ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In percutaneous procedures, where the surgeon inserts a needle into a target in the patient, it is challenging to access the target at the rst attempt. Repeated needle insertion attempts are highly ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) in human beings is performed by making small incisions in the abdominal region of the patient and inflating the abdominal cavity with CO2. This procedure enables the surgeon ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis gives a cost model for the manufacture of bipolar plates in South Africa. The methods for the manufacture considered are machining, using a micro-milling machine, and compression moulding. ...

This thesis is concerned with the development and testing of a non-invasive device that is unassailable, and can be placed on an aggressive psychiatric patient to monitor the vital signs of this patient. Two devices, a ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Optical motion capture (Mocap) systems measure 3D human kinematics accurately and at high sample rates. One of the limitations of these systems is that they can only be used indoors. However, advances in ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The world's astronomy community is working together to build the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the world namely: the SKA (Square Kilometre Array). It will consist of approximately three ...

A rapid measurement system is implemented using two digital video cameras, presenting a faster and less expensive solution to certain metrology problems. The cameras are calibrated from one stereo image-pair of a 3D ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Orthodontics is the eld of dentistry concerned with the treatment of maloc- clusion and anomalies of the dento-facial complex. This thesis is concerned with studying the underlying biomechanical ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Accurate dimensional measurement devices are critical for international industrial competitiveness for South Africa. An overview of all the necessary components of a laser tracking system using a ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The conceptual design of a fixtureless reconfigurable automated spot welding system for manufacturing subassemblies for residential circuit breakers was investigated. This research was aimed at developing ...