The aim of a soccer game is to score more goals than the opponent does. The chances of doing so increase when all the own players are continuously present on the field. In the RoboCup Standard Platform League (SPL), the only reasons for players not to participate in a game are that they either have been penalized or they have not been ready for the match in the first place. This paper presents ...

Correspondence should be addressed to Hongya Gao, [email protected] Received 30 March 2012; Revised 26 April 2012; Accepted 23 May 2012 Academic Editor: Martino Bardi Copyright q 2012 Hongya Gao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is...

A posteriori error estimates for the obstacle problem are established in the framework of the hypercircle method. To this end, we provide a general theorem of Prager– Synge type. There is now no generic constant in the main term of the estimate. Moreover, the role of edge terms is elucidated, and the analysis also applies to other types of a posteriori error estimators for obstacle problems.

One of the hallmarks of human reaching behavior is the ability to think and generate plans for movements in complex environments. In this paper we model planning to reach for targets in space using a self-organized process of mental rehearsals of movements, and simulate the process using a redundant robot arm that is capable of learning to reach for targets in space while avoiding obstacles. Th...

Sensor fusion has an important role in today’s life, especially in the smart world where devices are becoming smarter. Smart devices require reliable and different types of sensory data, fusing them to obtain better information regarding their objectives. Different types of sensors are often fused to acquire information which cannot be acquired by a single sensor alone. Working with several typ...

This study was performed to test the hypothesis that reducing the horizontal distance between the trailing foot (foot crossing the obstacle last) and obstacle, during stance just prior to stepping over the obstacle, would reduce flexion of the hip, knee, and ankle joints of the trailing limb when the toe is over the obstacle to reduce the vertical toe-obstacle clearance and increase the risk of...

Introduction. Regarding the role of research in developing and improving a better culture, society and economics, 95% to 97% world finance in research belongs to developed countries while only 3%-5% to developing countries. Although the universities as the major organizations are to do research works, it seems that there are some problems to bring this true. We tried to find out if a load of t...