Ruliang Feng, Huiren Tao, Canhua Ye, Guanglin Li, Xueling Bai, Lin Wang
{"title":"A quantitative biomechanical study for precise orthopedic intervention in idiopathic scoliosis","authors":"Ruliang Feng, Huiren Tao, Canhua Ye, Guanglin Li, Xueling Bai, Lin Wang","doi":"10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872188","url":null,"abstract":"The scoliosis with a prevalence of about 2.4% has become the top 3 major “killer” of children and adolescents’ health. Only 0.02% of scoliosis would be severe enough to require surgical intervention, while the rest was treated with orthotics or exercise training. However, the location of the orthotic forces and its effects were still not clear, resulting in a great deal of blindness in the fabrication of precise individualized orthoses and the later applied orthopedic forces. In this paper, we built a 3D spine model of a patient with idiopathic scoliosis based on CT tomography data, applied different orthopedic forces to the spine model to compare the results and clarify the relationship between them in order to determine the optimal location and magnitude of the orthopedic force, which were necessary for precise interventions in patients. The present results showed that 1) the greater the applied force, the better the correction effect (within reasonable limits) and 2) the effect of multiple forces applied for correction was better than that of a single force applied, as reflected by a greater displacement of the vertebrae and almost identical mean Von Mises stress in the discs, which could support the production of effective personalized orthopedic robots.","PeriodicalId":304963,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128487523","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":"A Coupling Enhanced Emergency Braking Approach for Double Pendulum Cranes","authors":"He Chen, Mengyuan Li, Yinan Wu","doi":"10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872296","url":null,"abstract":"Crane systems are commonly used transportation tools in industry to transport heavy cargoes to corresponding target positions. If the cargo shape is large which could not be regarded as a mass point or the hook mass also needs to be taken into account, the cranes would perform as double pendulum systems, whose dynamics are more complex than those of single pendulum systems. Since the working environment for crane systems can be very complex in practice, unavoidable emergency situations may occur, which are very dangerous. To avoid possible accidents, effective emergency braking methods are urgently needed, especially for double pendulum cranes with large cargoes. Considering this fact, this paper presents a coupling enhanced braking strategy for double pendulum cranes, which stops the trolley fast and achieves double pendulum vibration elimination objectives simultaneously. Specifically, an elaborately designed variable consisting of the trolley movement, the hook’s swing, and the payload’s swing, is utilized as feedback, which enhances the system couplings and improves the vibration elimination ability. Some constraint items are also introduced to restrict the payload in a safety domain and further avoid possible collisions. The effectiveness is rigorously analyzed and proved by mathematical analysis. Some experiments are executed to show the performance of the designed strategy.","PeriodicalId":304963,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130865181","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}
Jing Yang, Zheng-ji Song, Ruikai Wu, Jingchuan Wang
{"title":"Design of Lifting Mechanism of Transfer Robot for the Elderly","authors":"Jing Yang, Zheng-ji Song, Ruikai Wu, Jingchuan Wang","doi":"10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872201","url":null,"abstract":"With the intensification of the aging trend, the promotion of the design of aging facilities is conducive to improving the livelihood and welfare of the elderly and is of great significance to promoting the comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development of the cause of aging. The transfer concept of the robot designed in this article is to enable the elderly and the disabled who are living at home to complete the actions of standing, transferring, and sitting like normal people. In view of the lack of analysis of the user's own body state in the current transfer assist equipment in the design process, the robot's lifting mechanism is optimized from the perspective of biomechanics, and finally the optimal size parameter combination of the robot's lifting mechanism is obtained.","PeriodicalId":304963,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130143222","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":"Hardness indentation detection and classification technology based on image processing","authors":"A. C. Shilin, B. Wei","doi":"10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872294","url":null,"abstract":"Hardness measurement methods are simple, effective and convenient, and have great practical value. In order to improve the efficiency of hardness detection to adapt to product requirements, automated detection requirements are put forward for hardness indentation detection.Based on image processing, this paper studies the detection and classification technology of hardness indentation, and accomplishes the following research work: identifying the surface condition of hardness block and planning the new indentation trajectory based on the recognition results; Based on deep learning, an indentation classification algorithm is designed to improve the sorting accuracy and speed of hardness blocks. The research results can be used in engineering applications.Through theoretical analysis and experimental verification, the hardness indentation detection and classification technology based on image processing has high positioning, classification and detection speed and accuracy, which meets the automation requirements of hardness detection.","PeriodicalId":304963,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122209338","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":"Real-time Prediction Method of Remaining Useful Life Based on TinyML","authors":"Hongbo Liu, Ping Song, Youtian Qie, Yifan Li","doi":"10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872225","url":null,"abstract":"Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML) is a new research area aimed at designing and developing machine learning (ML) techniques for embedded systems and IoT units. Due to the limited resources of embedded system, neural network pruning is widely used to reduce resource occupation. To solve the problem that the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of the equipment is difficult to calculate accurately and in real time, a pruning method based on L1 norm weight was designed to reduce the memory footprint and computational load of the neural network, and a lightweight two-dimensional convolutional neural network was constructed. Experimental results show that compared with random pruning, this method greatly reduces the influence of neural network parameter reduction on the accuracy of inference results. Meanwhile, a retraining method based on Adam optimization was used to make the RUL curve predicted by the retrained model more close to the real RUL curve. When the weight parameters are reduced by 30%, the model still maintains good prediction accuracy, and can realize the real-time prediction of RUL in the embedded system with limited resources.","PeriodicalId":304963,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123952000","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":"Decision-making System based on Finite State Machine for Low-speed Autonomous Vehicles in the Park","authors":"Yufeng Hu, Lirong Yan, Jun Zhan, Fuwu Yan, Zhishuai Yin, Fuming Peng, Yibo Wu","doi":"10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872208","url":null,"abstract":"Park is an important population and industry gathering area in a city, and a popular scene in theoretical research and technical application of automatic driving. Decision-making, path planning and control are the core technologies. Due to cost and safety issues, automatic driving has not been widely used for park applications. In this paper, a decision-making model is devised based on finite state machine (FSM), a local path planner is designed based on Bézier curve and the lateral and longitudinal control method is realized on GAC Aion LX. This decision-making system for low speed automatic driving in the park is tested. Results demonstrate its accuracy and reliability.","PeriodicalId":304963,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR)","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124299269","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":"Research on Humanistic Innovation Accomplishment Cultivation in Intercultural Communication Based on Virtual Simulation Technology*","authors":"Jin Zhang","doi":"10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872181","url":null,"abstract":"This paper conducts quantitative research on the experimental method in accordance with the “hypothesis-testing” model. By using questionnaires and interviews, the participants’ cultural integration in the process of organic integration of virtual simulation technology and college students’ humanistic innovation accomplishment in intercultural communication are analyzed. Based on the data, the research designs a slightly modified Likert five-level scale according to the specific situation, and uses SPSS to conduct frequency statistics and average statistics and constructs an intercultural communication humanistic innovation accomplishment model based on the results of the factor analyses, comprehensively improving students’ intercultural communication and humanistic innovation accomplishment skills.","PeriodicalId":304963,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124559167","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}
Mingda Zhu, Tongtong Wang, Houxiang Zhang, Guoyuan Li
{"title":"Ship manoeuvring model identification under wind disturbance","authors":"Mingda Zhu, Tongtong Wang, Houxiang Zhang, Guoyuan Li","doi":"10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872289","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the recent technological advancement into the ship digitalization and automation, there has been an increasing demand for more accurate determination of the ship mathematical model. In order to establish a more realistic ship manoeuvring model, it will be a vital task to estimate the hydrodynamic coefficients while considering the effect of environmental disturbances, such as the wind. To account for the measurable wind perturbation which current research often neglects, in this paper, a deterministic model is constructed, based on which the SVM method is implemented to identify the hydrodynamic coefficients. The parameter identification is conducted on a 3-degree of freedom Abkowitz model using data collected from a sequential zigzag manoeuvre, and the results are verified against the benchmark value. The model performance is further validated by trajectory comparisons. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the method in cases where the wind speed is less than 8m/s and the measurement noise is less than 13%.","PeriodicalId":304963,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133692529","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":"Assembly of micro-/nano- materials with optoelectronic tweezers and freeze-drying","authors":"Fenggang Li, Bingrui Xu, Shuailong Zhang","doi":"10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872290","url":null,"abstract":"This work reports the use of optoelectronic tweezers (OET) and freeze-drying to assemble a variety of micro-/nano- materials into topographical micro-patterns, which can be transferred on to alternative substrates. It is demonstrated that polystyrene microparticles, metallic microparticles and graphene nanosheets can be assembled into fine micro-patterns with high precision and the assembled micro-patterns can be well preserved on the surface of OET device after removing the liquid medium via freeze-drying. The assembled micro-patterns can be transferred onto different substrates and used as anti-counterfeiting labels, corporate or exhibition logos, and laboratory instruction demos. This micro-assembly method is easy-to-use and applicable for objects made of different materials, suggesting utility for many microfabrication and micromanipulation applications in the future.","PeriodicalId":304963,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131852774","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}
Wei Chen, Jiahao Wu, Jianshu Zhou, Hesheng Wang, Yudong Wang, T. Cheung, Yun-hui Liu
{"title":"Configurability Selection of Robotic Arm with Constrained Task and Environment in Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Uterus Manipulation","authors":"Wei Chen, Jiahao Wu, Jianshu Zhou, Hesheng Wang, Yudong Wang, T. Cheung, Yun-hui Liu","doi":"10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RCAR54675.2022.9872266","url":null,"abstract":"Multi-link serial robots have gained growing popularity in robot-assisted surgeries with the advantages of flexibility and versatility. This type of robot has be introduced into the uterus manipulation in laparoscopic hysterectomy (UMLH) to mitigate the disadvantages of our previous robotic uterus manipulator. Compared with the other surgical tasks (e.g. laparoscope manipulation, orthopedic and neurosurgery surgeries), the UMLH has a more narrow workspace and a stringent task requirement. Selecting the proper initial configuration of the robot is a key issue for such kind of surgical operations. In this paper, we develop a scheme to select appropriate initial configurations for the UMLH. Moreover, our method can satisfy both the static RCM and dynamic RCM. In an dynamic RCM, the task path or trajectory depends on the robot initial pose and arbitrary (or indefinite) with respect to the robot base frame. We also proposed a criterion, i.e. configuration-type task capability (CTTC), to measure the task capability of a given configuration-type for the dynamic RCMs. Simulations are carried out to validate our scheme.","PeriodicalId":304963,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132144957","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}