Natural killer T (NKT) cells are innate-like lymphocytes that were first described in the late 1980s. Since their initial description, numerous studies have collectively shed light on their development and effector function. These studies have highlighted the unique requirements for the activation of these lymphocytes and the functional responses that distinguish these cells from other effector...

This paper investigates the problem of paint surface estimation and trajectory planning for automated painting process using a six-degree-of-freedom (6DOF) robot. We first present kinematic model 6DOF articulated spraying robot calculate coordinate transformation robot's end effector relative to base position. Then we design size joints ensure sufficient working space outer coverings automobile...

A small-scale flexure-based gripper was designed for manipulation tasks requiring precision position and force control. The gripper is actuated by a piezoelectric ceramic stack actuator and utilizes strain gages to measure both the gripping force and displacement. The position and force bandwidths were designed for ten Hertz and one hundred Hertz, respectively, in order to afford human-based te...

Parallel manipulators have a specific mechanical architecture where all the links are connected both at the base and at the gripper of the robot. By changing the lengths of these links we are able to control the position 1 of the gripper. In general for a given set of links lengths there is only one position for the gripper. But it may be suspected that in some In this paper position means posi...

We present the design and implementation of a taskable reactive mobile manipulation system. In contrary to related work, we treat arm base degrees freedom as holistic structure which greatly improves speed fluidity resulting motion. At core this approach is robust motion controller can achieve desired end-effector pose, while avoiding joint position velocity limits, ensuring manipulator manoeuv...

In thzs paper, we focus on the problem of controllang a manzpulator so as to track a desired object trajectory, whzle guaranteeang that contact forces comply wath contact constraants (frzctzon bounds, etc ). When dealing wath kznematzcally defectawe systems, zt as not possable an general to asszgn arbatmry trajectoraes of ob.fect motaons and contact forces. To understand what restrzctaons poszt...

Abst-ract constraint. A static grasp occurs, for example, if a cube is grasped in a frictional parallel-jaw gripper, since the frictional forces must be included to verify stability. A quasi-static grasp might correspond to pushing a sofa across the floor-the sofa retains contact with the effector to balance the forces of sliding This paper' describes some preliminary work on dynamic manipulati...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have quickly emerged as important regulators of mammalian physiology owing to their precise control over the expression of critical protein coding genes. Despite significant progress in our understanding of how miRNAs function in mice, there remains a fundamental need to be able to target and edit miRNA genes in the human genome. Here, we report a novel approach to disrupting...