creating a frequency dependent force-amplitude (drive) function such that the drive-level at each frequency is maximised but does not exceed the mechanical limitations of the vibrator. Bagaini (2008) showed how we can overcome the reduction in energy from reducing the drive-level by increasing the instantaneous sweep rate. This methodology has commonly be...

a Nonlinear Mechanical Transformer by Woo Sok Chang S.M., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1999) M.S., Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University (1990) B.S., Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University (1988) Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor o...

Convergent extension (CE), a kinematic motif associated with several important morphogenetic movements in embryos, entails narrowing of a tissue in one in-plane direction and elongation in the other. Although the cell elongation and intercalation which accompany this process have been investigated and relevant genes and biochemical pathways have been studied in multiple organisms, a fundamental...

Cell-shape changes associated with processes like cytokinesis and motility proceed on several-second timescales but are derived from molecular events, including protein-protein interactions, filament assembly, and force generation by molecular motors, all of which occur much faster [1-4]. Therefore, defining the dynamics of such molecular machinery is critical for understanding cell-shape regul...

Estimates are that more than half of all electricity in China powers motors. The traditional mechanical control scheme wastes half of the electricity it uses. Inverterbased, variable-speed-drive designs can save most of these losses. Advancing the adoption of inverter-based variable speed drives requires finding a means to achieve mechanical simplicity while maintaining the performance necessar...