Abstraction of state-action space utilizing properties of the body and the environmentL — Application to a 3-dimensional snake-like robot that operates on rubble

Author(s):  
Kazuyuki Ito ◽  
So Kuroe ◽  
Toshiharu Kobayashi
Author(s):  
So Young Joo ◽  
Seung Yeol Lee ◽  
Yoon Soo Cho ◽  
Sangho Yi ◽  
Cheong Hoon Seo

Abstract Hands are the part of the body that are most commonly involved in burns, and the main complications are finger joint contractures and nerve injuries. Hypertrophic scarring cannot be avoided despite early management of acute hand burn injuries, and some patients may need application of an exoskeleton robot to restore hand function. To do this, it is essential to individualize the customization of the robot for each patient. Three-dimensional (3D) technology, which is widely used in the field of implants, anatomical models, and tissue fabrication, makes this goal achievable. Therefore, this report is a study on the usefulness of an exoskeleton robot using 3D technology for patients who lost bilateral hand function due to burn injury. Our subject was a 45-year-old man with upper limb dysfunction of 560 days after a flame and chemical burn injury, with resultant impairment of manual physical abilities. After wearing an exoskeleton robot made using 3D printing technology, he could handle objects effectively and satisfactorily. This innovative approach provided considerable advantages in terms of customization of size and reduction in manufacturing time and costs, thereby showing great potential for use in patients with hand dysfunction after burn injury.


Geophysics ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 610-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao C. Ku

A computational method, which combines the Gaussian quadrature formula for numerical integration and a cubic spline for interpolation in evaluating the limits of integration, is employed to compute directly the gravity and magnetic anomalies caused by 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional bodies of arbitrary shape and arbitrary magnetic polarization. The mathematics involved in this method is indeed old and well known. Furthermore, the physical concept of the Gaussian quadrature integration leads us back to the old concept of equivalent point masses or equivalent magnetic point dipoles: namely, the gravity or magnetic anomaly due to a body can be evaluated simply by a number of equivalent points which are distributed in the “Gaussian way” within the body. As an illustration, explicit formulas are given for dikes and prisms using 2 × 2 and 2 × 2 × 2 point Gaussian quadrature formulas. The basic limitation in the equivalent‐point method is that the distance between the point of observation and the equivalent points must be larger than the distance between the equivalent points within the body. By using a reasonable number of equivalent points or dividing the body into a number of smaller subbodies, the method might provide a useful alternative for computing in gravity and magnetic methods. The use of a simplified cubic spline enables us to compute the gravity and magnetic anomalies due to bodies of arbitrary shape and arbitrary magnetic polarization with ease and a certain degree of accuracy. This method also appears to be quite attractive for terrain corrections in gravity and possibly in magnetic surveys.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-129
Author(s):  
Hamam Burhanuddin

The study in this paper are explain about the studies of medical (medicine) blood type have the same relationship to human character because the blood producing antibodies and antigens. It could determine a person helpless hold strong or weak body, has an allergy to something or not, in the blood also contains various nutrients (like protein) and also the oxygen being supplied to the brain and nerves and body affect performance someone will then be emanated from the attitude of the person and social interaction. As has been explained, but keep in mind, there is blood in the genes, the nature of which is carried in the body/genotif rightly so it is, but we can not ignore the fenotif/nature arising or visible, this trait appear due to interaction between genes and the environment, so even if the person is smart in the intelligentsia and emotional, but grew up in a bad environment is going to be a bad trait. The theory of personality based on blood type can be used as a reference in parenting children through an understanding of the fundamental principles of the application of personality accompanied by parenting. Furthermore, the taking of steps in the care tailored to the stage of development of the child, in the Qur'an explicitly did not mentioned paragraph that discusses about blood type, but in the Qur'an there are blood (ad-Dam), Islamic studies in the study of Children is seen as a mandate from God, forming 3-dimensional relationships, with parents as the central figure. First, her parents relationship with God that is backed by the presence of children. Second, the relationship of the child (which still need a lot of guidance) with God through his parents. Third, the relationship of the child with both parents under the tutelage and guidance of God.


2001 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-233
Author(s):  
D. P. McCabe ◽  
D. I. Ben-Tovim ◽  
M. K. Walker ◽  
D. Pomeroy

Do the mental Images of 3-dimensional objects recreate the depth characteristics of the original objects' This investigation of the characteristics of mental images utilized a novel boundary-detection task that required participants to relate a pair of crosses to the boundary of an image mentally projected onto a computer screen. 48 female participants with body attitudes within expected normal range were asked to image their own body and a familiar object from the front and the side. When the visual mental image was derived purely from long-term memory, accuracy was better than chance for the front (64%) and side (63%) of the body and also for the front (55%) and side (68%) of the familiar nonbody object. This suggests that mental images containing depth and spatial information may be generated from information held in long-term memory. Pictorial exposure to views of the front or side of the objects was used to investigate the representations from which this 3-dimensional shape and size information is derived. The results are discussed in terms of three possible representational formats and argue that a front-view 2½-dimensional representation mediates the transfer of information from long-term memory when depth information about the body is required.


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