Abstract: A gap detection device includes: a measurement unit measuring the driving torque or current value of a motor when the robot is actually being operated along an arbitrary motion trajectory; a simulation unit setting an arbitrary second gap amount between pairing elements of a plurality of pairing elements, performing a simulation in which the robot operates along the same arbitrary motion trajectory, and estimating the driving torque or the current value of the motor; a feature amount calculation unit calculating a first feature amount indicating fluctuations of a value related to the measured driving torque or current value, and a second feature amount indicating fluctuations of a value related to the estimated driving torque or current value; and a gap calculation unit calculating an index related to a first gap amount on the basis of the first feature amount, the second feature amount, and the second gap amount.

Abstract: A device for acquiring a positional relationship between a robot coordinate system set in a robot and a working machine coordinate system set in a working machine installed outside the robot, includes a position data acquisition unit that acquires, when a finger part of the robot is placed in a predetermined position and posture with respect to the working machine, first position data indicating the position and posture of the finger part with respect to the robot coordinate system, and second position data indicating the position and the posture of the finger part with respect to the working machine coordinate system; and a positional relationship acquisition unit that acquires third position data indicating the positional relationship using the first position data and the second position data.

Abstract: An objective includes a first lens group having positive power, a second lens group including a pair of lens components having concave surfaces facing each other, and a third lens group having positive power, and the pair of lens components is cemented lenses, and the following conditional expression is satisfied. 0.20?d2/L?0.5??(1) where d2 is a distance between a surface situated closest to an image side in a first lens component and a surface situated closest to the object side in a second lens component, the first lens component being a lens component situated on the object side and the second lens component being a lens component situated on the image side of the pair of lens components. L is a distance between a surface situated closest to the object side and a surface situated closest to the image side in the objective.

Abstract: The objective includes a first lens group having positive power and a second lens group having negative power and including a pair of meniscus lens components having concave surfaces facing each other. The first lens group includes a first lens situated closest to an object side and has positive power with a concave surface facing the object side. The objective includes three or more cemented lenses arranged closer to the object side than the pair of meniscus lens components, and satisfies the following conditional expressions. 2.6??L1/DL1?16??(1) 0.1?|R212|/f?3.5??(2) Here, ?L1 and DL1 are an outer diameter and a thickness of the first lens. R212 is a radius of curvature of a surface closest to the image side in a first meniscus lens component among the pair of meniscus lens components. f is a focal length of the objective.

Abstract: A resistor material including a plurality of crystalline phases having a positive temperature coefficient of resistance, and an amorphous phase having a negative temperature coefficient of resistance and having a resistivity higher than the crystalline phase, in a mixed state, is provided. Moreover, a resistor element having a resistor film configured by the resistor material described above, and a method of manufacturing a resistor element by forming a film of an amorphous material having a negative temperature coefficient of resistance and subjecting this film to an annealing treatment to obtain the resistor element described above, are provided.

Abstract: A microscope objective includes: a first lens group that has a positive refractive power and includes a first cemented lens; and a second lens group, the first lens group and the second lens group having concave surfaces adjacent to and facing each other. The second lens group includes: at least one lens component that has a negative refractive power overall; a second cemented lens; and a single lens having a positive refractive power. An axial marginal light ray height is maximized at the lens surface of the microscope objective that is the closest to an image. The microscope objective satisfies the following conditional expression: ?0.38?Fs/FC2?0.38??(1) where FC2 indicates the focal length of the second cemented lens for an e line, and Fs indicates the focal length of the single lens for the e line.

Abstract: A novel therapeutic drug for malignant tumors, cancer stem cells, or fibrosis is obtained. A therapeutic drug for malignant tumors or cancer stem cells is used that includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulas (1), (2), and (5), a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof. Alternatively, a therapeutic drug for fibrosis can be used that includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulas (1), (2), and (5), a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: A novel therapeutic drug for malignant tumors, cancer stem cells, or fibrosis is obtained. A therapeutic drug for malignant tumors or cancer stem cells is used that includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulas (1), (2), and (5), a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof. Alternatively, a therapeutic drug for fibrosis can be used that includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formulas (1), (2), and (5), a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: An imaging optical system includes an objective, an image-formation optical system, and an image sensor, wherein an object, the objective, the image-formation optical system, and the image sensor are arranged in this order, the objective includes: a first lens group that includes a meniscus lens component that is the closest to an image among the first lens group, the meniscus lens component having a convex surface facing the object; and a second lens group that is closer to the image than the first lens group is, and the imaging optical system satisfies the following conditional expression: 4×106??PXn?1×1010??(1) where PXn indicates the number of pixels included in a region on the image sensor in which an MTF specific to an e line is 40% or higher at a spatial frequency of 750×NAi, and NAi indicates the numerical aperture of the image side of the imaging optical system.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an arm-like structure in which the arm-like structure is produced by: forming an arm precursor member having an external shape of the arm-like structure by, in a state in which a die is closed with a metal pipe member being disposed in a cavity thereof, pressurizing the pipe member with liquid supplied to an inside thereof to cause an external surface of the thus expanded pipe member to be pressed against an inner surface of the cavity; and forming a flange portion to be attached to a driven body by machining at least an end of the formed arm precursor member.

Abstract: An objective includes: a first lens group that includes a meniscus lens component that is the closest to an image among lens components of the first lens group, the meniscus lens component having a convex surface facing an object; and a second lens group that is closer to the image than the first lens group is, and the objective satisfies the following conditional expressions: 0?|?z1|/DOFe?1.5??(1) 0?|?z2|/DOFe?2??(2) where ?z1 indicates a difference between a h-line minimization position and an e-line minimization position; ?z2, a difference between a position on then optical axis at which an RMS wavefront aberration in light having a wavelength of 800 nm is minimized and the e-line minimization position; DOFe, a depth of focus for the e line.

Abstract: A device and method for judging the presence or absence of an abnormal clearance between paring elements of a passive joint of a robot. The device has sections configured to: calculate a score for each motion path, wherein the score is increased when the paring elements of an objective pair collide with each other and is decreased when the paring elements of the other pair collide with each other; generate a robot motion for moving the robot along the motion path having the score not lower than a predetermined threshold; measure a drive torque or a current value of a motor when the robot is moved according to the generated robot motion; calculate an index value based on a magnitude of variation of the measured drive torque or current value; and judge as to whether the abnormal clearance exists in the objective pair, based on the index value.

Abstract: A dry objective including the first lens group having a positive refractive power that converts a divergent pencil of light from an object point into a convergent pencil of light and the second lens group having a negative refractive power. The objective includes a moving lens component that moves along an optical axis and satisfies the following conditional expressions of: 0.85?NAob<1.0??(1); and 9 mm?Yreso×|?|?20 mm??(3), where NAob is a numerical aperture, Yreso is a maximum object height in a region in which a value obtained by dividing RMS wavefront aberration at the e-line by a wavelength of the e-line is 0.2 or smaller, the region being on a plane that is orthogonal to the optical axis and intersects with an on-axis position at which the RMS wavefront aberration at the e-line is minimized, and ? is a magnification of the objective.

Abstract: A rotation axis module includes: an actuator which relatively rotates a fixed member and a movable member; a umbilical member which penetrates through the interior of the actuator to extend; a first fixing portion which fixes the umbilical member at a rotation axis of the fixed member or at a position corresponding to the vicinity thereof; a second fixing portion which fixes the umbilical member at an output axis of the movable member or in the vicinity thereof; a first relay portion which is positioned at a side of the fixed member, one end of the umbilical member being connected to the first relay portion; and a second relay portion which is positioned at a side of the movable member, the other end of the umbilical member being connected to the second relay portion.