The Disturbance of Inductive Proximity Sensor for Mobile Robot

2014 ◽  
Vol 1079-1080 ◽  
pp. 909-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsing Tshih Tsung ◽  
Thi Khanh Tang ◽  
Nguyen Hoai

Non-contactingproximity sensors are widely promoted for position detection through determiningthe distance between sensor and object. Besides, the usage of non-contactinginductive proximity sensors for object detections such as finding non-ferrousand ferrous metal tape is the popular technique in mobile robots. Most of thetechnology uses simple HF- oscillation principle as an inductive proximitysensor (IPS) with a decrease in the quality of the oscillator circuit’selectromagnetic to find the tape. By applying this technique, the externalfactors may cause negative effects to systemperformance. To overcome this situation, we set up a hand measurement withinductive proximity sensors and two tapes, meanwhile main tape and disturbingtape are separated by an obstruction sheet. After measuring, dataresults are used to analyze the influence of the obstruction sheet thickness anddisturbance tape to the noise in received signals. The research isthe fundament for further applications, based on inductive proximity sensor formobile robot that could be more robust against noises and disturbances.

rahatulquloob ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 69-81
Author(s):  
Farzana Shaheen ◽  
Dr. Syed Bacha Agha

Media often hypes the basic facts or information and presents them so as to increase the superficial appeal of things. The negative effects of media are seen in terms of media changing the people’s outlook on life. Media have changed the cultural and moral values of society. A majority of the audiences believe in what is depicted by the media. The negative effects of media in particular on children are manifested in terms of their changing mental set-up and the declining quality of their lifestyle. The media that is easily accessible to even small children exposes them to things they need not know and will not understand. This article explains deeply about the Negative effects of media on Society.


1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Kiyoshi Komoriya ◽  

Mobility, or locomotion, is as important a function for robots as manipulation. A robot can enlarge its work space by locomotion. It can also recognize its environment well with its sensors by moving around and by observing its surroundings from various directions. Much researches has been done on mobile robots and the research appears to be mature. Research activity on robot mobility is still very active; for example, 22% of the sessions at ICRA'98 - the International Conference on Robotics and Automation - and 24% of the sessions at IROS'98 - the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - dealt with issues directly related to mobile robots. One of the main reasons may be that intelligent mobile robots are thought to be the closest position to autonomous robot applications. This special issue focuses on a variety of mobile robot research from mobile mechanisms, localization, and navigation to remote control through networks. The first paper, entitled ""Control of an Omnidirectional Vehicle with Multiple Modular Steerable Drive Wheels,"" by M. Hashimoto et al., deals with locomotion mechanisms. They propose an omnidirectional mobile mechanism consisting of modular steerable drive wheels. The omnidirectional function of mobile mechanisms will be an important part of the human-friendly robot in the near future to realize flexible movements in indoor environments. The next three papers focus on audiovisual sensing to localize and navigate a robot. The second paper, entitled ""High-Speed Measurement of Normal Wall Direction by Ultrasonic Sensor,"" by A. Ohya et al., proposes a method to measure the normal direction of walls by ultrasonic array sensor. The third paper, entitled ""Self-Position Detection System Using a Visual-Sensor for Mobile Robots,"" is written by T. Tanaka et al. In their method, the position of the robot is decided by measuring marks such as name plates and fire alarm lamps by visual sensor. In the fourth paper, entitled ""Development of Ultra-Wide-Angle Laser Range Sensor and Navigation of a Mobile Robot in a Corridor Environment,"" written by Y Ando et al., a very wide view-angle sensor is realized using 5 laser fan beam projectors and 3 CCD cameras. The next three papers discussing navigation problems. The fifth paper, entitled ""Autonomous Navigation of an Intelligent Vehicle Using 1-Dimensional Optical Flow,"" by M. Yamada and K. Nakazawa, discusses navigation based on visual feedback. In this work, navigation is realized by general and qualitative knowledge of the environment. The sixth paper, entitled ""Development of Sensor-Based Navigation for Mobile Robots Using Target Direction Sensor,"" by M. Yamamoto et al., proposes a new sensor-based navigation algorithm in an unknown obstacle environment. The seventh paper, entitled ""Navigation Based on Vision and DGPS Information for Mobile Robots,"" S. Kotani et al., describes a navigation system for an autonomous mobile robot in an outdoor environment. The unique point of their paper is the utilization of landmarks and a differential global positioning system to determine robot position and orientation. The last paper deals with the relationship between the mobile robot and computer networks. The paper, entitled ""Direct Mobile Robot Teleoperation via Internet,"" by K. Kawabata et al., proposes direct teleoperation of a mobile robot via the Internet. Such network-based robotics will be an important field in robotics application. We sincerely thank all of the contributors to this special issue for their cooperation from the planning stage to the review process. Many thanks also go to the reviewers for their excellent work. We will be most happy if this issue aids readers in understanding recent trends in mobile robot research and furthers interest in this research field.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 4332
Author(s):  
Thejus Pathmakumar ◽  
Manivannan Kalimuthu ◽  
Mohan Rajesh Elara ◽  
Balakrishnan Ramalingam

Cleaning is an important factor in most aspects of our day-to-day life. This research work brings a solution to the fundamental question of “How clean is clean” by introducing a novel framework for auditing the cleanliness of built infrastructure using mobile robots. The proposed system presents a strategy for assessing the quality of cleaning in a given area and a novel exploration strategy that facilitates the auditing in a given location by a mobile robot. An audit sensor that works by the “touch and inspect” analogy that assigns an audit score corresponds to its area of inspection has been developed. A vision-based dirt-probability-driven exploration is proposed to empower a mobile robot with an audit sensor on-board to perform auditing tasks effectively. The quality of cleaning is quantified using a dirt density map representing location-wise audit scores, dirt distribution pattern obtained by kernel density estimation, and cleaning benchmark score representing the extent of cleanliness. The framework is realized in an in-house developed audit robot to perform the cleaning audit in indoor and semi-outdoor environments. The proposed method is validated by experiment trials to estimate the cleanliness in five different locations using the developed audit sensor and dirt-probability-driven exploration.


2013 ◽  
Vol 339 ◽  
pp. 205-210
Author(s):  
Tsing Tshih Tsung ◽  
Yu Chieh Chang ◽  
Tien Li Chen

This paper presents an innovative Method to Measure Errors Of Mobile Robots Location. The innovative method is composed of a Laser pointer with Optical cross mark and a Grid paper (LOG method). The errors of a mobile robots location are included the precision and accuracy of the translation and rotation. Using the measured errors, the performance of a mobile robot can be evaluated. The Mecanum wheel is a conventional wheel with a series of rollers attached to its circumference and can move in any direction. In this research, the three encoders are used on a mobile robot with three Mecanum wheels. The three Mecanum wheels are mounted on the robot round frame as a base of the moving platform. Mecanum wheels are independently powered using three units of precisian gear DC motors and the wheel/motor assemblies were mounted directly to the robot round frame. The slip occurs always by the rollers attached to conventional wheel's circumference. The force modeling and the innovative evaluating system for the precision and accuracy of the translation and rotation is focused on this research. By using a laser pointer with cross optical mark and a sheet of mm grid paper on the mobile robot, a fast and stable testing set up for the precision and accuracy of the translation and rotation is build. Through LOG method, and according certain testing process the precision and accuracy of the translation and rotation of a mobile robot can be fast evaluated and analyzed, respectively. The experiment result shows that the mobile robot moves sideways the distance from 0.25m to1.5m at the speed 1m/s fast, stable and easily to finish. The error of translation and rotation of the mobile robot can be fast determined respectively. And the performance of a mobile robot can be fast evaluated by every run at the stop localization immediately.


2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-134
Author(s):  
Salah A.M. Elmoselhy

AbstractLean design and agile design paradigms have been proposed for designing robots; yet, none of them could strike a balance between cost-effectiveness and short duration of the design process without compromising the quality of performance. The present article identifies the key determinants of the mobile robots development process. It also identifies empirically the mobile robot design activities and strategies with the most influence on mobile robot performance. The study identified statistically the mobile robot design activities and strategies most positively correlated with mobile robot performance. The results showed that 65% of typical mobile robot design activities and strategies are affiliated with the lean design paradigm, while the remaining 35% are affiliated with the agile design paradigm. In addition, it was found that 22% of the lean mobile robot design activities and strategies and 25% of the agile mobile robot design activities and strategies, significantly with 99% confidence, are among the design activities and strategies most positively correlated with improving mobile robot performance. A hybrid lean-agile design paradigm is thus proposed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 404 ◽  
pp. 502-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsing Tshih Tsung ◽  
Hoai Nguyen

For a control system, the static performance of a sensor is always a milestone of dynamic performance of the system. The static performance of a proximity switch plays an important role due to it affects the dynamic properties quality of a mobile robot and the results of dynamic identification. A proximity switch is a common sensor to search a metal guideline for a mobile robot. If the signal of a proximity switch is unstable or noise, it is more disturbance for a mobile robot control. Hence, a static performance evaluation of a proximity switch is basic technology for a mobile robot and will be proposed in this paper. When a proximity switch is used to search a signal of a metal tape as guideline for a mobile robot, there are giant effect so different metals such as diamagnetism, paramagnetism and ferromagnetism in materials. In this paper, the hand-made measurement system is successful development, and 6 types of metals are measured. Through measurement, the static performance of a proximity switch can be fast evaluated and analyzed, respectively. The experiment result shows that the signals of diamagnetism, paramagnetism and ferromagnetism metal tape in materials are giant differences. By using the developed measurement system of this study, the effects of different metals can be fast determined respectively. And base on this static performance, the dynamic performance of a proximity switch can be fast and precisely evaluated. Determining how to rapidly and efficiently control a mobile robot therefore becomes the key point in using the measurement technique of static performance.


1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Takayuki Tanaka ◽  
◽  
Yasunori Yamazaki ◽  
Hiroki Watanabe ◽  
Takeshi Katae ◽  
...  

We have been developing an intelligent mobile robot for use as an office building secretary or aid during the day and a security guard or maintenance engineer, e.g., for cleaning floors, at night. Since the robot works and moves autonomously among people in an office environment, it must be able to recognize its own location and environment. We proposed two types of self-positoin detection based on a visual sensor. One is global self-positioning (GSP) by recognizing a room number. The other is local self-positioning (LSP) calculating the relationship between the robot and three light landmarks such as two exit lamps and a fire hydrant lamp in corridors. Experiments verified the effectiveness of the robot's self-position detection.


2020 ◽  
pp. 92-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Bakhtigaraeva ◽  
A. A. Stavinskaya

The article considers the role of trust in the economy, the mechanisms of its accumulation and the possibility of using it as one of the growth factors in the future. The advantages and disadvantages of measuring the level of generalized trust using two alternative questions — about trusting people in general and trusting strangers — are analyzed. The results of the analysis of dynamics of the level of generalized trust among Russian youth, obtained within the study of the Institute for National Projects in 10 regions of Russia, are presented. It is shown that there are no significant changes in trust in people in general during the study at university. At the same time, the level of trust in strangers falls, which can negatively affect the level of trust in the country as a whole, and as a result have negative effects on the development of the economy in the future. Possible causes of the observed trends and the role of universities are discussed. Also the question about the connection between the level of education and generalized trust in countries with different quality of the institutional environment is raised.


At production of fabrics, including fabrics for agricultural purpose, an important role is played by the cor-rect adjustment of operation of machine main regulator. The quality of setup of machine main controller is determined by the proper selection of rotation angle of warp beam weaving per one filling thread. In the pro-cess of using the regulator as a result of mistakes in adjustment, wear of transmission gear and backlashes in connections of details there are random changes in threads length. The purpose of the article is the research of property of random errors of basis giving by STB machine regulator. Mistakes can be both negative, and positive. In case of emergence only negative or only positive mistakes operation of the machine becomes im-possible as there will be a consecutive accumulation of mistakes. As a result of experimental data processing for stable process of weaving and the invariable diameter of basis threads winding of threads it is revealed that the random error of giving is set up as linear function of the accidental length having normal distribution. Measurements of accidental deviations in giving of a basis by the main regulator allowed to construct a curve of normal distribution of its actual length for one pass of weft thread. The presented curve of distribution of random errors in giving of a basis is the displaced curve of normal distribution of the accidental sizes. Also we define the density of probability of normal distribution of basis giving errors connected with a margin er-ror operation of the main regulator knowing of which allows to plan ways of their decrease that is important for improvement of quality of the produced fabrics.


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