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Characterization of Spherical and Plane Curves Using Rotation Minimizing Frames
In this work, we study plane and spherical curves in Euclidean and
Lorentz-Minkowski 3-spaces by employing rotation minimizing (RM) frames. By
conveniently writing the curvature and torsion for a curve on a sphere, we show
how to find the angle between the principal normal and an RM vector field for
spherical curves. Later, we characterize plane and spherical curves as curves
whose position vector lies, up to a translation, on a moving plane spanned by
their unit tangent and an RM vector field. Finally, as an application, we
characterize Bertrand curves as curves whose so-called natural mates are
spherical.Comment: 8 pages. This version is an improvement of the previous one. In
addition to a study of some properties of plane and spherical curves, it
contains a characterization of Bertrand curves in terms of the so-called
natural mate
Tracking the dynamics of translation and absolute orientation of a sphere in a turbulent flow
We study the 6-dimensional dynamics -- position and orientation -- of a large
sphere advected by a turbulent flow. The movement of the sphere is recorded
with 2 high-speed cameras. Its orientation is tracked using a novel, efficient
algorithm; it is based on the identification of possible orientation
`candidates' at each time step, with the dynamics later obtained from
maximization of a likelihood function. Analysis of the resulting linear and
angular velocities and accelerations reveal a surprising intermittency for an
object whose size lies in the integral range, close to the integral scale of
the underlying turbulent flow
Volumetric Monitoring and Modeling of Indoor Air Pollutant Dispersion by the Use of 3D Particle Tracking Velocimetry
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Fast Object Learning and Dual-arm Coordination for Cluttered Stowing, Picking, and Packing
Robotic picking from cluttered bins is a demanding task, for which Amazon
Robotics holds challenges. The 2017 Amazon Robotics Challenge (ARC) required
stowing items into a storage system, picking specific items, and packing them
into boxes. In this paper, we describe the entry of team NimbRo Picking. Our
deep object perception pipeline can be quickly and efficiently adapted to new
items using a custom turntable capture system and transfer learning. It
produces high-quality item segments, on which grasp poses are found. A planning
component coordinates manipulation actions between two robot arms, minimizing
execution time. The system has been demonstrated successfully at ARC, where our
team reached second places in both the picking task and the final stow-and-pick
task. We also evaluate individual components.Comment: In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and
Automation (ICRA) 201
HYPERSPECTRAL LINE-SCANNING MICROSCOPY FOR HIGH-SPEED MULTICOLOR QUANTUM DOT TRACKING
One of the challenges in studying protein interactions in live cells lies in the capacity to obtain both spatial and temporal information that is sufficient to extend existing knowledge of the dynamics and interactions, especially when tracking proteins at high density. Here we introduce a high-speed laser line-scanning hyperspectral microscope that is designed to track quantum dot labeled proteins at 27 frames/sec over an area of 28 um2 using 128 spectral channels spanning the range from 500 to 750 nm. This instrument simultaneously excites 8 species of quantum dots and employs a custom prism spectrometer and high speed EMCCD to obtain spectral information that is then used to distinguish and track individual probes at high density. These emitters are localized to within 10s of nm in each frame and reconstructed trajectories yield information of the protein dynamics and interactions. This manuscript describes the design, implementation, characterization, and application of a high-speed laser line-scanning hyperspectral microscope (HSM). The intended primary application is that of investigating the dynamics of transmembrane antibody receptors using quantum dot labeled immunoglobulin E (QD-IgE). Several additional examples demonstrate other advantages and applications of this method, including 3D hyperspectral imaging of live cells and hyperspectral superresolution imaging
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