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    Treatment of adjacent vertebral fractures following multiple-level spinal fusion

    Posterolateral fusion with cages and posterior instrumentation is an accepted method in the treatment of lumbar instability associated with spinal stenosis or scoliotic deformity, but with modest results. We p...

    J. C.-C. Wu, C. -T. Tang, D. -L. Wu, T. -H. Tsai in Reconstructive Neurosurgery (2008)

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    An Method for Forward Kinematics of Stewart Parallel Manipulators

    A general 6-DOF parallel manipulator has 40 solutions to forward kinemantics, but most of them are in imaginary domain. This paper presents a simple numerical method for forward kinematics of a general 6-DOF p...

    Peidong Wu, Changlin Wu, Lianqing Yu in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)

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    A Hybrid Intelligent System for Pipeline Robot Navigation in Unknown Environment

    This paper developed a fuzzy logic controller with a neural network control system for sensor based pipeline robot navigation in pipe environment. The fuzzy controller creates initial membership functions and ...

    Shi**g Wu, Qunli Li, Enyong Zhu, **juan She in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)

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    A Research on Dynamics of a Hexapod with Closed-Loop Legs

    We design a hexapod with closed-loop legs which can achieve locomotion in the horizontal plane with small vertical displacement changes. Furthermore, the hexapod does not need any control if it uses the tripod...

    **g** Shen, Chenggang Li, Hongtao Wu in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)

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    Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation Approach of Reliability for Condition Monitoring System

    Condition monitoring system (CMS) is now widely used in engineering fields. It plays an important role if it’s reliable. But many factors affect reliability of CMS. The traditional reliability theory and appro...

    Youmin Hu, Bo Wu, Pongxin Yi in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)

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    A randomized controlled trial of constraint-induced movement therapy after stroke

    To evaluate the benefits of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) relative to traditional intervention equal in treatment intensity and use of restraint mitt outside rehabilitation on motor performance an...

    K. -C. Lin, Dr. Ching-yi Wu, J. -S. Liu in Reconstructive Neurosurgery (2008)

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    Design and Analysis of Vacuum Robot for Cluster Tools

    In this paper, a SCARA type vacuum robot for cluster tools has been designed, which can transfer semiconductor wafers in high vacuum chamber.The robot should be able to perform radial linear extending and retr...

    Jun Wu, PinKuan Liu, YuLin Wang in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)

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    The New Design of Digital Servo Robot Controller

    Servos have been widely used in robots in various fields and a plurality of toys. To keep functioning, servos are controlled by PWM signals constantly sent from a servo controller, but the controller often has...

    P. S. Pa, C. M. Wu in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)

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    A Novel Self-navigated Inspection Robot along High-Voltage Power Transmission Line and Its Application

    In order to reduce maintenance cost, increase reliability of line detection and speed up industrialization, a novel self-navigating inspection robot along 220kv overhang power transmission live line is propose...

    Gong** Wu, **an** Xu, Hua **ao, **chun Dai in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)

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    Motion Planning of Non-collision Obstacles Overcoming for High-Voltage Power Transmission-Line Inspection Robot

    Considering an mobile robot with double-arms-symmetric suspension structure moving along high-voltage transmission phase line with obstacles, the motion planning for obstacles-overcoming can be programmed into...

    Gong** Wu, **aohui **ao, Hua **ao, **chun Dai in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)

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    Toolpath Generation for Four-Axis Rough Milling of Sculptured Surface Turbine Blade

    Presented in this paper is a method for four-axis rough milling of sculptured surface turbine blade. The proposed method consists of two steps, cutter-contact (CC) points generation and tool orientation planni...

    Ming Luo, Baohai Wu, Dinghua Zhang, Shan Li in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)

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    Novel Design and Analysis of Magnetic Couplings Used for Vacuum Robot

    The Permanent Magnetic Couplings (PMC) is appropriate for torque transmission in ultrahigh vacuum and highly clean environment. However, conventional structures of PMC are always unsuitable to use for vacuum r...

    Pinkuan Liu, Yulin Wang, Jun Wu in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)

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    Intellectualized Structural Synthesis and Classification of the 3-DOF Space Parallel Robot Mechanisms

    Based on the theory of structural synthesis and classification of degenerate-rank parallel robot mechanisms, which uses the units of single open chain limb. An intelligent, systematic and effective new method ...

    Fanghua Liu, Hongtao Wu, Lüzhong Ma in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)

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    Analysis of Dynamical Behavior of a Planetary Gear Train

    A lumped-parameter model of a single-stage planetary gear train, which included the factors of the floating motion of the centroid of the sun gear, time-varying mesh stiffness, gear meshing transmission errors...

    Yanfeng Chen, **g **, **nyue Wu in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)

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    Reliability Assessment of Machining Accuracy on Support Vector Machine

    In order to establish the reliability model of limited samples, a kind of support vector machine (SVM) tools LSSVM.M is used to process reliability assessment data. The choice of parameters is the key factor t...

    Chao Deng, Jun Wu, **nyu Shao in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2008)