The objective of this study was to determine the effects of grasp conditions (types of grasp, grasp width, glove and types of coupling) on maximal pushing force (MPF) and required pinch force (RPF) during snap fit assembly. The results indicated that the type of grasp, the type of coupling and wearing gloves have significant (p

We present a freely available corpus containing source language texts from different domains along with their automatically generated translations into several distinct morphologically rich languages, their post-edited versions, and error annotations of the performed post-edit operations. We believe that the corpus will be useful for many different applications. The main advantage of the approa...

This paper presents a robotic architecture that facilitates semi-automatic teleoperation of a dual-arm manipulator system. The architecture is built upon reactive behavior agents tightly coupling sensing and action, where emergent behaviors correlate human intervention with sensor-based autonomous operation. Reactive agents are devised for perceptual and motor behaviors, and a structured light ...

This paper investigates the problem of automatic segmentation of speech recorded in noisy channel corrupted environments. Using an HMM-based speech segmentation algorithm, speech enhancement and parameter compensation techniques previously proposed for robust speech recognition are evaluated and compared for improved segmentation in colored noise. Speech enhancement algorithms considered includ...

While computer vision systems can clearly assist in surveillance tasks, taking the human out of the loop entirely proves to be di cult or undesirable in many applications. Human operators are needed to detect events missed by automatic methods, to identify false alarms, and to interpret and react appropriately to complex situations. A key challenge in partially-automated systems is how best to ...

We propose a device that can take an arbitrary monochromatic input beam and, automatically and without any calculations, couple it into a single-mode guide or beam. Simple feedback loops from detectors to modulator elements allow the device to adapt to any specific input beam form. Potential applications include automatic compensation for misalignment and defocusing of an input beam, coupling o...

This paper uses the original dialectic concept of loose coupling as discussed in Orton and Weick (1990) to reconcile two apparently opposing empirical trends reported in recent organizational and management studies. Whereas a first stream of literature highlighted a mounting drive towards the adoption of modular design for both products and organizations leading to increased specialization and ...

A modi ed decoding algorithm for automatic speech recognition (ASR) will be described which facilitates a closer coupling between the acoustic and language modeling components of a speech recognition system. This closer coupling is obtained by extracting word level measures of acoustic con dence during decoding, and making coded representations of these con dence measures available to the ASR n...

Abstract This paper gives an overview of the automatic mirror alignment system of the modecleaner and main interferometer of the GEO 600 gravitational wave detector. In order to achieve the required sensitivity of the detector, the eigenmodes of all optical cavities have to be aligned with respect to the incoming beams (or vice versa) and kept aligned for long measuring periods. Moreover the be...

This paper shows how we can make advantage of using genetic programming in selection of suitable features for automatic modulation recognition. Automatic modulation recognition is one of the essential components of modern receivers. In this regard, selection of suitable features may significantly affect the performance of the process. Simulations were conducted with 5db and 10db SNRs. Test and ...