We consider the planning problem for a mobile manipulator system that must perform a sequence of tasks defined by position, orientation, force, and moment vectors at the end-effector. Each task can be performed in mul...
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We consider the planning problem for a mobile manipulator system that must perform a sequence of tasks defined by position, orientation, force, and moment vectors at the end-effector. Each task can be performed in multiple configurations due to the redundancy introduced by mobility. We formulate the planning problem as an optimization problem in which the decision variables for mobility (base position) are separated from the manipulator joint angles in the cost function. The resulting numerical problem is nonlinear with nonconvex, unconnected feasible regions in the decision space. Simulated annealing is proposed as a general solution method for obtaining near-optimal results. The problem formulation and numerical solution by simulated annealing are illustrated for a manipulator system with three degrees of freedom mounted on a base with two degrees of freedom. These results are compared with results obtained by conventional nonlinear programming techniques customized for the particular example system.
This paper reports on the results of a simulation study undertaken to evaluate the performance of the Consumer Electronic Bus (CEBUS) under various traffic patterns and especially under large traffic generated by high...
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This paper reports on the results of a simulation study undertaken to evaluate the performance of the Consumer Electronic Bus (CEBUS) under various traffic patterns and especially under large traffic generated by high priority nodes. The CEBUS is based on the ISO/OSI model of layered architecture. The simulation results have shown that, when the throughput of the network is small (30%), the delay is bounded for all messages of all priorities. As the throughput of the network increases to more than 70%, due to an increasing number of high priority messages, the lower priority messages get queued at their nodes. It is also shown that the delay can be bounded, when needed, by assigning high priority status to nodes generating messages with urgent communications and lower priority status to nodes sending messages which do not require immediate response.
We report measurements on the nature of aluminum and gold contacts to GaN. The GaN films were deposited onto the R-plane of sapphire substrates by molecular beam epitaxy and are autodoped n-type. Metal contacts were d...
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We report measurements on the nature of aluminum and gold contacts to GaN. The GaN films were deposited onto the R-plane of sapphire substrates by molecular beam epitaxy and are autodoped n-type. Metal contacts were deposited by evaporation and were patterned photolithographically. Current-voltage characterization shows that the as-deposited aluminum contacts are ohmic while the as-deposited gold contacts are rectifying. The gold contacts become ohmic after annealing at 575-degrees-C, a result attributed to gold diffusion. The specific contact resistivity of the ohmic aluminum and gold contacts were found by transfer length measurements to be of device quality (10(-7)-10(-8) OMEGA m2). The results of these studies suggest a direct correlation between barrier height and work function of the metal, consistent with the strong ionic character of GaN.
We report the intensity dependence of band-gap and midgap photoluminescence in GaN films grown by electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) microwave plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. We find that the band-gap luminesc...
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We report the intensity dependence of band-gap and midgap photoluminescence in GaN films grown by electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) microwave plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. We find that the band-gap luminescence depends linearly while the midgap luminescence has a nonlinear dependence on the incident light intensity. These data were compared with a simple recombination model which assumes a density of recombination centers 2.2 eV below the conduction band edge. The concentration of these centers is higher in films grown at higher microwave power in the ECR plasma.
The electron transport mechanism in autodoped gallium nitride films grown by electron cyclotron resonance microwave plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy was investigated by studying the temperature dependence of the...
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The electron transport mechanism in autodoped gallium nitride films grown by electron cyclotron resonance microwave plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy was investigated by studying the temperature dependence of the Hall coefficient and resistivity on samples with various concentrations of autodoping centers. The Hall coefficients go through a maximum as the temperature is lowered from 300 K and then saturate at lower temperatures. The resistivities in the same temperature range initially increase exponentially and then saturate at lower temperatures. These findings are accounted for if a significant fraction of electron transport, even at room temperature, takes place in the autodoping centers and that conduction through these centers becomes dominant at lower temperatures. The activation energy of these centers was found to be on the order of 20-30 meV. When the concentration of the autodoping centers becomes smaller than that of deep compensating defects, the material becomes semi-insulating and transport by hopping in the compensating defects becomes dominant.
This article addresses the consensus control problem for a specific class of discrete-time stochastic multiagent systems (MASs). When transmitting the local measurement output to the local controller and neighboring a...
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The applicability of transputers in control systems is investigated. This is done by implementing a controller for a flexible robot arm with one degree of freedom on a system consisting of an IBM-AT and four transpute...
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The applicability of transputers in control systems is investigated. This is done by implementing a controller for a flexible robot arm with one degree of freedom on a system consisting of an IBM-AT and four transputers. It is found that a control system with transputers offers a great improvement compared with conventional digital control systems. Transputers can solve the common problem in control practice, i.e. having very sophisticted controllers but not being able to implement them because they need too much computing time. However, transputers are not an optimal solution for more sophisticated control systems because of shortcomings in the scheduling mechanism.
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Lee, HuaImaging Systems Laboratory
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of California Santa Barbara CA 93106
The ground-penetrating radar (GPR) systems currently deployed in field applications can be classified into two major types, pulse-echo and step-frequency frequency modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) devices, correspondi...
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The ground-penetrating radar (GPR) systems currently deployed in field applications can be classified into two major types, pulse-echo and step-frequency frequency modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) devices, corresponding to the distinct features of the illumination waveforms. With the addition of synthetic-aperture scans, both versions can be directly applied to high-resolution tomographic imaging. This paper presents the tomographic image reconstruction algorithms for these two operating modalities based on one single framework of backward propagation image formation. In addition to the theoretical analysis and mathematical modeling, this paper presents the algorithm structures for both types of systems as well as results from full-scale field experiments.
Contents Partial discharges take place, among others, inside voids enclosed in insulations. The partial discharge behaviour of epoxy resin samples is studied with the aid of a recently developed streamer partial disch...
Contents Partial discharges take place, among others, inside voids enclosed in insulations. The partial discharge behaviour of epoxy resin samples is studied with the aid of a recently developed streamer partial discharge model (Pedersen's model) and its relation to the modem Pulse Height Analysis and Phase Resolved Measurement techniques is investigated. Furthermore, some relations based on Pedersen's model are deduced. The advantages and disadvantages of the aforementioned model are analysed. Scanning electron microscope photographs show the nature of the deterioration of the void walls due to the partial discharges. The question whether initiation of the treeing phenomenon leading to breakdown from an enclosed spherical void is possible, is also investigated.
Spurious correlations are unstable statistical associations that hinder robust decision-making. Conventional wisdom suggests that models relying on such correlations will fail to generalize out-of-distribution (OOD), ...
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