To mitigate the large demand for safflower picking labour and low efficiency of manual picking, a robot that is based on parallel manipulator designed. The whole mainly consists walking device, vision filament collection control system, motor drive system. forward inverse kinematics analysis analysed via geometric method, model established, computational working speed Jacobi matrix. For driving...

Forms-based user interfaces are widely used means for human-computer interaction. However, it is difficult to exploit software reuse in forms-based systems because the systems tend to be dependent upon the particular display technologies used. This paper introduces the Family of Retargetable User Interface Tools (FRUIT) that aims to solve this problem. FRUIT adapts the device-independent XForms...

A unique controlled field experiment investigates order picking performance (in terms of productivity and quality). We examined three manual picker-to-parts order picking methods (parallel, zone, and dynamic zone picking) under two different incentive systems (competitionbased versus cooperation-based) for pickers with different regulatory foci (prevention-focus versus promotion-focus). The stu...

Infestation of young apple fruits by the larvae of the peach fruit moth, Carposina sasakii Matsumura (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae), was studied by a small dedicated micro-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus using the three-dimensional (3D) gradient-echo method and the two-dimensional (2D) and 3D spin-echo methods. Changes from a young larva at 1.8 mm in length to a mature one ready to leav...

OBJECTIVE Despite the substantial distress and impairment often associated with skin picking, there currently is only limited research examining various phenomenological aspects of this behavior. The present research contributes to the existing literature by investigating phenomenological variables related to skin picking, such as family involvement, anxiety, depression, and the emotional conse...

Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder present with a heterogeneous mix of features beyond the core symptoms of the disorder. These features can be emotional, cognitive or behavioral. Behavioral symptoms often include self-injury, and this may take the form of repetitive skin-picking. The prevalence of skin-picking disorder in Autism is unknown. Skin-picking may lead to significant medical and ...

Dizziness is the quintessential symptom presentation in all of clinical medicine. It can stem from a disturbance in nearly any system of the body. Patient descriptions of the symptom are often vague and inconsistent, so careful probing is essential. The physical examination is performed by observing the patient at rest and following simple movements or bedside tests. In general, no special tool...

Order picking is a labour-intensive operation and so it represents significant costs, with any underperformance leading to high operational cost for the whole supply chain. Hence, the objective of the present work is to assess and restructure the storage assignment in the picking area and the order picking process (namely the routing method) in order to enhance the order picking process of Luis...