Introducing LURCH: a Shared Autonomy Robotic Wheelchair with Multimodal Interfaces Andrea Bonarini1 ‚ Simone Ceriani1 ‚ Giulio Fontana1 ‚ and Matteo Matteucci1 Abstract— The LURCH project aims at the development of an autonomous wheelchair capable of avoiding obstacles‚ selflocalize and explore indoor environments in a safe way. To meet disabled people requirements‚ we have designed the user interface to the autonomous wheelchair in such a way that it can be simply modified and adapted to the users
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Baking Soda and Vinegar Rocket All the materials you will need are very simple house hold; scissors‚ balloon‚ vinegar‚ baking soda‚ rubber band‚ empty bottle‚ clear wrap‚ straight pin‚ marker‚ thin piece of wood‚ drinking straws‚ and duct tape. One of the first steps is to make the rocket fuel the key component in this rocket. I began with placing ¼ or 1/3 of vinegar in a normal size bottle‚ after that you will make the baking soda bomb. You take a piece of clear wrap and place a good amount of
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Scientific racism is racism found in scientific studies such as those suggesting that different races have genetic markers that can determine things such as personality‚ athletic ability‚ temperament‚ etc. One example is how many articles during the Olympics pose the question do different races have a better advantage at certain sports. Byrd and Hughey show many different current examples of how scientific racism is still a problem. They point to one study that suggests that genetic diversity between
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three cm by nine cm. You will need two of these strips. 2. Draw a line one cm (1/2 inch) from the edge of one end of one strip of paper. 3. Make four pencil dots along this line 0.5 cm apart. Underneath each dot‚ label the marker that will be tested. Use the markers to draw a different colored dot on each of the pencil marks on the paper strip. Allow the ink to dry‚ and then add more color to each dot. make a prediction of the pigment components you expect to see from
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Hurston Lorde and hooks all believe in social and economical equality. They believe that everyone is or should be equal. People in today’s society fight many different battles of discrimination‚ due to markers of difference. These three intellectuals give advice on how to raise future generations to become egocentric. In order to do this parents must raise their children with high self esteem. As they grow they will begin to explore differences with confidence and use their past to educate themselves
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The ’Excel 3D Scatter Plot’ macro – The Manual Copyleft by Gabor Doka‚ Switzerland‚ © 2006 – 2012 reach the author under: scaplo {at} doka {dot} ch A very quick introduction: A first chart 1. Open the workbook "3Dscatterplot.xls" that contains the necessary macros. 2. In a trial workbook enter some data you want to display in three columns (x‚y‚z). 3. Optionally you can enter a header column containing text labels for each point. 4. Leave 10 empty rows above the data range and one empty column
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using a pencil‚ i drew a line one cm (1/2 inch) from the edge of one end of one strip of paper dot the strip 4 times with a pencil and each dot with a diffrent color alo g the 0.5cm line‚ 1/4 inches apart. by using the marker‚ u will then mark each dot with a diffrent colored marker on the paper strips. wait for a moment and let it dry‚ then i went and go back to apply more colors on the dots. before doing the experiment i made preditions‚ educated guesses on the pigment componets i expect to seefrom
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Human Genome Project Does the Human Genome Project affect the moral standards of society? Can the information produced by it become a beneficial asset or a moral evil? For example‚ in a genetic race or class distinction the use of the X chromosome markers can be used for the identification of a persons ethnicity or class (Murphy‚34). A seemingly harmless collection of information from the advancement of the Human Genome Project. But‚ lets assume this information is used to explore ways to deny entry
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Wells and his journey to discover a marker leading to ancient african descendants. Wells discovers that our genes hold the marker and revel the story of our history. On Spencer Wells journey through the migration route he finds evidence that our ancestors were once in Australia‚ half way around the world. This raises an arguable question if our ancestors originated in Australia or Africa. Spencer Wells quest to find the genetic marker to link ancestors over 60‚000 years
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I think I am starting to get tired of the everyday routine that we have to endure so we can spend the rest of the day travelling‚ only to rise the next day to repeat the process again. We wake up earlier than the sun does to eat a meal consisting of bacon‚ bacon‚ and more bacon. It wasn’t all that bad at first‚ but now‚ I can’t even look at it anymore. At this point in the journey‚ I am starting to be introduced to another side of nature‚ one that I didn’t get to experience back in Pittsburgh
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