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Autor:
Ian W. Hunter, M. Hechinger, R. Kimball, John D. W. Madden, Franz S. Hover, Peter G. A. Madden, Serge R. Lafontaine, B. Schmid
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IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 29:738-749
A decade of research into electroactive polymer actuators is leading to the exploration of applications. These technologies are not ready to compete with the internal combustion engine and electric motors in high power propulsion systems but are suit
Autor:
John D. W. Madden, Arash Takshi, Nathan A. Vandesteeg, Rachel Z. Pytel, Paul Wieringa, Ian W. Hunter, Patrick A. Anquetil, Serge R. Lafontaine, Peter G. A. Madden
Publikováno v:
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 29:706-728
The increasing understanding of the advantages offered by fish and insect-like locomotion is creating a demand for muscle-like materials capable of mimicking nature's mechanisms. Actuator materials that employ voltage, field, light, or temperature dr
Publikováno v:
IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 27:1567-1572
In this paper a continuous time identification method is presented which can be used for high accuracy prediction and control.
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Review of Scientific Instruments. 64:349-356
The performance of an optical reflective position sensor is evaluated as the position feedback element in the microposition control of a linear electromagnetic motor. The open loop position sensor characteristics are first measured to determine the a
Autor:
Tilemachos Doukoglou, Gordon D. Mallinson, Mark Sagar, Lynette A. Jones, Serge R. Lafontaine, Ian W. Hunter, Paul G. Charette, Peter Hunter
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Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. 2:265-280
We have developed a prototype teleoperated microsurgical robot (MSR-1) and associated virtual environment for eye surgery. Bidirectional pathways relay visual, auditory, and mechanical information between the MSR-1 master and slave. The surgeon wears
Autor:
Serge R. Lafontaine, Tilemachos Doukoglou, Ian W. Hunter, Lynette A. Jones, Robert F. Kirsch, Michael J. Korenberg, Robert E. Kearney, Poul M. F. Nielsen
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IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 25:109-114
In order to study nature's micro-machine, the muscle cell, we have developed, MR-1, a special purpose micro-motion robot. MR-1 has two limbs which are able to grasp single living muscle cells at each end and perform mechanical and optical experiments
Publikováno v:
2001 Conference Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
The accessibility of adequate instrumentation to conduct fundamental researches for the development of new diagnostic tools and methods in electrophysiology is essential. As such, many researchers develop proprietary instrumentation systems based on
Autor:
Serge R. Lafontaine, Peter Madden, Karl McLetchie, Ian W. Hunter, Bryan Schmid, Franz S. Hover, John D. W. Madden
Publikováno v:
SPIE Proceedings.
Conducting polymer actuators are employed to create actively shaped hydrodynamic foils. The active foils are designed to allow control over camber, much like the ailerons of an airplane wing. Control of camber promises to enable variable thrust in pr
Publikováno v:
Proceedings of the First Joint BMES/EMBS Conference. 1999 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (Cat. No.99CH37015).
A high-performance PCI-based instrumentation board named "Mirada" has been designed and tested successfully. Beside the analog front-end circuit ideal for recording bio-signals, the card is also hardware reconfigurable such that custom algorithms can
Publikováno v:
Proceedings of the First Joint BMES/EMBS Conference. 1999 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (Cat. No.99CH37015).
This paper describes a new type of micro-powered active electrodes configuration. All electronics including the batteries are mounted on a flexible printed circuit. The single circuit has special shapes to allow differential recording to be performed