Cristina Floriana Pană, Ionel Cristinel Vladu, F. Besnea Petcu, S. Cismaru, Andrei-Costin Trasculescu, Hani Hamdan, N. Bîzdoaca
{"title":"Smart Design Solution for Improving Life of People with Locomotion Disabilities","authors":"Cristina Floriana Pană, Ionel Cristinel Vladu, F. Besnea Petcu, S. Cismaru, Andrei-Costin Trasculescu, Hani Hamdan, N. Bîzdoaca","doi":"10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454627","url":null,"abstract":"Designing intelligent devices that can improve people's quality of life can be a worthwhile task for engineering researchers. Such service for people should start by identifying a problem that reduces the quality of life of a significant number of people and then looking for innovative and ingenious solutions that use the theoretical and technical tools appropriate to the robotic and mechatronic fields leading to a feasible response. The problem faced by this research is the improvement of the mobility of people with disabilities, especially in terms of the limits imposed by architectural barriers. Here the authors show an innovative solution for a wheelchair with a variable structure based on smart fluids that go up / down on stairs or over obstacles without having a vertical balance.","PeriodicalId":339049,"journal":{"name":"2021 22nd International Carpathian Control Conference (ICCC)","volume":"34 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131324532","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}
P. Praks, D. Brkić, J. Najser, Tomáš Najser, R. Praksová, Z. Stajic
{"title":"Methods of Artificial Intelligence for Simulation of Gasification of Biomass and Communal Waste","authors":"P. Praks, D. Brkić, J. Najser, Tomáš Najser, R. Praksová, Z. Stajic","doi":"10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454641","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial intelligence (AI) methods can simulate accurately outcomes of gasification processes based on real data sets. Quality and composition of gas obtained from solid fuels depend on the temperature of the gasifying agent (air or steam) and the composition of used solid waste (biomass, industrial waste or combustibles from municipal solid waste, such as plastics, textile, wood, paper, tires, etc.). To simulate the gasification processes, a symbolic regression software AI Feynman is tested. Finally, the results of symbolic regression are compared with measured data. The results indicate that symbolic regression of AI Feynman is useful for modelling of biomass gasification technologies from measured data.","PeriodicalId":339049,"journal":{"name":"2021 22nd International Carpathian Control Conference (ICCC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129177519","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":"Implementation of EMG Signal Measurement for the Control of the 3D Hand Prototype","authors":"A. Nawrocka, M. Nawrocki, A. Kot","doi":"10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454628","url":null,"abstract":"The presented work focuses on the development of a measuring stand for the electromyographic signal and the hand clamp force signal. Two approaches to the implementation of the topic have been described - the first one uses a specially prepared prototype board and the second one uses the Arduino Uno module for active synchronization of measurements. The methodology of work on both versions was presented along with the measurement procedure used. The idea was to make a special EMG measurement system with parallel transmission of the clamp force value from the dynamometer. The data obtained in this way are to be used to train a machine learning model determining the value of the clamping force of the hand prosthesis. The paper deals with the issues of prosthesis construction, measurement and data storage methods, as well as the course of further planned works on the project. The presented solution has a chance to introduce methods that realistically reduce the development costs of a hand prosthesis, while improving its functioning. To achieve this, the following assumptions were adopted: the acquisition of the EMG signal using a single MyoWare Muscle Sensor (Sparkfun®) sensor on the superficial flexor of the fingers (Latin Musculus flexor digitorum superficialis), a constant ratio of the number of force samples to the number of electromyogram samples, the use of commonly available electronic components and limitations construction costs.","PeriodicalId":339049,"journal":{"name":"2021 22nd International Carpathian Control Conference (ICCC)","volume":"144 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116609663","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":"The System for Fatigue Crack Propagation Detection Based on Machine Vision","authors":"J. Gebauer, P. Sofer, M. Jurek","doi":"10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454600","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a machine vision-based system design that is a promising solution for such a problem like a technology detecting the fatigue crack propagation. Fatigue cracks propagate because of alternating mechanical stresses. In technical components they usually start on surfaces at points of stress concentration. The system uses USB 3.0 camera with the Sony IMX264 CMOS sensor delivers 35 frames per second at 5.0 MP resolution in cooperation of PC based NI VisionBuilder software. Various segmentation methods have been explored to extract region of interest in acquired images and compared based on the capability of segmentation in real-time. The paper presents results of algorithm outputs taken on fatigue crack propagation samples and implementation of a machine vision system.","PeriodicalId":339049,"journal":{"name":"2021 22nd International Carpathian Control Conference (ICCC)","volume":"243-249 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126999147","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":"Creating a Mobile Application with the ESP32 Azure IoT Development Board Using a Cloud Platform","authors":"M. Babiuch, Petr Foltýnek","doi":"10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454607","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the creation and deployment of an application that uses a development board with an ESP32 chip and its integrated sensors. The board is adapted for the implementation of applications that use the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The paper describes an application that obtains data from a gyroscope and an accelerometer and these measured data are sent to a cloud service using an implemented IoT hub. The created mobile application displays the measured data, which can be monitored in an end device such as a smartphone or tablet.","PeriodicalId":339049,"journal":{"name":"2021 22nd International Carpathian Control Conference (ICCC)","volume":"183 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121935593","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}
I. Bodnár, R. R. Boros, D. Erdősy, Dávid Matusz-Kalász
{"title":"Electromagnetic Emission of BLDC Motor Controllers","authors":"I. Bodnár, R. R. Boros, D. Erdősy, Dávid Matusz-Kalász","doi":"10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454655","url":null,"abstract":"The electrically commutated brushless direct current (BLDC) motors are constantly displacing conventional brushed DC motors in industrial usage, especially in the automotive industry. During the research, we investigated the electromagnetic noise emission of a BLDC motor operating a car engine cooling fan. During the determination of electromagnetic noise, we performed near-field measurements and examined the directed fields. The emission of the control electronics of BLDC motors with different phase and pole numbers was measured in three directions, with two antenna polarizations per direction. These data can be used to outline a three-dimensional radiation characteristic. The measurement results were compared, and the result was obtained to what extent and to which controlled electromagnetic noise emissions each component of the BLDC motor is responsible.","PeriodicalId":339049,"journal":{"name":"2021 22nd International Carpathian Control Conference (ICCC)","volume":"2012 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128210285","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":"Adaptation of an Energy Harvester Working in the Bending Mode to Utilize Dielectric Elastomers","authors":"W. Sikora","doi":"10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454631","url":null,"abstract":"The bending mode in energy harvesting applications is generally used in combination with piezoelectric materials. This results from the fact that the mechanical strains appearing directly in the beam are very small but in most cases sufficient to induce piezoelectric effects in ceramic materials like PZT. The mechanism behind energy harvesting using dielectric elastomers is different as it relies on changing their electrical capacitance through changing dimensions. To obtain significant differences in elastomer shape due to beam tip deflection it is necessary to introduce construction modifications to the classic energy harvester based on cantilever beam. The scope of this work covers numerical simulations performed to assess the feasibility of such a structure.","PeriodicalId":339049,"journal":{"name":"2021 22nd International Carpathian Control Conference (ICCC)","volume":"163 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121429284","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}
J. Terpák, M. Laciak, J. Kačur, M. Durdán, P. Flegner, Gabriel Tréfa
{"title":"The Mathematical Model for Indirect Measurement of Carbon Concentration in the Steelmaking Process and its Utilization in Process Control","authors":"J. Terpák, M. Laciak, J. Kačur, M. Durdán, P. Flegner, Gabriel Tréfa","doi":"10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454605","url":null,"abstract":"The contribution deals with the proposal, realization, and verification of the mathematical model for indirect measurement of carbon concentration in the steelmaking process. The carbon concentration in melt is very important data about the steelmaking process, but it is not measured directly and continuously. The carbon concentration is measured only at the end of the process. Therefore, from the point of view of process monitoring and control, the mathematical model for indirect carbon measurement is necessary. The mathematical model is based on the carbon’s material balance, which is given by the carbon in the pig iron and scrap at the input and the carbon in the waste gas in the form of CO and CO2 at the output. The mathematical model was verified on real data, and the results of the analysis of real data and data from the model are given.","PeriodicalId":339049,"journal":{"name":"2021 22nd International Carpathian Control Conference (ICCC)","volume":"183 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123730633","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":"Short-Term Prediction of Generated Power from Small Roof Photovoltaic Power Plant","authors":"M. Radvanský","doi":"10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454614","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, a significant increase in smart home installations can be observed. These installations provide their users with high comfort and make life easier in almost all everyday activities. Users of these systems also expect a reduction in energy costs. The optimal use of photovoltaic rooftop power plants in these systems is therefore essential. This work deals with a short-term prediction of the generated power of a rooftop photovoltaic power plant. The data set of the generated energy for five years obtained from a specific rooftop photovoltaic power plant was used for the prediction process. The prediction model is based on Formal Concept Analysis as a cluster analysis method, and the prediction itself is then performed by traversing the concept lattice.","PeriodicalId":339049,"journal":{"name":"2021 22nd International Carpathian Control Conference (ICCC)","volume":"280 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116556440","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}
Liviu Florin Manta, Cristina Floriana Pană, D. Cojocaru, Ionel Cristinel Vladu, D. Pătrașcu-Pană, Andrei Dragomir
{"title":"APF-based Control for Obstacle Avoidance in Smart Electric Wheelchair Navigation","authors":"Liviu Florin Manta, Cristina Floriana Pană, D. Cojocaru, Ionel Cristinel Vladu, D. Pătrașcu-Pană, Andrei Dragomir","doi":"10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCC51557.2021.9454660","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose an autonomous and real-time navigation module that drives a smart electric wheelchair (SEW) to the desired target, along with its ability to avoid obstacles in a dynamic 3D environment. To avoid obstacles, we use a remote sensing technology (Lidar) to provide real-time mapping of the environment. The generated map is fed to the virtual obstacle avoidance control algorithm. To control the SEW to the target, we use an algorithm based on the artificial potential field (APF) method to generate the desired trajectory and simultaneously guarantee its efficiency and continuity. Our algorithm is specially adapted and based on the idea of virtual forces, the one of attraction generated by reaching the desired target and the one of rejection caused by the detected obstacles. The SEW behaviour is obtained by the sum of the force of attraction and all the repulsion forces at a given position. The simulation results in a corridor with obstacles that confirm the viability of the proposed APF algorithm. It can be used effectively to plan the trajectory of intelligent wheelchairs and can be applied in real-time scenarios.","PeriodicalId":339049,"journal":{"name":"2021 22nd International Carpathian Control Conference (ICCC)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114272146","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}