Participação Assistida Por Computador (Pac) Para Arquitetura E Urbanismo: Uma Aproximação

a arquitetura e o urbanismo não tinham como escapar da avassaladora mediação tecnológica nos processos produtivos e nas interações humanas, numa evolução que vem desde a automação parcial da tecelagem no século XVIII até as sofisticadas próteses biomédicas atuais fabricadas com 3D Printing. A mediação digital para processos de tomada de decisão na forma de democracia digital nos campos onde a espacialidade e o imaginário cidadão jogam um papel decisivo (arquitetura, urbanismo, promoção imobiliária, videogames, filmes e animações interativas) vem abrindo umas possibilidades ainda pouco exploradas. Este artigo propõe uma aproximação a este campo de forças digitais a partir do trabalho pioneiro do escritório holandês BBVH

Cooperative Task Execution between Modular Robots Based on Tight-Loose Cooperation Strategies

The complexity in the execution of cooperative tasks is high due to the fact that a robot team requires movement coordination at the beginning of the mission and continuous coordination during the execution of the task. A variety of techniques have been proposed to give a solution to this problem assuming standard mobile robots. This work focuses on presenting the execution of a cooperative task by a modular robot team. The complexity of the task execution increases due to the fact that each robot is composed of modules which have to be coordinated in a proper way to successfully work. A combined tight and loose cooperation strategy is presented and a bar-pushing example is used as a cooperative task to show the performance of this type of system.

Modular Planar Antenna at X-band for satellite communications

An antenna which has been conceived as a portable system for satellite communications based on the recommendations ITU-R S.580-6 [1] and ITU-R S.465-5 [2] for small antennas, i.e., with a diameter lower than 50 wavelengths, is introduced. It is a planar and a compact structure with a size of 40×40×2 cm. The antenna is formed by an array of 256 printed elements covering a large bandwidth (14.7%) at X-Band. The specification includes transmission (Tx) and reception (Rx) bands simultaneously. The printed antenna has a radiation pattern with a 3dB beamwidth of 5°, over a 31dBi gain, and a dual and an interchangeable circular polarization