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This poster presentation represents an attempt to harmonize unidirectional “mapping” from Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) and cognitive linguistics with knowledge from cognitive neuroscience to explain how details of feature attribution are determined in metaphorical inferencing. Specifically, an adapted view of “mapping” (herein termed “conceptual filtering”) will be proposed. In this view, unidirectional...
The ‘sense of agency’ refers to the experiential state that one's actions cause events in the world. Developing a sense of agency allows infants to learn from interacting with the social and physical world in ways that would not be possible otherwise [1]. To date, few empirical studies seem to target this phenomenon in infancy directly. Notable exceptions are the work by Rochat and colleagues (e.g...
A traditional robot finger can achieve either pinching or enveloping grasp instead of both functions. It is necessary to design a finger combining with both functions. This paper designs a novel parallel and self-adaptive underactuated robotic finger with belt and cam-link mechanism, named as PASA-BCL finger, which mainly consists of a motor, a cam-link part, two pulleys, a spring, a mechanical limit...
This paper introduces in detail a novel parallel and self-adaptive underactuated finger with link-wheel mechanism (the PASA finger). The PASA finger uses one actuator to control two joints and executes different grasping modes depending on the state of objects. Combining the advantages of other self-adaptive underactuated fingers and traditional industrial grippers, the PASA finger can both execute...
The underwater vehicle' yaw control system is a distributed networked control system containing sensors, controller and actuators. Networked control system (NCS) can be disturbed by time delay of data packages and transmission interference. The stability of controller in the system can weaken these disadvantages. This paper investigates sliding mode control (SMC) for the networked underwater vehicle...
A new turning-mechanism for Amoeba-like Robot was proposed in this paper, which based on the amoeba-like robot kinematics characteristics of tail contracting and skin flipping. First, one kind of variable-speed node composed of the spring and damp was designed. Because of the existing of the variable-speed nodes, the velocities of the two strip-skins depended not only on the velocities of threads...
This paper discusses the development of a small beach cleaning robot. The paper discusses two aspects of the robot: the refuse collection mechanism and the autonomous navigation system. In order to enable effective collection of refuse from a sandy surface, we developed a mechanism that mimics cleaning of a floor using a broom and dustpan. To identify its own position, the robot was equipped with...
Cooperative control is playing increasing important roles in fields as diverse as robotics, computer science, industrial automation, surveillance, economics, biology, and power systems. Cooperative control is directly affected by the communication strategy adopted for exchanging information, which makes the overall system analysis and design complicated. We build a swarm robotic platform that is simple...
This paper deals with the stochastic point location (SPL) problem which can be described as: a learning mechanism (LM) determines the optimal point on the line and it only receives the stochastic information from the environment, which guides LM the direction it should move. Scholars have proposed various methods to solve this problem, and the latest method hierarchical stochastic searching on the...
This paper describes the design and integration of miniature wired robots into a modular and intelligent operation room focused on performing single-incision laparoscopic surgery. These devices were designed to be moved by a robotic arm. Its position was tracked by a tracking camera which consisted of camera and light miniature robots, having the former a stepper motor in order to provide a tilt turn...
The stabilization of the man-made dynamic systems has been achieved by sensor based state feedback control algorithms which require high computational bandwidth and high stiffness structures. However, many biological systems achieved similar or superior stable behavior with low speed signal transmission via nervous systems, which is easy to introduce unstable performance in the view of control engineering...
The study proposed describes preliminary results of a spiking implementation of lamprey's Central Pattern Generator (CPG) using Neuromorphic VLSI devices. Several robotic lamprey implementations have been built to test the models in a bio-mimetic artifact but, in these systems there is a clear separation between the mechanical system, and their control part. This study aims to implement a CPG hardware...
In this paper, a method todetect environmental hazards related to a fall risk using a mobile vision system is proposed. First-person perspective videos are proposed to provide objective evidence on cause and circumstances of perturbedbalance during activities of daily living, targeted to seniors. A classification problem was defined with 17 total classes of potential fall risks, including slope changes...
Determining the joint torques of the hand is a useful design parameter for humanoid mechanism, rehabilitation robots and orthotic and prosthetic devices. In previous studies, different methods have been suggested for estimating joint torques of the hand such as mathematical models and simulation models. This paper presents a 16 DOF hand kinematic model and its simulation. Kinematic structure of an...
Robot-aided gait training has been presented as a promising technique to improve rehabilitation in patients with neurological lesions. Although robotic guidance is often used to reduce performance errors while practicing, there is currently little evidence that robotic guidance is more beneficial for human motor learning than unassisted practice. Research on motor learning has emphasized that movement...
Robotic workplaces are now commonplace and not just in modern automotive companies. Robots help to reduce the cycle time of assembly lines and enhance quality assurance regarding handmade production. The demands placed on a robotic workplace have changed greatly since the first standalone installation. Complex assembly lines incorporating robotic cell and multi robot cooperation represented a typical...
With the recent advancements in the field of robotics and cloud computing, one technology backing the other can have a huge potential under the domain of Cloud Robotics. Majority of systems are still operating independently using on-board computation, and confined memory and storage. Cloud Computing is a promising technology which is intended to harness the power of networked computers and communication...
This paper provides an active proposal for the establishment of an industrial control laboratory at an academic institution level. The laboratory is mainly intended for teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students who are majoring in the areas of industrial control and mechatronics programs, respectively. Further services this laboratory could provide are to conduct seminars and workshops for...
Ahead of the arrival of humans on Mars, which would be the culmination of the evolvable Mars campaign and the horizon goal on which NASA has set its sights, a new body of knowledge needs to be generated to ensure that this activity can be done safely. Not only in the engineering sense, but also in the sense of protecting both the astronauts and Mars from harmful contamination between “biospheres”...
This paper describes NASA's initial steps for identifying and evaluating candidate Exploration Zones (EZs) and Regions of Interests (ROIs) for the first human crews that will explore the surface of Mars. NASA's current effort to define the exploration of this planet by human crews, known as the Evolvable Mars Campaign (EMC), provides the context in which these EZs and ROIs are being considered. The...
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