The concept of FB based on newly appearing standard IEC 61499 originates in automation engineering and corresponds to the distributed control structure. A FB represents an abstraction of a software functional unit com...
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humanitarian demining is a dangerous and time consuming task which leads to more victims among deminers. Thus large efforts are being made worldwide in order to develop autonomous robots able to detect landmines witho...
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The advances in mobile robotics, computing power, and wireless communications have turned feasible the development of communities of autonomous robots. In the last years, there is a greater interest in systems of mult...
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We propose a novel modular underwater robot which can self-reconfigure by stacking and unstacking its component modules. applications for this robot include underwater monitoring, exploration, and surveillance. Our cu...
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The use of robotics in environmental monitoring applications requires distributed sensor systems optimized for effective estimation of relevant models subject to energy and environmental constraints. The sensor carryi...
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This paper describes a novel robotic end-effector and a method for grasping deformable objects with undefined shapes and geometry, such as sacks and bags. The first prototype end-effector, designed for applications in...
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This paper describes a novel robotic end-effector and a method for grasping deformable objects with undefined shapes and geometry, such as sacks and bags. The first prototype end-effector, designed for applications in the U.S. Postal Service, is comprised of two parallel rollers with gripping surfaces in which the rollers are pushed toward each other. When the end-effector comes into contact with any portion of the deformable object, the rollers turn inwardly so that a graspable portion of the object is dragged between the rollers. The rollers stop rotating when a graspable portion of the material/object is caught in between, allowing the object to be maneuvered by the robot. The object is released when the rollers turn outwardly. The end-effector described in this article can grab and hold filled sacks from any point on the sack, regardless of the sack's orientation. Experimental evaluation of the end-effector has proven the design and implementation remarkably effective. This article describes the hardware, control method, and design issues associated with the end-effector.
We present a novel robot design concept intended for material removal in finishing operations. A key component of the design is a cable-driven transmission that exhibits low friction, negligible backlash and high line...
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Walking-robot technology has reached an advanced stage of development, as has already been demonstrated by a number of real applications. However, further improvement is still needed if walking robots are to compete w...
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The Robot Mole project at Monash University aims to develop robotic systems for locating the source of volatile chemicals released underground. As part of this project a mobile robot, MOLE I has been designed that tak...
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The Robot Mole project at Monash University aims to develop robotic systems for locating the source of volatile chemicals released underground. As part of this project a mobile robot, MOLE I has been designed that takes readings of underground chemical concentrations by inserting a probe into the ground at a sequence of locations. The robot is guided towards regions of higher chemical concentration using the hex-path algorithm. This algorithm was developed especially for the task of locating underground chemical sources and this is the first time that it has been tested using a mobile robot. There are important economic, environmental and humanitarianapplications for-systems that can find the source of an odor or volatile chemical located beneath the ground. These applications range from harvesting truffles, to finding the location of leaking chemical storage tanks and unexploded ordinance. In this paper the robot construction and hex-path algorithm are described together with experimental results that demonstrate the capabilities of the robot system.
It is already clarified throughout studies of passive dynamic walking mechanisms that the common necessary condition for dynamic gait generation comes from the requirement on mechanical energy restoration. Until now w...
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