F. Bonin-Font, A. Burguera, Alberto Ortiz, G. Oliver
{"title":"Combining obstacle avoidance with robocentric localization in a reactive visual navigation task","authors":"F. Bonin-Font, A. Burguera, Alberto Ortiz, G. Oliver","doi":"10.1109/ICIT.2012.6209907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2012.6209907","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel approach to perform obstacle avoidance and robot localization using a single camera. This approach is based on the continuous detection and tracking of image features. Features are classified as ground points or obstacle points using the IPT (Inverse Perspective Transformation). Obstacle avoidance is achieved by means of a qualitative local occupancy grid built using the visually detected obstacle points, while the features classified as ground points are used to perform robocentric localization. The experiments, conducted indoors and outdoors, illustrate the range of scenarios where our proposal can be used, and show, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the benefits it provides.","PeriodicalId":365141,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology","volume":"151 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131532537","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}
B. Gaussens, E. Hoang, P. Manfe, M. Lecrivain, M. Gabsi
{"title":"Improved output power capability of Hybrid Excited Flux-Switching DC-Alternators: Analysis and experiments","authors":"B. Gaussens, E. Hoang, P. Manfe, M. Lecrivain, M. Gabsi","doi":"10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210063","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, performance evaluation of a Hybrid Excited Flux-Switching Permanent Magnet (HEFSPM) DC-generator is presented. The application principle of a DC controlled bus over a wide speed range will be firstly detailed. The main idea of such machine topology is that all the active parts are located in the stator so that the air-gap flux can be easily controlled with no need of brushes. This scheme uses a low-cost diode bridge rectifier directly connected to the HEFSPM Generator to transfer active power to the battery and the load. By means of Finite Element Analysis (FEA), a simple methodology was developed to determine the power capability of the proposed structure. The influence of the BH magnetization curve will be also explored. Experimental results on a 3kW - 24-Slot 20-Pole HEFSPM DC Generator were performed and compared to the previous analysis. This relative low time-consuming approach could be useful to predict, with good agreement, the power capability of hybrid excited generator. Finally, an original compensation technique to improve performance of the generator is discussed. An analytical approach to predict the impact of series capacitor on the power capability is proposed and then validated by experiments. It is demonstrated that low speed power capability can be enhanced by 2.5 times using this technique.","PeriodicalId":365141,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology","volume":"2019 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128056722","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":"Statistical analysis for the detection of voltage fluctuations in distributed synchronous generation using extended participations factors","authors":"A. Moraco, T. Fernandes, G. S. Garcia, R. Ramos","doi":"10.1109/ICIT.2012.6209980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2012.6209980","url":null,"abstract":"This work proposes the use of a new concept of participation factors as a tool to detect voltage fluctuations caused by electromechanical oscillations in distributed generation systems, in order to evaluate the impact of these oscillations in power quality. While the originally proposed participation factors (here called traditional ones) may not appropriately detect the mentioned impacts (which manifest themselves in the form of voltage fluctuations), the extended participation factors used in this paper are able to detect an quantify them from a statistical viewpoint. To calculate these factors, a statistical approach based on Monte Carlo Simulations is adopted. The results of a case study presented in this paper illustrate the effectiveness of the extended participation factors in the detection of the mentioned voltage fluctuations.","PeriodicalId":365141,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132785628","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}
O. Takahito, Y. Nakamura, S. Wakui, B. S. Kim, C. Song
{"title":"Control of a pneumatic anti-vibration apparatus under long-period earthquake ground motion using SI value","authors":"O. Takahito, Y. Nakamura, S. Wakui, B. S. Kim, C. Song","doi":"10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210086","url":null,"abstract":"This paper considers control of a pneumatic anti-vibration apparatus under long-period earthquake ground motion. To suppress effects of the earthquake, floor vibration feedforward and acceleration feedback controls are automatically stopped based on any floor vibration displacement. Next, to detect the long-period earthquake ground motion, this paper considers SI (Spectral Intensity) value. Performance of proposed method is evaluated by simulations using measured seismic waveforms.","PeriodicalId":365141,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134461072","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":"Hybrid Reinforcement Learning-based approach for agent motion control","authors":"A. Albers, H. S. Obando, C. Gudematsch","doi":"10.1109/ICIT.2012.6209931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2012.6209931","url":null,"abstract":"The complexity of modern robotic systems poses a challenge to their control due to their dynamic properties and the nonlinear effects they present. The deployment of these systems in changing uncontrolled environments is one of the main focuses of research in the field of study. The deployment of Reinforcement Learning-based algorithms presents a very promising solution for the modelation of a robotic agents' interaction with its environment. This paper presents an upgrade and an enhancement to the novel approach for the alternative motion control approach for robotic manipulators presented in [1] applied to an exemplar 2DOF robotic manipulator. The enhancement is achieved through a partial decoupling of the manipulators axis. A comparison of its performance with results achieved with a manipulator with fully coupled and one with fully decoupled axis is presented. The introduced hybrid approach provides an excellent compromise between the computational effort linked to the convergency speed of the algorithm and the quality of the gained solutions set by the time needed to complete tasks.","PeriodicalId":365141,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134102336","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":"Hourly server workload forecasting up to 168 hours ahead using Seasonal ARIMA model","authors":"Van Giang Tran, V. Debusschere, S. Bacha","doi":"10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210091","url":null,"abstract":"Data center workload prediction is important to take decisions in resources management system. Seasonal ARIMA model provide a good server workload methodology for the server workload forecasting. A large set of our experiments confirm that it has high performance, scalability and reliability and will bee integrated in our system. This paper presents a general expression in development of our forecast model in the project EnergeTic-FUI, France.","PeriodicalId":365141,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115091528","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":"Analytical tuning rules for digital PID type controllers via the magnitude optimum criterion","authors":"K. Papadopoulos, N. Tselepis, N. Margaris","doi":"10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210049","url":null,"abstract":"Analytical tuning rules for digital PID type-I control loops are presented. Controller parameters are determined explicitly as a function of the process parameters and the sampling time of the controller. For developing the proposed theory a generalized single-input single-output stable process model is employed consisting of n-poles, no zeros plus unknown time delay-d. The derivation of the proposed PID control law lies in the principle of the well known Magnitude Optimum criterion. The conventional PID tuning via the Magnitude Optimum criterion is compared with the revised PID control law for several process models met in various industry applications via simulation examples. The revised PID tuning achieves significant improvement of up to 47% reduction of settling time regarding output disturbance rejection and reference tracking even for benchmark processes with long time delay or dominant time constants.","PeriodicalId":365141,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology","volume":"143 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115174314","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":"On the automatic tuning of PID type controllers via the Magnitude Optimum criterion","authors":"K. Papadopoulos, N. Tselepis, N. Margaris","doi":"10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210048","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of on line tuning the PID controller used in type-I single input-single output control systems is investigated. This problem is met over many industry applications and involves two basic constraints 1) the existence of a poor process model and 2) inability to measure the states of the process. With respect to these constraints, a systematic method for automatic tuning of the PID controller is proposed. The method is inspired from the well known Magnitude Optimum design criterion. Throughout the investigation, it is shown that the straightforward application of the Magnitude Optimum principle for tuning the PID controller in the ideal case of a known single input-single output linear process model, reveals a feature of the method called `the preservation of the shape of the step and frequency response' of the final closed-loop control system. This shape is characterized by a specific performance in terms of overshoot (4.47%), settling and rise time of the closed-loop control system. For that reason, the proposed method tunes the PID controller's parameters automatically, so that the step response of the control loop achieves the aforementioned specific performance. For applying the method, an open-loop experiment of the process is carried out which serves for initializing the algorithm. The method proceeds by identifying on line the dominant time constants of the plant and the `parasitic' one of the closed-loop system. The potential of the proposed method is justified via simulation examples for two process models met in various industry applications.","PeriodicalId":365141,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115718340","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 sensorless speed control for industrial material handling and processing applications based on short primary linear induction motor","authors":"T. Neto, P. Mutschler","doi":"10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210023","url":null,"abstract":"Linear drives have been a feasible solution for industrial material handling and processing applications, due to its high dynamic response, high precision and robustness. This paper presents a short primary linear induction motor (LIM) on passive track, where the primary (moving windings) travels between the processing stations. Usually a linear scale is installed along the guidance profile; therefore in case of very long track applications, the costs can be reduced considerably by using a sensorless speed control method. The speed sensorless control should be activated when the vehicle travels outside the processing station, and it uses the classic MRAS (Model Reference Adaptive System) speed and flux estimators based on rotating induction machines. The control strategy during the transition between sensor based and sensorless regions of the track is experimentally verified and discussed.","PeriodicalId":365141,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114345943","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":"Application of multi-fuzzy system for condition monitoring of liquid filling machines","authors":"H. Wasif, F. Fahimi, D. Brown, L. Axel-Berg","doi":"10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2012.6210054","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a novel approach is implemented for investigation of failures in Stork bottle filling machines. Fuzzy based system is used to detect the abnormalities present in machine by using time and frequency domain statistical features. Statistical analysis of vibration data determined the gearbox failure which correlated with engineer's findings. The method used has shown promising results to predict the failure in this case of low speed rotary machines. It has been concluded that statistical based analysis of vibration signal is a suitable for predicting machine faults with low rotating speeds. This paper presents a system, implemented on the industrial process machine, which has successfully predicted the faults in the gearbox before the catastrophic failure.","PeriodicalId":365141,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116543282","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}