结合操作者意图分析的Internet机器人控制方法研究

互联网传输过程中存在的随机时延,影响了操作者与遥操作机器人之间的实时交互,降低了系统稳定性和操作性能。论文提出一种新的方法,利用动态神经元群模型对操作者发送的控制指令序列进行分析,实现对操作者意图的推断。在随机时延条件下,遥操作机器人能够根据操作者意图和当前环境信息,通过局部自主控制完成期望任务动作。同时可以与主端操作者基于事件的控制指令进行切换,来保证系统的稳定性,提高整个控制系统的操作性能和效率。最后,通过互联网足球机器人平台进行实验,仿真结果验证了所提模型与方法的有效性和可行性。

基于评价选择策略的Internet多机器人协作控制研究

针对Internet多机器人系统中存在的操作指令延迟、工作效率低、协作能力差等问题,提出了多机器人神经元群网络控制模型。在学习过程中,来自不同功能区域的多类型神经元连接形成动态神经元群集,来描述各机器人的运动行为与外部条件、内部状态之间复杂的映射关系,通过对内部权值连接的评价选择,以实现最佳的多机器人运动行为协调。以互联网足球机器人系统为实验平台,给出了学习算法描述。仿真结果表明,己方机器人成功实现了配合射门的任务要求,所提模型和方法提高了多机器人的协作能力,并满足系统稳定性和实时性要求。

基于Internet的遥操作机器人足球系统设计

针对目前基于Internet的遥操作机器人系统普遍完成任务简单,复杂度低,影响力有限的状况,本文将遥操作技术和Internet技术应用于具有高动态性、高协作性和高对抗性的机器人足球系统中,建立了基于Internet的遥操作机器人足球系统的体系结构,提供了该系统的软件设计方法,并针对网络通信设计了应用UDP协议进行连接和数据传输的方法.实际建立的基于Internet的3对3遥操作机器人足球系统验证了系统设计方法的可行性和有效性.通过实验验证了应用UDP协议进行连接和数据传输相对于应用TCP协议的优越性.

基于Internet的力反馈技术研究

论述了基于Internet的力反馈技术及其相关技术的发展和研究意义 ,综合机器人遥操作控制领域的理论方法 ,结合多媒体技术的最新发展 ,构建了一种基于事件的系统结构及其设计方法 .基于该方法 ,分析了系统的可靠性、稳定性及力媒体传输的透明性 ,并设计了一个基于Internet的力反馈技术的系统实例

具有实时性保障的INTERNET机器人控制系统设计方法

本文提出了一种具有实时性、可靠性保障的INTERNET网络机器人控制系统的设计方法。基于该方法设计的网络实时控制系统能够满足机器人实时、高效、灵活的技术特点。该方法的核心为基于UDP传输协议的网络数据补偿算法,通过对网络传输过程中丢失的数据进行实时在线补偿预测,降低了网络数据的丢失对系统的影响。实验结果证明该方法的有效性、合理性。

基于Petri网的Web数据库访问的建模研究

本文针对多用户访问Web数据库的过程进行了分析并提出改进思路,然后利用带抑止弧的扩充Petri网对改进后的访问过程进行建模。

基于Internet的机器人控制中网络时延测试及分析

本文针对基于 Internet的机器人控制 ,首先分析了 Internet网络时间延迟的主要组成及其基本特性 ,然后介绍了网络时延测试实验的结果及其结论 ,最后研究了网络时延预估算法及其有效性.

基于Internet的机器人遥操作系统QoS策略与同步问题研究

基于Internet的机器人遥操作系统提供了进行网络控制系统(NCS和多媒体通信等学科交叉领域研究的良好平台和契机。服务质量(QoS)的概念起源于多媒体和远程通信领域，大量的文献表明，将NCS和QOS结合起来的研究和应用还很少。本文分析、研究了基于Internet的机器人遥操作系统作为NCS, Internet上的多媒体应用和实时系统等多学科的交叉领域所具有的特点，对该系统同步和协调问题及具有QOS意识的网络机器人遥操作系统体系结构进行了深入、广泛的研究和探讨。就现有的基于Internet的机器人遥操作系统存在的缺乏对网络可用带宽的适应、缺乏多数据流协调等问题，提出了一种针对网络机器人遥操作系统的端到端QOS自适应体系结构AeQTA o在Internet QoS整体工程尚未完全启动的情况下，AeQTA的目的是将QOS的方法和策略尽量移植到端系统上，在端系统上提供QOS配置接口，实施QOS驱动的控制和管理策略，实现最大的网络效率、最可能好的应用性能和合理的业务流间资源分配的和谐统一。从时钟同步、速率控制、拥塞控制、多传感器信息同步和端到端的调度等几个方面剖析了基于Internet的机器人遥操作系统的协调和同步问题。针对NC S系统的同步容限的量化问题，提出了NCS多传感器反馈中的同步距离的概念和定义。然后，根据基于公式的、TCP－友好的速率控制的基本思路，结合使用应用需求QOS和网络QOS两种尺度调节的基于主媒体流的表象同步方法，将多传感器信息同步和速率控制统一起来，提出了一种速率控制方法TTFRC，提高了系统的实时性和TCP－友好性。为了给基于Internet的机器人遥操作系统研究提供一个真实的实验环境，为相关的策略和算法提供验证平台，我们建立了一个开放的、灵活的、可移植的、可裁减的且成本低的MOMR原型系统。目前，该原型系统已经为基于Internet的机器人遥操作系统深入的理论研究和实际经验积累做出了很大贡献。并且，在此基础上，由中国科学院沈阳自动化研究所和香港中文大学合作，己于2402年1月通过Internet实现了沈阳—香港—密西根三地的MONM远程协作。力求控制工程和计算机网络工程等多学科的结合是本论文工作的努力方向。

可重构车间管理系统的关键设计技术研究

介绍了一个基于组件的可重构车间管理系统,分别从建模方法、体系结构和组件设计等角度描述了系统的设计思想,并阐述了系统涉及的组件分类、组件粒度划分及XML的应用等关键设计技术。开发的可重构车间管理系统已经用于沈阳第一机床厂两个不同类型生产车间的管理,应用效果良好。

Cloud Computing - health care's silver lining.

Cloud computing is the technology prescription that will help the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) beat the budget constraints imposed as a consequence of the credit crunch. The internet based shared data and services resource will revolutionise the management of medical records and patient information while saving the NHS millions of pounds.

Experimental study of quantum dot and dash lasers

Quantum dashes are elongated quantum dots. Polarized edge-photovoltage and spontaneous emission spectroscopy are used to study the anisotropy of optical properties in 1.5μm InGaAsP and AlGaInAs-based quantum dash lasers. Strain, which causes TM-polarized transitions to be suppressed at the band edge, coupled with carrier confinement and dash shape leads to an enhancement of the optical properties for light polarized along the dash long axis, in excellent agreement with theoretical results. An analysis of the integrated facet and spontaneous emission rate with total current and temperature reveals that, in both undoped and p-doped InGaAsP-based quantum dash lasers at room temperature, the threshold current and its temperature dependence remain dominated by Auger recombination. We also identify two processes which can limit the output power and propose that the effects of the dopant in p-doped InGaAsP-based lasers dominate at low temperature but decrease with increasing temperature. A high threshold current density in undoped AlGaInAs-based quantum dash laser samples studied, which degrade rapidly at low temperature, is not due to intrinsic carrier recombination processes. 1.3μm GaAs-based quantum dots lasers have been widely studied, but there remains issues as to the nature of the electronic structure. Polarized edge-photovoltage spectroscopy is used to investigate the energy distribution and nature of the energy states in InAs/GaAs quantum dot material. A non-negligible TM-polarized transition, which is often neglected in calculations and analyses, is measured close to the main TE-polarized ground state transition. Theory is in very good agreement with the experimental results and indicates that the measured low-energy TM-polarized transition is due to the strong spatial overlap between the ground state electron and the light-hole component of a low-lying excited hole state. Further calculations suggest that the TM-polarized transition reduces at the band edge as the quantum dot aspect ratio decreases.

Research and design of high-speed advanced analogue front-ends for fibre-optic transmission systems

In the last decade, we have witnessed the emergence of large, warehouse-scale data centres which have enabled new internet-based software applications such as cloud computing, search engines, social media, e-government etc. Such data centres consist of large collections of servers interconnected using short-reach (reach up to a few hundred meters) optical interconnect. Today, transceivers for these applications achieve up to 100Gb/s by multiplexing 10x 10Gb/s or 4x 25Gb/s channels. In the near future however, data centre operators have expressed a need for optical links which can support 400Gb/s up to 1Tb/s. The crucial challenge is to achieve this in the same footprint (same transceiver module) and with similar power consumption as today’s technology. Straightforward scaling of the currently used space or wavelength division multiplexing may be difficult to achieve: indeed a 1Tb/s transceiver would require integration of 40 VCSELs (vertical cavity surface emitting laser diode, widely used for short‐reach optical interconnect), 40 photodiodes and the electronics operating at 25Gb/s in the same module as today’s 100Gb/s transceiver. Pushing the bit rate on such links beyond today’s commercially available 100Gb/s/fibre will require new generations of VCSELs and their driver and receiver electronics. This work looks into a number of state‐of-the-art technologies and investigates their performance restraints and recommends different set of designs, specifically targeting multilevel modulation formats. Several methods to extend the bandwidth using deep submicron (65nm and 28nm) CMOS technology are explored in this work, while also maintaining a focus upon reducing power consumption and chip area. The techniques used were pre-emphasis in rising and falling edges of the signal and bandwidth extensions by inductive peaking and different local feedback techniques. These techniques have been applied to a transmitter and receiver developed for advanced modulation formats such as PAM-4 (4 level pulse amplitude modulation). Such modulation format can increase the throughput per individual channel, which helps to overcome the challenges mentioned above to realize 400Gb/s to 1Tb/s transceivers.

Exploring the relationship between social network sites and the consumption of cultural goods through the lens of affordances

This thesis presents research theorising the use of social network sites (SNS) for the consumption of cultural goods. SNS are Internet-based applications that enable people to connect, interact, discover, and share user-generated content. They have transformed communication practices and are facilitating users to present their identity online through the disclosure of information on a profile. SNS are especially effective for propagating content far and wide within a network of connections. Cultural goods constitute hedonic experiential goods with cultural, artistic, and entertainment value, such as music, books, films, and fashion. Their consumption is culturally dependant and they have unique characteristics that distinguish them from utilitarian products. The way in which users express their identity on SNS is through the sharing of cultural interests and tastes. This makes cultural good consumption vulnerable to the exchange of content and ideas that occurs across an expansive network of connections within these social systems. This study proposes the lens of affordances to theorise the use of social network sites for the consumption of cultural goods. Qualitative case study research using two phases of data collection is proposed in the application of affordances to the research topic. The interaction between task, technology, and user characteristics is investigated by examining each characteristic in detail, before investigating the actual interaction between the user and the artifact for a particular purpose. The study contributes to knowledge by (i) improving our understanding of the affordances of social network sites for the consumption of cultural goods, (ii) demonstrating the role of task, technology and user characteristics in mediating user behaviour for user-artifact interactions, (iii) explaining the technical features and user activities important to the process of consuming cultural goods using social network sites, and (iv) theorising the consumption of cultural goods using SNS by presenting a theoretical research model which identifies empirical indicators of model constructs and maps out affordance dependencies and hierarchies. The study also provides a systematic research process for applying the concept of affordances to the study of system use.

Adaptive intervention design in mobile health: Intervention design and development in the Cell Phone Intervention for You trial.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The obesity epidemic has spread to young adults, and obesity is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The prominence and increasing functionality of mobile phones may provide an opportunity to deliver longitudinal and scalable weight management interventions in young adults. The aim of this article is to describe the design and development of the intervention tested in the Cell Phone Intervention for You study and to highlight the importance of adaptive intervention design that made it possible. The Cell Phone Intervention for You study was a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-sponsored, controlled, 24-month randomized clinical trial comparing two active interventions to a usual-care control group. Participants were 365 overweight or obese (body mass index≥25 kg/m2) young adults. METHODS: Both active interventions were designed based on social cognitive theory and incorporated techniques for behavioral self-management and motivational enhancement. Initial intervention development occurred during a 1-year formative phase utilizing focus groups and iterative, participatory design. During the intervention testing, adaptive intervention design, where an intervention is updated or extended throughout a trial while assuring the delivery of exactly the same intervention to each cohort, was employed. The adaptive intervention design strategy distributed technical work and allowed introduction of novel components in phases intended to help promote and sustain participant engagement. Adaptive intervention design was made possible by exploiting the mobile phone's remote data capabilities so that adoption of particular application components could be continuously monitored and components subsequently added or updated remotely. RESULTS: The cell phone intervention was delivered almost entirely via cell phone and was always-present, proactive, and interactive-providing passive and active reminders, frequent opportunities for knowledge dissemination, and multiple tools for self-tracking and receiving tailored feedback. The intervention changed over 2 years to promote and sustain engagement. The personal coaching intervention, alternatively, was primarily personal coaching with trained coaches based on a proven intervention, enhanced with a mobile application, but where all interactions with the technology were participant-initiated. CONCLUSION: The complexity and length of the technology-based randomized clinical trial created challenges in engagement and technology adaptation, which were generally discovered using novel remote monitoring technology and addressed using the adaptive intervention design. Investigators should plan to develop tools and procedures that explicitly support continuous remote monitoring of interventions to support adaptive intervention design in long-term, technology-based studies, as well as developing the interventions themselves.

Mechanistic-based Design-Integrated Reliability Validation Framework for Mechanical Systems

Abstract: New product design challenges, related to customer needs, product usage and environments, face companies when they expand their product offerings to new markets; Some of the main challenges are: the lack of quantifiable information, product experience and field data. Designing reliable products under such challenges requires flexible reliability assessment processes that can capture the variables and parameters affecting the product overall reliability and allow different design scenarios to be assessed. These challenges also suggest a mechanistic (Physics of Failure-PoF) reliability approach would be a suitable framework to be used for reliability assessment. Mechanistic Reliability recognizes the primary factors affecting design reliability. This research views the designed entity as a “system of components required to deliver specific operations”; it addresses the above mentioned challenges by; Firstly: developing a design synthesis that allows a descriptive operations/ system components relationships to be realized; Secondly: developing component’s mathematical damage models that evaluate components Time to Failure (TTF) distributions given: 1) the descriptive design model, 2) customer usage knowledge and 3) design material properties; Lastly: developing a procedure that integrates components’ damage models to assess the mechanical system’s reliability over time. Analytical and numerical simulation models were developed to capture the relationships between operations and components, the mathematical damage models and the assessment of system’s reliability. The process was able to affect the design form during the conceptual design phase by providing stress goals to meet component’s reliability target. The process was able to numerically assess the reliability of a system based on component’s mechanistic TTF distributions, besides affecting the design of the component during the design embodiment phase. The process was used to assess the reliability of an internal combustion engine manifold during design phase; results were compared to reliability field data and found to produce conservative reliability results. The research focused on mechanical systems, affected by independent mechanical failure mechanisms that are influenced by the design process. Assembly and manufacturing stresses and defects’ influences are not a focus of this research.