Abstract—Flexible and reliable connection is critical for selfreconfiguration, self-assembly, or self-healing. However, most existing connection mechanisms suffer from a deficien...
This paper examines the use of icons as communication devices in persistent conversations. The paper presents findings from the author’s ethnographic study of a fan group on Liv...
— This work introduces a modified endoscope structure that employs a spring as its backbone. This design allows backdrivability of the mechanism due to the flexibility of the spr...
This paper introduces a novel approach towards direct interaction with large display systems. Monocular computer vision is utilised to avoid restraints imposed by input devices. T...
Flexible and distributed management systems based on mobile agents have certain advantages over centralized and static management architectures. However, security plays a decisive...