Psychological studies have often suggested that internal models of the body and its structure are used to process sensory inputs such as proprioception from muscles and joints. Within robotics, there is often a need t...
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Psychological studies have often suggested that internal models of the body and its structure are used to process sensory inputs such as proprioception from muscles and joints. Within robotics, there is often a need to have an internal representation of the body, integrating the multi-modal and multi-dimensional spaces in which it operates. Here we propose a body model in the form of a series of distributed spatial maps, that have not been purpose designed but have emerged through our experiments on developmental stages using a minimalist content-neutral approach. The result is an integrated series of 2D maps storing correlations and contingencies across modalities, which has some resonances with the structures used in the brain for sensorimotor coordination.
In general, human beings receive most part of information through eyesight. Therefore, light is an essential element which allows people to distinguish the shape, colour and perspective of the environment around them....
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This paper presents the description of the IT solutions which have been applied in a computer simulation system for optimal pump switching. The Genetic Algorithm (GA) was used to solve the altered multi-objective opti...
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(纸本)9789077381892
This paper presents the description of the IT solutions which have been applied in a computer simulation system for optimal pump switching. The Genetic Algorithm (GA) was used to solve the altered multi-objective optimization model. Nowadays, genetic algorithms (GA) have becomes one of the preferred water system designed optimization technique for many researchers (Cheung 2003;Prasad et al. 2004;Zheng 2013;Jin Xi et al. 2008;Kurek and Ostfeld 2013). The main reason is that GA (Golberg 1989) have the ability to deal with complex nonlinear optimization problems. The GA is integrated with the hydraulic simulation programme called WD S (Water Distribution System). The description of the implementation of the WD S software is provided in (Fajdek et al. 2014;Stachura et al. 2012). The WDS software can be used to design new networks, analyse existing networks, perform hydraulic simulation of the networks etc. In (Fajdek et al. 2014) the WDS system performance was presented using simple example of rehabilitation process applied to the hypothetical network. In this paper, a new algorithm for pump scheduling was presented and applied to the real water distribution system of Glubczyce city. Pump scheduling is one of the most important tasks of the operation of a water distribution system. Moreover, it is much more complex problem than rehabilitation process. The main goal was to schedule N pumps in water distribution system over a time period, in our case 24 hours. In proposed solution we had to use a more complex solutions in both math and programming than in the solution applied to rehabilitation process (Fajdek et al. 2014). Developed algorithm which is the part of WDS software for complex management of communal waterworks is under development at the Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of automatic control and robotics, in cooperation with the Systems Research Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences.
This paper deals with the output synchronization problem of linear heterogeneous MIMO systems. In contrast to common approaches, we present a method which works without the embedding of virtual exosystems that produce...
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(纸本)9781479978878
This paper deals with the output synchronization problem of linear heterogeneous MIMO systems. In contrast to common approaches, we present a method which works without the embedding of virtual exosystems that produce a certain synchronization trajectory. A distributed control strategy is provided that consists of three parts: First, noninteracting control techniques are used to generate the synchronization dynamics, if necessary, and to satisfy the internal model principle. Second, a transformation is proposed to get appropriate SISO descriptions for the decoupled input-output channels. Third, based on the SISO models for every channel, distributed controllers are designed that synchronize the agents' outputs.
This paper reports on a novel nonlinear controller for a single one-degree-of-freedom (1-DOF) Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB) system. The nonlinear feedback tools such as Lyapunov based techniques, control Lyapunov func...
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This paper reports on a novel nonlinear controller for a single one-degree-of-freedom (1-DOF) Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB) system. The nonlinear feedback tools such as Lyapunov based techniques, control Lyapunov functions (CLFs), and feedback passivation control are developed. The control objective is to globally stabilize the mass position of an AMB with flux feedback. The flux-based control model for an AMB system is derived due to voltage switching strategy with voltage saturation. This strategy enables the flux control under a zero-bias operation. The proposed nonlinear CLF with a zero-bias can achieve a dynamic performance superior to that of a linear controller with the zero-bias or with the classical bias operations.
It has recently been shown that intrinsically elastic robots are capable of outperforming rigid robots in terms of peak velocity by making systematic use of energy storage and release. Certainly, high link side veloci...
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It has recently been shown that intrinsically elastic robots are capable of outperforming rigid robots in terms of peak velocity by making systematic use of energy storage and release. Certainly, high link side velocities are beneficial for performance, however, they also increase the probability of self damage or human injury in case of a collision. To ensure the physical integrity of both human and robot, it is therefore crucial to avoid potentially dangerous collisions and react in a compliant manner if unwanted contact has occurred or may occur unforeseeable. In this paper, we consider the most intuitive collision anticipation and pre-reaction scheme, namely stopping an elastic robot, if possible in minimum time. For 1-DOF elastic joints with limited elastic deflection we extend existing model-based and model-free controllers and compare their performance. Furthermore, we analyze the braking trajectory that is achieved with the different strategies. The 1-DOF solution is extended to the double pendulum case, where we show that feasible estimates for maximum and final position can be obtained at the very first instant of braking.
Fused biconical tapering (FBT) is an important method of manufacturing polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF) couplers. However, the tension on the ends of the fibers can affect the performance of the coupler. In this p...
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This paper deals with the problem of robust output synchronization for heterogeneous multi-agent systems. First, a new synchronization approach is presented to synchronize the outputs of heterogeneous agents. Based on...
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This paper deals with the problem of robust output synchronization for heterogeneous multi-agent systems. First, a new synchronization approach is presented to synchronize the outputs of heterogeneous agents. Based on noninteracting control techniques, a method is derived for homogenizing the input-output behavior of every agent. Hence, applying the same reference input signal to every agent leads to synchronization. Furthermore, a strategy for increasing the robustness of the synchronization process against exogenous disturbances is presented, which leads to a structurally constrained optimization problem. However, by a convenient reformulation of the problem, well established tools from robust control theory can be used. Moreover, it is shown that this procedure allows to separate the robustness issue from the synchronization task. The effectiveness of the approach is illustrated by a robust output synchronization example for a heterogeneous aircraft fleet.
The standard extended Kalman filter-based simultaneously localization and mapping(EKF-SLAM)algorithm has a drawback that it could not handle the sudden motion caused by the motion *** prevents the SLAM system from rea...
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The standard extended Kalman filter-based simultaneously localization and mapping(EKF-SLAM)algorithm has a drawback that it could not handle the sudden motion caused by the motion *** prevents the SLAM system from real *** techniques have been developed to make the system more robust to the motion *** this paper,we propose a robust monocular SLAM ***,when the motion model-based system failed to track the features,a KLT tracker will be activated for each ***,the KLT tracked features are used to update the camera ***,the difference between the camera states and the predictions is used to adjust the input motion ***,we do the standard EKF-SLAM with the new input motion *** order to make the system more reliable,a joint compatibility branch and bound algorithm are used to check the outliers,and an IEKF filter is used to make the motion estimation smoother when the camera encounters sudden *** experiments are done on an image sequence caught by a shaking hand-held camera,which show that the proposed method is very robust to large motion disturbance.
Mobility assistance robots can provide physical and balance support in order to prevent falls of elderly or patients. In this paper we propose a fall prevention approach for a mobility assistance robot equipped with a...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781479918096
Mobility assistance robots can provide physical and balance support in order to prevent falls of elderly or patients. In this paper we propose a fall prevention approach for a mobility assistance robot equipped with a pair of actuated arms. The algorithm evaluates the user's Extrapolated Center of Mass (XCOM) and determines required supportive forces to be provided to the user in order to prevent user falls. We further present how the required forces are realized by the robot. Performance of the proposed approach is tested in experiments by a mobility assistance robot supporting subjects provoking falls in different directions.
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