Abstract: The invention concerns a method for simulating and optimizing loading of a system for transporting loads in order to determine an optimized loading plan. The method includes: a) inputting the previously defined structural and functional parameters of at least one transport system; b) inputting the number and the dimensional and weight parameters of the loads to be transported; c) inputting the spacing between the loads from previously defined values; d) inputting the route and/or the destination of the load to select the previously defined legal constraints during transport; e) carrying out an optimization calculation in real time, taking into account the parameters and constraints of steps a), b), c) and d) to simulate at least one optimized loading plan consistent with all of the constraints; and f) presenting an optimized loading calculated in e) or approximating an initial loading request.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for simulating and optimizing loading of a system for transporting loads in order to determine an optimized loading plan. The method includes: a) inputting the previously defined structural and functional parameters of at least one transport system; b) inputting the number and the dimensional and weight parameters of the loads to be transported; c) inputting the spacing between the loads from previously defined values; d) inputting the route and/or the destination of the load to select the previously defined legal constraints during transport; e) carrying out an optimization calculation in real time, taking into account the parameters and constraints of steps a), b), c) and d) to simulate at least one optimized loading plan consistent with all of the constraints; and f) presenting an optimized loading calculated in e) or approximating an initial loading request.

Abstract: Disclosed is an FSR sensor compatible with a magnetic stimulation coil and intended to be fixed to a magnetic stimulation coil and including: a first layer made of biocompatible flexible material intended to be applied to the skin of a patient; a second layer including a pattern or an area of force sensitive or resistive ink; a third layer including adhesive material, forming a peripheral spacer element; a fourth layer made of a flexible heat-stable polycarbonate substrate with a printed conductive pattern of a force sensing circuit; and a fifth layer forming an adhesive surface on the bottom face. The pattern of the second layer is carried by a semi-flexible plate of heat-stable polycarbonate material, constituting an intermediate pressure distribution layer, the plate being adhesively stuck to the fourth layer and to the first layer, the peripheral spacer defining an air gap between the second and fourth layers.

Abstract: Disclosed is an FSR sensor compatible with a magnetic stimulation coil and intended to be fixed to a magnetic stimulation coil and including: a first layer made of biocompatible flexible material intended to be applied to the skin of a patient; a second layer including a pattern or an area of force sensitive or resistive ink; a third layer including adhesive material, forming a peripheral spacer element; a fourth layer made of a flexible heat-stable polycarbonate substrate with a printed conductive pattern of a force sensing circuit; and a fifth layer forming an adhesive surface on the bottom face. The pattern of the second layer is carried by a semi-flexible plate of heat-stable polycarbonate material, constituting an intermediate pressure distribution layer, the plate being adhesively stuck to the fourth layer and to the first layer, the peripheral spacer defining an air gap between the second and fourth layers.

Abstract: A device for supporting and controlling the translational movement of an elongated body, the body extending along the longitudinal axis thereof in the form of a rod, such as a needle intended for a percutaneous medical procedure. The device is designed to be mounted to a support that can be controlled in terms of position and orientation, and includes: (i) a first member for gripping the body, whose movement can be controlled in the translation direction with a pre-determined maximum stroke; and (ii) a second fixed member which can guide the elongated body when the body is moved by the first mobile gripping member and which can maintain the body in position when the body is not engaged with the first member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a robotic device for the positioning and orientation of a platform that is connected thereto by means of articulated support structures forming parallel mechanical links, each in the form of a serial kinematic chain of articulations that are interconnected by support segments. The inventive device (1) is characterized in that it comprises three articulated parallel mechanical links comprising: (i) two opposing, symmetrical and co-planar support structures (4 and 5), and (ii) a third support structure (6) which is located in a plane that is perpendicular to the plane containing the support structures (4 and 5). According to the invention, the articulated links formed by the three supports structures (4, 5 and 6) enable the controlled movement of points belonging to the platform (2) on a surface corresponding to a spherical or ellipsoidal cap and, preferably, essentially to a half-sphere, thereby providing at least five degrees of freedom.

Abstract: The invention relates to a robotic device for the positioning and orientation of a platform that is connected thereto by means of articulated support structures forming parallel mechanical links, each in the form of a serial kinematic chain of articulations that are interconnected by support segments. The inventive device (1) is characterized in that it comprises three articulated parallel mechanical links comprising: (i) two opposing, symmetrical and co-planar support structures (4 and 5), and (ii) a third support structure (6) which is located in a plane that is perpendicular to the plane containing the support structures (4 and 5). According to the invention, the articulated links formed by the three supports structures (4, 5 and 6) enable the controlled movement of points belonging to the platform (2) on a surface corresponding to a spherical or ellipsoidal cap and, preferably, essentially to a half-sphere, thereby providing at least five degrees of freedom.

Abstract: A device for supporting and controlling the translational movement of an elongated body, the body extending along the longitudinal axis thereof in the form of a rod, such as a needle intended for a percutaneous medical procedure. The device is designed to be mounted to a support that can be controlled in terms of position and orientation, and includes: (i) a first member for gripping the body, whose movement can be controlled in the translation direction with a pre-determined maximum stroke; and (ii) a second fixed member which can guide the elongated body when the body is moved by the first mobile gripping member and which can maintain the body in position when the body is not engaged with the first member.