{"title":"Low Cost 2D Laser Scanner Based Indoor Mapping and Classification System","authors":"Riaz Syed, H. Amjad, Moazza Sultan, H. R. Khan","doi":"10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967399","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a low-cost indoor mapping and classification system using cheap RPLidar 2D laser scanners. In this work, a combination of two laser scanners mounted orthogonally on a trolley or backpack has been used to generate 3D map of the surveyed indoor vicinity and to classify it. The generated map has been estimated using Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technique while classification has been done using Random Sampling and Consensus (RANSAC) based segmentation technique. In order to completely map the indoor environment, the proposed hardware system has been required to move manually along the surveyed vicinity and all online sensors measurements have been recorded using Robot Operating System (ROS). Later, the recorded data has been playback and desired mapping and classification techniques have been applied to generate results in offline mode. Multiple tests have been conducted using proposed system and results have been found accurate and nearer to ground truth if compared using the standard manual measuring devices available in the local market.","PeriodicalId":429384,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129226258","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}
Asim Zaheer UD DIN, Y. Ayaz, Momena Hasan, J. Khan, M. Salman
{"title":"Bivariate Short-term Electric Power Forecasting using LSTM Network","authors":"Asim Zaheer UD DIN, Y. Ayaz, Momena Hasan, J. Khan, M. Salman","doi":"10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967378","url":null,"abstract":"In this work we have utilized Long-shortterm-memory network (LSTM) to generate short-term 24 hours in advance forecast for two (bivariate) independent time series. The work presents LSTM forecasting performance for three different weight optimizing algorithms, namely, Adaptive moment estimation, Root mean square propagation, and Stochastic gradient descent with momentum. Also, investigation into forecasting performance on changes in LSTM network and training options has been made. Furthermore, effects of different input features on LSTM short-term forecasts are demonstrated. The presented work has been employed for Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) 4 years electric power data, recorded at 30 minutes resolution. From all the forecasting test cases of import power and export power for PESCO; the lowest values obtained are MAPE = 9.47 % and MAPE = 12.37 % for import power and export power respectively.","PeriodicalId":429384,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115863886","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}
M. Akbar, A. Mannan, M. Bhatti, N. Nawaz, Junaid Iqbal, Ghayyur Hussain
{"title":"Optimal Energy Management of Hybrid Generating System for Laptop Manufacturing Industry","authors":"M. Akbar, A. Mannan, M. Bhatti, N. Nawaz, Junaid Iqbal, Ghayyur Hussain","doi":"10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967372","url":null,"abstract":"Fossil fuel based diesel generator and utility grid systems are used for delivering power to the industrial consumers, which increases their manufacturing and generation cost of energy. In this work, we design a (PV-Utility-BESS-DG) hybrid system for laptop manufacturing industry (LMI) by performing optimization and investigating the techno-economic possibilities of integrating solar PV within the existing UG and DG network. Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER) is used for analyzing the net present cost (NPC), levelized cost of energy (LCOE), renewable fraction (RF) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The simulations and sensitivity analysis results indicates that the proposed hybrid system leads to optimal configuration which causes reduction in diesel fuel utilization, DG operating hours, LCOE and GHG emission.","PeriodicalId":429384,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)","volume":"152 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122422368","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}
Rizwan Ullah Khan, Muhammad Waseem Tahir, M. Tiwana
{"title":"Rehabilitation Process of Upper Limbs Muscles through EMG Based Video Game","authors":"Rizwan Ullah Khan, Muhammad Waseem Tahir, M. Tiwana","doi":"10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967370","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a human-computer interface system using Electromyography (EMG) signals to design a computer-based video game that enhances the muscle strength and can be used for rehabilitation of fist, wrist or forearm muscles. This game encompasses the rehabilitation of the muscle in itself by asking the user to move the muscle and measure the potential difference generated due to action potential using MyoWare muscle sensors kit. This newly generated raw EMG signal is passed on to Arduino, which is interfaced with a computer through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) based computer game, coded and designed in MATLAB. The gaming console presents an interesting and enjoyable platform as a modern treatment approach for stroke rehabilitation and provides an opportunity to practice activities that are not or cannot be practiced within the clinical environment. It encourages a higher number of repetitions than traditional therapy tasks without the supervision of an expert. However, due to the higher computational delay of 2 to 5 seconds between two consecutive input operations, MATLAB is not suitable for creating a real-time virtual gaming environment. The primary objective of the paper is to design and evaluate the effects of an interactive video game environment for upper limb muscle rehabilitation. Secondary outcomes included process limitations and adverse events based on the current equipment and techniques used.","PeriodicalId":429384,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125956973","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":"Qualitative & Quantitative Assessment of 3D Printing of Prostheses in Low Economic Setting","authors":"Syed Umer Abdi, W. Moussa, A. Qureshi","doi":"10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967396","url":null,"abstract":"The applicability and cost effectiveness in prosthetic industry is monumental. Underdeveloped parts of the World are coping with challenges like poverty, lack of technology & expertise, natural & man-made disasters as well as conundrums of untapped explosive mines. In addition, people living in such areas are mainly associated with labour intensive professions working in small industries and agriculture lacking health & safety measures. Individuals exposed to such environment are often prone to accidents due to safety lapses & fatal diseases and need low-cost prosthetic devices due to amputation in order to rehabilitate, get back to work and live a better quality of life. The consideration of supply chain models, technology used in additive manufacturing, materials properties, cost & customer satisfaction is essential for optimizing the use of 3D printing & additive manufacturing in prosthesis in such parts of the World. The usage of novel techniques such as 3D Printing and conventional methods like Injection Molding and feasibility of providing optimum solution in terms of hybrid models while considering the advantages of availability, affordability and mass production of conventional techniques, and prototype development, simulation, customization and design freedom using 3D printing & additive manufacturing is qualitatively & quantitatively analyzed in this paper.","PeriodicalId":429384,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128459757","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}
Zukhraf Jamil, Abdullah Gulraiz, W. S. Qureshi, Chyi-Yeu Lin
{"title":"Human Head Motion Modeling Using Monocular Cues for Interactive Robotic Applications","authors":"Zukhraf Jamil, Abdullah Gulraiz, W. S. Qureshi, Chyi-Yeu Lin","doi":"10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967358","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a generalized 2D trajectory models are developed for human motion during walking and running for a user-centered Human-Computer Interaction design. The mapping of the head motion trajectories has been done through monocular cues to compute instantaneous displacement and velocity. The novelty of the work lies in using non-contact sensor only which saves from the use of complex body-contact sensors as well as improves data storage and processing. The 2D trajectory models developed are tested on 30 subjects and that show the average head motion trajectory map of a running person differs from that of the walking person on a treadmill. The quantification of head velocity values as a function of walking and running velocities is also tested which can be used to identify different locomotion velocities from head velocities.","PeriodicalId":429384,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127429369","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":"Geometry Augmented SURF with Modified Sobel for Improved Affine Invariance in Image Matching","authors":"S. Khan, Faheem Iftikhar, Usman M. Akram","doi":"10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967349","url":null,"abstract":"Reliable image matching and alignment is a key issue in difference extraction of aerial images. This paper presents an affine, scale and rotation-invariant method for aligning images taken at different timelines. SURF feature points index pair polling is used to detect best candidate match from an image library against a reference image. SURF is used to ensure speedy match detection as a large library is being scanned. The two images are then coarse-aligned using a statistical model. A modified sobel operator is used to ensure complete edge detection along six orientations. Since SURF is not satisfied for affine invariance, a geometry based approach is used to discard undesired differences. The resulting difference helps locating new structures/ buildings. This integrated approach allows difference extraction in affine environments while satisfying robustness and low computational complexity. The results show upto 90% increase in correlation after alignment between the reference and matched image. The augmented approach increased the probability of detecting valid differences while suppressing the false detections upto 99%.","PeriodicalId":429384,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114274572","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}
Aqsa Rahim, Amna Sagheer, Khunsha Nadeem, Muhammad Najam Dar, Amna Rahim, Usman M. Akram
{"title":"Emotion Charting Using Real-time Monitoring of Physiological Signals","authors":"Aqsa Rahim, Amna Sagheer, Khunsha Nadeem, Muhammad Najam Dar, Amna Rahim, Usman M. Akram","doi":"10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967398","url":null,"abstract":"Emotions are fundamental to humans. They affect perception and everyday activities such as communication, learning and decision making. Various emotion recognition devices have been developed incorporating facial expressions, body postures and speech recognitions as a means of recognition. The accuracy of most of the existing devices is dependent on the expressiveness of the user and can be fairly manipulated. We proposed a physiological signal based solution to provide reliable emotion classification without possible manipulation and user expressiveness. Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) signals are extracted using shimmer sensors and are used for recognition of seven basic human emotions (happy, fear, sad, anger, neutral, disgust and surprise). Classification of emotions is performed using Convolutional Neural Network. Using AlexNet architecture and ECG signals, emotion classification accuracy of 91.5% for AMIGOS dataset and 64.2% for a real-time dataset is achieved. Similarly, the accuracy of 92.7% for AMIGOS dataset and 68% for a real-time dataset is achieved using GSR signals. Through combining both ECG and GSR signals the accuracy of both, AMIGOS and real-time datasets is improved to 93% and 68.5% respectively.","PeriodicalId":429384,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123133543","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}
U. Ghafoor, M. A. Yaqub, M. A. Afzal Khan, K. Hong
{"title":"Improved Classification Accuracy of MCI Patients After Acupuncture Treatment: An fNIRS Study","authors":"U. Ghafoor, M. A. Yaqub, M. A. Afzal Khan, K. Hong","doi":"10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967353","url":null,"abstract":"The mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a cognitive disorder described by deficiency in memory, vocabulary, understanding, and reasoning. This impairment has an abundant likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Therefore, the classification of MCI or prodromal stage of AD is critical to assess at earliest for understanding and treating the disease. In this study, a functional near-infrared spectroscopy was employed to measure the concentration changes of oxygenated hemoglobin (ΔHbO) from the prefrontal cortex of eleven healthy control (HC) and MCI patients each during the working memory task. Several temporal features such as slope, mean, kurtosis, skewness, peak values, and their combinations were tested for better assessment of MCI patients. We further investigate the effect of acupuncture treatment on MCI patients. Both groups went through fNIRS recording procedure with a gap of 1.5 months. However, before visit-1, only the patient group undergoes acupuncture treatment twice per week for six weeks. The classification using linear discriminant analysis (LDA) was performed to check any improvement in classification accuracies of patient group after acupuncture treatment. The average classification accuracy obtained in visit-1 (after acupuncture treatment) on MCI patients was increased up to 73% with a couple feature mean-skewness, which was 69% in visit-0 (before acupuncture treatment). With a couple mean-slope and mean-kurtosis as feature, up to 8% increase was observed in visit-1. The significance of this study is that acupuncture can be a useful treatment tool for the betterment of MCI patients.","PeriodicalId":429384,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125514223","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}
Muhammad Waqar, M. Waris, Esha Rashid, Nudrat Nida, Shah Nawaz, M. Yousaf
{"title":"Meter Digit Recognition Via Faster R-CNN","authors":"Muhammad Waqar, M. Waris, Esha Rashid, Nudrat Nida, Shah Nawaz, M. Yousaf","doi":"10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRAI47710.2019.8967357","url":null,"abstract":"The current method of meter reading is manual and error-prone in developing countries. A meter reader logs the reading to calculate the cost of electricity. In recent years, there have been multiple efforts to provide automated solutions to read the meter digits. However, the existing systems extract reading based on a specific meter topology. In this paper, we propose an approach based on Faster R-CNN to extract and recognize digits in an electric meter. We compared our method against several state-of-the-art object detection methods. The proposed approach is robust against different lightening conditions, severe perspective distortions and blurred images. In addition, it is scaleinvariant. Furthermore, we created a new dataset consisting of 10310 images taken from electricity companies in Pakistan to benchmark meter digit recognition task. Experimental results shows the high accuracy of the proposed approach on the created electricity meter dataset.","PeriodicalId":429384,"journal":{"name":"2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129473512","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}