Endoscopes are used in a variety of medical specialties, from otolaryngology to obstetrics and gynecology and even gastroenterology. Doctors use endoscopes in order to get a better glimpse of the internal linings of the human body. In otolaryngology, the doctor places the tip of the scope into the nose and starts in the nasal cavity. From here, the doctor pushes the scope further into the patie...

What does the invention do? This invention presents a modular system of units that can drive, brake, steer and suspend an electric vehicle. These units are also referred to as “Robot Wheels” because they are autonomous elements that can be connected to any electric vehicle chassis. Each unit (Fig.1) includes an electric motor, a steering element, a suspension arm and a connector. The system fit...

Component-oriented software development is becoming more and more important for the production of large-scale software applications. Today’s systems are constructed by combining different software components rather than built from scratch. Provided component interfaces or informal descriptions are not enough for designing reliable software systems. Therefore we need precise description means fo...

Self-healing and self-configuration are highly desirable properties in software systems so that components can dynamically adapt to changing environments and recover from failure with minimal human intervention. This paper discusses a model-based approach for self-healing and self-configuration using recovery connectors. A recovery connector extends connectors in component-based software archit...