The paper briefly describes daVinci/sup TM/, a surgical telerobot designed to provide enhanced
dexterity to doctors performing minimally invasive surgical procedures. The rationale for …

The Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK and PI3K/PTEN/AKT signaling cascades play critical roles in the
transmission of signals from growth factor receptors to regulate gene expression and prevent …

It has been nearly 20 years since the first appearance of robotics in the operating room. In
that time, much progress has been made in integrating robotic technologies with surgical …

The future adequacy of freshwater resources is difficult to assess, owing to a complex and
rapidly changing geography of water supply and use. Numerical experiments combining …

Kinematic and control issues are discussed in the context of an articulated, multifinger
mechanical hand. Hand designs with particular mobility properties are illustrated, and a definition …

This paper describes the PHANTOM haptic interface-a device which measures a user’s finger
tip position and exerts a precisely controlled force vector on the finger tip. The device has …

A method of actively controlling the apparent stiffness of a manipulator end effecter is
presented. The approach allows the programmer to specify the three transnational and three …

Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions and their redistribution
among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere – the “global carbon budget” – …

Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions and their
redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere is important to better …

The abridged contents include: Kinematic and force analysis of articulated hands: contact -
freedom and constraint; contacts in groups; force application and velocity analysis; force error …