This paper presents a new criterion for the evaluation of visual features used in image based control laws. Due to their established performances in servoing applications, image moments derived from point features are...
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This paper presents a new criterion for the evaluation of visual features used in image based control laws. Due to their established performances in servoing applications, image moments derived from point features are evaluated. The proposed criterion analyses both the quantity and the quality of the information stored in an ensemble of point features used in controlling servoing systems. Using Hausdorff distance, new properties for point features ensemble are analyzed, for example the attached convex hull. In order to validate the proposed evaluation criterion, an environment composed from a six dof manipulator robot with an eye-in-hand configuration is used.
The redox steam-iron process, which has been discovered in the early 1900's, was finally abandoned because the degradation of the iron oxide ores within a few cycles. Recently, this process has been reconsidered, ...
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(纸本)9789604742271
The redox steam-iron process, which has been discovered in the early 1900's, was finally abandoned because the degradation of the iron oxide ores within a few cycles. Recently, this process has been reconsidered, due to the necessity to yield cheap and pure hydrogen. In this article, we introduce a related but improved technology. At the first stage, the inlet iron oxide for the steam-iron process is the hematite, which has to be reduced to metallic iron in a gasifier called HG, by using syngas from coke (or cellulose). The hydrogen is then produced in a cyclic process, based upon the reduction of metallic iron by means of steam. At the second stage, another hematite, at any granulation, is reduced to iron powder in a reactor called IPR, at about 570°C by using the hydrogen of HG.
This paper presents a new approach to multi-agent coverage path planning problem. This algorithm enables multiple robots with limited sensor capabilities to perform coverage efficiently over a shared territory. Each r...
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(纸本)9814291269
This paper presents a new approach to multi-agent coverage path planning problem. This algorithm enables multiple robots with limited sensor capabilities to perform coverage efficiently over a shared territory. Each robot is assigned with an exclusive route, which enables it to carry out its cleaning process simultaneously with minimal path overlapping. The objectives of this work are (i) Identify a path for each robot such that each robot is responsible for covering a different region. In this way, there will be minimal overlap between coverage of the robots, (ii) the methods and procedures must be applicable to a group of simple mobile robots with very few sensors to guarantee their industrial interest.
The overall behavior of some twisted-pair CAN systems may be improved by use of optical fiber as physical medium. In this paper, a novel fiber CAN hub and the schemes of constructing CAN network based on it are propos...
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In order to get the 3 dimensional data of an object, this research applied a shadow Moiré method to build an optical measurement system without touching the object to measure the contour for getting a 3D data. A ...
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(纸本)9789898425256
In order to get the 3 dimensional data of an object, this research applied a shadow Moiré method to build an optical measurement system without touching the object to measure the contour for getting a 3D data. A digital camera was used to capture the Moiré images through an image processing to get the texture of each contour line. After calculated the texture of each contour line, the correspondence values are then filled. Each correspondence value will make smooth contour interpolation and then three-dimensional image of the object was plotted. This method for 3D measurement is simple and does not need an expensive measurement device to get precisely image information for a 3D rebuilt implementation.
This paper presents a method for the estimation of thrust model parameters of uninhabited airborne systems using specific flight tests. Particular tests are proposed to simplify the estimation. The proposed estimation...
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(纸本)9783902661876
This paper presents a method for the estimation of thrust model parameters of uninhabited airborne systems using specific flight tests. Particular tests are proposed to simplify the estimation. The proposed estimation method is based on three steps. The first step uses a regression model in which the thrust is assumed constant. This allows us to obtain biased initial estimates of the aerodynamic coefficients of the surge model. In the second step, a robust nonlinear state estimator is implemented using the initial parameter estimates, and the model is augmented by considering the thrust as random walk. In the third step, the estimate of the thrust obtained by the observer is used to fit a polynomial model in terms of the propeller advanced ratio. We consider a numerical example based on Monte-Carlo simulations to quantify the sampling properties of the proposed estimator given realistic flight conditions.
The problem of reliability in high performance control and in fault tolerant control is considered in this paper. A feedback controller architecture for high performance and fault tolerance is considered. The architec...
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In this paper, a hierarchical multirate control scheme for nonlinear discrete-time systems is proposed, composed of a robust model predictive controller (MPC) and a multirate integral sliding mode (MISM) controller. I...
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The suitability of distributed power generation systems working at medium and high capacity as it is the case of wave power generation plants, requires a reliable Fault-Ride-Through capability. When a grid fault occur...
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The suitability of distributed power generation systems working at medium and high capacity as it is the case of wave power generation plants, requires a reliable Fault-Ride-Through capability. When a grid fault occurs on the transmission system, the speed of the turbo-generator group increases uncontrolled, the induction generator injects large peak currents that can potentially damage the rotor converters and the plant tends to increase the reactive power consumption, so that it might intensify the voltage dip and contribute to the collapse of the power network. A simple solution would be the automatic disconnection of the plant from the grid in response to the power fault, but this policy could lead to a series of chain disconnections that would produce a massive power network failure. This is why new Grid Codes oblige the distributed power generation systems to remain connected to the power network, even in case of balanced voltage dips. In this paper, an Oscillating Water Column (OWC)-based wave power generation plant equipped with a Doubly Fed Induction Generator is modeled and controlled to overcome these balanced grid faults. The improvement relays on the implementation of a control scheme that suitably coordinates the air flow control, the crowbar, the rotor and the grid side converters to allow the plant to remain in service during the grid fault, and to contribute to its attenuation by supplying reactive power to the network. The simulated results show how it is obtained a great reduction in the rotor currents, improving the transient power stability and avoiding the rotor acceleration, complying with new Grid Codes requirements.
Internet users rely on the good capabilities of TCP/IP networks for dealing with congestion. The network delay and the number of users change constantly, which might lead to transmission problems. Usually, these probl...
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(纸本)9789881821089
Internet users rely on the good capabilities of TCP/IP networks for dealing with congestion. The network delay and the number of users change constantly, which might lead to transmission problems. Usually, these problems are solved following a data communication approach such as drop tail or random early detection (RED) algorithms. Recently, more involved techniques based on an active queue management (AQM) control system have been proposed. This paper presents a probabilistic methodology to test whether a given AQM feedback controller satisfies a predefined set of requirements when dealing with control congestion under a variety of network configurations with a certain degree of confidence. The proposed technique is demonstrated through simulation in NS-2.
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