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We describe a method to extract persistent elements of a dynamic scene from an input video. We represent each scene element as a \emph{Deformable Sprite} consisting of three components: 1) a 2D texture image for the entire video, 2)…
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The collective behavior of levitated particles in a weakly-ionized plasma (dusty plasma) has raised significant scientific interest. This is due to the complex array of forces acting on the particles, and their potential to act as in-situ…
Actuation remains a signifcant challenge in soft robotics. Actuation by light has important advantages: objects can be actuated from a distance, distinct frequencies can be used to actuate and control distinct modes with minimal…
We propose a change of variable approach and discontinuity capturing methods to ensure physical constraints for advection-reaction equations discretized by the finite element method. This change of variable confines the concentration below…