This paper discusses a method to quantify robust autonomy of Uninhabited Vehicles and Systems (UVS) in aerospace, marine, or land applications. Based on mission-vehicle specific performance criteria, we define an syst...
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This paper discusses a method to quantify robust autonomy of Uninhabited Vehicles and Systems (UVS) in aerospace, marine, or land applications. Based on mission-vehicle specific performance criteria, we define an system utility function that can be evaluated using simulation scenarios for an envelope of environmental conditions. The results of these evaluations are used to compute a figure of merit or measure for operational effectiveness (MOE). The procedure is then augmented to consider faults and the performance of mechanisms to handle these faulty operational modes. This leads to a measure of robust autonomy (MRA). The objective of the proposed figures of merit is to assist in decision making about vehicle performance and reliability at both vehicle development stage (using simulation models) and at certification stage (using hardware-in-the-loop testing). Performance indices based on dynamic and geometric tasks associated with vehicle manoeuvring problems are proposed, and an example of a two-dimensional fly scenario is provided to illustrate the use of the proposed figures of merit.
This research proposes a method to eliminate friction effect and reduced tracking error on CNC milling machines. A CNC milling machine has many connected mechanical components which have friction effects such as ball ...
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This research proposes a method to eliminate friction effect and reduced tracking error on CNC milling machines. A CNC milling machine has many connected mechanical components which have friction effects such as ball screws and rails. To control servo motors which are used to drive X-Y table in CNC milling machine, the conventional PID controller is widely used. In this research, Panasonic motor driver is set to the torque control mode. To compensate the friction effects, the friction feedforward compensation method is proposed. Moreover, to reduce the position tracking error, position feedforward controller is used. The simulation and implementation of position control in one axis of PID with Friction Feedforward Compensation and Position Feedforward Controller (FFC-PFC) are presented.
In this paper, a novel microelectrical impedance spectroscopy (μEIS) with three-dimensional interdigitated electrodes (3D-IDE) is developed to differentiate normal and cancerous cells. The device utilizes a microflui...
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In this paper, a novel microelectrical impedance spectroscopy (μEIS) with three-dimensional interdigitated electrodes (3D-IDE) is developed to differentiate normal and cancerous cells. The device utilizes a microfluidic tunnel structure, which forces cells to be squeezed. Thus, the enlarged contact area between cells and electrodes allows the device to measure the intrinsic electrical signal of the cells with a higher sensitivity than a noncontact case. The cell squeezing is realized by fabricating smaller microfluidic channel than cell size. The electrical impedances are measured through 3D-IDE. The device well distinguishes normal human breast cell (MCF-10A) and early-stage human breast cancer cell (MCF-7) with a phase difference of 1.42° at 500 kHz. The proposed device also features a high repeatability because the phase change is as small as 0.27° (which is sufficiently smaller than the phase difference between normal and cancer cell) before and after the each cell assay.
In automatized industrial systems, inactivity due to unplanned resource shortage or processes failures have a great influence on the system's performance because it generates discontinuities and instabilities. Dis...
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In this paper Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH) technique is implemented and applied to the system identification problem of a Magneto-Rheological (MR) damper. GMDH networks are used to approximate the forward and ...
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In this study, we proposed the collision observer for real-time detection of collisions between service robot and unknown obstacle. In case of a mobile equipped extra manipulator such as a service robot the safety of ...
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In automatized industrial systems, inactivity due to unplanned resource shortage or processes failures have a great influence on the system's performance because it generates discontinuities and instabilities. Dis...
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In automatized industrial systems, inactivity due to unplanned resource shortage or processes failures have a great influence on the system's performance because it generates discontinuities and instabilities. Distributed and autonomous control systems may help to cope with these kinds of problems because of the higher performance, but safety issues and real time constraints must be tightly addressed in these systems because of the risks involved (human, financial and environmental). Thus, an intelligent control system instantiated at the local level to allow each controller to take critical decisions in an autonomous way is proposed here. Above that, a supervisory system manages more complex situations beyond the capabilities of local control. The proposed control aims to enable auto-adjustment in the system to improve performance and to prevent and treat unexpected faults. It therefore has to learn through events which have occurred in the system and environment using Artificial Intelligence tools.
Complicated and time-consuming cell purification processes prevent a micro cell lysis device from integrating with LOC (Lab-on-a-chip) or μ-TAS (μ-Total Analysis System) devices for cell analysis. In this paper, we ...
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This paper studies a control method for the manipulator of an automatic cryogenic storing vessel which can improve a ratio of survival of a cord blood. The cord blood keeps in liquid nitrogen in the cryogenic vessel. ...
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