In human-robot interaction (HRI), human pose estimation is a necessary technology for the robot to perceive the dynamic environment and make interactive actions. Recently, graph convolutional networks (GCNs) have been...
In human-robot interaction (HRI), human pose estimation is a necessary technology for the robot to perceive the dynamic environment and make interactive actions. Recently, graph convolutional networks (GCNs) have been increasingly used for 2D to 3D pose estimation tasks since the skeleton topologies can be viewed as graph structures. In this paper, we propose a novel graph convolutional network architecture, Multi-scale Multi-branch Fusion Graph Convolutional Networks (MSMB-GCN), for 3D Human Pose Estimation(3D HPE) task. The proposed model consists of multiple GCN blocks with a multi-branch architecture. This multi-branch architecture enables the model to get multi-scale features for human skeletal representations. The group of GCN blocks, which has strong multi-level feature extraction capabilities, allows the model to learn global and local features, lower-level and higher-level features. Experiment results on the HumanPose benchmark demonstrate that our model outperforms the state-of-the-art and ablation studies validate the effectiveness of our approach.
This article presents a 3D point cloud map-merging framework for egocentric heterogeneous multi-robot exploration, based on overlap detection and alignment, that is independent of a manual initial guess or prior knowl...
This article presents a 3D point cloud map-merging framework for egocentric heterogeneous multi-robot exploration, based on overlap detection and alignment, that is independent of a manual initial guess or prior knowledge of the robots' poses. The novel proposed solution utilizes state-of-the-art place recognition learned descriptors, that through the framework's main pipeline, offer a fast and robust region overlap estimation, hence eliminating the need for the time-consuming global feature extraction and feature matching process that is typically used in 3D map integration. The region overlap estimation provides a homogeneous rigid transform that is applied as an initial condition in the point cloud registration algorithm Fast-GICP, which provides the final and refined alignment. The efficacy of the proposed framework is experimentally evaluated based on multiple field multi-robot exploration missions in underground environments, where both ground and aerial robots are deployed, with different sensor configurations.
This paper studies the safety-critical control problem for Euler-Lagrange (EL) systems subject to multiple ball obstacles and velocity constraints in accordance with affordable velocity ranges. A key strategy is to ex...
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In this paper, we consider using simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) to recharge the sensor in the LQG control, which provides a new approach to prolonging the network lifetime. We analyze the...
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In this paper, we consider using simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) to recharge the sensor in the LQG control, which provides a new approach to prolonging the network lifetime. We analyze the stability of the proposed system model and show that there exist two critical values for the power splitting ratio α. Then, we propose an optimization problem to derive the optimal value of α. This problem is non-convex but its numerical solution can be derived by our proposed algorithm efficiently. Moreover, we provide the feasible condition of the proposed optimization problem. Finally, simulation results are presented to verify and illustrate the main theoretical results.
Domestic service robots have the promising potential of bringing significant services to the general population, and more importantly, successful applications of universal domestic service robots can potentially help ...
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Domestic service robots have the promising potential of bringing significant services to the general population, and more importantly, successful applications of universal domestic service robots can potentially help mitigate critical societal issues such as senior care. In order to do so, domestic service robots need to integrate seamlessly into home environments. However, home environments are dynamic, complex and filled with personal items. Therefore, ambiguity can quickly arise for robots operating in such rich environments. In this paper, we propose an object ambiguity determination system that can determine the level of ambiguity in robot object selection tasks with fuzzy logic data integration. Additionally, we propose a functional human attention assessment system with fuzzy logic that enables the robot to determine user attention before committing to general disambiguation processes. Our preliminary results show that the proposed fuzzy logic inference systems can reliably estimate the robot object selection task ambiguity from object confidence level and the number of potential target objects that satisfy the user's command. Furthermore, fuzzy inference is applied to decide human eye gaze direction robustly. These subsystems can be utilized in the context of human-robot interaction to guide the robot when to seek feedback from a human partner in order to disambiguate reference in domestic service tasks. The source code of all proposed systems is available publicly on GitHub. 1
In this paper, a new framework for the resilient control of continuous-time linear systems under denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and system uncertainty is presented. Integrating techniques from reinforcement learning ...
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Control barrier functions (CBFs) are widely used in safety-critical controllers. However, constructing a valid CBF is challenging, especially under nonlinear or non-convex constraints and for high relative degree syst...
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(数字)9781665467612
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(纸本)9781665467629
Control barrier functions (CBFs) are widely used in safety-critical controllers. However, constructing a valid CBF is challenging, especially under nonlinear or non-convex constraints and for high relative degree systems. Meanwhile, finding a conservative CBF that only recovers a portion of the true safe set is usually possible. In this work, starting from a "conservative" handcrafted CBF (HCBF), we develop a method to find a CBF that recovers a reasonably larger portion of the safe set. Since the learned CBF controller is not guaranteed to be safe during training iterations, we use a model predictive controller (MPC) to ensure safety during training. Using the collected trajectory data containing safe and unsafe interactions, we train a neural network to estimate the difference between the HCBF and a CBF that recovers a closer solution to the true safe set. With our proposed approach, we can generate safe controllers that are less conservative and computationally more efficient. We validate our approach on two systems: a second-order integrator and a ball-on-beam.
We consider a general class of translation-invariant systems with a specific category of output nonlinearities motivated by biological sensing. We show that no dynamic output feedback can stabilize this class of syste...
The modern energy landscape is undergoing a seismic change from traditional, finite energy sources and toward cleaner, renewable alternatives. The restrictions faced by traditional sources, which are not only finite b...
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ISBN:
(数字)9798331513733
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(纸本)9798331513740
The modern energy landscape is undergoing a seismic change from traditional, finite energy sources and toward cleaner, renewable alternatives. The restrictions faced by traditional sources, which are not only finite but increasingly shrink in the face of burgeoning global energy demands driven by population increase and industrial expansion, are driving this change. Although promising, renewable energy poses complications, particularly the reliance on climatic conditions. An important aspect of addressing these difficulties is effective energy management within distribution systems, which includes forecasting and optimization phases. This research focuses on forecasting using an advanced machine learning (ML) approach. Accurately forecasting renewable energy generation over time is critical for improving energy management. This technique is evaluated using a variety of performance indicators, including Mean Error (ME), Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), and the Coefficient of Determination (R 2 ). Empirical studies support the method's usefulness, demonstrating noteworthy performance with low error rates.
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