F. Jia, Xiaolong Liu, Jichao Wu, Yunde Shi, Fengyu Xu, Z. S. Zhang
{"title":"Research on Multi-AGV Autonomous Obstacle Avoidance Strategy Based on Improved A* Algorithm","authors":"F. Jia, Xiaolong Liu, Jichao Wu, Yunde Shi, Fengyu Xu, Z. S. Zhang","doi":"10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600834","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims at the shortcomings of the traditional A* algorithm in multi-AGV scheduling. On this basis, a multi-AGV autonomous obstacle avoidance scheduling strategy based on improved A* algorithm and traffic control is proposed. By introducing busy-level parameter and weight value for each path, the rate of occupancy of a path can be assessed to make sure that none of the path sections is too busy. On the basis of the improved A* algorithm and given traffic rules and priority, a compound adjustment strategy is formulated to solve the traffic conflict by introducing the speed regulation parameters and the path replanning parameters. As verified by experiments, the dispatch efficiency and stability of the proposed strategy is much higher than traditional algorithms and could effectively achieve autonomous collision avoidance.","PeriodicalId":365579,"journal":{"name":"2018 25th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126215655","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}
Mostafa Nikpour, Loulin Huang, A. Al-Jumaily, B. Lotfi
{"title":"Stability Control of Mobile Inverted Pendulum Through an Added Movable Mechanism","authors":"Mostafa Nikpour, Loulin Huang, A. Al-Jumaily, B. Lotfi","doi":"10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600909","url":null,"abstract":"Mobile inverted pendulums (MIP) are good alternatives for three or four wheels vehicles used in industries or services such as robotic wheelchairs. However, they are statically unstable and controllers are applied to keep their stability. Most controllers developed so far are torque based, that is, they rely on the torques applied to MIPs wheels. In this paper a new control method is proposed in which a movable mechanism is in a form of pendulum is added to the MIP and its position can be varied by a computed torque controller to stabilize system. The controller is developed from the equation of motion of the system derived from the Newtonian method. Simulation results show that it has a better performance than the conventional wheel torque based controller, while the input torque to actuate the movable pendulum remains low.","PeriodicalId":365579,"journal":{"name":"2018 25th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132973325","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}
Mouna Attia, Y. Slama, L. Peyrodie, H. Cao, Farah Haddad
{"title":"3D Point Cloud Coarse Registration based on Convex Hull Refined by ICP and NDT","authors":"Mouna Attia, Y. Slama, L. Peyrodie, H. Cao, Farah Haddad","doi":"10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600843","url":null,"abstract":"Non-rigid registration is a crucial step for many applications such as motion tracking, model retrieval, and object recognition. The accuracy of these applications is highly dependent on the initial position used in registration step. In this paper we propose a novel Convex Hull Aided Coarse Registration refined by two algorithms applied on projected points. Firstly, the proposed approach uses a statistical method to find the best plane that represents each point cloud. Secondly, all the points of each cloud are projected onto the corresponding planes. Then, two convex hulls are extracted from the two projected point sets and then matched optimally. Next, the non-rigid transformation from the reference to the model is robustly estimated through minimizing the distance between the matched point’s pairs of the two convex hulls. Finally, this transformation estimation is refined by two methods. The first one is the refinement of coarse registration by Iterative Closest Point (ICP). The second one consists of the refinement of coarse registration by the Normal Distribution Transform (NDT). An experimental study, carried out on several clouds, shows that the refinement of coarse registration with ICP gives, in the most cases, a better result than refinement with NDT.","PeriodicalId":365579,"journal":{"name":"2018 25th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP)","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132762505","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":"Force Feedback Control of a Robotic Needle Insertion into Layered Soft Tissues","authors":"Tangwen Yang, Lifang Xiao, Panfei Chen, Haifeng Zhu, Xingang Zhao, G. Song, Jianda Han, Weiliang Xu","doi":"10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600883","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, a feedback control law is proposed to steer a robotic needle using force information from a fiber optic sensor. This sensor is integrated into the lumen at the distal end of the needle to measure the needle insertion force. The force signals are analyzed via wavelet transform to identify the boundaries of layered soft tissues in real time. The boundaries information is then used in the robotic needle steering scheme to reduce as much as possible the insertion force, and mitigate the risk of tissue injury. Porcine belly tissue phantoms are herein used in the ex vivo tests of robotic needle insertion, and comparative study has been done with and without insertion force feedback. Experimental results show that the force feedback control approach proposed reduces effectively the insertion force.","PeriodicalId":365579,"journal":{"name":"2018 25th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123528259","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":"Towards Real-Time Capable Simulations with a Containerized Simulation Environment","authors":"Christoph Hinze, T. Tasci, A. Lechler, A. Verl","doi":"10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600827","url":null,"abstract":"The handling of non-rigid objects, such as cables, with industrial robots is characterized by nonlinear, timedependent and location-dependent equations for the object's behavior. To manipulate them in a desired way, real-time capable simulations for control that are able to run in cycle-time are required as well as highly accurate and detailed simulations for path planning. We introduce a common simulation environment that is wrapped in a container with the advantages of including all dependencies and being easy to set up and orchestrate. Automated code generation is used to set up a standardized communication and virtualization in a Docker container such that only the simulation itself has to be provided by a user. The advantage of containerization, compared to the simulation running natively, is finally demonstrated with a sample robot simulation under heavy CPU load.","PeriodicalId":365579,"journal":{"name":"2018 25th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP)","volume":"36 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120860489","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":"Generative models for direct generation of CNC toolpaths","authors":"Benjamin Kaiser, A. Csiszar, A. Verl","doi":"10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600856","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600856","url":null,"abstract":"Today, numerical controls (CNC) are the standard for the control of machine tools and industrial robots in production and enable highly flexible and efficient production, especially for frequently changing production tasks. A numerical control has discrete inputs and outputs. Within the NC channel, however, it is necessary to analytically describe curves for the calculation of the position setpoints and the jerk limitation. The resulting change between discrete and continuous description forms and the considerable restrictions in the parallelisation of the interpolation of continuous curves within the NC channel lead to a performance overhead that limits the performance of the NC channel with regard to the calculation of new position setpoints. This can lead to a drop in production speed and thus to longer production times. To solve this problem, we propose a new approach in this paper. This is based on the use of deep generative models and allows the direct generation of interpolated toolpaths without calculation of continuous curves and subsequent discretization. The generative models are being trained to create curves of certain types such as linear and parabolic curves or splines directly as discrete point sequences. This approach is very well feasible with regard to its parallelization and reduces the computing effort within the NC channel. First results with straight lines and parabolic curves show the feasibility of this new approach for the generation of CNC toolpaths.","PeriodicalId":365579,"journal":{"name":"2018 25th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114190305","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":"Analysis of the Effects of Path Properties on Autonomous Motion Control of a Hydraulic Tracked Vehicle","authors":"Teemu Mononen, M. M. Aref, J. Mattila","doi":"10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600880","url":null,"abstract":"Mobile working machines have recently been developed towards field robotics systems that are more self-aware, intelligent, autonomous and energy-efficient. Such autonomy can offer advantages in, for example, construction sites, where a number of tasks involve accurate path following. From the robotic viewpoint, a mobile robot is supposed to follow the desired values perfectly to remain on a certain path as long as its localization provides the necessary pose feedback. In field robotics, especially in the cases of hydraulic working machines, there are nonlinear system dynamics affecting the mobile platform, which makes accurate motion control challenging. The sources of these nonlinearities can be the internal system dynamics or environmental effects. Due to the use of generic autonomous motion planning and control methods in the existing literature, there are certain effects of hydrostatic driveline on the system that have been overlooked. To fill such a gap, this paper first analyzes and points out the effects of geometrical path properties on the performance of hydraulic actuators in path-following control. Then, using a closed-loop model of a skid-steered vehicle with hydraulic propulsion, we show simulation results with the machine following paths with different curvatures around an obstacle. Analysis of the results show the significant role of the system dynamics in shifting the optimal path when the dynamics of the driveline and terrain contact are included.","PeriodicalId":365579,"journal":{"name":"2018 25th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128232139","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 Novel Method for Agile Planning Production Systems based on 3D Digitalization","authors":"M. Schindler, A. Verl","doi":"10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600848","url":null,"abstract":"In comparison to the development planning of factories integrations gain in importance. The shortening of product lifecycles and the derivatization lead to more critical ramp-up situations in existing production systems. In general, the product creation process is divided into disciplines and characterized by a sequential order of the individual phases. The definition of fixed milestones impedes the interaction between product design, production planning, operations and their sub-disciplines. Layouts with uncertain currentness and accuracy aggravate integration tasks into existing production systems. We analyze the requirements for a novel planning approach. An innovative method based on the 3D digitalization of existing production systems is proposed. This method abandons a strictly sequential approach and relies on an agile process instead.","PeriodicalId":365579,"journal":{"name":"2018 25th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117190897","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. Schutte, Pamitha Wijisundira, Muhammad Harris, J. Potgieter
{"title":"Evaluation of the effects of controlled ultrasonic acetone vaporisation on Fused Deposition Modelling 3D Printed Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene","authors":"J. Schutte, Pamitha Wijisundira, Muhammad Harris, J. Potgieter","doi":"10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600831","url":null,"abstract":"The application of vapour exposure systems upon 3D printed objects as a means for surface modification is a thoroughly established technique. This study investigated the utilization of a generated controlled vapour chamber device to further derive the relationship between surface modification exposure to that of part structural properties, namely interlayer bonding. This controlled utilization of vapour is intended to identify potential for future sequential 3D printing methodologies. The study mirrored previous work as such an UPBox Fused deposition modelling printer was required to produce thirty acrylonitrile butadiene styrene ASTM D638 Type IV dog-bone samples. Each of these was subjected to controlled vapour exposure relative to defined sample sets, namely groups of 5 representing exposure intervals at 0%, 20%, 25%, 50%, and 100% printing completion. Analysis for these was conducted via Instron 5967 tensile testing and a Hitachi TM3030Plus Scanning electron microscopy. These samples depicted a directly proportional increase in ultimate tensile strength and layer fusion with increased vapour exposure. These values contradicted the previous uncontrolled study.","PeriodicalId":365579,"journal":{"name":"2018 25th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129512089","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 Reluctance Magnetic Gear for High Speed and Vibration Motor Systems","authors":"Kaiyuan Li, Zina Zhu, Peng Wu","doi":"10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/M2VIP.2018.8600905","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a reluctance magnetic gear for high speed and vibration rotational situations. This novel magnetic gear adopts a structure with two non-magnetic rotors and one magnetic stator based on the reluctance modulation effect. The rotors are made of silicon iron, which makes the magnetic gear stable and reliable at high rotational speed in motor systems. By applying a 2D FEM simulation, the magnetic flux distributions of the air gap and torque transmission are analyzed. The results show that the proposed reluctance magnetic gear can offer a smoother torque transmission in high speed and vibration condition than the existing reluctance magnetic gear.","PeriodicalId":365579,"journal":{"name":"2018 25th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP)","volume":"279 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132761905","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}