The objective of the work presented in this paper is to investigate the optimal learning strategy for snake-like modular robots using a (1+1) Evolutionary *** take into account three different but correlated tasks: ef...
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Landmines, cluster munitions and explosive remnants of war still pose a threat to the physical, psychological, economic and social welfare of many peoples. With the aim of contributing to alleviate this terrible probl...
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Crop monitoring of large areas using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) is a process that involves multiple trade-offs. For a particular location a multicopter may be more suitable than a fixed-wing due to landscape, alti...
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Crop monitoring of large areas using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) is a process that involves multiple trade-offs. For a particular location a multicopter may be more suitable than a fixed-wing due to landscape, altitude, or weather conditions. In other cases the opposite may also be true and the best solution considering additional factors such as available energy and the time it takes to sample the area of interest. In this paper we evaluate the energy consumption, the total distance traveled, and the total time it takes for two unmanned aerial platforms, a fixed-wing and a multicopter to traverse different trajectories. We evaluate the performance of these two platforms using two trajectories: lawnmower and spiral. These trajectories guarantee a 60% both in overlap and sidelap. We analyze the trade-offs between traversing a given trajectory with both platforms and the impact of using a lawnmower instead of a spiral pattern in the context of precision agriculture applications.
This paper describes the optimization of picking up soft goods moving on a belt conveyor using a high speed manipulator driven by linear motors and equipped with a vacuum gripper structure and a computer vision system...
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This paper presents an instrumented robotic arm for landmines detection tasks during humanitarian demining activities. The manipulator has 5 DOF and it is endowed with a metal detector for landmines detection and a mi...
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This paper presents an instrumented robotic arm for landmines detection tasks during humanitarian demining activities. The manipulator has 5 DOF and it is endowed with a metal detector for landmines detection and a mini-TOF camera for mapping the terrain that has to be scanned. The mini-TOF camera provides a point cloud of the terrain that allows keeping the metal detector at a constant height above the ground and performing an efficient scanning of the contaminated terrain.
Lower-limb exoskeletons and powered orthoses in gait assistance applications for patients with locomotive disorders possess the potential to significantly affect society in the near future. This paper presents the pri...
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The RHEA project is based on the cooperation among aerial and ground vehicles aiming at performing several precision agriculture tasks. This work is focused on the description of the aerial mission in the mentioned pr...
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This paper presents a comparison among several state-of-the-art Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS). These algorithms can be used for 3D orientation and position estimation of users or devices. The robust pe...
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This paper presents a comparison among several state-of-the-art Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS). These algorithms can be used for 3D orientation and position estimation of users or devices. The robust performance of these AHRS algorithms is of paramount importance, specially in environments with potential external perturbations, such as industrial environments. The comparison among AHRS algorithms presented in this paper also includes an algorithm recently proposed by the authors (DLR-AHRS). In this paper the performance of the different AHRS will be studied, including the effect of magnetic perturbations on the performance of orientation estimation, and the effect of using different patterns of motion when the sensor is carried by a user at different locations (pocket, foot/shoe, hand). These AHRS algorithms are also compared with the Kalman-based commercially available AHRS algorithm of Xsens. The performance of the AHRS algorithms depends strongly on the strategies used to reject perturbations (sudden accelerations or deformations of the Earth magnetic field) and the ability of the systems to estimate the biases of the gyroscopes.
Specific weed management consists on adjusting herbicide treatments depending on the zone infested and the type of weed. In this context, the discrimination between grasses (monocots) and broad-leaved weeds (dicots) i...
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