{"title":"Comparison of Different Types of Lens for Defect Detection of Inner Thread Based on Deep Learning","authors":"Lih-Ping Huang, Anh-Tuan Dang, Q. Hsu","doi":"10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997762","url":null,"abstract":"Due to limitations of operation space, the inspection of internal threads in mechanical products is problematic not only for skilled operators but also for the design of automated inspection systems. With the introduction of advanced vision lenses, different inspection systems are constructed, allowing detection and defect classification in internal threads. This paper introduces two methods to acquire images of the internal surface in M8 Nuts. By applying Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to identify defects in the captured images, the characteristics of the two measurement systems are compared, providing general evaluations for the construction of vision systems using the YOLO algorithm for defect detection.","PeriodicalId":217521,"journal":{"name":"2022 25th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123705085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling and Feedback Linearization of an Electric Hovercraft for Path Tracking","authors":"William Retnaraj, S. Sengupta, T. Dinh, J. Chong","doi":"10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997746","url":null,"abstract":"Typical hovercraft are nonlinear multi-input-multi-output underactuated systems. For problems such as path tracking, simple linear controllers that are effective are found to be inadequate in performance and are difficult to tune due to the nonlinear behavior. While feedback linearization is a good compromise between using them and complex nonlinear controllers, underactuatedness prevents the hovercraft from being fully feedback linearizable due to insufficient control input directions. An electric hovercraft system with an alternative four-fan configuration has been suggested in this work, with special emphasis on achieving input-output feedback linearization for the path tracking problem. The nonlinear system has been modeled from first principles followed by the application of feedback linearization to it, and subsequent path tracking using simple linear controllers. Results were obtained in the presence of wind modeled as a stochastic process, and satisfactory path tracking was achieved for an arbitrary path.","PeriodicalId":217521,"journal":{"name":"2022 25th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129958680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Improved Energy Management Strategy for Fuel Cell Hybrid Power System Based on Compensator Design of DC-DC Converters","authors":"H. Trinh, H-V-A Truong, K. Ahn","doi":"10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997745","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces an improved energy management strategy (EMS) consisting of low-level and high-level control to adapt the load power demand and stabilize the DC bus voltage for a fuel cell hybrid power system (FCHPS). In high-level control, fuzzy logic rules (FLRs) combined with filtering-based methods and a voltage control loop are employed not only to determine the reference power of energy sources but also to ensure the stability of DC bus voltage. For the low-level control, compensators of DC-DC converters are designed based on their dynamic characteristics to improve the effectiveness of power distribution and the stability of DC bus voltage through the current and voltage control loops. Finally, a comparison of the proposed strategy and previous approaches is conducted through MATLAB/Simulink environment. The obtained results demonstrate that the proposed strategy not only achieves the highest distributed power accuracy but also ensures a stable DC bus voltage with ripple by 1.08 % in comparison to the available approaches.","PeriodicalId":217521,"journal":{"name":"2022 25th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129439677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Image Tracking and Prediction of Offshore Tsunami with Particle Filters","authors":"Miin-Jong Hao, Wen-Xin Hsu","doi":"10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997649","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a particle filter based estimation and tracking method is developed as the auxiliary system to determine the trajectory of the float ball on offshore for tsunami detection. The computer vision techniques combined with the particle filtering algorithm have been successfully applied to the detection and recognition of a rapid moving object. For the nonlinear dynamics of tsunami, the trajectory tracking and detection of the tsunami is carried out by means of the camera image of floating balls on offshore. The round frame will be set up and the weight of each particle will be evaluated according to the assigned color values and the similarity degrees between particles are calculated following the prediction, updating, and resampling processes. Gradually the centroid of particles is recalculated after the resampling process that will close to the true object trajectory. Compare the updated trajectory to the reference level, an abnormal rise of the sea level can be detected and the tsunami warning can be issued such that people on coastal would be evacuated in time. Our simulation results show that the proposed algorithm is effective in detection and tracking the approaching waves of rapid rising.","PeriodicalId":217521,"journal":{"name":"2022 25th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115524535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elven Kee, Chong Jun Jie, Choong Zi Jie, Michael Lau
{"title":"Low-cost and sustainable Pick and Place solution by machine vision assistance","authors":"Elven Kee, Chong Jun Jie, Choong Zi Jie, Michael Lau","doi":"10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997663","url":null,"abstract":"As one of the core applications of computer vision, object detection has become more important in scenarios requiring high accuracy, but limited computational resources, such as robotics and autonomous vehicles. It is important to note that real-world applications of object detection such as pick-and-place solutions are typically run on a variety of platforms such as embedded system. In this paper, we propose an accurate and efficient object detector using Tensorflow Lite for a pick-and-place application that is able to adapt to a wide range of resource constraints.","PeriodicalId":217521,"journal":{"name":"2022 25th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)","volume":"318 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120871380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automatic Generation of Personalized Golf Video Using Integrated Technologies and Methods","authors":"Fu-Kuei Chen, Hsin-Piao Lin, Chao-Hsu Yang","doi":"10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997719","url":null,"abstract":"Golf is one of the most popular sports in the world. The viewership of the professional golfers’ association (PGA) tour broadcasts increased. However, golf broadcasting production is highly professional, expensive and is only for large events. To allow the amateur golfer to own his personalized golf video and share it with his family or friends, this article aims to propose a novel and cost-effective intelligent system to automatically generate golf videos based on numerous integrated technologies and methodologies. Solar power, camera sensor networks, wireless transmission, edge computing, and artificial intelligence technologies were adopted to implement such an intelligent system. To this end, we demonstrate that the proposed system works well. Based on 350 hours of video production, the cost of the 5G solution or the legacy solution is three times the proposed system. The results show that the proposed system can provide a cost-effective solution to generate golf videos and may serve as a reference for other fields that need automatic video generation.","PeriodicalId":217521,"journal":{"name":"2022 25th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129761131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autonomous Boundary Detection Using Image Recognition for Robotic Lawn Mower","authors":"Meng-Huai Wu, Chia-Wei Chang, Jyh-Cheng Yu","doi":"10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997764","url":null,"abstract":"Most robotic lawnmowers adopt buried metal wires to define their working area, which is labor and time-consuming. This study applies the fusion of multiple sensors, including an inertial measurement unit (IMU), wheel encoders, light detection and ranging (LiDAR), and an RGB-D camera, to automatically detect the boundary of the lawn and construct the navigation map. Visual simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM) are adopted based on an RGB-D camera. For the boundary pavement or obstacles lower or similar to grass height, a support vector machine (SVM) is applied to identify boundaries and obstacles and establish the augmented Octomap with virtual walls. A set of image processing methods is proposed to lower the computing load of the embedded system and transfer the image data into point cloud data to construct the navigation map. The robot operating system (ROS)-based control system of the prototype was built using the embedded system (Jetson Nano, NVIDIA; Santa Clara, CA, USA) and control boards (ARM STM32, STMicroelectronics; Geneva, Switzerland). The proposed method could be further used in the process of map construction and navigation.","PeriodicalId":217521,"journal":{"name":"2022 25th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123072426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nessa Fereshteh Saniee, Nithin Somasundaran, B. Gulsoy, T. Vincent, M. Amor-Segan, J. Marco
{"title":"Analysis of Internal Temperature Variations of Lithium-Ion Batteries During Fast Charging","authors":"Nessa Fereshteh Saniee, Nithin Somasundaran, B. Gulsoy, T. Vincent, M. Amor-Segan, J. Marco","doi":"10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997706","url":null,"abstract":"One of the major challenges that limits the fast charging of Lithium-ion batteries is Lithium (Li) plating at low temperatures. To reduce Li-plating an increased environmental temperature is commonly used. However, the uncertainties in the measurement of key battery internal states such as temperature, is a limiting factor to find the best fast charging profile that considers battery performance, degradation, and safety of the electric vehicles (EVs). We have used our state-of-the-art instrumented cells equipped with internal data acquisition and microcontroller, forming smart cells, that enable sensor data to be transmitted via a USB to a data logger. We demonstrate here that commercially available 21700 format cells were successfully instrumented and gave direct information on internal temperature for continuous fast charging rates from C/2 to 2.5C. The internal temperature was found to be considerably higher than that of the surface of the cell (between 10 and 14°C at 2.5C charge rate). A gradient of up to 2°C was found between the positive and negative end of each cell that became more prominent for higher charge rates. Li-plating was detected for all C-rates below 25°C even though, the internal temperature rose above 30°C when the cells were charged at 2.5C with an ambient temperature of 0°C. At a higher ambient temperature of 40°C, the cell’s internal temperature rose (to ~62°C) beyond the safe limits defined by the manufacturer’s datasheet whilst the external temperature recorded (~52°C) was within the manufacturer’s defined safe operating limits.","PeriodicalId":217521,"journal":{"name":"2022 25th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126974668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ping-Cheng Hsieh, Guan-Lin Su, Yi-Te Lin, Wei-Bo Lin
{"title":"Intelligent Adjustment of Temperature Control Parameters Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning for Stretch Blow Molding Machine","authors":"Ping-Cheng Hsieh, Guan-Lin Su, Yi-Te Lin, Wei-Bo Lin","doi":"10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997684","url":null,"abstract":"Stretch blow molding is the main technology used in the production of PET bottles. The stretch blow molding machine is usually composed of preform infeed system, transfer system, heating system, molding system, bottle discharge system, etc. Among them, the temperature control of the heating system is one of the key factors affecting the quality of PET bottle, especially in the face of the environmental temperature changes greatly between morning and evening in some seasons. The on-site operators of the stretch blow molding machine often need to adjust the infrared heating lamps in the heating system several times. The adjustment process is highly dependent on experience of the personnel. It has become a production challenge for the bottle manufacturers. Therefore, this paper takes the heating system of the stretch blow molding machine as the object and uses the deep reinforcement learning method to develop an intelligent adjustment technique of temperature control parameters. The proposed method can improve the problems such as the interference of environmental temperature changes and the aging variation of infrared heating lamps. The experimental results show that the proposed method can adjust the temperature control parameters automatically in the heating process to eliminate the effect of the environmental temperature change and to control the surface temperature of the preforms stably within ±3 °C of the target temperature (the requirement is within±5 °C).","PeriodicalId":217521,"journal":{"name":"2022 25th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122192373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Steering Control of a Legged Walking Machine Composed of Many Leg Mechanism Units with 1DoF","authors":"N. Iwatsuki, Soichiro Shikanai, Takuya Miyazaki","doi":"10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997640","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMT56556.2022.9997640","url":null,"abstract":"Centipede-type multi-legged robots can traverse rough terrain and are expected for disaster rescue operations. However, too many actuators make robots large and heavy, and make their control systems complicated. To solve these problems, the authors have developed a centipede-type robot which is composed of many leg mechanism units with a planar 4-bar link mechanism connected with passive revolute joints and have proposed a new control scheme to steer the robot with only phase difference between units. In this paper, the turning motion of the robot is accurately measured with an angular velocity sensor and an optical motion capture system. The measured results reveal that the proposed control scheme is correct on the turning direction while the measured turning radius is larger than that calculated with the proposed control scheme.","PeriodicalId":217521,"journal":{"name":"2022 25th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT)","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117322832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}