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The Hoosier who invented cruise control and sped up the Indy 500 is getting his due
Blinded after an accident at age 5, Ralph Teetor was determined to pursue engineering. His inventions have filtered into ...
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A Robust Hybrid Position/Force Control Considering Motor Torque Saturation - IEEE Xplore
This paper proposes a robust hybrid position/force control (HPFC) system for multi-degree of freedom manipulators (MDoFMs) with torque constraints on each joint. General HPFC systems can control the ...
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Dusty Robotics designs FieldPrinter 2 robot with PMD motion controllers
California startup Dusty Robotics designed an AMR called the FieldPrinter 2 to map and mark 3D building designs onto 2D ...
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Football headers trigger motor control changes in women
A study on women's football heading reveals subtle changes in fine motor function, raising concerns about long-term ...
Smartphone-controlled nerve stimulator returns golfer to the links
Avid golfer Robert Knorr found he was no longer able to hit the links last year, due to neuropathy in his legs and feet.
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Restoring the human touch: Prosthetics imbued with haptics give their wearers fine motor control and a sense of connection - IEEE Xplore
Wearing a blindfold and noise-canceling headphones, Igor Spetic gropes for the bowl in front of him, reaches into it, and picks up a cherry by its stem. He uses his left hand, which is his own flesh ...
Sensory-motor activity protocol increases reading speed of children with dyslexia
After following a protocol of sensory-motor activities with cognitive engagement for two months, eleven children aged 10 to ...
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World’s first robotic hand bends fingers using nothing but human thought
Assistive robotics and brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are rapidly transforming how people with disabilities regain ...