Creating highly articulated miniature structures requires assembling a large number of small parts. This is a very challenging task and increases cost of mechanical assemblies. Insert molding presents the possibility of creating a highly articulated structure in a single molding step. This can be accomplished by placing multiple metallic bearings in the mold and injecting plastic on top of them...

This paper describes the process of creating a Federation Object Model(FOM) which bridges constructive, virtual, and live simulation systems to create a synthetic environment that can stimulate Intelligence and Electronic Warfare (IEW) system operators. Under the Intelligence Electronic Warfare Tactical Proficiency Trainer (IEWTPT) program, we are creating a training system for operators of the...

background: there is little information about blood supply of the carpal joint in one- humped camel, while there is extensive data about cow and equine species. in order to perform surgeries and diagnostic techniques in carpal region, information about the elements of the joint such as its arteries is necessary. objectives: this study aims at describing the origins, arrangements, and branches o...

A set of experimental procedures, based upon the moire fringe method has been used for measuring elasto-plastic strains in a lug. Results of experiments conducted on aluminium specimens have been presented and discussed. It is found that moire fringe method gives reliable measurement of strain in lug. INTRODUCTION In aircraft, lug type joints are frequently used in connecting structural element...

This paper presents a computational technique for creating whole-body motions of human and animal characters without reference motion. Our work enables animators to generate a natural motion by dragging a link to an arbitrary position with any number of links pinned in the global frame, as well as other constraints such as desired joint angles and joint motion ranges. The method leads to an int...

Creating and animating subject-specific anatomical models is traditionally a difficult process involving medical image segmentation, geometric corrections and the manual definition of kinematic parameters. In this paper, we introduce a novel template morphing algorithm that facilitates 3D modeling and parameterization of skeletons. Target data can be either medical images or surfaces of the who...

The topic of joint actions has been deeply studied in the context of Human-Human interaction in order to understand how humans cooperate. Creating autonomous robots that collaborate with humans is a complex problem, where it is relevant to apply what has been learned in the context of HumanHuman interaction. The question is what skills to implement and how to integrate them in order to build a ...

In this paper we address the problem of creating accurate joint models from real motions while allowing scalability. We propose an automatic method to model, scale and simulate non-idealized joints from the external motion of markers. We demonstrate the method on the human knee joint modeling for musculoskeletal analysis and for character animation. The resulting joints, called correlative join...

Requirements engineering (RE) is not only part of the process while delivering or creating a service or product. In the pre-sales phase, RE activities play an important role during the offer preparation. Although this sounds like business as usual there is a major difference: the pre-sales phase entails challenges (e.g., a limited duration or the contractor’s pre-investment) having a tremendous...

As robots become more involved in assisting us in large and hazardous operations, such as search and rescue, we can anticipate that diverse robots will come together with the need to coordinate their efforts. These robots will come from different organizations, creating a heterogeneous team, varying in shape, size, and functionality. How can diverse robots forming such an impromptu team collabo...