Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a transformative technology for human action recognition, providing a birds-eye view and unlocking new possibilities for precise and comprehensive support in surveillanc...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a transformative technology for human action recognition, providing a birds-eye view and unlocking new possibilities for precise and comprehensive support in surveillance systems. While substantial advances in ground-based human action recognition have been achieved, the unique characteristics of UAV footage present new challenges that require tailored solutions. Specifically, the reduced scale of humans in aerial perspectives necessitates the development of specialised models to accurately recognize and interpret human actions. Our research focuses on modifying the well-established C3D model and incorporating Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)-based object disentanglement (FO) and space-time attention (FA) mechanisms. By leveraging the power of FFT, our model effectively disentangles the human actors from the background and captures the spatio-temporal dynamics of human actions in UAV footage, enhancing the discriminative capabilities and enabling accurate action recognition. Through extensive experimentation on a subset of the UAV-Human dataset, our proposed FFT-UAVNet (m-C3D+FO&FA+FC) model demonstrates remarkable improvements in performance. We achieve a Top-1 accuracy of 64.86% and a Top-3 accuracy of 83.37%, surpassing the results obtained by the standard C3D and X3D methods, which achieve only a Top-1 accuracy of 28.05% and 31.33%, respectively. These findings underscore the efficacy of our approach and emphasize the significance of the proposed model for UAV datasets in maximizing the potential of UAV-based human action recognition.
Morphotropic phase boundary(MPB)-based ceramics are excellent for energy harvesting due to their enhanced physical properties at phase boundaries,broad operating temperature range,and ability to customize properties f...
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Morphotropic phase boundary(MPB)-based ceramics are excellent for energy harvesting due to their enhanced physical properties at phase boundaries,broad operating temperature range,and ability to customize properties for efficient conversion of mechanical energy into electrical *** this work,Bi_(1–x)Na_(x)Fe_(1–x)Nb_(x)O_(3)(x=0.20,0.30,0.32 and 0.40,BNFNO abbreviation)based ceramics were synthesized using a solid-state route and blended with Polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)to achieve flexible *** material characterization and energy harvesting were performed by designing a hybrid piezoelectric(PENG)-triboelectric(TENG)*** voltage and current of PENG,TENG,and hybrid bearing same device area(2 cm×2 cm)were recorded as 11 V/0.3μA;60 V/0.7μA;110 V/2.2μ*** strategies for enhancing the output performance of the hybrid device were evaluated,such as increased surface area(creating micro-roughness and porous morphology)and increasing electrode size and multi-layer hybrid device *** self-powered acceleration monitoring was demonstrated using the hybrid ***,the low-frequency-based wave energy is converted into electrical energy,confirming the usage of hybrid PENG-TENG devices as a base for battery-free sensors and blue energy harvesting.
Human-robot interaction (HRI) demands efficient time performance along the tasks. However, some interaction approaches may extend the time to complete such tasks. Thus, the time performance in HRI must be enhanced. Th...
Human-robot interaction (HRI) demands efficient time performance along the tasks. However, some interaction approaches may extend the time to complete such tasks. Thus, the time performance in HRI must be enhanced. This work presents an effective way to enhance the time performance in HRI tasks with a mixed reality (MR) method based on a gaze-speech system. In this paper, we design an MR world for pick-and-place tasks. The hardware system includes an MR headset, the Baxter robot, a table, and six cubes. In addition, the holographic MR scenario offers two modes of interaction: gesture mode (GM) and gaze-speech mode (GSM). The input actions during the GM and GSM methods are based on the pinch gesture and gaze with speech commands, respectively. The proposed GSM approach can improve the time performance in pick-and-place scenarios. The GSM system is 21.33 % faster than the traditional system, GM. Also, we evaluated the target- to-target time performance against a reference based on Fitts' law. Our findings show a promising method for time reduction in HRI tasks through MR environments.
This paper presents a convolutional neural network (CNN) model for event detection from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in disaster environments. The model leverages the YOLOv5 network, specifically adapted for aerial ...
This paper presents a convolutional neural network (CNN) model for event detection from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in disaster environments. The model leverages the YOLOv5 network, specifically adapted for aerial images and optimized for detecting Search and Rescue (SAR) related classes for disaster area recognition. These SAR-related classes are person, vehicle, debris, fire, smoke, and flooded areas. Among these, the latter four classes lead to unique challenges due to their lack of discernible edges and/or shapes in aerial imagery, making their accurate detection and performance evaluation metrics particularly intricate. The methodology for the model training involves the adaptation of the pre-trained model for aerial images and its subsequent optimization for SAR scenarios. These stages have been conducted using public datasets, with the required image labeling in the case of SAR-related classes. An analysis of the obtained results demonstrates the model's performance while discussing the intricacies related to complex-shape classes. The model and the SAR datasets are publicly available.
A grasping detection module is presented to measure normal contact force on each link of the finger in robotic hand. A compact and embeddable design for detecting the grasping force on the contact surface is addressed...
A grasping detection module is presented to measure normal contact force on each link of the finger in robotic hand. A compact and embeddable design for detecting the grasping force on the contact surface is addressed and its sensing performance is evaluated.
This paper proposes a Reinforcement Learning (RL)-based control framework for position and attitude control of an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) subjected to significant disturbance that can be associated with an uncert...
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A Multi-Input-Multi-Output (MIMO) system has complex interactions between inputs and outputs, resulting in a coupling effect that can lead to undesired motions. To effectively control MIMO systems, decoupling is neces...
A Multi-Input-Multi-Output (MIMO) system has complex interactions between inputs and outputs, resulting in a coupling effect that can lead to undesired motions. To effectively control MIMO systems, decoupling is necessary. This paper introduces a decoupling method that uses a transformation matrix modeled as a transfer function using Frequency Response Function (FRF). Unlike the conventional decoupling method uses constant transformation matrix obtained through Canonical Polyadic Decomposition (CPD) and shows performance degradation in certain frequency bands, the proposed method creates transformation matrix as a transfer function and demonstrates better decoupling performance across the entire frequency band. The performance of the proposed method is validated through simulations on a hybrid dual-drive gantry stage.
Understanding the mechanical properties of bionanofilms is important in terms of identifying their *** primary focus of this study is to examine the effect of water vapor annealed silk fibroin on the indentation modul...
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Understanding the mechanical properties of bionanofilms is important in terms of identifying their *** primary focus of this study is to examine the effect of water vapor annealed silk fibroin on the indentation modulus and hardness of graphene oxide-silk fibroin(GO-SF)bionanofilms through nanoindentation experiments and finite element analysis(FEA).The GO-SF bionanofilms were fabricated using the layer-by-layer *** water vapor annealing process was employed to enhance the interfacial properties between the GO and SF layers,and the mechanical properties of the GO-SF bionanofilms were found to be affected by this *** employing water vapor annealing,the indentation modulus and hardness of the GO-SF bionanofilms can be ***,the FEA models of the GO-SF bionanofilms were developed to simulate the details of the mechanical behaviors of the GO-SF *** difference in the stress and strain distribution inside the GO-SF bionanofilms before and after annealing was *** addition,the load-displacement curves that were obtained by the developed FEA model conformed well with the results from the nanoindentation *** summary,this study presents the mechanism of improving the indentation modulus and hardness of the GO-SF bionanofilms through the water vapor annealing process,which is established with the FEA simulation models.
The synchronization of systems with the goal of securing communications is a very interesting and recent topic. This paper proposes the Fast Terminal Sliding Mode Control (FTSMC) method to design control inputs for sy...
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Low-power and high-speed BLDC(Brushless DC) motor is widely used in vacuum cleaners. This paper presents a sensorless speed control scheme for a high-speed BLDC motor of a hand-stick vacuum cleaner using a variable sl...
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