A synthetical development approach for rehabilitation assistive smart product–service systems: A case study

Digital transformation (DT), the combination of information, computing, communication and connectivity technologies, which has triggered an effective upgrade of different aspects of market strategy, customer experience etc. Nowadays, rehabilitation assistive devices (RADs) are evolving to be more digital, intelligent and personalized. Digitalization and servitization have fostered to an emerging business model—the smart product–service system (Smart PSS). Therefore, DT of the RADs’ industry advocates not only the design of products and functions, the more important is the management of service processes and resource integration. With the increase in the elderly and disabled population, the requirement for RADs is becoming more urgent. However, research on Smart PSS for RAD is still limited. The rehabilitation assistive smart product–service systems (RASPSS) was introduced into the development of RADs based on the “Design and Management of DT” strategy through the service design of assistive devices and user requirements analysis. Further, an integrated design of RAD and Smart PSS has been created, a development method of RASPSS proposed, the theoretical model of the Smart PSS based on RADs built. To specify the service framework, this case study discusses the development of a home rehabilitation assistive system for femoral stem fracture patients. This paper evaluates the usability of the system, the results of which prove usability and effectiveness of the RASPSS development method. The RASPSS development model is designed to meet needs of stakeholders, improve the user rehabilitation experience, promote the service innovation of Smart PSS, bring certain market benefits of rehabilitation aids and create social value.     

Artificial intelligence for BIM content management and delivery: Case study of association rule mining for construction detailing

The proliferation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) applications, in tandem with the extensive variation of building products, pose new demands on design and engineering firms to efficiently manage and reuse BIM content (i.e., data-rich parametric model objects and assembly details). Tasks such as classifying BIM objects, indexing them with meta-data (e.g., category), and searching digital libraries to load objects into models still plague practice with inefficient manual workflows. This research aims to improve the productivity of BIM content management and retrieval by developing an AI-backed BIM content recommender system. Using data from a case-study firm, this research extracted content from over 30,000 technical BIM views (e.g., plans, sections, details) in historical projects to build an unsupervised machine-learning prototype with association rule mining. This prototype explicated the strength of relationships among co-occurring BIM objects. Using this prototype as the backbone AI-engine in live BIM sessions, this research developed a context-aware recommender system that dynamically provides BIM users with a set of objects associable with their modeling context (e.g., type of view, existing objects in the model) and human–computer interactions (e.g., objects selected by the user). By mining association data from hundreds of historical projects, this development marks a departure from the existing prototypes that rely on explicit coding, recurring user input, or subjective ratings to recommend BIM content to users. The simulation and experimental implementation of this recommender system yielded high efficacy in predicting content needs and achieved significant savings in the time spent on conventional BIM workflows.     

Model reduction based on limited‐time interval impulse response Gramians

In this paper, three new Gramians are introduced namely ‐ limited‐time interval impulse response Gramians (LTIRG), generalized limited‐time Gramians (GLTG) and generalized limited‐time impulse response Gramians (GLTIRG). GLTG and GLTIRG are applicable to both unstable systems and also to systems which have eigenvalues of opposite polarities and equal magnitude. The concept of these Gramians is utilized to develop model reduction algorithms for linear time‐invariant continuous‐time single‐input single‐output (SISO) systems. In the cases of GLTIRG and GLTG based model reduction, the standard time‐limited Gramians are generalized to be applied to unstable systems by transforming the original system into a new system which requires the solution of two Riccati equations. Two numerical examples are included to illustrate the proposed methods. The results are also compared with standard techniques.     

标注Petri网中的最小初始标识估计

为获得制造系统初始化时的最小资源以实现最优资源分配,利用标注Petri网对系统进行建模,并研究标注Petri网的最小初始标识估计问题。给定一个标注Petri网,在不可观测变迁组成无环子网的情况下,基于动态规划提出一种新的最小初始标识估计算法。在观察到给定的标注序列后,放宽不可观测变迁发生个数的限制,并根据该算法构建节点的演化过程。当出现相同的发生数向量时,仅保留当前极小的初始标识估计,并通过节点的演化过程对极小初始标识估计的托肯总数进行对比。为验证算法的有效性,给出一个制造系统的标注Petri网模型实例,最终得到的最小初始标识为［1000］^T,且对应的变迁发生序列为t₁t₃t₄t₆,满足给定标注Petri网的结构要求。实验结果表明,与传统基于动态规划的算法相比,该算法获得的最小初始标识估计具有更小的托肯总数。     

基于事件触发机制的双编队车辆换道决策模型

针对由联网自动化车辆(connected and automated vehicle,CAV)组成的双编队车辆换道问题进行了研究,提出了一种基于事件触发的分布式换道决策模型.该模型针对双编队系统设计了一种编队内和编队间的一致性控制协议;同时,为了减少CAV车辆控制器的频繁更新,设计了一种基于组合测量方式的事件触发器,并给出Lyapunov函数证明了算法的稳定性且不存在Zeno行为.仿真结果表明,所设计的控制协议能够使双编队系统收敛一致,有效降低CAV控制器的更新频率,减少系统能耗.通过模型对比,在证明所提决策模型有效性的同时,系统能够更快地收敛.     

下肢康复机器人的研究进展与临床应用

社会老龄化进程中,由于疾病或事故导致下肢受损的患者越来越多,患者的运动能力康复变得尤为重要.相对于传统的物理康复治疗方法,利用下肢康复机器人进行运功功能康复训练可以准确评估、大幅改善康复效果,提高康复效率,节约医疗康复资源.作为一种涉及康复医学、机械学、控制学、机器人学、计算机学及人工智能等诸多学科的智能仿生机电设备,下肢康复机器人按照患者的康复作业姿态主要分为坐卧式下肢康复机器人和站立式下肢康复机器人.其中坐卧式下肢康复机器人可以分为脚踏板式和外骨骼式机器人,站立式下肢康复机器人分为悬挂减重式和独立可穿戴式机器人.本文调研了国际上应用较为广泛的几类下肢康复机器人的代表性产品,详细分析了下肢康复机器人的主被动自由度、驱动方式、传动关节、感知技术、运动控制策略和训练模式等关键技术,并对各类机器人典型临床测试案例进行了比较和探讨,对下肢康复机器人未来的技术发展做出展望.     

物流包装租赁系统配送库存路径模型与算法

发展物流包装租赁共享系统是解决落后的一次性包装使用方式的有效手段。为优化物流包装租赁系统中的空包装配送与库存控制这一频繁决策问题,将租赁客户点的需求和物流包装租赁系统的服务中心的库存能力、库存费用、车辆容量、单位运费等因素引入模型,建立了总成本费用最小的物流包装租赁共享系统的空包装配送库存路径集成优化模型。针对稍小和稍大规模算例,对利用CPLEX优化软件和带精英保留的改进遗传算法进行了求解比较分析,结果表明：改进遗传算法对稍大规模算例求解的结果虽然稍差,但求解时间大大缩短,这说明了启发式算法对大规模的实际问题是有效的。该模型和算法可为物流包装租赁企业的空包装配送和库存控制的集成优化决策提供参考。     

上市公司文本信息披露智能分析研究综述

对上市公司发布的文本信息披露进行分析是投资者了解公司经营状况、做出投资决策的重要途径,然而人工阅读和分析的方法存在效率低、成本高等问题。人工智能技术的发展则为文本信息的智能分析提供了契机,能够从海量企业文本数据中挖掘有价值的信息,充分发挥数据驱动的优势,大幅度提高分析效率,成为近些年的研究热点。对近十年关于上市公司文本信息披露智能分析的研究工作进行了总结,分别从文本信息披露的事件类型的研究现状、智能分析方法和应用场景三个方面进行了归纳,分析了该领域当前面临的挑战,最后根据现有方法的不足指出了未来可能的研究方向。     

智能农业除草机器人研究现状与趋势分析

智能农业除草机器人融合了环境分析、路径导航、视觉识别和运动控制等多种技术,是应用于精准农业中除草作业的智能机器人系统,作为农业机械化研究的热点备受国内外学者关注;对除草机器人的国内外研究现状进行了梳理,进一步分析了除草机器人的特点与优势;总结了除草机器人系统控制、移动导航和机器视觉等关键技术的研究进展,指出关键技术的发展前景与空间;结合除草机器人的技术研究特点与市场环境分析了其未来发展趋势;针对目前除草机器人存在的问题提出解决思路与研究方法,为除草机器人智能化、自动化和集成化发展研究提供理论参考.     

基于矢量传感器的无人驾驶车辆信号远程监测系统

传统无人驾驶车辆远程检测系统,由于信号传输距离的影响,在信号波传输过程中在电路耦合率衰减下出现监测信号清晰度降低,信号整体监测效果无法满足实际检测系统应用要求的问题;对此设计系统通过采用矢量传感器对系统变量、模量与定量数据进行矢量统一计算,提出基于矢量传感器的无人驾驶车辆信号远程监测系统;首先完成基于矢量传感器的系统总体框架设计;然后根据设计框架建立无人驾驶车辆监控信号交互硬件单元,通过不同矢量传感器构成监控信号数据矢量转换计算平台;最后通过对硬件平台的矢量化软件适配,完成硬件与软件监控信号统一,提升信号传输强度,增强信号清晰度,从而满足无人驾驶车辆信号远程监测要求,完成系统的设计;通过对比实验数据表明,设计的基于矢量传感器的无人驾驶车辆信号远程监测系统,能够在50～100 km范围内稳定监测车辆状态,车辆状态数据监测实时性与连续性明显优于传统检测系统.