This paper describes a local network approach for the automatic extraction of drainage networks from Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED). The extraction of drainage networks from topological data is one of the more ...
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(纸本)0780341236
This paper describes a local network approach for the automatic extraction of drainage networks from Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED). The extraction of drainage networks from topological data is one of the more important uses of such information. An extracted network may be used in many applications, such as determining drainage network metrics or selecting control points for image registration and mapping applications. In this research, a network of local processing units has been designed and applied to the automatic extraction of drainage networks. The results show that the network described is a promising tool for the extraction of drainage networks from DTED.
Complex processes such as those found in some manufacturing plants have many dynamically related variables which interact to produce a system response. The goal of system identification is to construct a model of a co...
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(纸本)0780341236
Complex processes such as those found in some manufacturing plants have many dynamically related variables which interact to produce a system response. The goal of system identification is to construct a model of a complex process, based on observations, in order to predict future system responses and help improve its control, In this research, neural networks constructed with multiresolution locally active units are used to model the content level of a paper plant pulp digester. This problem represents a real world multidimensional dynamic system for which a predictive model does not yet exist. Two local networks are considered which use radial basis functions (RBF) and utilize the concept of multiresolution analysis (MRA). The networks differ in the way each generates an MRA candidate node set, from which the most important nodes are selected for the approximation wing a fast orthogonal search (FOS) algorithm. The MRA networks are compared to each other and are also shown to produce approximations using fewer nodes than those obtained using a standard RBF architecture. This report demonstrates that locally active MRA networks produce promising results for the system identification task of digester level prediction.
In this paper we compare the performance of a dead-reckoning system for robot navigation to a system using an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF). Dead-reckoning systems are able to approximate position and orientation by fe...
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(纸本)0819426415
In this paper we compare the performance of a dead-reckoning system for robot navigation to a system using an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF). Dead-reckoning systems are able to approximate position and orientation by feeding data (provided usually by local sensors) to the kinematic model of the vehicle. These systems are subject to many different sources of error. EKFs have the ability to combine the same information and compensate for most of these errors to yield a better estimate. Our simulation results using a simplified kinematic model of Rocky 7 (an experimental rover used in the Mars exploration program at Jet Propulsion laboratory (JPL)) show that an improvement in performance up to 40% (position error) can be achieved. The local sensors used are: wheel encoders, steering angle potentiometer and gyroscope. Involvement of global sensor measurements can drastically increase the accuracy of the estimate. The lack of GPS or magnetic field on Mars narrows our choices for global localization. Landmarks, such as the sun can be used as natural beacons (reference point for absolute measurements). A sun sensor (SS) that measures the absolute orientation of the rover has been built by Lockheed Martin and now is part of the sensor suite of Rocky 7. The SS measurement is crucial for the estimation filter and we show that the accuracy of the estimation decreases exponentially as the frequency of the SS data fed to the EKF decreases.
The manufacturing of complex products often involves the assembly of other products, or sub-assemblies. Furthermore, these sub-assemblies may be manufactured by different suppliers. As a result, the specification of t...
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This paper deals with the regulation of the thermal characteristics of Gas Metal Arc (GMA) welding. A previously developed model is used for the open loop predictions. At the first level of the hierarchy, a parameteri...
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This paper deals with the regulation of the thermal characteristics of Gas Metal Arc (GMA) welding. A previously developed model is used for the open loop predictions. At the first level of the hierarchy, a parameterized Generalized Predictive Control (GPC) algorithm is selected among other control techniques, due to its robustness against modeling errors and parameter variations. A coordinator, at the second level of the hierarchy, specifies a set of reliable values for the parameters of GPC, so that stability is assured. A representative set of simulation results is included, along an evaluation of the advantages and limitations of the proposed hierarchical GPC technique.
This paper describes a mobile robot equipped with a sonar sensor array, Werrimbi, in a guided feature based map building task in an indoor environment. Common indoor landmarks such as planes, corners and edges are loc...
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This paper describes a mobile robot equipped with a sonar sensor array, Werrimbi, in a guided feature based map building task in an indoor environment. Common indoor landmarks such as planes, corners and edges are located and classified with a multiple transducer sensor array. Accurate odometry information is derived from a pair of narrow unloaded encoder wheels. Discrete sonar observations are incrementally merged into partial planes to produce a realistic representation of environment. Collinearity constraints among features are exploited to enhance state estimation. The map update utilises Julier-Uhlmann Kalman filter which improves the accuracy of covariance propagation through nonlinear equations and eliminates the need to derive Jacobian matrices. Correlation among map features and robot location are explicitly represented. Partial planes are also used to eliminate phantom targets caused by sonar specular reflection.
This paper presents an environmental acquisition strategy for a mobile robot using an advanced sonar sensor to achieve mapping navigation in an a priori unknown, imperfectly structured indoor environment. Most existin...
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This paper presents an environmental acquisition strategy for a mobile robot using an advanced sonar sensor to achieve mapping navigation in an a priori unknown, imperfectly structured indoor environment. Most existing feature based strategies rely on unrealistic assumptions about the environment, while their grid based counterparts hinder localisation which leads to rapid degradation of map quality. A dual representation strategy is proposed here which exploits the strength of both a feature map and a grid map. With the advantage sensor, the environment is scanned and the obtained features are classified into planes, corners, edges and unknowns. The feature map is only updated with the first three types of features. The grid map is updated with all measurement, including the unknowns resulting from complicated objects, to enable obstacle avoidance. On the grid map, distance transform based exploratory path planning is implemented. Adaptation has been made so that an explore-local-first behaviour is exhibited.
In this paper the control problem of telemanipulators is considered under the condition that they are subject to modeling and other uncertainties of considerable levels. The design is based on the S. Lee and H. S. Lee...
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(纸本)0780341236
In this paper the control problem of telemanipulators is considered under the condition that they are subject to modeling and other uncertainties of considerable levels. The design is based on the S. Lee and H. S. Lee teleoperator control scheme, which is modified so as to be able to compensate the uncertainties, and is implemented using a partitioned multilayer perceptron neural network. Several subnetworks are used each one identifying a term of the manipulator's dynamic model. A new learning algorithm is proposed which distributes the learning error to each subnetwork and enables online training Several simulation results are provided which show the robustness ability by the partitioned neurocontroller, and compare it with the results obtained through sliding mode control.
This paper presents the key steps involved in the design, calibration and error modelling of a low cost odometry system capable of achieving high accuracy dead-reckoning. A consistent error model for estimating positi...
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This paper presents the key steps involved in the design, calibration and error modelling of a low cost odometry system capable of achieving high accuracy dead-reckoning. A consistent error model for estimating position and orientation errors has been developed. Previous work on propagating odometry error covariance relies on incrementally updating the covariance matrix in small time steps. The approach taken here sums the noise theoretically over the entire path length to produce simple closed form expressions, allowing efficient covariance matrix updating after the completion of path segments. Systematic errors due to wheel radius and wheel base measurement were first calibrated with UMBmark test. Experimental results show that, despite its low cost, our system's performance, with regard to dead-reckoning accuracy, is comparable to some of the best reported odometry vehicle.
This paper describes a local network approach for the automatic extraction of drainage networks from digital terrain elevation data (DTED). The extraction of drainage networks from topological data is one of the more ...
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This paper describes a local network approach for the automatic extraction of drainage networks from digital terrain elevation data (DTED). The extraction of drainage networks from topological data is one of the more important uses of such information. An extracted network may be used in many applications, such as determining drainage network metrics or selecting control points for image registration and mapping applications. In this research, a network of local processing units has been designed and applied to the automatic extraction of drainage networks. The results show that the network described is a promising tool for the extraction of drainage networks from DTED.
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