Clasificación de sujetos según el control motor de la extremidad superior en Neurorrehabilitación Funcional

El presente trabajo propone la aplicación de las redes neuronales artificiales (RNA) en la comparación del movimiento de la extremidad superior entre sujetos con Daño Cerebral Adquirido y sujetos sanos. La finalidad de esta comparación es clasificar a los sujetos según su control motor para posteriormente emitir una valoración funcional del movimiento como parte de un método de evaluación objetiva en neurorrehabiliatación funcional de extremidad superior. Para realizar esta comparación se propone un método en el que se aplica un pre-procesado a los datos usando análisis de componentes principales (ACP) para reducir la dimensión de los mismos y entrenar la red. Fueron evaluadas diferentes estructuras de redes. El resultado obtenido con el método propuesto fue de un 95.65% de exactitud en la clasificación. Este resultado permite certificar el uso de las RNAs como una opción viable para la evaluación disfuncional del movimiento de sujetos sanos y con DCA. Esta investigación puede ser considerada como un estudio piloto para investigaciones en mayor profundidad que corroboren estos resultados.

Sistema de control para optimizar la eficiencia de un equipo fotovoltaico de bombeo directo accionado por un motor de inducción

El objetivo principal está recogido en el título de la Tesis. Ampliando éste para hacerlo más explícito, puede decirse que se trata de “desarrollar un sistema de control para que una instalación fotovoltaica de bombeo directo con una bomba centrífuga accionada por un motor de inducción trabaje de la forma más eficiente posible”. Para lograr ese propósito se establecieron los siguientes objetivos específicos: 1. Diseñar y construir un prototipo de instalación fotovoltaica de bombeo directo que utilice principalmente elementos de bajo coste y alta fiabilidad. Para cumplir esos requisitos la instalación consta de un generador fotovoltaico con módulos de silicio monocristalino, una bomba centrífuga accionada por un motor de inducción y un inversor que controla vectorialmente el motor. Los módulos de silicio monocristalino, el motor asíncrono y la bomba centrífuga son, en sus respectivas categorías, los elementos más robustos y fiables que existen, pudiendo ser adquiridos, instalados e incluso reparados (el motor y la bomba) por personas con una mínima formación técnica en casi cualquier lugar del mundo. El inversor no es tan fiable ni fácil de reparar. Ahora bien, para optimizar la potencia que entrega el generador y tener algún tipo de control sobre el motor se necesita al menos un convertidor electrónico. Por tanto, la inclusión del inversor en el sistema no reduce su fiabilidad ni supone un aumento del coste. La exigencia de que el inversor pueda realizar el control vectorial del motor responde a la necesidad de optimizar tanto la operación del conjunto motor-bomba como la del generador fotovoltaico. Como más adelante se indica, lograr esa optimización es otro de los objetivos que se plantea. 2. Reducir al mínimo el número de elementos de medida y control que necesita el sistema para su operación (sensorless control). Con ello se persigue aumentar la robustez y fiabilidad del sistema y reducir sus operaciones de mantenimiento, buscando que sea lo más económico posible. Para ello se deben evitar todas las medidas que pudieran ser redundantes, tomando datos sólo de las variables eléctricas que no pueden obtenerse de otra forma (tensión e intensidad en corriente continua y dos intensidades en corriente alterna) y estimando la velocidad del rotor (en vez de medirla con un encoder u otro dispositivo equivalente). 3. Estudiar posibles formas de mejorar el diseño y la eficiencia de estas instalaciones. Se trata de establecer criterios para seleccionar los dispositivos mas eficientes o con mejor respuesta, de buscar las condiciones para la operación óptima, de corregir problemas de desacoplo entre subsistemas, etc. Mediante el análisis de cada una de las partes de las que consta la instalación se plantearán estrategias para minimizar pérdidas, pautas que permitan identificar los elementos más óptimos y procedimientos de control para que la operación del sistema pueda alcanzar la mayor eficiente posible. 4. Implementar un modelo de simulación del sistema sobre el que ensayar las estrategias de control que sean susceptibles de llevar a la práctica. Para modelar el generador fotovoltaico se requiere un conjunto de parámetros que es necesario estimar previamente a partir de datos obtenidos de los catálogos de los módulos a utilizar o mediante ensayos. Igual sucede con los parámetros para modelar el motor. Como se pretende que el motor trabaje siempre con la máxima eficiencia será necesario realizar su control vectorial, por lo que el modelo que se implemente debe ser también vectorial. Ahora bien, en el modelo vectorial estándar que normalmente se utiliza en los esquemas de control se consideran nulas las pérdidas en el hierro, por lo que sólo se podrá utilizar ese modelo para evaluar la eficiencia del motor si previamente se modifica para que incluya el efecto de dichas pérdidas. 5. Desarrollar un procedimiento de control para que el inversor consiga que el motor trabaje con mínimas pérdidas y a la vez el generador entregue la máxima potencia. Tal como se ha mencionado en el primer objetivo, se trata de establecer un procedimiento de control que determine las señales de consigna más convenientes para que el inversor pueda imponer en cada momento al motor las corrientes de estator para las que sus pérdidas son mínimas. Al mismo tiempo el procedimiento de control debe ser capaz de variar las señales de consigna que recibe el inversor para que éste pueda hacer que el motor demande más o menos potencia al generador fotovoltaico. Actuando de esa forma se puede lograr que el generador fotovoltaico trabaje entregando la máxima potencia. El procedimiento de control desarrollado se implementará en un DSP encargado de generar las señales de referencia que el inversor debe imponer al motor para que trabaje con mínimas pérdidas y a la vez el generador fotovoltaico entregue la máxima potencia.

Single neuron control over a complex motor program.

While there are many instances of single neurons that can drive rhythmic stimulus-elicited motor programs, such neurons have seldom been found to be necessary for motor program function. In the isolated central nervous system of the marine mollusc Tritonia diomedea, brief stimulation (1 sec) of a peripheral nerve activates an interneuronal central pattern generator that produces the long-lasting (approximately 30-60 sec) motor program underlying the animal's rhythmic escape swim. Here, we identify a single interneuron, DRI (for dorsal ramp interneuron), that (i) conveys the sensory information from this stimulus to the swim central pattern generator, (ii) elicits the swim motor program when driven with intracellular stimulation, and (iii) blocks the depolarizing "ramp" input to the central pattern generator, and consequently the motor program itself, when hyperpolarized during the nerve stimulus. Because most of the sensory information appears to be funneled through this one neuron as it enters the pattern generator, DRI presents a striking example of single neuron control over a complex motor circuit.

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Modelling and control of a hybrid stepping motor

The integration of a microprocessor and a medium power stepper motor in one control system brings together two quite different disciplines. Various methods of interfacing are examined and the problems involved in both hardware and software manipulation are investigated. Microprocessor open-loop control of the stepper motor is considered. The possible advantages of microprocessor closed-loop control are examined and the development of a system is detailed. The system uses position feedback to initiate each motor step. Results of the dynamic response of the system are presented and its performance discussed. Applications of the static torque characteristic of the stepper motor are considered followed by a review of methods of predicting the characteristic. This shows that accurate results are possible only when the effects of magnetic saturation are avoided or when the machine is available for magnetic circuit tests to be carried out. A new method of predicting the static torque characteristic is explained in detail. The method described uses the machine geometry and the magnetic characteristics of the iron types used in the machine. From this information the permeance of each iron component of the machine is calculated and by using the equivalent magnetic circuit of the machine, the total torque produced is predicted. It is shown how this new method is implemented on a digital computer and how the model may be used to investigate further aspects of the stepper motor in addition to the static torque.

Simulation and control of a stepping motor

Open-loop operatlon of the stepping motor exploits the inherent advantages of the machine. For near optimum operation: in this mode, however, an accurate system model is required to facilitate controller design. Such a model must be comprehensive and take account of the non-linearities inherent in the system. The result is a complex formulation which can be made manageable with a computational aid. A digital simulation of a hybrid type stepping motor and its associated drive circuit is proposed. The simulation is based upon a block diagram model which includes reasonable approximations to the major non-linearities. The simulation is shown to yield accurate performance predictions. The determination of the transfer functions is based upon the consideration of the physical processes involved rather than upon direct input-outout measurements. The effects of eddy currents, saturation, hysteresis, drive circuit characteristics and non-linear torque displacement characteristics are considered and methods of determining transfer functions, which take account of these effects, are offered. The static torque displacement characteristic is considered in detail and a model is proposed which predicts static torque for any combination of phase currents and shaft position. Methods of predicting the characteristic directly from machine geometry are investigated. Drive circuit design for high efficiency operation is considered and a model of a bipolar, bilevel circuit is proposed. The transfers between stator voltage and stator current and between stator current and air gap flux are complicated by the effects of eddy currents, saturation and hysteresis. Frequency response methods, combined with average inductance measurements, are shown to yield reasonable transfer functions. The modelling procedure and subsequent digital simulation is concluded to be a powerful method of non-linear analysis.

Frontoparietal control of spatial attention and motor intention in human EEG

Relations between spatial attention and motor intention were investigated by means of an EEG potential elicited by shifting attention to a location in space as well as by the selection of a hand for responding. High-density recordings traced this potential to a common frontoparietal network activated by attentional orienting and by response selection. Within this network, parietal and frontal cortex were activated sequentially, followed by an anterior-to-posterior migration of activity culminating in the lateral occipital cortex. Based on temporal and polarity information provided by EEG, we hypothesize that the frontoparietal activation, evoked by directional information, updates a task-defined preparatory state by deselecting or inhibiting the behavioral option competing with the cued response side or the cued direction of attention. These results from human EEG demonstrate a direct EEG manifestation of the frontoparietal attention network previously identified in functional imaging. EEG reveals the time course of activation within this network and elucidates the generation and function of associated directing-attention EEG potentials. The results emphasize transient activation and a decision-related function of the frontoparietal attention network, contrasting with the sustained preparatory activation that is commonly inferred from neuroimaging.

The control of technological change in the motor industry:a case study

This thesis is based upon a case study of the introduction of automated production technologies at the Longbridge plant of British Leyland in the period 1978 to 1980.The investment in automation was part of an overall programme of modernization to manufacture the new 'Mini Metro' model. In the first Section of the thesis, the different theoretical perspectives on technological change are discussed. Particular emphasis is placed upon the social role of management as the primary controllers of technological change. Their actions are seen to be oriented towards the overall strategy of the firm, integrating the firm's competitive strategy with production methods and techniques.This analysis is grounded in an examination of British Leyland's strategies during the 1970s.. The greater part of the thesis deals with the efforts made by management to secure their strategic objectives in the process of technological change against the conflicting claims of their work-force. Examination of these efforts is linked to the development of industrial relations conflict at Longbridge and in British Leyland as a whole.Emphasis is placed upon the struggle between management in pursuit of their version of efficiency and the trade unions in defence of job controls and demarcations. The thesis concludes that the process of technological change in the motor industry is controlled by social forces,with the introduction of new technologies being closely intertwined with management!s political relations with the trade unions.

Design and flux-weakening control of an interior permanent magnet synchronous motor for electric vehicles

Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) provide a competitive technology for EV traction drives owing to their high power density and high efficiency. In this paper, three types of interior PMSMs with different PM arrangements are modeled by the finite element method (FEM). For a given amount of permanent magnet materials, the V shape interior PMSM is found better than the U-shape and the conventional rotor topologies for EV traction drives. Then the V shape interior PMSM is further analyzed with the effects of stator slot opening and the permanent magnet pole chamfering on cogging torque and output torque performance. A vector-controlled flux-weakening method is developed and simulated in matlab to expand the motor speed range for EV drive system. The results show good dynamic and steady-state performance with a capability of expanding speed up to 4 times of the rated. A prototype of the V shape interior PMSM is also manufactured and tested to validate the numerical models built by the finite element method.