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Virtual Sensors For Advanced Controllers In Rehabilitation Robotics
(MDPI, 2018-03-05)
In order to properly control rehabilitation robotic devices, the measurement of interaction force and motion between patient and robot is an essential part. Usually, however, this is a complex task that requires the use ...
Flow Control in Wells Turbines For Harnessing Maximum Wave Power
(MDPI, 2018-02)
Oceans, and particularly waves, offer a huge potential for energy harnessing all over the world. Nevertheless, the performance of current energy converters does not yet allow us to use the wave energy efficiently. However, ...
Reducing the Number of Individuals to Monitor Shoaling Fish Systems - Application of the Shannon Entropy to Construct a Biological Warning System Model
(Frontiers Media SA, 2018-05-08)
The present study aims at identifying the lowest number of fish (European seabass) that could be used for monitoring and/or experimental purposes in small-scale fish facilities by quantifying the effect that the number of ...
The Shannon Entropy Trend of a Fish System Estimated by a Machine Vision Approach Seems to Reflect the Molar Se:Hg Ratio of Its Feed
(MDPI, 2018-01-29)
The present study investigates the suitability of a machine vision-based method to detect deviations in the Shannon entropy (SE) of a European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) biological system fed with different selenium: ...
A Generic Multi-Layer Architecture Based on ROS-JADE Integration for Autonomous Transport Vehicles
(MDPI, 2018-12-25)
The design and operation of manufacturing systems is evolving to adapt to different challenges. One of the most important is the reconfiguration of the manufacturing process in response to context changes (e.g., faulty ...
A real time sliding mode control for a wave energy converter based on a wells turbine
(Elsevier, 2018-06-18)
Due to the nonlinear dynamics and uncertainties usually present in wave energy conversion systems, the efficiency of these devices can be enhanced employing a robust control algorithms. Wave energy converters are constructed ...
Student-tailored final year project on microcontroller-based hardware-in-the-loop speed control of a wind generator
(SAGE, 2018-03-27)
Student-supervisor cooperation was carried out to design the inter-subject final year project reported in this paper. According to the student feedback, this approach allowed gathering his main interests – vector control, ...
Computational Modelling of Rectangular Sub-Boundary Layer Vortex Generators
(MDPI, 2018-01-19)
Vortex generators (VGs) are increasingly used in the wind turbine manufacture industry as flow control devices to improve rotor blade aerodynamic performance. Nevertheless, VGs may produce excess residual drag in some ...
Computational Modelling of Three Different Sub-Boundary Layer Vortex Generators on a Flat Plate
(MDPI, 2018-11-10)
Flow separation is the source of several problems in a wind turbine including load fluctuations, lift losses, and vibrations. Vortex generators (VGs) are passive flow control devices used to delay flow separation, but their ...
About Extracting Dynamic Information of Unknown Complex Systems by Neural Networks
(Marek Reformat, 2018-07-08)
This work presents a straightforward methodology based on Neural Networks (NN) which allows to obtain relevant dynamic information of unknown nonlinear systems. It provides an approach for cases in which the complex task ...