− This paper gives details of a round robin torque comparison involving the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and nine other UK laboratories. The comparison covered two ranges: 20 N·m to 100 N·m and 200 N·m to 1 kN·m. The work was an effective way of disseminating the unit of torque to industry via the UK’s new national torque standard, giving assurance to laboratories and customers and identi...

As the number of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) increases, so does need for generator exchanges. While rare, chronic pacemaker leads may become frozen in header or fracture when removal is attempted. This can lead to unnecessary implants and extractions if damaged while We present a case discuss our technique safely remove these without damage itself during exchange. To highligh...

The author says in the preface : " Nothing but a strong conviction of being in the right could justify the author of the following pages for expressing views which must give a violent wrench to preconceived opinions, and which will almost certainly be met with opposition from all parties. In justice to himself, and as some explanation of the revolutionary statements here made, it may be added t...

This paper describes RUR53, the unmanned mobile manipulator robot developed by the Desert Lion team of the University of Padova (Italy), and its experience in Challenge 2 and the Grand Challenge of the first Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (Abu Dhabi, March 2017). According to the competition requirements, the robot is able to freely navigate inside an outdoor arena; locate a...

Modelling the shoulder's musculature is challenging given its mechanical and geometric complexity. The use of the ideal fibre model to represent a muscle's line of action cannot always faithfully represent the mechanical effect of each muscle, leading to considerable differences between model-estimated and in vivo measured muscle activity. While the musculo-tendon force coordination problem has...

For humans, power is in part control over their lives. History is a collection of past experiences that empower informed actions. A repertoire is the catalog of your things. A large diverse repertoire can be critical or it can be irrelevant. A great hammer is nice if the job involves a nail. You might have lots of wrenches, but not the one that bends the right way for the “tough nut”. The wrong...

PURPOSE To determine the nature and the origin of metallic foreign particles appearing on the iris after phacoemulsification surgery. SETTING P.D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. DESIGN Case series. METHODS Metallic foreign particles were observed on the iris surface and the pupillary border on the first postoperative visit after phacoemulsificati...

Programming by Demonstration (PbD) is used to transfer a task from human teacher robot, where it of high interest understand the underlying structure what has been demonstrated. Such demonstrated can be represented as sequence so-called actions or skills. This work focuses on recognition part transfer. We propose framework that recognizes skills online during kinesthetic demonstration means pos...

− This paper describes the development of torque standard machines in China, its measurement range and its measurement uncertainty information etc. Also, the situation of torque standard machines which are in building process or will be built in the future is described in this document. In 1970’s, the first standard machine for measuring torques was developed in Shanghai and it initiated the hi...