To permit the growth of robotic systems into new applications, e.g. rehabilitation, wearable (exoskeleton) and domestic/service robots, new actuators that can safely interact with humans and environments are greatly r...
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System design and development are fundamental capabilities for an engineer. The department of Control engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Nara College, has been offering a course called “Practical Sy...
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System design and development are fundamental capabilities for an engineer. The department of Control engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Nara College, has been offering a course called “Practical System design,” a unique opportunity for students to experience the entire process of developing an autonomous mobile robot, to fourth-year students for about 20 years. However, in recent years, robot design and construction have become a huge challenge for these students. To address this problem, we have worked on improving the engineering program. First, we have introduced a problem-based learning (PBL) education program in all experimental engineering classes in years 1-3. Also, we require students to submit a written report after each class session. This report is intended to help improve the students' schedule management, role-sharing, and work-tracking skills. These reports are reviewed by the relevant course teachers and assessed for logic and quantitative representation. In this paper, we discuss the approach to, achievements of, and future subjects to be taken up by this multi-stage-experience educational program, especially the effect of report-writing.
Electrostatic torsional micromirrors, as instances of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), have many optical network applications;such as optical wavelength-selective switches, optical cross-connects, etc. For all...
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Generally in the drilling of new engineering materials such as metal matrix composites, problems frequently occur in terms of poor finished surface, tool stress, tool wear, high drilling forces as well as low process ...
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Laser ablation is a novel non-mechanical wheel preparation method for optimizing the treatment costs of superabrasive tools. In this study the thermal effects of picosecond laser radiation on CBN superabrasive grindin...
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A detailed design methodology of a micro-scale 2-DOF energy harvesting device that can harvest human motion energy of low frequency and wide bandwidth is developed. Based on the concept of the 2-DOF vibration absorber...
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A detailed design methodology of a micro-scale 2-DOF energy harvesting device that can harvest human motion energy of low frequency and wide bandwidth is developed. Based on the concept of the 2-DOF vibration absorber, device parameters are selected to harvest energy at low frequency of 1-10 Hz and wide bandwidth with ±20% of the mean frequency, which matches the human motion. The device dimensions are limited to 40 × 30 × 10 mm3 to fit with the human wrist size. Then, a finite element model is developed to investigate the system performance with the selected parameters. When subjected to harmonic excitation of 1 g, the proposed 2-DOF device is able to provide a power of at least 10 μW in between the two close resonant peaks of 4 Hz and 6 Hz, which is the target frequency range. The device shows very high power per square frequency compared with the reported harvesters.
This paper presents a methodology for measuring using laser scanning the differences between ideal individual custom trays and classical individual custom trays obtained in the dental laboratory in the case of treatme...
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In this paper, we investigate the number detection of a mixture of noncoherent and coherent signals impinging on a simple planar array consisting of two parallel uniform linear arrays (ULAs). Firstly, the numbers of n...
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In this paper, a macro-scale 2-DOF energy harvester (EH) prototype is designed based on the human motion frequency range and bandwidth. Harvester parameters are selected according to the concept of the vibration absor...
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In this paper, a macro-scale 2-DOF energy harvester (EH) prototype is designed based on the human motion frequency range and bandwidth. Harvester parameters are selected according to the concept of the vibration absorber to achieve two close resonance frequencies at ±20% of the mean frequency of the frequency range 1-10 Hz, which matches the human motion. Simulation and experimental work are carried out to validate the design parameters and the system performance. The harvester is subjected to harmonic accelerations within 1 g which represents the dominant acceleration of the human motion. The proposed device provides a power of at least 18 μW in between the two close resonant peaks of 4 Hz and 6 Hz, which is the target frequency range. The device shows high power per square of the mean frequency compared to the reported harvesters in the literature.
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