For automated vehicles (SAE Level 2-3) part of the challenge lies in communicating to the driver what control actions the automation is taking and will take, and what its capabilities are. A promising approach is hapt...
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For automated vehicles (SAE Level 2-3) part of the challenge lies in communicating to the driver what control actions the automation is taking and will take, and what its capabilities are. A promising approach is haptic shared control (HSC), which uses continuous torques on the steering wheel to communicate the automation’s current control actions. However, torques on the steering wheel cannot communicate future spatiotemporal constraints, that might be required to judge appropriate overtaking or obstacle avoidance. A visualisation of predicted vehicle trajectory, along with velocity-dependent constraints with respect to achievable trajectories is proposed. The goal of this paper is to experimentally compare obstacle avoidance behaviour while driving with the designed visualisation against driving with a previously designed HSC, as well as the two support systems combined. It is expected that adding visual feedback improves obstacle avoidance and user acceptance, and reduces control effort with respect to HSC only. In a driving simulator experiment, 26 participants drove three trials with each feedback condition (visual, HSC, and combination) and had to avoid obstacles that appeared with a Time to collision of either 1.85 s (critical) or 4.7 s (non-criticall). Results showed that, compared to HSC only, the HSC and visual combination yielded slightly smaller safety margins to the obstacle, a significant reduction of control activity on straights, and increased subjective acceptance rating. Visual and HSC offered a beneficial synergy, as it seemed the visual feedback allowed drivers to anticipate the effect of their steering actions on the car’s trajectory more accurately, and the HSC reduced the intra-subject variability. Future research should investigate the effects of added visual feedback in more detail, specifically in terms of the effectiveness to communicate automation capabilities and driver gaze behavior.
We report wastewater surveillance of the spread of SARS-CoV-2 based upon 24-h composite influent samples taken weekly from four wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada between January 3, 202...
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In many specific scenarios, accurate and effective system identification is a commonly encountered challenge in the model predictive control (MPC) formulation. As a consequence, the overall system performance could be...
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Plastic is one type of material that is quite widely used today, ranging from industrial, and educational to household purposes. Nowadays, plastic can be found in many ways in its utilization and processing technology...
Plastic is one type of material that is quite widely used today, ranging from industrial, and educational to household purposes. Nowadays, plastic can be found in many ways in its utilization and processing technology, one of which is as a material or material in the use of 3D printer machines, plastic in this case is known as filament. In the process, this filament can be made either by using an extrusion method or using an extruder machine. Plastic extrusion machines are used to carry out the extrusion or shaping process by utilizing shredded plastic by using high temperatures for the melting process and being reshaped with a mold into a certain shape. This study aims to analyze the manufacturing process of extrusion machines for filament including the manufacturing cost to obtain a low production cost. The design of the extrusion machine is made with the principle of a horizontal shape and uses a screw conveyor as a material driver in the extrusion process. Filament Making Extrusion Machine uses HDPE plastic ore test material to print filament with a rotation specification of 31.81 rpm and power of 915watt on the heating element band heater. The extrusion machine design process uses a screw conveyor system with standard flight or standard knives. The size of the screw conveyor is 500mm long, 50mm screw diameter, and 25mm pitch distance followed by the total dimensions. The extrusion machine has dimensions of 800 x 400 x 600mm. In terms of manufacturing cost analysis, the extrusion machine can be made at a low cost of 9,284,279.53. IDR. Based on the results of the analysis, it is concluded that the extrusion machine that is designed and made can function to print plastic in the form of filaments and has a low cost in the manufacturing process.
Electrolyte is an important component in redox flow batteries (RFBs) that determines the current capability, potential window, and safety, but both aqueous and nonaqueous electrolytes have their intrinsic limits. Here...
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Electrolyte is an important component in redox flow batteries (RFBs) that determines the current capability, potential window, and safety, but both aqueous and nonaqueous electrolytes have their intrinsic limits. Here, we develop the proof-of-concept hybrid electrolyte chemistry to enable the design of safe and wide-temperature RFBs. In addition to the non-flammable characteristics, the hybrid electrolyte also inherits the high electrochemical stability and wide operational temperature range. It can show a potential window of 2.5 V and maintain high ion conductivities at low temperatures. It also enables LiI to achieve high Coulombic efficiencies of >99.9 %, showing long cycling stability over 800 cycles. Moreover, it enables the successful operation of Zn/LiI RFBs at −20 °C for 150 cycles with nearly no capacity loss. This study highlights the great potential of hybrid electrolyte chemistry for the approach of safe and high-performance large-scale energy storage systems in wide temperature ranges.
There are two corresponding authors who have contributed to this letter, yet only one of them has been mentioned as the corresponding author in the original letter. As a result, “Ki-Uk Kyung” was added to footnote a...
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There are two corresponding authors who have contributed to this letter, yet only one of them has been mentioned as the corresponding author in the original letter. As a result, “Ki-Uk Kyung” was added to footnote as a co-corresponding author. The changes have been reflected as follows.
Two new high-entropy ceramics (HECs) in the weberite and fergusonite structures, along with unexpected formation of ordered pyrochlore phases with ultrahigh-entropy compositions and an abrupt pyrochlore-weberite trans...
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Mobile manipulators that combine mobility and manipulability, are increasingly being used for various unstructured application scenarios in the field, e.g. vineyards. Therefore, the coordinated motion of the mobile ba...
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This paper presents a novel robotic system to characterize and retrain reaching in rats. This robot is intended to be a research platform for rehabilitation of forelimb movements in rats. In this paper, we focus on th...
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This comprehensive risk assessment, done for a MAR facility, covers two MAR techniques: induced bank filtration and infiltration ditches during the operation and planned potential expansion phases. For this purpose, t...
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