Manual handling is less efficient and sometimes even hazardous to humans in many areas, for example, agriculture. Using robots those areas not only avoids human contact with such dangerous agricultural materials but also improves working efficiency. The motion of a robot controlled using technique called visual servoing that uses feedback information extracted from vision sensor. In this study,...

Manual materials handling of heavy loads is a common cause of low back disorders. The manual manipulation of a heavy load may be made more comfortable by constraining the load to move along a guide. If the load is constrained, the human operator can provide forces in directions that are comfortable while the frictionless guide directs the motion of the load to the goal con guration. In this pap...

During design and implementation of the automatic materials handling system (AMHS) for a local 300mm semiconductor wafer fab (semiconductor fabrication plant), we observed and found an interesting phenomenon Vehicle Clustering Phenomenon (VCP) from the dynamics of automated vehicles: As time evolves, the distance between any two adjacent vehicles usually becomes very close enough as if all the ...

Computer modeling of materials potentially can have an enormous impact in identifying new materials, and understanding or controlling their behavior. Issues include how the material fractures or decomposes, and its optical, electrical, magnetic, and thermal properties. Controlling and modifying materials behavior implies several challenges to materials simulations: predicting bond breaking and ...

Reductions in marketing costs can be achieved through the use of standardized package sizes. In addition to a lower inventory investment in packaging materials, mass production of the fewer types of consumer packages and shipping boxes is facilitated. Size standardization can help make more efficient use of storage space at all levels of distribution and simplify, expedite, and cut the costs of...

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the development of biological samples and biobanks that make it easier for investigators to have access to quality samples and their associated clinical and epidemiological data. Thus, biobanks have become indispensible technological platforms for the development of both basic and clinical research. The properties of the biological sample as...