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- Vision-sharing system for android avatars to enable remote eye contactby Kaoruko Shinkawa, Mizuki Nakajima and Yoshihiro Nakata on October 5, 2024 at 12:00 am
Maintaining eye contact is a fundamental aspect of non-verbal communication, yet current remote communication tools, such as video calls, struggle to replicate the natural eye contact experienced in face-to-fa...
- Manually operated microtube automatic capper/decapper system for clinical laboratory and biological laboratory personnelby Makoto Jinno, Ryosuke Nonoyama, Yasuteru Sakurai, Rokusuke Yoshikawa, Takaaki Kinoshita and Jiro Yasuda on September 27, 2024 at 12:00 am
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is an effective method for diagnosing infectious diseases and has been the primary method throughout the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. PCR tests (from specimen ...
- Multimodal reaching-position prediction for ADL support using neural networksby Yutaka Takase and Kimitoshi Yamazaki on September 27, 2024 at 12:00 am
This study aimed to develop daily living support robots for patients with hemiplegia and the elderly. To support the daily living activities using robots in ordinary households without imposing physical and me...
- Obstacle avoidance shape control of deformable linear objects with online parameters adaptation based on differentiable simulationby Changjian Ying and Kimitoshi Yamazaki on September 27, 2024 at 12:00 am
The manipulation of deformable linear objects (DLOs) such as ropes, cables, and hoses by robots has promising applications in various fields such as product assembly and surgical suturing. However, DLOs are mo...
- Computer vision-based visualization and quantification of body skeletal movements for investigation of traditional skills: the production of Kizumi winnowing basketsby Peng Yang, Yuka Furukawa, Migiwa Imaishi, Mitsunori Kubo and Akira Ueda on September 17, 2024 at 12:00 am
This paper explores the application of computer vision and mathematical modeling to analyze the intricate movements involved in weaving a traditional farming tool, the winnowing basket. By utilizing OpenPose a...