Abdulrahman Al-Shanoon, A. H. Tan, H. Lang, Ying Wang
{"title":"Mobile Robot Regulation with Position Based Visual Servoing","authors":"Abdulrahman Al-Shanoon, A. H. Tan, H. Lang, Ying Wang","doi":"10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439978","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a Position Based Visual Servo (PBVS) control system is designed and developed for a differential drive mobile robot to regulate its pose. The target object is a Quick Response code where its model is known to the PBVS system beforehand. The kinematics model of the mobile robot is presented along with the formulation of the Lyapunov’s proportional control scheme. The control system is implemented in a physical platform known as the Husky A200 developed by Clearpath Robotics. Two tests are conducted to study the performance of the control system with and without steering. Results and analysis from physical experiments are included along with future work recommendations.","PeriodicalId":305399,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124095738","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}
W. Alqaisi, B. Brahmi, J. Ghommam, M. Saad, V. Nerguizian
{"title":"Multivariable Super-Twisting Control in a Vision-based Quadrotor Utilized in Agricultural Application","authors":"W. Alqaisi, B. Brahmi, J. Ghommam, M. Saad, V. Nerguizian","doi":"10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439964","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a stereo visual-based control is designed by using virtual image projection and actual depth calculation on a quadrotor system. Super-twisting nonlinear control is supported with time delay disturbance estimation algorithm to estimate disturbance and to drive the system to track the desired trajectory. This proposed super-twisting algorithm ensures the finite time convergence of the system states to the selected sliding surface. The stability analysis of the control is confirmed in the closed loop. The effectiveness of the proposed system is shown by carrying out simulation, using real quadrotor parameters.","PeriodicalId":305399,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA)","volume":"04 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129551241","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 Hybrid Architecture for Planning and Execution of Multi-Behavior Data Acquisition Missions","authors":"F. Halal, M. Zaremba","doi":"10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439996","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439996","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses the issue of designing integrated deliberative-reactive architectures for multi-behavior robot navigation control. The objective of the study is to devise and investigate a methodology for designing robust planning and control systems equipped with a high level of intelligence and capable of navigating a mobile platform, at a high level of performance, in complex environment conditions, where the mobile robot multi-task operation is subject to different behaviors. A formal model of the integrated architecture is presented. Components of the model incorporate hybrid intelligence techniques, allowing the robot to perform different patterns of behavior for different purposes. Metaheuristic procedures enhance the deliberative level producing the optimal global path and the optimal sub-global path. Multiple search methods are proposed to optimize and enable multi-behavior path planning navigation based on waypoints approach. A behavior selector is employed for controlling and executing the appropriate behavior to perform complex tasks along the global path. On the reactive level, fuzzy behavior-based systems are employed to execute different robot tasks including conflicting behaviors. A navigation behavior control module regulates the relation between the navigation levels and as well as executes control on each navigation component. Although designed for the execution of data acquisition missions, the proposed architecture is general enough to show good performance in a variety of complex conditions. Experimental results obtained by using a Khepera robot demonstrate the validity of the presented hybrid architecture in a critical dynamic and complex environment.","PeriodicalId":305399,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124267287","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":"Development of Finger Motion Reconstruction System Based on Leap Motion Controller","authors":"Xiaodong Li, Kinto Wan, Rongwei Wen, Yong Hu","doi":"10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439953","url":null,"abstract":"In order to study the process of finger movement through visualization, this paper presents a Leap Motion Controller-based finger motion reconstruction system. With the Leap Motion Controller, finger motion data is easily generated for the calculation of angle of finger joints. Additionally, the calibration functions for three types of joint are derived to improve the measurement accuracy. The calibrated joint angular data is segmented and normalized in time, and then the finger frames are calculated to reconstruct the finger motion. The experimental results showed that the calibration functions had a clear positive effect on improving the accuracy of joint angle measurement. Besides, the system has been proved to be able to identify the feature points of the motion effectively and achieve the recognition of sub-motions. Consequently, the process of sub-motions was reconstructed by plotting all motion frames on a figure. Through the finger motion reconstruction graph, the kinematic information on multiple joints and at various time points can be obtained visually and directly, which is helpful in understanding of the biomechanics of finger motion.","PeriodicalId":305399,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA)","volume":"109 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124268132","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":"Skill Assessment in Virtual Learning Environments","authors":"N. Nowlan, Peggy Hartwick, A. Arya","doi":"10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439968","url":null,"abstract":"For Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) to reach their potential as a mainstream educational technology through employing experiential activities, they need assessment rubrics that are easy to execute and measure. This paper presents a study that investigates the use of automatically collected metrics in a 3D VLE along with metrics related to the learning process derived from established assessment criteria for higher order skills such as critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. Our study results provide supporting evidence that learning process metrics collected from a 3D VLE can be used for assessing higher order skills to compliments instructor’s understanding of student’s skills levels and to provide the necessary support during the learning process.","PeriodicalId":305399,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA)","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124525679","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":"Reinforcement Learning Solution with Costate Approximation for a Flexible Wing Aircraft","authors":"M. Abouheaf, W. Gueaieb","doi":"10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439951","url":null,"abstract":"An online adaptive learning approach based on costate function approximation is developed to solve an optimal control problem in real time. The proposed approach tackles the main concerns associated with the classical Dual Heuristic Dynamic Programming techniques in uncertain dynamical environments. It employs a policy iteration paradigm along with adaptive critics to implement the adaptive learning solution. The resultant framework does not need or require prior knowledge of the system dynamics, which makes it suitable for systems with high modeling uncertainties. As a proof of concept, the suggested structure is applied for the auto-pilot control of a flexible wing aircraft with unknown dynamics which are continuously varying at each trim speed condition. Numerical simulations showed that the adaptive control technique was able to learn the system's dynamics and regulate its states as desired in a relatively short time.","PeriodicalId":305399,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116316513","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}
T. Akinbulire, R. Falcon, R. Abielmona, H. Schwartz
{"title":"Responding to Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing with Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization","authors":"T. Akinbulire, R. Falcon, R. Abielmona, H. Schwartz","doi":"10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439981","url":null,"abstract":"Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is largely responsible for dwindling fish stocks and marine habitat destruction. It is estimated that IUU fishing accounts for about 30% of all fishing activity worldwide, both on open oceans and within national exclusive economic zones. Responding to IUU fishing incidents is of paramount importance to law enforcement and marine environment protection organizations. This paper employs Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization (EMOO) to automatically generate a set of promising candidate responses once an IUU fishing event has been identified. Four EMOO algorithms will explore the trade-off among three conflicting decision objectives, namely (1) the proximity to the target (IUU fishing vessel), (2) the total cost of the response for all engaged assets and (3) the probability of confirming the detection of the offending vessel inside the fishing zone, which is important for prosecution purposes. We illustrate the proposed methodology with a simulated scenario along the Canadian Atlantic coast and discuss some of the automatically generated responses that are offered to the decision maker for their consideration. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time EMOO techniques have been applied to respond to IUU fishing incidents.","PeriodicalId":305399,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA)","volume":"126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128061125","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":"Discriminant Analysis of Industrial Gases for Electronic Nose Applications","authors":"A. Rehman, A. Bermak","doi":"10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439969","url":null,"abstract":"This work is a part of ongoing research project for optimization of the Electronic Nose System (ENS) for its applications related to the identification of industrial gases. Two different experimental datasets of several gases are collected in a laboratory setup using two different sensor arrays. A dataset of six different gases (C3H8, Cl2, CO, CO2, SO2 and NO2 is collected using a commercially available array of seven Figaro gas sensors. Another dataset of three gases (C2H6O, CH4 and CO) is collected using a 4 × 4 tin-oxide sensors array which is built in the In-house foundry. In this paper some of the existing state of the art classification models are tested for the classification of experimentally acquired datasets. The existing classification models are used to analyze the behavior of the data acquired. The models that are tested for identification of gases are Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA), Quadratic Discriminant Analysis (QDA), Regularized Discriminant Analysis (RDA), and K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN). Besides testing these classification models, fuzzy C means (FCM) clustering is also tested for the separation of clusters of gases.","PeriodicalId":305399,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133664198","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":"Computer vision-assisted human-in-the-loop measurements: augmenting qualitative by increasing quantitative analytics for CI situational awareness","authors":"L. Russell, R. Goubran, F. Kwamena","doi":"10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439984","url":null,"abstract":"Many infrastructure problems are reported by the public, yet this can result in human-in-the loop, qualitative measurements and lead to slow response times as quantitative data is needed. Cameras already exist in many settings such as smartphones, or moving objects such as UAV-mounted cameras. Since many critical infrastructure (CI) problems often are first noticed by the general public and then reported, their qualitative descriptions can then be accompanied with quantitative measurements by using the indirect measurement of parameters provided using machine vision. In this paper, the authors propose a framework using Agile IoT to add new modalities to already existing sensors (cameras) such as smartphone devices to determine additional parameters using machine vision. This can result in an increase in situational awareness, and meanwhile, response and repair times can decrease, then the overall infrastructure resilience increases. This has the potential to improve preventative maintenance and increase resilience by increasing situational awareness, so resources can be deployed quickly and efficiently where they are needed. This proposed framework can apply to multiple small infrastructure such as lighting standards, playground structures, signage, access gates and fences, electrical wires, and utility poles and its affixed hardware components. The paper shows a proof-of-concept application of this methodology to the concept of tilt detection, with lean determined from simulated and field images. Quick follow-up to problems at appropriate locations can increase system resilience by quickly enabling solving the problem.","PeriodicalId":305399,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA)","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134447707","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":"Simulation of Industrial Bin Picking: An Application of Laser Range Finder Simulation","authors":"Shan Fur, A. Verl, A. Pott","doi":"10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIVEMSA.2018.8439959","url":null,"abstract":"In bin picking, robots manipulate randomized objects placed in a bin. For that, the objects have to be located before picking. The procedure of localization relies heavily on data from visual sensors, i.e., laser range finders. Development and testing of robot cells with optical localization is time-consuming because realistic sensor data is hardly available. This paper addresses this problem by presenting a framework for simulating robotic bin picking cells. The framework includes a representation of a virtual sensor model for laser range finders, which considers different sources of noise. Well-known ray tracing methods are used to generate synthetic three-dimensional point clouds representing the virtual scene realistically by applying an additive Gaussian Error model. Encouraging results for the simulation of bins filled with gear shafts are presented.","PeriodicalId":305399,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications (CIVEMSA)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134289788","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}