Conventional agricultural fields are sprayed uniformly to control weeds, insects, and diseases. To reduce cultivation expenses, to produce healthier food and to create more environmentally friendly farms, chemicals sh...
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(纸本)9781479952007
Conventional agricultural fields are sprayed uniformly to control weeds, insects, and diseases. To reduce cultivation expenses, to produce healthier food and to create more environmentally friendly farms, chemicals should only be applied to the right place at the right time and exactly with the right amount. In this article, a task and motion planning for a team of autonomous vehicles to reduce chemicals in farming is presented. Field data are collected by small unmanned helicopters equipped with a range of sensors, including multispectral and thermal cameras. Data collected are transmitted to a ground station to be analyzed and triggers aerial and ground-based vehicles to start close inspection and/or plant/weed treatment in specified areas. A complete trajectory is generated to enable ground-based vehicle to visit infested areas and start chemical/mechanical weed treatment.
This paper presents a fully automatic algorithm evaluating the knee joint kinematics on the basis of X-ray images. The practical instantaneous center of rotation (ICR) path acts as the main feature of interest. The X-...
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(纸本)9781467355094
This paper presents a fully automatic algorithm evaluating the knee joint kinematics on the basis of X-ray images. The practical instantaneous center of rotation (ICR) path acts as the main feature of interest. The X-ray images taken from unhealthy child subject while knee flexion, are used as an input data. A clear description of each step of the procedure is provided in the paper, i.e. the image preprocessing, morphological operations, object labeling, image stabilization, determination of bone landmarks, and calculation of ICR. The output information can be used as a basis in the design stage of lower limb rehabilitation manipulator.
This paper analyses the robustness of the Model-Free control (MFC) technique. The experimental tests are conducted on a 2DOF laboratory manipulator. The multidimensional, nonlinear, time-varying, cross-coupled, and mo...
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(纸本)9781479928569
This paper analyses the robustness of the Model-Free control (MFC) technique. The experimental tests are conducted on a 2DOF laboratory manipulator. The multidimensional, nonlinear, time-varying, cross-coupled, and mostly unknown dynamics of the considered system makes an effective control of such plant a highly demanding task. Obtained results are compared with the outcomes of a classical PID controller, widely used in industrial applications. The gathered experimental data makes the MFC a powerful fault-tolerant approach, that can eventually grow to a noticeable alternative to the controllers used in engineering practice nowadays.
In this paper, a technique of increasing the effectiveness of estimating the overall system uncertainty with a class of high-gain disturbance observers is discussed. In theory, by introducing a particular set of addit...
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(纸本)9781467355094
In this paper, a technique of increasing the effectiveness of estimating the overall system uncertainty with a class of high-gain disturbance observers is discussed. In theory, by introducing a particular set of additional, fictitious states to the system model, the considered observers can more effectively estimate wider variety of disturbances than in their classical forms. This work describes the verification of such theoretical statement also in practice. Both advantages and disadvantages of the proposed framework are pointed out in the paper using an Extended State Observer (ESO), that serves as an working example. An evaluation of the considered technique is carried out through a combination of numerical simulations and laboratory experiments.
The paper analyses the potential use of a Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II) in finding the parameters of an Extended State Observer (ESO). The ESO in the proposed framework is used as a part of a distu...
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(纸本)9781479909964
The paper analyses the potential use of a Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II) in finding the parameters of an Extended State Observer (ESO). The ESO in the proposed framework is used as a part of a disturbance-rejection controller, which governs the horizontal position of a nonlinear cart-like system. The considered multicriteria optimization NSGA-II algorithm is introduced to automatically find a set of the observer design parameters that guarantee a desired (and predefined) behavior of the plant. The validity of the considered approach is verified with real experiments conducted on a laboratory testbed.
The paper deals with the robust control of air-flow in air heating set. The identification is performed using step responses and approximation via second order system. The controller is designed using the structured s...
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(纸本)9781479909964
The paper deals with the robust control of air-flow in air heating set. The identification is performed using step responses and approximation via second order system. The controller is designed using the structured singular value (SSV or μ) and algebraic approach. Since the cost function is nonconvex the optimization cannot be done using standard tools. Hence an evolutionary algorithm - Differential Migration (DM) is employed yielding good results in this case. The functionality of the controller is verified through experiments on the real plant.
The paper deals with the robust control of airflow in air heating set. The identification is performed using step responses and approximation via second order system. The controller is designed using the structured si...
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In computer vision applications, human detection occupies an important position. HOG (Histograms of Oriented Gradient) is a classical algorithm which was used in the area of object detection. But the complex backgroun...
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This paper presents a novel arm gesture recognition approach that is capable of recognizing seven commonly used sequential arm gestures based upon the outputs from Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) integrated with 3-D a...
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