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A method comprising: controlling a robotic gripping device to cause a plurality of digits (804, 806) of the robotic gripping device to move towards each other in an attempt to grasp an object; receiving, from a first non-contact sensor on the robotic gripping device, first sensor data indicative of a region between the plurality of digits of the robotic gripping device, wherein the first sensor data is indicative of the region after the attempt to grasp the object; receiving, from a second non-contact sensor on the robotic gripping device, second sensor data indicative of the region between the plurality of digits of the robotic gripping device, wherein the second sensor data is based on a different sensing modality than the first sensor data, wherein the second sensor data is indicative of the region after the attempt to grasp the object; and determining, using an object-in-hand classifier that takes as input the first sensor data and the second sensor data, whether the robotic gripping device is currently holding the object after the attempt to grasp the object. controlling a robotic gripping device to cause a plurality of digits (804, 806) of the robotic gripping device to move towards each other in an attempt to grasp an object; receiving, from a first non-contact sensor on the robotic gripping device, first sensor data indicative of a region between the plurality of digits of the robotic gripping device, wherein the first sensor data is indicative of the region after the attempt to grasp the object; receiving, from a second non-contact sensor on the robotic gripping device, second sensor data indicative of the region between the plurality of digits of the robotic gripping device, wherein the second sensor data is based on a different sensing modality than the first sensor data, wherein the second sensor data is indicative of the region after the attempt to grasp the object; and determining, using an object-in-hand classifier that takes as input the first sensor data and the second sensor data, whether the robotic gripping device is currently holding the object after the attempt to grasp the object.
A device for planning a placement of pedicle screws, comprising: a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to receive a global model data set representing: - a first model surface of a first human vertebra and a first pedicle screw model positioned in a pedicle section of the first model surface, - a second model surface of a second human vertebra and a second pedicle screw model positioned in a pedicle section of the second model surface, and - a model arrangement of the first human vertebra relative to the second human vertebra, wherein the processing unit is configured to receive image data representing at least a first image of a first human vertebra, a second image of a second human vertebra and an arrangement of the first image relative to the second image, wherein the processing unit is configured to adapt the global model data set to the image data, the adapted model data set representing: - a first adapted model surface adapted to the first image of the first human vertebra, - a second adapted model surface adapted to the second image of the second human vertebra, and - a correspondingly adapted model arrangement of the first adapted model surface relative to the second adapted model surface, wherein the adapted model data set further represents correspondingly adapted first and second pedicle screw models. a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to receive a global model data set representing: - a first model surface of a first human vertebra and a first pedicle screw model positioned in a pedicle section of the first model surface, - a second model surface of a second human vertebra and a second pedicle screw model positioned in a pedicle section of the second model surface, and - a model arrangement of the first human vertebra relative to the second human vertebra, - a first model surface of a first human vertebra and a first pedicle screw model positioned in a pedicle section of the first model surface, - a second model surface of a second human vertebra and a second pedicle screw model positioned in a pedicle section of the second model surface, and - a model arrangement of the first human vertebra relative to the second human vertebra, wherein the processing unit is configured to receive image data representing at least a first image of a first human vertebra, a second image of a second human vertebra and an arrangement of the first image relative to the second image, wherein the processing unit is configured to adapt the global model data set to the image data, the adapted model data set representing: - a first adapted model surface adapted to the first image of the first human vertebra, - a second adapted model surface adapted to the second image of the second human vertebra, and - a correspondingly adapted model arrangement of the first adapted - a first adapted model surface adapted to the first image of the first human vertebra, - a second adapted model surface adapted to the second image of the second human vertebra, and - a correspondingly adapted model arrangement of the first adapted model surface relative to the second adapted model surface,
A transit device for passing at least one elongate line through an opening in a wall, wherein the device includes a clamping frame and a number of blocks which together fill-out the frame, wherein at least one of the blocks has a through-penetrating channel for receiving the line, wherein the block is adapted to permit lateral insertion of the line into the channel, wherein the device includes a separate tubular bush made of elastic material, wherein the bush has an outer cross-section that corresponds essentially to the cross-section of the channel in the block, and wherein the bush includes a plurality of radially separated layers which can be separated from each other so as to adapt the through-penetrating channel of the bush to the line, characterised in that wherein the wall of the bush has a generally axial through-penetrating slot to enable said bush to be fitted laterally onto the line, and the bush has a non-penetrating wall slot extending from the original inner surface of said bush.
A method of agglomerating fine hydrophobic particles in a slurry, comprising: forming a mixture of oil and emulsifying agent; progressively adding an aqueous salt solution to said mixture and dispersing said aqueous salt solution into said mixture, thereby forming a concentrated water in oil emulsion with drops of said aqueous salt solution packed inside the oil solution phase; adding said emulsion to water; mixing said emulsion and said water so that said emulsion absorbs said water to form a binder solution; adding said binder solution to said slurry; and causing said fine hydrophobic particles to collide and stick to the emulsion binder particles in said binder solution; and characterised by controlling the salt concentration of said emulsion relative to the salt concentration of said slurry by making the salt concentration of said aqueous salt solution in said emulsion greater than the salt concentration of said slurry. forming a mixture of oil and emulsifying agent; progressively adding an aqueous salt solution to said mixture and dispersing said aqueous salt solution into said mixture, thereby forming a concentrated water in oil emulsion with drops of said aqueous salt solution packed inside the oil solution phase; adding said emulsion to water; mixing said emulsion and said water so that said emulsion absorbs said water to form a binder solution; adding said binder solution to said slurry; and causing said fine hydrophobic particles to collide and stick to the emulsion binder particles in said binder solution; and characterised by controlling the salt concentration of said emulsion relative to the salt concentration of said slurry by making the salt concentration of said aqueous salt solution in said emulsion greater than the salt concentration of said slurry.
Machine tool comprising at least one tool spindle (18a, 18b; 52), to which a tool (56; 80; 82) can be detachably fixed and by means of which the tool (56; 80; 82) can be rotated, and at least one workpiece support, wherein the at least one tool spindle (18a; 18b; 52) and the at least one workpiece support are displaceable relative to one another, wherein the at least one tool spindle (18a; 18b) is held on a support arrangement and is displaceable in a first direction and in a second direction lying transversely to the first direction, the at least one workpiece support is held on a machine bed so as to be displaceable in a direction lying transversely to the first direction and transversely to the second direction, the at least one tool spindle comprises a housing and a loading device (60; 164) mounted in the housing,the loading device acting on at least one linearly movable rod of a tool, which is fixed to the at least one tool spindle, the at least one tool spindle comprises a motor device, which is arranged in the housing and which is coupled to the loading device and drives a linear displacement arrangement of the at least one rod by means of the loading device, and wherein a set of tools is provided, which comprises at least one first tool and one second tool, by means of which different machining operations can be conducted on a workpiece, wherein the tools can each be fixed to the at least one tool spindle and the tools each have at least one rod, on which the loading device of the at least one tool spindle acts when a tool is fixed to the at least one tool spindle.
A charging station for charging a battery installed on an autonomously navigating utility vehicle equipped with a prime mover powered by the battery to travel about a working area delineated by a boundary wire in order to perform work autonomously, the charging station comprising a pair of charging terminals installed on the station to be spaced apart each other via a midpoint, the pair of charging terminals being capable of connecting with a pair of charging terminals installed on the vehicle; characterized by: a first wire installed on the station at a location inside or outside of the working area and being formed as a circular shape having a center, the first wire being adapted to generate a magnetic field for guiding the vehicle to the charging terminals when supplied an electric current; and a second wire installed on the station to project toward the location of the first wire, the second wire being connected to the boundary wire and being formed as a shape that is symmetrical with respect to a center line obtained by connecting the midpoint of the pair of charging terminals and the center of the first wire, the second wire being adapted to generate a magnetic field for guiding the vehicle to the charging terminals when supplied an electric current. a first wire installed on the station at a location inside or outside of the working area and being formed as a circular shape having a center, the first wire being adapted to generate a magnetic field for guiding the vehicle to the charging terminals when supplied an electric current; and a second wire installed on the station to project toward the location of the first wire, the second wire being connected to the boundary wire and being formed as a shape that is symmetrical with respect to a center line obtained by connecting the midpoint of the pair of charging terminals and the center of the first wire, the second wire being adapted to generate a magnetic field for guiding the vehicle to the charging terminals when supplied an electric current.
A p-n multi-junction photovoltaic cell with a common contact electrode comprising at least a first layer of a first absorber material comprising a front face as well as a rear face on which first contact electrodes have a first polarity and are interdigitated with second contact electrodes having a second polarity, opposite to the first polarity, characterized in that the cell further comprises: a second layer of a second absorber material, above the front face of the first layer, and comprising a front face and a rear face, wherein third contact electrodes having the second polarity, are placed on the front face of the second layer, and in that the first and second semiconductor materials, have respective electronic affinities, on the one hand, and respective bandgap widths, on the other hand, chosen so that: - carriers with the first polarity are able to transit between the first and second layer via an interface, and are collected from the set of first and second layers by the first electrodes, and - carriers with the second polarity are collected from the first layer by the second electrodes, - carriers with the second polarity are collected from the second layer by the third electrodes. a second layer of a second absorber material, above the front face of the first layer, and comprising a front face and a rear face, wherein third contact electrodes having the second polarity, are placed on the front face of the second layer, and in that the first and second semiconductor materials, have respective electronic affinities, on the one hand, and respective bandgap widths, on the other hand, chosen so that: - carriers with the first polarity are able to transit between the first and second layer via an interface, and are collected from the set of first and second layers by the first electrodes, and - carriers with the second polarity are collected from the first layer by the second electrodes, - carriers with the second polarity are collected from the second layer by the third electrodes. - carriers with the first polarity are able to transit between the first and second layer via an interface, and are collected from the set of first and second layers by the first electrodes, and - carriers with the second polarity are collected from the first layer by the second electrodes, - carriers with the second polarity are collected from the second layer by the third electrodes.
A method for manufacturing an induction sealing head for an automatic machine; the manufacturing method comprises the steps of: providing a tubular conductor element with a circular section and a straight shape; shaping the tubular conductor element so as to give to the tubular conductor element a final shape; and over-moulding, around the tubular conductor element, a support body of insulating material; the manufacturing method is characterized in that it comprises, before over-moulding the support body around the tubular conductor element, the further step of mechanically processing, through plastic deformation, the tubular conductor element with a circular section, so as to form at least a first flat wall in a central portion of the tubular conductor element. providing a tubular conductor element with a circular section and a straight shape; shaping the tubular conductor element so as to give to the tubular conductor element a final shape; and over-moulding, around the tubular conductor element, a support body of insulating material; the manufacturing method is characterized in that it comprises, before over-moulding the support body around the tubular conductor element, the further step of mechanically processing, through plastic deformation, the tubular conductor element with a circular section, so as to form at least a first flat wall in a central portion of the tubular conductor element.
A device for sorting a harvested stream of fruit in bunches, said device being intended to be mounted in a harvesting machine, said sorting device including at least two transverse sorter bars driven in rotation with a cyclic relative movement about a transverse axis, said sorter bars and said movement being adapted to enable longitudinal displacement of the stream over said bars and to continuously increase and decrease passages between them, allowing movement of detached berries through said passages to drop under said sorting device when said passages are increased, and precluding movement of the detached berries through said passages when said passages are decreased, characterised in that the distance between the axes of the sorter bars is adjustable in order to modulate the geometry of the passages.
Glow plug comprising: - a heating rod (11, 11') having an extremity, called the proximal extremity, which is equipped with an electrical power supply connection of the heating rod, - a plug body, forming a housing, called a receiving housing, receiving the heating rod, the latter having a distal portion which extends axially, projecting beyond the plug body, - a mounting device for mounting the heating rod in said receiving housing, - a load sensor (17, 67) which is interposed in a proximal zone between the heating rod and the plug body, so that axial translation movements of the heating rod relative to the plug body generate axial compression and/or traction stresses in said load sensor, the plug body being composed of multiple distinct parts (45, 95) which are rigidly assembled and extend each other axially, characterized in that: - the plug body is composed of multiple distinct metal tubes (45, 95) comprising, around said mounting device and the load sensor (17, 67), a metal distal tube extending a metal proximal tube, both distal and proximal tubes having an internal axial bore, - at least at their joined ends said distal tube have a lesser thickness than that of said proximal tube and the diameter of the internal bore of the distal tube is greater than the diameter of the internal bore of the proximal tube, so as to increase the available internal space for forming said receiving housing, - said distal tube is formed of a first metal alloy, in that said proximal tube is formed of a second metal alloy, and the first metal alloy forming said distal tube has a greater elastic limit than that of the second metal alloy forming said proximal tube. - a heating rod (11, 11') having an extremity, called the proximal extremity, which is equipped with an electrical power supply connection of the heating rod, - a plug body, forming a housing, called a receiving housing, receiving the heating rod, the latter having a distal portion which extends axially, projecting beyond the plug body, - a mounting device for mounting the heating rod in said receiving housing, - a load sensor (17, 67) which is interposed in a proximal zone between the heating rod and the plug body, so that axial translation movements of the heating rod relative to the plug body generate axial compression and/or traction stresses in said load sensor, - the plug body is composed of multiple distinct metal tubes (45, 95) comprising, around said mounting device and the load sensor (17, 67), a metal distal tube extending a metal proximal tube, both distal and proximal tubes having an internal axial bore, - at least at their joined ends said distal tube have a lesser thickness than that of said proximal tube and the diameter of the internal bore of the distal tube is greater than the diameter of the internal bore of the proximal tube, so as to increase the available internal space for forming said receiving housing, - said distal tube is formed of a first metal alloy, in that said proximal tube is formed of a second metal alloy, and the first metal alloy forming said distal tube has a greater elastic limit than that of the second metal alloy forming said proximal tube.
Illumination device (100, 600) for a microscope or for a macroscope (200, 300, 400, 500, 700, 800), comprising a first illumination source and a system of lenses, wherein light emitted by the first illumination source (101, 601) is cast on an object (106, 606), which is intended to be illuminated and disposed in an object plane (106', 606'), via the system of lenses (102, 105), which is embodied as a collector optical unit comprising at least one collector lens and as a condenser optical unit comprising at least one condenser lens, and along an illumination beam path, characterized by at least one second illumination source (103, 603) which is positionable in the illumination beam path, which has a transparent or semi-transparent and self-luminous embodiment and which at least partly passes light emitted by the first illumination source (101, 601), wherein the object plane (106', 66') with the object (106, 606) to be illuminated is illuminated both by the first and by the second illumination source and wherein the second illumination source is embodied with a number of individually driveable regions (900a-900f, 910, 920) for providing a position-dependent illumination correction, wherein the at least one second illumination source (103, 603) is disposed in the aperture plane (101', 601') or in an intermediate image plane (103', 603') of the illumination beam path or in the vicinity of the aperture plane (101', 601') or on one of the lenses of the corresponding collector optical unit or condenser optical unit.
An apparatus for determining a position between a wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver, comprising: a first ferrite block having respective portions (912,914,916,918) configured to be disposed in physical contact with each of adjacent second and third ferrite block separated by a first gap and with each of adjacent fourth and fifth ferrite block separated by a second gap; and a plurality of respectively oriented detection loops(1102,1104,1106) wrapped around the first ferrite block such that none of the plurality of detection loops physically contact the second, third, fourth or fifth ferrite block (902a,902b,906a,906b) when the respective portions of the first ferrite block are in physical contact with the second, third, fourth and fifth ferrite block. a first ferrite block having respective portions (912,914,916,918) configured to be disposed in physical contact with each of adjacent second and third ferrite block separated by a first gap and with each of adjacent fourth and fifth ferrite block separated by a second gap; and a plurality of respectively oriented detection loops(1102,1104,1106) wrapped around the first ferrite block such that none of the plurality of detection loops physically contact the second, third, fourth or fifth ferrite block (902a,902b,906a,906b) when the respective portions of the first ferrite block are in physical contact with the second, third, fourth and fifth ferrite block.
An implant for improving coaptation of an atrioventricular valve in a heart, the atrioventricular valve having a native first leaflet, a native second leaflet and optionally an annulus adjacent a wall of an atrium of the heart, the implant comprising an artificial leaflet configured to replace or support at least one of the first and second native leaflets, fixing means for fixing the implant to the annulus or to the at least one of the first and second native leaflets and retention means for preventing prolapse of the artificial leaflet, wherein the retention means comprise or consist of a backbone element extending along the artificial leaflet and towards a distal end of the artificial leaflet and being connected to the artificial leaflet at at least two attachment points (9,10), wherein the backbone element is configured to be bendable between a first state of bending and a second state of bending, wherein limiting means are provided for limiting the degree of bending, and wherein the backbone element comprises a plurality of segments, pivotably connected to each other, characterized in that the limiting means comprise an abutment element on each segment for limiting the pivoting angle of one segment relative to an adjacent segment.