Reinforcement Learning for Collaborative Robots Pick-and-Place Applications: A Case Study
Automation, 2022 The number of applications in which industrial robots share their working environment with people is increasing. Robots appropriate for such applications are equipped with safety systems according to ISO/TS 15066:2016 and are often referred to as ...
Natanael Magno Gomes +3 more
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Capacitive Sensing of Icing under Vacuum and Cryogenic Temperatures
Sensors, 2019 In certain industrial processes, ice aggregations on surfaces can occur under almost vacuum conditions and at very low to cryogenic temperatures due to residual water molecules.
Juliana Padilha Leitzke +2 more
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Form Factor Improvement of Smart-Pixels for Vision Sensors through 3-D Vertically- Integrated Technologies [PDF]
, 2014 While conventional CMOS active pixel sensors embed only the circuitry required for photo-detection, pixel addressing and voltage buffering, smart pixels incorporate also circuitry for data processing, data storage and control of data interchange.
Brea Sánchez, Víctor Manuel +7 more
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Gas Sensors Based on Chemi-Resistive Hybrid Functional Nanomaterials
Nano-Micro Letters, 2020 Chemi-resistive sensors based on hybrid functional materials are promising candidates for gas sensing with high responsivity, good selectivity, fast response/recovery, great stability/repeatability, room-working temperature, low cost, and easy-to ...
Yingying Jian +6 more
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Measurement Techniques and Challenges of Wireless LC Resonant Sensors: A Review
IEEE Access, 2023 Wireless operation of $LC$ resonant sensors is based on magnetic coupling between two inductive coils, where the inductor of the sensor acts as a secondary coil for the magnetic coupling. An external reader coil is used as a primary coil to interrogate
Mehedi Masud +5 more
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Connected seeds and sensors: co-designing internet of things for sustainable smart cities with urban food-growing communities. [PDF]
, 2018 We present a case study of a participatory design project in the space of sustainable smart cities and Internet of Things. We describe our design process that led to the development of an interactive seed library that tells the stories of culturally ...
Baggio Aline +4 more
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Testing and calibration of smart pebble for river bed sediment transport monitoring [PDF]
, 2007 The Smart Pebble (smart particle), SP, has been developed for the past two years to monitor sediment transport in riverbeds. The implementation is based on use of small size and low cost acceleration and angular motion sensors. In this stage, the project
Akeila, Ehad +4 more
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Smart Sensors Enable Smart Air Conditioning Control [PDF]
Sensors, 2014 In this study, mobile phones, wearable devices, temperature and human motion detectors are integrated as smart sensors for enabling smart air conditioning control. Smart sensors obtain feedback, especially occupants’ information, from mobile phones and wearable devices placed on human body.
Chin-Chi Cheng, Dasheng Lee
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Exploring Unsupervised Machine Learning Classification Methods for Physiological Stress Detection
Frontiers in Medical Technology, 2022 Over the past decade, there has been a significant development in wearable health technologies for diagnosis and monitoring, including application to stress monitoring.
Talha Iqbal +4 more
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Comparing clothing-mounted sensors with wearable sensors for movement analysis and activity classification [PDF]
, 2019 Inertial sensors are a useful instrument for long term monitoring in healthcare. In many cases, inertial sensor devices can be worn as an accessory or integrated into smart textiles.
Faustina Hwang +4 more
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