In our current research, we are developing a force assistance system for standing up motion. Our developing system realizes the standing up motion using the support bar with two degrees of freedom and the bed system w...
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In our current research, we are developing a force assistance system for standing up motion. Our developing system realizes the standing up motion using the support bar with two degrees of freedom and the bed system which can move up and down. In this paper, we develop the force assistance system which realizes the natural standing up motion using remaining strength of the patient. Our key ideas are two topics. The first topic is distributed system which controls the support bar and the bed system with coordination among them. The second topic is the combination of force and position control. According to the patient's posture during standing up, our control system selects more appropriate control method from them. We use the reference of standing-up motion which is based on the typical standing up motion by nursing specialist for realizing the natural assistance. The performance of our proposed control scheme is experimented by computer simulations
In our current research, we are developing a power assistance system for standing up motion. Our developing system realizes the standing up motion using the support bar with two degrees of freedom and the bed system w...
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In our current research, we are developing a power assistance system for standing up motion. Our developing system realizes the standing up motion using the support bar with two degrees of freedom and the bed system which can move up and down. In this paper, we develop the control scheme which realizes the natural standing up motion with fewer loads to the patient. For developing control scheme, we investigate the standing-up motion of aged people who requires to power support and typical standing up motion by nursing specialist. Comparing with two motions, we set the reference of standing-up motion with our system and we discuss the required assistance force during standing up. Our key ideas are two topics. One topic is control reference using zero moment point. Zero moment point is useful index which shows stability of the patient's posture. The other topic is combination of force and position control. According to the patient's posture during standing up, our control system select more appropriate control method from them. The performance of our proposed control scheme is experimented by computer simulations
We present a method for the synthesis of a control law which incorporates both a traditional linear output-feedback controller as well as a static anti-windup compensator. Unlike traditional anti-windup controller des...
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We present a method for the synthesis of a control law which incorporates both a traditional linear output-feedback controller as well as a static anti-windup compensator. Unlike traditional anti-windup controller design in which the linear controller and anti-windup compensator are designed sequentially, our method synthesizes all controller parameters simultaneously, thus providing a priori account of the effects of saturation on the closed-loop dynamics. Moreover, we derive sufficient conditions for the quadratic stability and (possibly) multiple performance bounds on the closed-loop dynamics such that the entire synthesis is cast as an optimization problem over linear matrix inequalitics (LMIs).
We present estimates for gas storage based on the ideal structures, and how these must be modified given the few available data on hydrate composition. We then present a hypothesis based on the solid solution theory f...
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Solubility and diffusion coefficients of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in polylactic acid (PLA) (poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) and poly-DL-lactic acid (PDLLA) copolymer) have been measured at room temperature and pressures up to 5...
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Solubility and diffusion coefficients of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in polylactic acid (PLA) (poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) and poly-DL-lactic acid (PDLLA) copolymer) have been measured at room temperature and pressures up to 5.8 MPa. Based upon x-ray diffraction analysis it was found that CO2 induced crystallinty in the samples. The results indicated that the crystallinty increased with processing pressure with the largest increases noted at pressures between 2.1 and 2.8 MPa under room temperature conditions. These findings were used to investigate the effect of different saturation conditions on the cellular structures of foams produced using various processing temperatures. Samples saturated at 2.8 MPa and room temperature for two days, followed by foaming at 100°C gave a uniform cellular structure with a cell diameter in order of 30-40 μm and a cell density of 7.93×107 cell/cm3.
The objective of the present study is to characterize the production of hydrogen with a sorptionenhanced steam-methane reaction process using Ca(OH)2 as the CO2 adsorbent. Theoretical equilibrium compositions at diffe...
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The objective of the present study is to characterize the production of hydrogen with a sorptionenhanced steam-methane reaction process using Ca(OH)2 as the CO2 adsorbent. Theoretical equilibrium compositions at different operation conditions were calculated using an iterative method. It was found that with Ca(OH)2 as the CO2 sorbent, the concentration of CO2 adsorption was reduced in the product stream, that gave rise to higher methane conversion and higher H2 concentration. An experimental setup was built to test the theoretical calculation. The effects of sorbents and the particle size of Ca(OH)2 on the concentration of CO2 and H2 were investigated in detail. Results showed that the reactor packed with catalyst and Ca(OH)2 particles produced H2 concentration of 94%. It was nearly 96% of the theoretical equilibrium limit, much higher than H2 equilibrium concentration of 67.5% without CO2 sorption under the same conditions of 500℃, 0.2 MPa pressure and a steam-to-methane ratio 6. In addition, the residual mole fraction of CO2 was less than 0.001.
Dynamic models that describe strong physical relationships are typically difficult to create from plant data. The application of a recently developed method by Rollins, et al. for Hammerstein block-oriented modeling t...
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Dynamic models that describe strong physical relationships are typically difficult to create from plant data. The application of a recently developed method by Rollins, et al. for Hammerstein block-oriented modeling to 3M data revealed feasibility. The Hammerstein system consists of a nonlinear static block followed by a linear dynamic block.
We present a novel tactile sensor based on a matrix of light emitting diodes (LEDs). Unlike previous optical-based tactile sensors this approach relies on only one matrix of elements to perform the roles of both light...
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We present a novel tactile sensor based on a matrix of light emitting diodes (LEDs). Unlike previous optical-based tactile sensors this approach relies on only one matrix of elements to perform the roles of both light source and light detector. This is possible by exploiting the little-known property of LEDs to act as photodetectors when operated in the photovoltaic or photoconductive modes. The tactile sensor is composed of a pliable foam surface over a substrate onto which a matrix of LEDs is mounted. A two-way detection process enables a point force and position pair to be calculated directly using just two LEDs. Initial results are presented from a 4times4 prototype tactile sensor using infrared LEDs. Experimental results using a neural network function approximator show a sensor accuracy of 94.7%
The present paper contributes to the issues of batch process modelling and monitoring by proposing a time-varying state space (TVSS) model for the evaporative sugar crystallization industrial process. The study is foc...
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The role of the supporting metal oxide on the noble metal particle size was systematically investigated for the flame spray pyrolysis process. The materials were produced at fixed process conditions such as resident t...
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The role of the supporting metal oxide on the noble metal particle size was systematically investigated for the flame spray pyrolysis process. The materials were produced at fixed process conditions such as resident time of the particles in the flame, energy input and maximum temperature. The materials exhibited different noble metal particle sizes, having the same surface area of the support and metal loading. The mechanisms of metal particle formation in the flame and the effect of the metal oxide support were presented for the controlled production of a desired metal particle size. With these concepts, the properties of the noble metal on the metal oxide support and the interaction with the support can be tailored for specific applications.
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