BACKGROUND Induction heating devices using the induction coil and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are the way that the magnetic hyperthermia is heading. OBJECTIVE To facilitate the induction heating of in vivo magnetic nanoparticles in hyperthermia experiments on large animals. METHODS An induction heating device using a planar coil was designed with a magnetic field frequency of 328 kHz. The...

Over the last 20 years, navigation has almost become synonymous with satellite positioning, e.g. the Global Positioning System (gps). On land, sea or in the air, on the road or in a city, knowing ones position is a question of getting a clear line of sight to four or more satellites. Unfortunately, since the signals are extremely weak there are environments the gps signals cannot reach but wher...

This paper presents the design and performance of Evolved Acceleration Guidance Logic for Entry (EAGLE), an algorithm intended for future space transportation vehicles. The most distinguishing feature of EAGLE is its ability to plan a three-dimensional trajectory and thereby handle large crossrange entries. EAGLE consists of two integrated components: a trajectory planner and a tracking law. Th...

The objective of this research was to develop an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) platform for autonomous navigation in the paddy field. The surface vehicle used in this research was a radio controlled air propeller vessel that had been modified into an unmanned surface vehicle platform. A GPS compass system was attached to the top of the USV platform as the navigation system to provide the posit...

This paper presents some recent validation results with velocity-based source BEM analysis program as applied to prediction of cavitation on rudder and podded propellers. The RANS solver is also applied to modelling of the rudder behind the propeller and the both BEM and RANS numerical predictions are compared with the experimental data. An example of prediction of cavitation on podded propelle...

This paper addresses the problem of keeping an autonomous marine vehicle in a moving triangular formation by regulating its position with respect to two leader vehicles. The follower vehicle has no prior knowledge of the path described by the leaders but has access to their heading angle and is able to measure inter-vehicle ranges. It is assumed that the distance between the leaders is constant...

When moving through cluttered environments we use different forms of the same source of information to avoid stationary and moving objects. A stationary obstacle can be avoided by looking at it, registering the differential parallactic displacements on the retina around it during pursuit fixation, and then acting on that information. Such information also specifies one's general heading. A movi...

background: abnormal angulation of the lunate can be an indication of intercarpal pathology. on magnetic resonance images (mris) the lunate often looks dorsally angulated, even in healthy wrists. the tilt on individual slices can also be different and might be misinterpreted as pathological, contributing to inaccurate diagnoses and unnecessary surgery. the primary aim of this study was to deter...

This paper develops an autonomous flight controller for fixed-wing UAV based on ANFIS. Three ANFIS modules are designed for controlling the altitude, the heading angle, and the speed of the UAV. In this way, the UAV position is controlled in threedimensional space: altitude, longitude, and latitude position. The simulation results show the capability of the designed approach and its very satisf...

This paper presents a novel approach to infer navigational intent of the user of a walker, based on measuring forces and moments applied to the walker’s handles. While there are many types of “intent” that could be inferred for a given user action, the experiments conducted here focused on the determining user’s navigational intent, i.e. their desired heading. Our experiments used two 6-DOF for...