IAES International Journal of Robotics and Automation (IJRA)
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Sensor Fusion of Leap Motion Controller and Flex Sensors using Kalman Filter for Human Finger Tracking
Get PDFIn our daily life, we, human beings use our hands in various ways for most of our day-to-day activities. Tracking the position, orientation and articulation of human hands has a variety of applications including gesture recognition, robotics, medicine and health care, design and manufacturing, art and entertainment across multiple domains. However, it is an equally complex and challenging task due to several factors like higher dimensional data from hand motion, higher speed of operation, self-occlusion, etc. This paper puts forth a novel method for tracking the finger tips of human hand using two distinct sensors and combining their data by sensor fusion technique
Networked Service Robots Control and Synchronization with Surveillance System Assistance
Get PDFThis paper proposes an efficient navigation control and synchronization mechanism of multiple networked robots for operation in large confined areas. An adaptable grid based navigation and control strategy is adopted to eliminate potential collisions among robots. Unexpected obstacles are handled and the speed of individual robot is maintained using the node-ordering technique. The proposed navigation control and synchronization mechanism is scalable and can be easily extended for multi-cell large environment. The obstacles information is gathered through local information by the robots for better planning of the navigation. The system collaborates with the existing surveillance systems in case of additional visual information is necessary. The interaction with the surveillance system is minimized to reduce potential overhead. The proposed methodology is evaluated for a large-scale simulation with multiple robots
Path Planning of the Fire Escaping System Using Active Detection Module
Get PDFThis article proposes a security system which detects the fire events and plans the moving route. Each robot with several modules owns the shape of cylinder and height, weight and diameter is 18cm, 1.5kg and 8cm. A main controller (STC12C5A60S2) equips robots as a microprocessor. Each robot has the capability to escape from the fire scene. Whenever detecting fires and obstacles using image sensor and reflective IR sensors, robots send the ID code, orientation, and position to the centralized computer and other robots. After other robots have confirmed the fire events, the centralized computer uses the Gaussian probability function to calculate the danger values of the surrounding points near the fire source. And Bayesian estimation method is applied to compute the total estimated value of each point in platform. Furthermore, the total weighted values of all points are shown in a platform and its aim is to enlarge the difference between danger and safety without ambiguity. A* algorithm is used in the escaping routes are planned by a centralized computer. The mobile robot follows the leading of the supervised computer autonomously to escape from dangerous areas. The air-fuel ratio and the rate of increasing in temperature with distance are directly proportional to the danger value. Associating the increasing temperature rate with three-fire sources, it is verified to be an efficient system
Improving Transient Stability in Power Systems by Using Fuzzy Logic Controlled SVC
Get PDFThis paper presents the capability of a fuzzy logic based stabilizer used for generating the supplementary control signal to voltage regulator of static VAR compensator (SVC) for improving damping oscillations in power systems. Generator speed deviation and line active power were chosen as input signals for the fuzzy logic controller (FLC). The quantity of reactive power supplied/absorbed by SVC is determined based on the two input signal and deviation of terminal voltage at each sampling time. The effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed control is demonstrated with Single Machine Infinite Bus (SMIB) system and multi machine system which show improvement over the use of a fixed parameter controller. It has been observed that a robust controller is obtained with fuzzy logic controller
Delta Parallel Robot Based on Crank-Slider Mechanism
Get PDFA three-degree-of-freedom Delta parallel manipulator driven by a crank-slider mechanism is proposed. In Cartesian space, a gate-shaped curve is taken as the path of the pick-and-place operation, combining with the inverse kinematics theory of the Delta robot, and a mathematical model of robot statia force transmission is established. The force and the output torque of the robot-driven joint are taken as the main performance indexes, and the value of the crank-slider mechanism applied to Delta robot is further measured. The simulation results show that the delta robot driven by the crank slider mechanism can reduce the force and output torque of the driving joint during the picking and discharging operation, and has good practical application value
Quadrotor Control System with Hand Movement Sign as an Alternative Remote Control
Get PDFQuadrotor is an unmanned aerial vehicle which is controlled by remote control. Unfortunately, not all of the remote control are easy to use, especially for people who have lacking abilities in piloting. This study aims to design a prototype system to control quadrotor using hand movements, as an alternative to the conventional remote control that more simple. This system is consists of 2 parts, quadrotor and handheld. Both systems can communicate wirelessly using radio frequency 2.4 GHz. The handheld system will read the orientation angle of the hand by IMU sensor and it will be converted into a command to determine the direction motion of the quadrotor. To get the orientation angle from the IMU sensor data, we used DCM sensor fusion method. Quadrotor needs a control system that can make its respond runs optimally. In this study, the method of the control system that used is PID controller. The PID gain obtained using Ziegler-Nichols oscillation method and then fixed again by fine-tuned method
A Guided Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Conflict-free Routing Scheduling of AGVs Considering Waiting Time
Get PDFEfficient conflict-free routing scheduling of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in automated logistic systems can improve delivery time, prevent delays, and decrease handling cost. Once potential conflicts present themselves on their road ahead, AGVs may wait for a while until the potential conflicts disappear besides altering their routes. Therefore, AGV conflict-free routing scheduling involves making routing and waiting time decisions simultaneously. This work constructs a conflict-free routing scheduling model for AGVs with consideration of waiting time. The process of the model is based on calculation of the travel time and conflict analysis at the links and nodes. A guided ant colony optimization (GACO) algorithm, in which ants are guided to avoid conflicts by adding a guidance factor to the state transition rule, is developed to solve the model. Simulations are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the model and the solution method
A Method of Extended Jacobian and Firefly Algorithm for the Kinematic Analysis of Planar Robots
Get PDFPlanar robots are one of the optimal robot form impacted in typical Cartesian plane. It consists of fixed divisions and connectors positioned in series which offers like working of human arm. The one end of robot arm position is fixed and the other arm of the robot move through the Cartesian plane by modifying the framework of arm joints. The kinematic analysis on planar robot includes position, velocity and acceleration are validated not by considering the force which cause motion to robot. The manipulator with lack of design and fault tolerant operation is analytical for application in remote and threat environment where periodic maintenance and improvements are not available. The most advanced architecture and operational flexibility of robots offer new probability and advancement in a large scale of fabrication process. This paper proposes inverse kinematic analysis of PUMA 560 robotic arm to conclude long range of fault tolerance. The proposed work incorporates Jacobian and Firefly algorithm are generally useful for determining inverse kinematics for redundant robots
A Discrete Delay N-decomposition Approach for Delay-Dependent Stability of Generator Excitation Control System with Constant Communication Delays
Get PDFThis paper deals with problem of delay in stability analysis of network controlled generator excitation system. Delays exist in communication channel in network based control between system and controller. A discrete delay N-decomposition is used to compute delay margin for generator excitation system with constant delay which is easier when compared to analytical method. A Lyapunov krasovskii function is constructed for given time delay generator excitation system and linear matrix inequalities techniques are used. Generator excitation system is employed with proportional integral controller, delay margin calculated for various values of gain of proportional integral controller. Theoretically obtained results are verified using simulation studies
“Nearest Zero-point” Algorithm for Cooperative Robotic Search Missions
Get PDFFour path planning and data exchange algorithms for cooperative search and coverage robotic missions are proposed and modified. The introduced methods are simulated using C++ programming environment and the results are discussed in detail for environments with static obstacles. It has been shown that using the “nearest zero-point” algorithm can greatly optimize the mission duration and also overlapping of the search trajectories. Finally, the results are compared with several existing algorithms