2022
Autores
Dias, Paloma; Brito, Thadeu; Lopes, Luís; Lima, José;
Publicação
CIEEMAT 2022 VII Ibero-American Congress on Entrepreneurship, Energy, Environment and Technology
Abstract
In the current energy context, alternatives are sought that provide a more conscious use of energy and the development of technology aimed at efficiently meeting the needs of energy consumers and the utility company. In this scenario, smart systems for monitoring and controlling the energy consumption of residential loads stand out. In [1], the authors worked on a system from which the user could monitor their energy consumption in real time. Through a website, the consumer accessed their information using visualizations in graphics, for example. Consumption data was obtained by a smart plug. Furthermore, the option to remotely turn devices on and off has been included in the system so that the user has the ease of controlling their devices.
2022
Autores
Martins, Danilo M.D.; Silva, Felipe G.; Sena, Inês; Lima, Laíres A.; Fernandes, Florbela P.; Pacheco, Maria F.; Vaz, Clara B.; Lima, José; Pereira, Ana I.;
Publicação
2nd Symposium of Applied Science for Young Researchers
Abstract
Workplace accidents are a concern for companies nowadays and can occur due to internal and external factors of the company. Thereby, several strategies are developed to predict and minimize the hazards in this environment. Companies resort to intelligent solutions, such as predictive analytics, aiming to increase productivity while ensuring safety in the work environment. In terms of accident prediction analysis, different input data are needed to ensure the accuracy of a predictive model. Therefore, this study aims to automatic collect and pre-process data from holidays for subsequent implementation in an accident-oriented predictive model to demonstrate its relevance in predicting accidents in the workplace.
2022
Autores
Santos, MF; Honorio, LM; Moreira, APGM; Garcia, PAN; Silva, MF; Vidal, VF;
Publicação
ISA TRANSACTIONS
Abstract
Autonomous Robots with multiple directional thrusters are normally over-actuated systems that require nonlinear control allocation methods to map the forces that drive the robot's dynamics and act as virtual control variables to the actuators. This process demands computational efforts that, sometimes, are not available in small robotic platforms. The present paper introduces a new control allocation approach with fast convergence, high accuracy, and dealing with complex nonlinear problems, especially in embedded systems. The adopted approach divides the desired nonlinear system into coupled linear problems. For that purpose, the Real Actions (RAs) and Virtual Control Variables (VCVs) are broke in two or more sets each. While the RA subsets are designed to linearize the system according to different input subspaces, the VCV is designed to be partially coupled to overlap the output subspaces. This approach generates smaller linear systems with fast and robust convergence used sequentially to solve nonlinear allocation problems. This methodology is assessed in mathematical tutorial cases and over-actuated UAV simulations.
2022
Autores
Costa, GD; Petry, MR; Moreira, AP;
Publicação
SENSORS
Abstract
With the continuously growing usage of collaborative robots in industry, the need for achieving a seamless human-robot interaction has also increased, considering that it is a key factor towards reaching a more flexible, effective, and efficient production line. As a prominent and prospective tool to support the human operator to understand and interact with robots, Augmented Reality (AR) has been employed in numerous human-robot collaborative and cooperative industrial applications. Therefore, this systematic literature review critically appraises 32 papers' published between 2016 and 2021 to identify the main employed AR technologies, outline the current state of the art of augmented reality for human-robot collaboration and cooperation, and point out future developments for this research field. Results suggest that this is still an expanding research field, especially with the advent of recent advancements regarding head-mounted displays (HMDs). Moreover, projector-based and HMDs developed approaches are showing promising positive influences over operator-related aspects such as performance, task awareness, and safety feeling, even though HMDs need further maturation in ergonomic aspects. Further research should focus on large-scale assessment of the proposed solutions in industrial environments, involving the solution's target audience, and on establishing standards and guidelines for developing AR assistance systems.
2022
Autores
Magalhaes, SA; Moreira, AP; dos Santos, FN; Dias, J;
Publicação
JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
Abstract
This paper studies the state-of-the-art of active perception solutions for manipulation in agriculture and suggests a possible architecture for an active perception system for harvesting in agriculture. Research and developing robots for agricultural context is a challenge, particularly for harvesting and pruning context applications. These applications normally consider mobile manipulators and their cognitive part has many challenges. Active perception systems look reasonable approach for fruit assessment robustly and economically. This systematic literature review focus in the topic of active perception for fruits harvesting robots. The search was performed in five different databases. The search resumed into 1034 publications from which only 195 publications where considered for inclusion in this review after analysis. We conclude that the most of researches are mainly about fruit detection and segmentation in two-dimensional space using evenly classic computer vision strategies and deep learning models. For harvesting, multiple viewpoint and visual servoing are the most commonly used strategies. The research of these last topics does not look robust yet, and require further analysis and improvements for better results on fruit harvesting.
2022
Autores
Ferreira, J; Moreira, AP; Silva, M; Santos, F;
Publicação
2022 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTONOMOUS ROBOT SYSTEMS AND COMPETITIONS (ICARSC)
Abstract
In recent years, there has been great interest from researchers in legged robots. These robots have unique characteristics and are suitable for complex working environments with uneven terrains and unexpected obstacles. They can work on almost any type of terrain, overcome obstacles like stairs much more efficiently than wheeled or tracked robots, and cause a lower impact on the ground when compared with other locomotion systems. To expand the application of robotics to new complex areas, it is essential to accurately locate the robot and plan safe trajectories regardless of the environment, terrain, or weather conditions. Using a legged locomotion system raises some concerns regarding the 3D localization, mapping, and trajectory planning algorithms. This paper reviews those problems and describes the current approaches to localize a robot, map an environment and plan safe trajectories for quadruped robots.
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