The aim of this paper is to develop an absolute visual localization system of an Omni wheeled robot for indoor navigation. Omni wheeled based robots have omni directional drive capacity. Conventional localization tech...
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The aim of this paper is to develop an absolute visual localization system of an Omni wheeled robot for indoor navigation. Omni wheeled based robots have omni directional drive capacity. Conventional localization technique like odometry is not suitable for such drives due to wheel slippage. An omni robot platform with 4 omni-directional wheels powered by dynamixel motor and a scanning platform has been developed. We have implemented a localization technique using camera as visual sensor and multiple markers based on ‘ArToolKiT’ an augmented reality application. Various camera related distortion were reduced using 2 nd order surface fit of camera calibration data. To increase the accuracy of the system, fusion of results from multiple markers has been implemented. Performance of the proposed localization has been verified by studying different pattern based movement of the system in a test area of 5m X 5m. Novelty of this paper is in development of an omni wheeled robotic wheelchair and proposing a robust absolute visual based localization set up with single camera and multiple fused markers for indoor navigation.
Agent-technologies have been used for higher-level decision making in addition to carrying out lower-level automation and control functions in industrial systems. Recent research has identified a number of architectur...
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Agent-technologies have been used for higher-level decision making in addition to carrying out lower-level automation and control functions in industrial systems. Recent research has identified a number of architectural patterns for the use of agents in industrial automation systems but these practices vary in several ways, including how closely agents are coupled with physical systems and their control functions. Such practices may play a pivotal role in the Cyber-Physical System integration and interaction. Hence, there is a clear need for a common set of criteria for assessing available practices and identifying a bestfit practice for a given industrial use case. Unfortunately, no such common criteria exist currently. This work proposes an assessment criteria approach as well as a methodology to enable the use case based selection of a best practice for integrating agents and industrial systems. The software product quality model proposed by the ISO/IEC 25010 family of standards is used as starting point and is put in the industrial automation context. Subsequently, the proposed methodology is applied, and a survey of experts in the domain is carried out, in order to reveal some insights on the key characteristics of the subject matter.
Knowledge of material properties, in particular under hydrostatic pressure, is essential, both to select the proper material for a specific engineering application and to predict accurately its behaviour using mathema...
Knowledge of material properties, in particular under hydrostatic pressure, is essential, both to select the proper material for a specific engineering application and to predict accurately its behaviour using mathematical models. Many criteria were proposed to describe the behaviour of the various engineering materials under complex state of stress. Both materials and criteria can be sensitive or insensitive to hydrostatic pressure. This work demonstrates that modified Mohr-Coulomb criterion, with circular failure envelope, applied for ductile materials, is insensitive to hydrostatic pressure.
The bond graph representation is applied to Linear Time-Varying (LTV) *** state-space repre-sentation and an equivalence transformation are pre-sented. From the state space description of a LTV sys-tem, a bond graph m...
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The bond graph representation is applied to Linear Time-Varying (LTV) *** state-space repre-sentation and an equivalence transformation are pre-sented. From the state space description of a LTV sys-tem, a bond graph model using a *** junction structure can be built. The proposed methodologies are applied to some examples.
A feasibility study on the mechanical design and walking operation of a Cassino biped locomotor is presented in this paper. The biped locomotor consists of two identical 3 degrees-of-freedom tripod leg mechanisms with...
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A feasibility study on the mechanical design and walking operation of a Cassino biped locomotor is presented in this paper. The biped locomotor consists of two identical 3 degrees-of-freedom tripod leg mechanisms with a parallel manipulator architecture. Planning of the biped walking gait is performed by coordinating the motions of the two leg mechanisms and waist. A three- dimensional model is elaborated in SolidWorks environ- ment in order to characterize a feasible mechanical design. Dynamic simulation is carried out in *** environment with the aims of characterizing and evaluat- ing the dynamic walking design. Simulation results performance of the proposed show that the proposed biped locomotor with proper input motions of linear actuators performs practical and feasible walking on fiat surfaces with limited actuation and reaction forces between its feet and the ground. A preliminary prototype of the biped locomotor is built for the purpose of evaluating the operation performance of the biped walking gait of the proposed locomotor.
Acoustic standing wave levitation transmission technique has been widely used in many research areas. In this work, two Langevin-type piezoelectric transducers' output are assembled face to face at a certain angle...
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A prototype Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), named Duo Fugam, was designed and tested as a dual rotor copter capable of semi-autonomous flight. The design involved consideration of the mechanical and control requirement...
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A prototype Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), named Duo Fugam, was designed and tested as a dual rotor copter capable of semi-autonomous flight. The design involved consideration of the mechanical and control requirements for the UAV. Additional features such as wireless communication and gesture with voice control were also implemented. Various testing experiments were conducted to assess and improve the stability and duration of the copter flight. An analysis of the air flow is shown when shrouds are implemented. Payloads were also incorporated into copter frame to assist in stability by lowering the centre of gravity of the copter creating a pendulum effect. This pendulum effect acts as a rotary damper, as the Dual-Rotor UAV (DR-UAV) is roll and pitch sensitive, due to the two rotary axial control modes. The copter may be flown via remote control or through keyboard interface which linked in with wireless communication that was developed, and was facilitated by Arduino coding and Xbee modules. Using a Kinect sensor gesture and voice control of the copter were also configured. Specific hand gestures and voice commands were used to correlate to certain functions such as hovering and forward motion.
The literature presents several results referring to multiaxial tests of stress concentrators specimens. Different types of these specimens are presented and they were used accordingly to the stress triaxiality as fol...
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This paper presents a fuzzy logic method and experiment to determine distribution power systems big data integrity. The method is applied on a South African power systems network loading measurements data. Simulation ...
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This paper presents a fuzzy logic method and experiment to determine distribution power systems big data integrity. The method is applied on a South African power systems network loading measurements data. Simulation results show fuzzy logic as an efficient strategy in determining loading data integrity in comparison to a traditional approach of manual human analysis. In addition, the proposed strategy consumes less time relative to this traditional manual data analysis method of using plots for visual inspection, load balancing and data files cross-checking.
Loop closure detection (LCD) is the key module in appearance based simultaneously localization and mapping (SLAM). However, in the real life, the appearance of visual inputs are usually affected by the illumination ch...
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