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Modeling of a compliant joint in a Magnetic Levitation System for an endoscopic camera
No full textA novel compliant Magnetic Levitation System (MLS) for a wired miniature surgical camera robot was designed, modeled and fabricated. The robot is composed of two main parts, head and tail, linked by a compliant beam. The tail module embeds two magnets for anchoring and manual rough translation. The head module incorporates two motorized donut-shaped magnets and a miniaturized vision system at the tip. The compliant MLS can exploit the static external magnetic field to induce a smooth bending of the robotic head (0–80º), guaranteeing a wide span tilt motion of the point of view. A nonlinear mathematical model for compliant beam was developed and solved analytically in order to describe and predict the trajectory behaviour of the system for different structural parameters. The entire device is 95mm long and 12.7mm in diameter. Use of such a robot in single port or standard multiport laparoscopy could enable a reduction of the number or size of ancillary trocars, or increase the number of working devices that can be deployed, thus paving the way for multiple view point laparoscopy.Biomechanical EngineeringMechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineerin
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No full textTHE DAILY PALO ALTO TIMES.
TERRIFIC WIND STRIKES LOUISIANA AND UOE8 GREAT
DAMAGE.
Country Is P$***-*M by a Blast Thai
ITinlllllilS Many Dweillngs
In Houtbern City.
New Orle»ns, Oct. 8.—Thr** separate tornsdoes struck New Orleans
and vicinity yesterday, causing lose
«f life and great property damage In
sections which * week ago were
more or less devested by lhe Oul!
hurricane
• The first tornado waa at Pontcha-
toulu. La., fifty miles north of here;
tbe second In New Orleans, and the
third near Bfloxl. Miss, half way between hen* and Mobile, on th* Oull
coast.
The tornado at Pontcbatoula
struck the southern end of the town
about 7 o'clock in the morning.
Oeorge Hawc* w*s killed ln hit
bome, which was blown down, and
bis wife and four children were badly
Injured. Three negroes also wer*
reported killed at Pontchatoula.
The second tornado nppenrcd ln
New Orleans shortly after 3 o'clock,
ripping a narrow path through five
miles of lhe city's residence nnd business section and dong 1600.000 damage. No lives were lost here but one
negro was fatally Injured by a freight
ear overturning upon him and half
a hundred otber persons were Injured, eleven of whom were tnkon to
hospitals.
The third tornado passed seven
miles northwest of Blloxl. Miss.,
where lt overturned an engine and
three cars belonging to the Dantxler
Lumber Company, slightly Injuring
the engineer and fireman. Immense
trees which withstood last Thursday's hurricane were uprooted In tbti
•action.
The tornado, crossing the river
near Audobon Park, swept In a
northwesterly direction over iho city.
crossing Canal street to the Wood-
Bide of Claiborne. It was preceded
by a thunderous noise. Along Its
whole path of three mtle-i or more,
damage was done. Telephone and
telegraph poles were prostrated nnd
communication wllh many parts of
the city was rendered Impossible.
Debris strown along Us truck put the
Peters arenn* line temporarily out
of business.
At Toledano Bod Saratoga streets
a new market In process of construction was leveled. Five new residences In that neighborhood were
raxed. A negro In Douglas square
waa picked up bodily *nd blown
away. Some damnge was done at the
oil mill ln the same neighborhood.
A warehouse at Liberty aad Poydraa
atreets was blown down. A beavy
Iron cart was turned upside down.
A special from Hammond, la.,
about fifty miles from New Orleans,
says that a tornado struck Pontchatoula. near there, killing four people
nod Injuring a number. The dam-
age to property w*a heavy.
GAS EXPLOSION FOREST FIRES
A SUBWAY WIPE OUT LANG
Minister* Would Live a Century.
Seattle. Wash.. Oct. 6.—A group of
Seattle ministers has headed a
"Hundred Year Club," formed to expound the creed that physical culture, properly followed, will prolong
lit., and health Indefinitely. The
churchmen are promoting the fad
seriously, and a meeting to advocate
noma athletic training was held last
night ln the First Presbyterian
church. The ministers who headed
the organisation are Dr. Myron W.
Haynos, First Baptlit church: Rev.
A. I,. Chapman, Primitive Advent
fhnreh: Rev. J. M Wilson. Westminster Presbyterian church; Rev. R. Q
Otsss. Green Lake Methodist church,
nnd Dr. Francis J. Van Horn. Plymouth Congregational church.
We Ar*- AU Golag < Ts - y.
New York, Oct. 6.—The delightful
forecast of tbe world gon* mad l<
bald np to ns by Dr. Forbes Wlnslow,
nays a London dispatch today. "According to the statistical figures on
Insanity." say* th* doctor In an Interview, "It can bs shown tbat before long there will be actually more
lunatic- la the world than sane peo-
ple. The burning problem of tbe
day Is. bow to prevent this lncr*as*
of Insanity. Wbat la the us* of watting time and energy on an education
bill when we have befor* u* tbti
absorbing problem, tbe contemplation of an Insane world to deal
•art lb?"
Foar. «nd All Are Well.
Kondovl, Wl*., Oct. 6- Mrs Joh*
8*v«r*on, a young Norwegian woman
tiring sevsn miles ***t of this slty
iB'ths town of Naples, 1st* birth tc
four baby boys yesterday. All art
doing w*u
IaAHOIlKRH ARE in CUD lo poRl 4 i I i iti -. i mi i -Ol m. 'I i i ll
KTERN1TY AND OTHERS ARK DAMAGE IN THE "*' >■ Iif BUM
MAIMED AND 11 HI'IS ED. I>ART OF c.'LU UCMA.
Dominating taW Explodes Wllh T*a> One Hundred Square Miles of Ttt
rifle Force In Philadelphia's ber -.„u Brash lands Are Re-
Rapid Tnu . Subway. stroyed by Ihe Fire Fiend.
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Philadelphia. Pa., Oct. 6.—A ter-
rlfle explosion of illuminating gaa In
the Subway or lhe Philadelphia,
Rapid TruiiHlL Company, under construction at Sixth and Market
streeis. yesterday resulted In tbe,
death of six men, ibu Injuring of
about s dozen others and caused
properly damage that will run Into
lb mi suii ds or dollars. Besides the j
six men known to be dead. It Is said
that at It-asl three others are burled
under tons uf earth In the wrecked
subway. Extraordinary efforts -are
being made to clear the excavation.
Ths agploslon occurred shortly before 7 o'clock, and In consequence of
the early hour but a few workmen
had gathered. Tbe explosion was
caused hy a I«**k ln a city gas main
that bad been Improperly repaired
the night before. The escaping gas
formed a pocket In the subway, gnd
It Is believed thst a workman carrying a lantern Into the great hole
Ignited tho gas. The corner ot Sixth
and Market street* Is ona of tbe
busiest sections of tbo otty, but thero
was, fortunately, little traffic there
when the explosion occurred. About
a dozen workmen were gathered near
a large derrick, and five men aro believed to bave been In th* subway.
The force of Ihe explosion wrock*jd
the subway for bulf a block, and all
the heavy Umbering and other structural work, including tons ot earth,
fell Into the excavation. A heavy
rain during the nigh', had slightly
weakened the walls of the «xcava-
tliiu and added to thc damage.
Just as ihe gas blew up a doubt*
team dirt cart was being driven d).
rectly- acro-is the covered subway by
a driver of the Millard Construction
Company, which Is building the sub-
«*ny. Thu vehicle, horaos and man
were blown high In the air, and the
horses and carl felt into tbe hole.
The driver landed in the street and
was only slightly hurt. Severs! of
the workmen vho were standing
near the derrick wore blown across
the workmen who were standing
near the derrick were blown across
tbo street and Injured, and a number
of pedestrians wore hurt by falling
glass and signs from the tall busl-
ness house* on both aids* of Market
and Sixth streets.
Saugus, Cal., Oct. 0.—On* of tb*
worst Ores in the history of tb* Stat*.
licking up ono hundred square mllus
of tow Umber and brush lands, wiping out tbe station at Lang, threaten-
lug Saugus, Ntiwball and San Fernando, Is caging in the hills south of
here. Hundreds of cattle ar* without food, and no one can say whars
the (lie will slop unless tb* wind
changes.
No lives ar* reported lost, although
tli--;-- were many narrow escaposand
Isolated ranchers were given barely
lime to ti.-- to places of safety. Be-
tween here and Lang ranch bouses
and barns wore burned. Th* Dr*
came down over iho hills at Newball
and was stopped within a hundred
yards of ibe outlying building*.
Every man in tbe county was pressed
Into service to fig hi the almost hopt*-
less battle.
Los Angeles, Oct. 6.—Forest flros
are raging In both tbo Little Tehunga
and Big Tehunga canyons, twelr*
mile* northeast of this city. Th* flr*
spread with great rapidity, and,
fanned by a high wind, ha* burned
over more than five square miles of
thickly tlmburvd land. The country
Is a portion of the wstershsd that
provides the municipal wat*r supply
of tbls city.
Charter Ships to Transport Troops.
New York. Oet. 6.—Six steamer*
belonging to tb* Ward Un* have
b*en chartered by the Unlt*d Stale*
Qovcrnim.ni to go to N*wport News,
Va., lo' take on troop* and army •applies for Cuba. The City of Washington left yesterday afternoon and
th* following boats ar* sch*dul*d to
sail today:
Niagara, Sensca, &lont*r*y, Antila
and Bayamo.
Secretary Smith of the Ward Line
was unable to say yesterday how long
the boats would b* In uso by the Oov-
•rnmsnt. as the charter merely amputated tbat they are to bo employed
as long as necessary. Tho fitting up
of the steamers for th* accommodation of troops wbs done by th* com*
pany.
In capacity tbe boats vary from
400 to 1,000 men each.
Overland Crashes Into Freight.
Sacramento, Oct. 6.—Wltb * resounding Impact lhal was hsard a
mile away th* northbound California
Oregon overland passenger train
crashed Into a string of oil and boxcars on a siding ln the Woodland
yards yesterday afternoon. Careless-
ness was tb* cause of the wreck,
someone having left a switch open.
Engineer McOraw Is the only one
who suffered sny serious Injurlnes
He had his nose broken and bIbo suffered a fracture of the left log Just
abovs tb* *nkle. Both McGraw and
Paul Dunne of Oakland, th* flrsman,
Jumped whan they saw the w'rock In-
•vltabl*. Danns escaped without In-
Jury.
Peopl* * mil* away beard the nol**
of th* collision Th* ollcar was badly shattered, aa were flv* or six boxcars In tho string.
Freight swltchmsn ars b*ll«v*d to
bs r**ponalb1* for tbe wrack.
ConatornaUon was cauasd stUong
th* p***«ng*r*. all ot whom w*rs
J*rred by th* collision. Non*. bow-
•viir. was Injured.
A Child Wllh Many Name*.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 6.—In order
to pay a compliment to th* members
of No. 12 Engine Company for having mi v.-,! his house from being destroyed by fire, Henry Oottbratb, of
100 Twentieth street, had his Infant
son christened John Smith Paul Ora-
faam Matt Kelly Ralph D. Brown Edward Bucknar George Boyland David
UsCorklll Henry Oottbrath.
Tho iisnii.il. are those uf the ftrs-
mon. Oottbrath says the name* will
not prove a handicap, fie declares
It Is Impossible to handicap a Dutchman for the reason that they surmount -ill dlffleultle*.
Hicnmcr Ashore Near Han Pedro.
Ban Francisco, Oct. 6.—The atar-
chant*' Exchange bas received Information that the stsamer Shasta, from
Ban Pedro for San Francisco, ba*
gone ashore on th* rocks two mile*
south of Point Conception. At th*
time of tb* Bcetdent tb* fog signal at
Ban Margarita was in operation.
Public Und Is Withdraw*.
Washington. Oct. 6.—The S*cr»
tary of th* Interior has withdraws
from sntry all tho public land within
aa area of 800,000 acres In th* Ban
Diego land district In California, t*
h* Incorporated In the proposed Bas
Diego forest ra**r*r*.
Nearly Half Million Registered.
Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 6.—-From
th* estimates rscelved by Secretary
of Stat* Char!** F. Curry It appears
thai th* registration this year tl
much greater than lt waa two years
ago. Curry b*U*ve* tber* bav* b**n
many n*w arrival* in tbe State. Tha
figures Indicate that th*r* will be an
exceptionally larg* vote st the coming election. Tho total vol* In tha
Stat* In 1902 w*a 30*1,4.73. Th* registration then was 381,028. Th* to
Ul vote In 1904 waa 181,486. Th*
voting strength of th* Stat* la non
placed at 462,890.
Th* Prohibitionist* of th* Second
Congressional district will not b*
able to vote for a Prohibitionist for
Congress because L. P. Shoarer of
Woodland was too slow In tiling hla
certificate of nomination with S*ei*e>
tary of Siate***curry.
To Forecast Floods.
Stockton, Oct. 6.—Hlv*r-gauglua
stations for the purpose ot measuring
tb* stag* of tho water up the river,
•specially during tb* flood s*asua,
and notifying farmers and other in*
t*r**t*d parlies In Urns to give them
opportunity to prepar* agalnat flood,
have b**u established at varlooi
point*. Tb* service will b*>gla De-
camber lat.
Jams* H. Scsrr, local fort-castor ol
tb* United .States Wsatbor Bureau la
charge of the river and flood servlet-
on the river* of California, said that
stations on the 8*n Joaquin watershed, wllh gang**, had already been
established *t Latbrop, Flrsbaugh,
Poltasky, Merced Falls, Jackson*!!!*.
afelune* and Elcctra.
Military Patrol Kill. Priaonaw,
Warsaw, Rassla* Poland, Oct I.—
A military patrol which was conducting two revolution!*** to Jail h*r* today was attacked by revolutionist*
wbo attempted to rescue th* msn In
custody. Tb* soldier* promptly
killed both prisoners.
The surest und safest way to
preserve or regain your health
Is to be careful what you est.
When yon buy groceries be
sure and gel the best quality,
reasonablo prices and prompt
service. We lead In the grocery line
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beautifully tailored "suits ar* being r
received dally. Our showing of the J
popular fall models la thoroughly t
representative. Aa always, th* Stall £
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