In recent years, the number of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications has increased. However, navigating them indoors is still tricky because no GPS signals are available, and the obstacles constantly change. This...
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Electromagnetic launchers become spread in many applications. This type of launcher is used to accelerate a slug made of ferromagnetic material. Many researchers compete to enhance the performance of this type. The la...
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In this paper, we present a novel visual servoing (VS) approach based on latent Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DDPMs), that explores the application of generative models for vision-based navigation of UAVs ...
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In this paper, we present a novel visual servoing (VS) approach based on latent Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DDPMs), that explores the application of generative models for vision-based navigation of UAVs (Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles). Opposite to classical VS methods, the proposed approach allows reaching the desired target view, even when the target is initially not visible. This is possible thanks to the learning of a latent representation that the DDPM uses for planning and a dataset of trajectories encompassing target-invisible initial views. A compact representation is learned from raw images using a Cross-Modal Variational Autoencoder. Given the current image, the DDPM generates trajectories in the latent space driving the robotic platform to the desired visual target. The approach has been validated in simulation using two generic multi-rotor UAVs (a quadrotor and a hexarotor). The results show that we can successfully reach the visual target, even if not visible in the initial view. A video summary with simulations can be found in: https://***/2Hb3nkkcszE.
Continuum soft robots are nonlinear mechanical systems with theoretically infinite degrees of freedom (DoFs) that exhibit complex behaviors. Achieving motor intelligence under dynamic conditions necessitates the devel...
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This paper presents a vision-based selective spraying technique for an autonomous agricultural sprayer robot. In traditional methods, excessive chemical spraying cause deleterious effects on human health, environment ...
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This paper presents a vision-based selective spraying technique for an autonomous agricultural sprayer robot. In traditional methods, excessive chemical spraying cause deleterious effects on human health, environment and becomes uneconomical. In order to reduce the agrochemical wastage encounters in a broadcast spraying, a selective plant spraying method is used for crop chemical treatment. The sensor-based approach assisted with YOLOv7 model is deployed on a custom designed robot for recognizing and localizing the lettuce plants in field. The PID-based pressure controller is designed that minimizes the undesirable fluctuations cause by the opening/closing of solenoid-valve-nozzles (SVNs) during spraying. Thus the nozzle's spraying quality is maintained by keeping the pressure constant to a desired value. A visual servoing scheme for row tracking is presented that uses the detected plant's spatial features. The robustness of the visual-based navigation is validated in the real field experiments.
The integrity of the composite structures is affected by the manufacturing conditions. Controlling the ply orientation during the manufacturing process plays an important role in defining the induced residual stresses...
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The integrity of the composite structures is affected by the manufacturing conditions. Controlling the ply orientation during the manufacturing process plays an important role in defining the induced residual stresses inside the laminate. This work evaluates the generated residual stresses inside multi-axis laminates of carbon fiber reinforced polymers. The samples are manufactured using the robotic fiber placement technique. The residual stresses are measured through the incremental hole-drilling method. Finite element modeling is used to provide the calibration process of the strain measurements. Additionally, microstructure analyses have been performed to show the configuration of the manufactured samples. The effect of the laminate configurations and plies orientations are investigated and compared. The layers’ orientations have shown a considerable effect on the generated stresses.
The present study applies a novel Reinforcement Learning-based (RL) alphabet learning system named QWriter for the acquisition of the Kazakh Latin alphabet. We conducted a between-subject design experiment with 108 Ka...
The present study applies a novel Reinforcement Learning-based (RL) alphabet learning system named QWriter for the acquisition of the Kazakh Latin alphabet. We conducted a between-subject design experiment with 108 Kazakh children aged 6-8 years old in a public school and compared their learning rates across the two conditions: an RL-based QWriter robot and a human tutor (HT) as a baseline. The results show that children learned significantly more letters with the HT compared to the QWriter robot, showing that the RL-based robot is not effective for learning in the short term. Yet, we observe some interesting results by children’s age and gender. The results need further investigation comparing the QWriter with other robot baselines with different roles and across various learning tasks.
This paper proposes a combined initial alignment algorithm for strapdown inertial navigation system, in which the initial alignment is carried out in two stages during the process of preflight preparations while the a...
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Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a control scheme that involves predicting the future behavior of a system and optimizing control actions to accomplish the desired objective. In this study, we develop an intelligent ...
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Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a control scheme that involves predicting the future behavior of a system and optimizing control actions to accomplish the desired objective. In this study, we develop an intelligent control algorithm, based on MPC to regulate the target pressure in variable-rate agriculture sprayer robots. Modeling and simulation steps of the spraying system are developed using MATLAB/Simulink environment, before passing to the description of the MPC algorithm. Real-time implementation of the MPC algorithm was conducted on an Arduino Mega 2560 controller board by using Simulink Support Package for Arduino Hardware in MATLAB/Simulink to experimentally validate the preliminary results of simulations. The work evaluates MPC to regulate the pressure in the system and compares the results with a traditional PID control system. Moreover, MPC is a novel method for nonlinear system control that achieves zero steady-state error, low transient response, and reduces peak overshoot compared to the results obtained with a PID controller, thereby reducing the waste of chemicals, and minimizing the toxicology and environmental risk.
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