Advanced powerful tools are sought for in order to conduct power system studies, especially for large scale systems. In this paper, an efficient PC-based environment for power system studies is presented. It is based ...
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Advanced powerful tools are sought for in order to conduct power system studies, especially for large scale systems. In this paper, an efficient PC-based environment for power system studies is presented. It is based on both analytical and artificial intelligence techniques. To demonstrate its effectiveness, this environment has been used for restoration studies following a recent blackout in the Hellenic power system, with very promising results.
Presents an algorithm for a simulator to train mobile robot operators in the use of deictic commands. It shows that robots can be deictically controlled in any reasonable environment. Deictic control is a technique wh...
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Presents an algorithm for a simulator to train mobile robot operators in the use of deictic commands. It shows that robots can be deictically controlled in any reasonable environment. Deictic control is a technique which directs the robot by visually servoing on targets pointed out to the robot by its operator. This provides a direct, intuitive control method which any sighted operator can use. Previous work has formally defined canonical targets required for deictic control, and has described a training system for prospective users. This paper extends that work by providing a specific algorithm for the construction of deictically controlled paths. The algorithm is described in detail and results are presented. This algorithm shows that deictic commands and their targets can be simply determined by an agent able to sense the surrounding environment.
This paper discusses the swing-up control of a two link robot mechanism known as the Acrobot. Previously, a technique using meta-rules was proposed to compensate for external disturbances when using a dynamic fuzzy co...
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This paper discusses the swing-up control of a two link robot mechanism known as the Acrobot. Previously, a technique using meta-rules was proposed to compensate for external disturbances when using a dynamic fuzzy controller. In this paper, stability of the meta-rule system is analyzed from a global asymptotic stability viewpoint based on fuzzy characteristic matrices. These matrices are generated from the first phase of a three phase learning process involving the combination of genetic algorithms, dynamic switching fuzzy systems, and meta-rule techniques with the purpose of developing a better performing fuzzy controller.
A simple, but effective, method of calibrating a multimanipulator robotic system is introduced. The algorithm uses precisely machined calibration plates which are inexpensive to manufacture and require no measuring in...
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A simple, but effective, method of calibrating a multimanipulator robotic system is introduced. The algorithm uses precisely machined calibration plates which are inexpensive to manufacture and require no measuring instrumentation. The method is tested on a dual-arm system which resulted in an order of magnitude reduction in the pose error. Coordinated dual-arm manipulation experiments are conducted using the calibrated kinematic model to validate the usefulness of the calibration process
This paper refers to the fast implementation of the positional forward acceleration of the end effector of revolute robotic arms with spherical wrists, using the distributed arithmetic technique. The acceleration of t...
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This paper refers to the fast implementation of the positional forward acceleration of the end effector of revolute robotic arms with spherical wrists, using the distributed arithmetic technique. The acceleration of the end effector is calculated by a cascade configuration of two pipelined arrays that calculate the Jacobian matrix and its time derivative, as well as the centrifugal-Coriolis and linear accelerations. These partial accelerations are then added in the adder tree. The building blocks of the arrays are the distributed arithmetic-based circuits that implement the matrix-vector multiplications involved in the calculations. The digit-serial configuration of the proposed implementation of the positional forward acceleration of the end effector is described. The serial and the parallel configurations may result as special cases of the digit-serial configuration. The proposed distributed arithmetic (DA) implementation of the positional forward acceleration may be applied, after appropriate modifications, to the general case of robots having either revolute or prismatic joints, with any type of wrist.
This paper is concerned with invariant systems on Lie groups. A sufficient condition for a piecewise constant input to distinguish between any two distinct initial states contained in some open neighbourhood of the st...
This paper is concerned with invariant systems on Lie groups. A sufficient condition for a piecewise constant input to distinguish between any two distinct initial states contained in some open neighbourhood of the state space is given. This condition involves the parallel translation of vectors along curves thus relating observability to parallelism.
Real-time, in situ control of reactive ion etching is shown to reduce loading disturbance in an Applied 8300 reactive ion etch system. The etch process vehicle is CF4 etching of polysilicon. A real-time, multivariable...
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Real-time, in situ control of reactive ion etching is shown to reduce loading disturbance in an Applied 8300 reactive ion etch system. The etch process vehicle is CF4 etching of polysilicon. A real-time, multivariable feedback control strategy where key plasma parameters are fed back has been developed. This strategy is experimentally compared with standard industry practice and is shown to reduce the loading effect by 80%. This quantification of improvement is carried out in terms of a model from the literature which is reviewed and experimentally validated for the etch equipment and process used.
This paper describes a binary image representation scheme, which is called image block representation and presents a new skeletonization algorithm, which is implemented on block represented binary images. The main pur...
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This paper describes a binary image representation scheme, which is called image block representation and presents a new skeletonization algorithm, which is implemented on block represented binary images. The main purpose of the image block representation is to provide an efficient binary image representation that permits the execution of operations on image areas instead of image points. The skeletonization algorithm operates in four subiterations: each subiteration deletes the north, the south, the west and the east boundary points, respectively. Due to the substitution of the boundary points by the block's boundary points the relevant operations are performed fast, while preserving the end points and the object connectivity.
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