Elements of Physical Manipulation

Elements of Physical Manipulation
Author: Edward C. Pickering
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2024-02-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3368656376

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Elements of Physical Manipulation

Elements of Physical Manipulation
Author: Edward Charles Pickering
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2024-03-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3385379598

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics

Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics
Author: Sandy B. Primrose
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 675
Release: 2013-05-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1118653882

The increasing integration between gene manipulation and genomics is embraced in this new book, Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics, which brings together for the first time the subjects covered by the best-selling books Principles of Gene Manipulation and Principles of Genome Analysis & Genomics. Comprehensively revised, updated and rewritten to encompass within one volume, basic and advanced gene manipulation techniques, genome analysis, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics Includes two new chapters on the applications of genomics An accompanying website - www.blackwellpublishing.com/primrose - provides instructional materials for both student and lecturer use, including multiple choice questions, related websites, and all the artwork in a downloadable format. An essential reference for upper level undergraduate and graduate students of genetics, genomics, molecular biology and recombinant DNA technology.

The Best Books

The Best Books
Author: William Swan Sonnenschein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1146
Release: 1891
Genre: Best books
ISBN:

Designing for Gesture and Tangible Interaction

Designing for Gesture and Tangible Interaction
Author: Mary Lou Maher
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2022-05-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 303102219X

Interactive technology is increasingly integrated with physical objects that do not have a traditional keyboard and mouse style of interaction, and many do not even have a display. These objects require new approaches to interaction design, referred to as post-WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointer) or as embodied interaction design. This book provides an overview of the design opportunities and issues associated with two embodied interaction modalities that allow us to leave the traditional keyboard behind: tangible and gesture interaction. We explore the issues in designing for this new age of interaction by highlighting the significance and contexts for these modalities. We explore the design of tangible interaction with a reconceptualization of the traditional keyboard as a Tangible Keyboard, and the design of interactive three-dimensional (3D) models as Tangible Models. We explore the design of gesture interaction through the design of gesture-base commands for a walk-up-and-use information display, and through the design of a gesture-based dialogue for the willful marionette. We conclude with design principles for tangible and gesture interaction and a call for research on the cognitive effects of these modalities.

Design, Modeling and Control of Aerial Robots for Physical Interaction and Manipulation

Design, Modeling and Control of Aerial Robots for Physical Interaction and Manipulation
Author: Burak Yüksel
Publisher: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2017-06-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3832544925

Aerial robots, meaning robots with flying capabilities, are essentially robotic platforms, which are autonomously controlled via some sophisticated control engineering tools. Similar to aerial vehichles, they can overcome the gravitational forces thanks to their design and/or actuation type. What makes them different from the conventional aerial vehicles, is the level of their autonomy. Reducing the complexity for piloting of such robots/vehicles provide the human operator more freedom and comfort. With their increasing autonomy, they can perform many complicated tasks by their own (such as surveillance, monitoring, or inspection), leaving the human operator the most high-level decisions to be made, if necessary. In this way they can be operated in hazardous and challenging environments, which might posses high risks to the human health. Thanks to their wide range of usage, the ongoing researches on aerial robots is expected to have an increasing impact on the human life. Aerial Physical Interaction (APhI) is a case, in which the aerial robot exerts meaningful forces and torques (wrench) to its environment while preserving its stable flight. In this case, the robot does not try avoiding every obstacle in its environment, but prepare itself for embracing the effect of a physical interaction, furthermore turn this interaction into some meaningful robotic tasks. Aerial manipulation can be considered as a subset of APhI, where the flying robot is designed and controlled in purpose of manipulating its environment. A clear motivation of using aerial robots for physical interaction, is to benefit their great workspace and agility. Moreover, developing robots that can perform not only APhI but also aerial manipulation can bring the great workspace of the flying robots together with the vast dexterity of the manipulating arms. This thesis work is addressing the design, modeling and control problem of these aerial robots for the purpose of physical interaction and manipulation. Using the nonlinear mathematical models of the robots at hand, in this thesis several different control methods (IDA-PBC, Exact Linearization, Differential Flatness Based Control) for APhI and aerial manipulation tasks have been developed and proposed. Furthermore, novel design tools (e.g. new rigid/elastic manipulating arms, hardware, software) to be used together with miniature aerial robots are presented within this thesis, which contributes to the robotics society not only in terms of concrete theory but also practical implementation and experimental robotics.