This paper is a preliminary account of current work on a visual system that learns to aid in robotic grasping and manipulation tasks. Localized features are learned of the visual scene that correlate reliably with the orientation of a dextrous robotic hand during haptically guided grasps. On the basis of these features, hand orientations are recommended for future gasping operations. The learni...

We report an experiment that presented visually impaired and sighted users with virtually rendered haptic two-line graphs of various orientations. Participants made a forced-choice decision on whether a stimulus was convergent, parallel, or divergent. The use of complex linear haptic graphs was investigated. Possible variations in performance patterns for overall two-line orientations of 0 (ver...

International research and development (R&D) operations require a significant amount of coordination between the headquarters and the subsidiaries in order to integrate the dispersed activities in one final product. This article explores what mechanisms multinational companies (MNCs) use to coordinate their overseas R&D units. Based on a multiple case study involving nine MNCs with overseas R&D...

This paper discusses how the problems involved in supporting evolution in software can be resolved by using aspect oriented programming and frame technology. Throughout the lifetime of a software system, new requirements may arise that will require the existing system to be altered or evolved in someway. Evolution is something which is almost impossible to predict at the design stage. Although ...

The effect of multiple haptic distractors on target selection performance was examined in terms of times to select the target and the associated cursor movement patterns. Two experiments examined: a) The effect of multiple haptic distractors around a single target and b) the effect of inter-item spacing in a linear selection task. It was found that certain target-distractor arrangements hindere...

The alignment issue between business and information technology is one of the most mind boggling problems enterprises encounter in achieving an agile and dynamic business it is so important that has a direct effect on the overall performance of an enterprise, in enterprises that there is an alignment, they have better business and are capable of presenting more suitable services with higher eff...

Marketing researchers are paying increasing attention to the lack of a proper approach to market orientation (MO) in work on discontinuous innovation. The current research is an attempt to address this concern by contributing to the construction of a new approach: through literature review and synthesis, this paper specified the feature of discontinuous innovation in its customer value creation...