Motion-based method for estimating time required to attach self-adhesive insulators

A self-adhesive insulator is a component of a home appliance that is used to suppress vibration or prevent humidity affecting the internal parts of the appliance. There is a wide range of types and designs available, allowing them to be applied to areas having different shapes. At the design stage, once an insulator design has been developed sufficiently to identify its dimensions and features, the attaching time and baseline cost must be estimated with reasonable accuracy to enable a comparison of vendor quotes. However, the current estimation method is not sufficiently accurate in terms of the baseline cost. This paper presents a motion-based time-estimating scheme with which the time required for the attachment of such insulators can be calculated more accurately. The scheme has been developed by analyzing the motions needed to attach 350 insulators and then designating representative motions and their time values. For this purpose, a modular arrangement of predetermined time standards (MODAPTS) is adopted. Motion-based time-estimation method is useful in terms of simplicity and accuracy. It enables design engineers to estimate the time required for the attachment based only on a drawing of the insulator and a few MODAPTS rules. Estimates made with this method should vary from the actual value by no more than 9.5%.     

用于虚拟现实的360度视频编码技术新进展*

随着虚拟现实技术不断发展,360度视频编码开始成为研究热点。应用于虚拟现实的360度视频与传统的视频相比分辨率更高,编码数据量更大,在实际应用中面临传输带宽有限的瓶颈,编码效率问题有待解决。归纳分析了国际标准组织联合视频研究组（joint video exploration team, JVET）正在制定的360度视频编码投影变换技术及其编码优化方法,综合对比了各变换技术的编码性能。根据当前最新研究成果,对下一步研究需要解决的问题进行了探讨总结,给出未来的研究方向和思路。     

基于FPGA的高速数据存储系统优化设计

针对遥测系统数据记录装置中数据传输速率与存储速率不匹配的问题,提出Flash的并行存储方案,采用交替双平面的编程方式可以使得存储器的存储速率达到单片Flash最高存储速率的2倍,即60 MB/s;对控制单元FPGA内部双端口RAM的逻辑设计进行改进,解决了数据存储异常的现象。在数据回收方面,提出了多备份的设计思想和备用读数接口的设计方案,已在工程应用中得到成功实践,验证了该数据记录装置的可靠性。     

Design of a slave arm of a surgical robot system to estimate the contact force at the tip of the employed instruments

Acquisition of the contact force at the instrument tip can enable better performance, e.g. transparency of the haptic feedback in the surgical robot systems. It is, however, difficult to measure the contact force directly due to technical limitations in attaching sensors to the tip of the instruments. This paper proposes a method to estimate the forces by installing the sensors away from the instrument tip. The proposed method employs specially designed mechanical parts of the slave robot, i.e. a slider cover plate for the z-axis translational force along the insertion direction, and docking clamps for the rotational pivot torques around the fulcrum point. Strain gauges are attached to specially designed places with enhancing shapes. The simulation results of the force estimation are presented to confirm the strain concentration area. The proposed method is validated with quantitative experimental results. Calibrated weights are determined upon the comparison of the strain value with a calibrated 6-axis force/torque sensor. The percentage error in the force calibration is about 5~8% calculated by the root mean square error (RMSE) of force-sensing performance. In addition, it can be computed by considering only the bending phase of each sensor although the hysteresis is observed from the calibration graph.     

Noncertainty equivalent adaptive control of robot manipulators without velocity measurements

This paper presents a noncertainty equivalent adaptive motion control scheme for robot manipulators in the absence of link velocity measurements. A new output feedback adaptation algorithm, based on the attractive manifold design approach, is developed. A proportional-integral adaptation is selected for the adaptive parameter estimator to strengthen the passivity of the system. In order to relieve velocity measurements, an observer is designed to estimate the velocities. The controller guarantees semiglobal asymptotic motion tracking and velocity estimation, as well as L_∞ and L₂ bounded parameter estimation error. The effectiveness of the proposed controller is verified by simulations for a two-link robot manipulator and a four-bar linkage. The results are further compared with the earlier certainty-equivalent adaptive partial and full state feedback controller to highlight potential closed-loop performance improvements.     

PARAMETER ESTIMATION IN EXPONENTIAL MODELS

Abstract. In this paper the problems of parameter estimation and order determination of an exponential (EX) model are studied in the time domain. In order to estimate the parameters, the parameter equations of an EX model are given in terms of the autocorrelation function, which is similar to the Yule-Walker equations of an autoregressive moving-average model. Estimates of parameters are obtained with the aid of the parameter equations and theorems are proved relating the convergence rate and asymptotic distribution of the estimates. We present two kinds of methods for estimating the order and prove that the estimates of the order are consistent.     

SIMULATION AND ESTIMATION OF LONG MEMORY CONTINUOUS TIME MODELS

Abstract. Some general properties of long memory continuous time processes are recalled or proved. Methods of simulation are studied. A comparison with the usual discrete time autoregressive fractionally integrated moving-average filter is made and illustrations are provided. Then, two methods of estimation of the parameters of such a model from a discrete sample are studied, both theoretically and empirically, with Monte Carlo experiments.     

自适应混合多目标分布估计进化算法

针对多目标分布估计算法全局收敛性较弱的缺陷,提出了一种自适应混合多目标分布估计进化算法。其基本思想是:在多目标分布估计算法中引入全局收敛性较强的差分进化算法,当函数变化率较大时,用分布估计算法产生新种群;当函数变化率较小即算法可能陷入局部收敛时,用差分进化算法产生新种群。理论分析和数值实验结果表明,这种混合算法不仅具有良好的全局收敛性,而且解的分布性和均匀性较没有考虑目标函数变化率的混合多目标分布估计算法也有了一定程度的提高。     

序贯抗差估计在旋转调制陀螺寻北中的应用

基于序贯抗差估计方法针对简化了的旋转调制陀螺寻北仪输出信号进行了寻北仿真研究.介绍了该型寻北仪的基本原理,在经典充贯平差的基础上,结合抗差M估计的原理,得到了序贯抗差估计的计算流程与公式.将寻北仪输出信号划分为2个阶段,对上述方法进行了仿真应用.仿真结果表明：通过该算法所得寻北结果误差均值与标准差均优于其它算法.