the interest in robots and their applications has increased recently, and one of the most important applications is using robots in medical applications. This paper shows a prototype robotic system for robot-aided rad...
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Product oriented manufacturing is aligned with one of the Industry 4.0 trends consisting of integrating all production systems. This implies shifting from a traditional view of manufacturing processes focused on produ...
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Product oriented manufacturing is aligned with one of the Industry 4.0 trends consisting of integrating all production systems. This implies shifting from a traditional view of manufacturing processes focused on production line in order to reduce costs, to a more flexible and customized product manufacturing. On the other hand, Multi Agent systems (MAS) have been proved to be a suitable way to fulfill these requirements. However, a key aspect of the use of novel technologies is to offer methodologies and tools for supporting the implementation of such systems. In this sense, this paper uses Model Driven engineering and MAS technology to propose an architecture that is able to launch and execute a manufacturing execution plan. It focuses on the information models managed by architecture agents that can be customized to particular manufacturing plants as well as on the definition of agent templates.
Laboratories are a core part of any engineering degree, but access to laboratories is typically limited due to a combination of timetable, space and equipment restrictions [1]. In more recent years that has been a sig...
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Laboratories are a core part of any engineering degree, but access to laboratories is typically limited due to a combination of timetable, space and equipment restrictions [1]. In more recent years that has been a significant growth in so-called virtual laboratories (VL), that is laboratory like activities that can be accessed via software or even a web interface, e.g. [2], [3], [5]. The advantage of VL is that the accessibility can potentially be improved to 24/7 and often these may be available on a student's own computing device thus also giving no space restrictions. Improvements in accessibility mean that staff can integrate VL far more easily into the curriculum and student independent study schedule with the consequence that, in principle, students can learn more effectively.
Machine and reinforcement learning (RL) are increasingly being applied to plan and control the behavior of autonomous systems interacting with the physical world. Examples include self-driving vehicles, distributed se...
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Machine and reinforcement learning (RL) are increasingly being applied to plan and control the behavior of autonomous systems interacting with the physical world. Examples include self-driving vehicles, distributed sensor networks, and agile robots. However, when machine learning is to be applied in these new settings, the algorithms had better come with the same type of reliability, robustness, and safety bounds that are hallmarks of control theory, or failures could be catastrophic. Thus, as learning algorithms are increasingly and more aggressively deployed in safety critical settings, it is imperative that control theorists join the conversation. The goal of this tutorial paper is to provide a starting point for control theorists wishing to work on learning related problems, by covering recent advances bridging learning and control theory, and by placing these results within an appropriate historical context of system identification and adaptive control.
Shielded through-silicon vias (S-TSV) filled with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) in the via and the shielded layer, and benzocyclobutene or silicon in the insulation layer is presented in this paper. Then, the ...
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Estimating hidden processes from non-linear noisy observations is particularly difficult when the parameters of these processes are not known. This paper adopts a machine learning approach to devise variational Bayesi...
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systems are often controlled using feedback loops. Fault diagnosis schemes are usually designed assuming that there is no feedback loop. Therefore fault diagnosis methods need to accommodate for the feedback loop. One...
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The learning data requirements are analyzed for the construction of stealth attacks in state estimation. In particular, the training data set is used to compute a sample covariance matrix that results in a random matr...
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Global competition has resulted in changes on product demand which have to be managed by current manufacturing systems. In this context, modularity seems to be a suitable solution to provide manufacturing systems with...
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Global competition has resulted in changes on product demand which have to be managed by current manufacturing systems. In this context, modularity seems to be a suitable solution to provide manufacturing systems with the flexibility required to adapt to demand fluctuations when they occur, maintaining thus competitiveness and productivity. In concrete, machine modularity allows modifying a machine structure but it should be accomplished easily and rapidly. The current work proposes a model-driven methodology that allows modular machine definition and the automatic generation of the corresponding automation project, including the machine hardware configuration and its control software. It is based on the use of eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format and technologies for both model definition and code generation. The methodology has been implemented as a tool suite whose proof of concept has been developed for the particular case of the Siemens Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal) PLC programming tool.
This paper investigates the problem of controlling a complex network with reduced control energy. Two centrality measures are defined, one related to the energy that a control, placed on a node, can exert on the entir...
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