The goal of this project was to achieve control of the robotic arm by mimicking human movement with the help of Microsoft Kinect. Microsoft Kinect is a piece of hardware that allows to capture a person’s movement with high precision and then allows to control various applications by moving the user’s limbs. In order to achieve this goal, we have connected a PC with Microsoft Kinect and with a robotic arm ŠR-1 ''Miro'' by the serial port RS-232. Then we have created a C# code in the Microsoft Visual Studio programming environment. The robotic arm has the ability to move in three spatial dimensions and mirror the right hand of the user. The user must stand in front of Kinect at a correct distance and hold his left arm in front of him so that robot can start to react. Microsoft Kinect scans the user and sends the data to our program. Our program processes these data and sends movement commands to the robot. The technology that Microsoft Kinect offers can potentially be used for many purposes. and Cieľom tejto práce bolo dosiahnuť ovládanie robota napodobením pohybu človeka za pomoci Microsoft Kinectu. Microsoft Kinect je hardvér, ktorý umožňuje snímať pohyb človeka s vysokou presnosťou a následne umožňuje ovládanie rôznych aplikácii pomocou pohybu končatín. Aby sme náš cieľ dosiahli, prepojili sme osobný počítač s Microsoft Kinectom a s robotickým ramenom ŠR-1 ''Miro'' pomocou sériovej linky RS-232. Následne sme vytvorili program v jazyku C# v programovacom prostredí Microsoft Visual Studio. Robotické rameno má možnosť pohybu v priestore a zrkadlovo nasleduje pravú ruku užívateľa. Užívateľ musí stáť pred Kinectom v dostatočnej vzdialenosti a držať pred sebou predpaženú ľavú ruku, aby robot reagoval. Microsoft Kinect užívateľa nasníma a pošle údaje do nášho programu. Náš program tieto súradnice spracuje a odošle robotovi príkazy na pohyb. Technológia, ktorú Microsoft Kinect ponúka, sa potenciálne dá využiť na mnohé účely, je potreba ju len správne usmerniť.
A previously reported procedure for the introduction of Borrelia spirochetes into tick larvae by immersion in a suspension of spirochetes was tested on Ixodes ricinus (L.) ticks and three of the most medically important European Borrelia genomic species, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii and B. afzelii. The procedure was compared with ''classical'' infection of nymphs by feeding on infected mice. Both methods yielded comparable results (infection rate 44-65%) with the exception of B. afzelii, which produced better results using the immersion method (44%) compared with feeding on infected mice (16%). Nymphs infected by the immersion method at the larval stage were able to transmit the infection to naïve mice as shown by serology and PCR detection of spirochetal DNA in organs. The immersion method is faster than feeding on infected mice and provides more reproducible conditions for infection. It can be exploited for studies on both pathogen transmission and Borrelia-vector interactions.