H. Zhang, Q. Ye, C-L. Chen, K. Hitchens, W-Y. Hsieh, L. Liu, Y. Wu, L. Foley, H-H. Shen, J. Wang, and C. Ho NMR Center for Biomedical Research, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, Biomedical Engineering Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Material and Chemical Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Ta...

It is commonplace enough to observe that nineteenth century Britain could not forever maintain her global hegemony. The world's first industrial power was bound to be challenged by the rise of modern industrial economies in the United States, Germany and Japan. Similarly, the contraction of the capitalist world and the collapse of colonialism were events over which Britain had little direct con...

1 Environmental Systems, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United States, 2 School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States, 3 Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, United States, 4 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 5 Department of Natural Resources...

Toxic Chemicals These substances are hazardous to human health and the environment. In 2004 North American industrial facilities generated over 5 million tonnes of toxic chemicals as production-related pollutants and waste (see box). Despite this large amount, data for comparable industries and chemicals in Canada and the United States reveal encouraging trends. Over the period 1998–2004, total...

This paper presents a robot control system using force control on a redundant industrial robot. The control system is based upon an active force feedback system using six axes force sensor attached to the robot’s end effector. The redundancy is used to explore a model for singularity avoidance based on different states of redundancy. The system is implemented and tested experimentally for one o...

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marquette University, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, United States b Energy Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439-4815, United States HDEP Performance & Emissions, DTNA – Detroit Diesel Corporation, 13400 Outer Dr. West, Detroit, MI 48239, United States Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineeri...