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ON LEARNING OF CNAC FOR MANIPULATOR CONTROL

  • Hwang, Heon;Choi, Dong-Y.
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1989.10a
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    • pp.653-662
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    • 1989
  • Cerebellar Model Arithmetic Controller (CMAC) has been introduced as an adaptive control function generator. CMAC computes control functions referring to a distributed memory table storing functional values rather than by solving equations analytically or numerically. CMAC has a unique mapping structure as a coarse coding and supervisory delta-rule learning property. In this paper, learning aspects and a convergence of the CMAC were investigated. The efficient training algorithms were developed to overcome the limitations caused by the conventional maximum error correction training and to eliminate the accumulated learning error caused by a sequential node training. A nonlinear function generator and a motion generator for a two d.o.f. manipulator were simulated. The efficiency of the various learning algorithms was demonstrated through the cpu time used and the convergence of the rms and maximum errors accumulated during a learning process. A generalization property and a learning effect due to the various gains were simulated. A uniform quantizing method was applied to cope with various ranges of input variables efficiently.

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Tool Planning in Assembly Simulation and its Application

  • Liao, Huafei;Zhang, Linxuan
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.55.6-55
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    • 2002
  • Huafei Liao is a graduate student of the Automation department in Tsinghua University, China. His research involves computer-aided process planning, 3D CAD/CAM, virtual reality, and feature recognition.

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Development of Pill Counting Algorithm and Pill Counting Machine Using Non-contact Photo Sensor (비접촉식 광학센서를 이용한 알약계수 알고리즘과 알약 계수기의 개발)

  • Lee Soon-Geul;Lim Tae Gyoon;Rhim Sungsoo
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.11 no.9
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    • pp.810-815
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    • 2005
  • As the pharmaceutical industry grows and becomes more competitive, the need of automation increases to establish effective mass production and to maintain consistent quality control. Accurate counting and packing of medicinal pills is one of the most essential processes that the automation can benefit. In conventional automated counting and packing processes, the performance of counting process varies with the size, the shape and the dispersion degree of pills. In this research, the authors developed a new pill-counting algorithm based on carefully analyzed characteristics of the pill-drop behavior. Also a new scheme for the packing of an exact number of pills has been implemented. A pill counting and packing machine with the new pill-counting algorithm and the new packing scheme has been constructed and put in an actual production line. To achieve precise and quick sensing of pills dropping at a high speed from the preceding processors, the machine uses non-contact photo sensors. Experimental results from the actual process using the machine are included to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm and the machine.

Quality monitoring of complex manufacturing systems on the basis of model driven approach

  • Castano, Fernando;Haber, Rodolfo E.;Mohammed, Wael M.;Nejman, Miroslaw;Villalonga, Alberto;Lastra, Jose L. Martinez
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.495-506
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    • 2020
  • Monitoring of complex processes faces several challenges mainly due to the lack of relevant sensory information or insufficient elaborated decision-making strategies. These challenges motivate researchers to adopt complex data processing and analysis in order to improve the process representation. This paper presents the development and implementation of quality monitoring framework based on a model-driven approach using embedded artificial intelligence strategies. In this work, the strategies are applied to the supervision of a microfabrication process aiming at showing the great performance of the framework in a very complex system in the manufacturing sector. The procedure involves two methods for modelling a representative quality variable, such as surface roughness. Firstly, the hybrid incremental modelling strategy is applied. Secondly, a generalized fuzzy clustering c-means method is developed. Finally, a comparative study of the behavior of the two models for predicting a quality indicator, represented by surface roughness of manufactured components, is presented for specific manufacturing process. The manufactured part used in this study is a critical structural aerospace component. In addition, the validation and testing are performed at laboratory and industrial levels, demonstrating proper real-time operation for non-linear processes with relatively fast dynamics. The results of this study are very promising in terms of computational efficiency and transfer of knowledge to manufacturing industry.

Association between Construction Management Areas and Automation Technologies based on Correlation Analysis (상관관계 분석을 통한 건설관리 분야와 자동화기술간 연관성 분석)

  • Mun, Seong-Hwan;Cho, Kyu-Man;Kim, Tae-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2019.11a
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    • pp.191-192
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    • 2019
  • The construction industry is in the process of changing from the existing labor-intensive production system to a construction automation system using advanced information and communication technologies. Accordingly, in order to identify key research areas and utilization technologies in the field of construction automation, this study collected the latest 17 years (2000-2016) of papers published in International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC) and conducted a correlation analysis between the construction management areas and automation technologies based on the keyword frequency. As a result, the BIM, WSN, and Augmented reality were extracted as the technology keywords with high correlation with various areas of construction management.

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Automatic Pipeline Welding System with Self-Diagnostic Function and Laser Vision Sensor

  • Kim, Yong-Baek;Moon, Hyeong-Soon;Kim, Jong-Cheol;Kim, Jong-Jun;Choo, Jeong-Bog
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.1137-1140
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    • 2005
  • Automatic welding has been used frequently on pipeline projects. The productivity and reliability are most essential features of the automatic welding system. The mechanized GMAW process is the most widely used welding process and the carriage and band system is most effective welding system for pipeline laying. This application-oriented paper introduces new automatic welding equipment for pipeline construction. It is based on cutting-edge design and practical welding physics to minimize downtime. This paper also describes the control system which was designed and implemented for new automatic welding equipment. The system has the self diagnostic function which facilitates maintenance and repairs, and also has the network function via which the welding task data can be transmitted and the welding process data can be monitored. The laser vision sensor was designed for narrow welding groove in order to implement higher accuracy of seam tracking and fully automatic operation.

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Critical Management Factor of Elemental Techniques for Construction Automation System in High-Rise Building (고층건물 적용을 위한 시공자동화시스템 요소기술의 중점 관리사항 도출)

  • Cho, Nam-Seok;Kim, Chang-Won;Cho, Hun-Hee;Kang, Kyung-In
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.15-16
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    • 2011
  • Construction automation and robotics are being taken notice as an alternative to improve productivity and quality. Reflecting on these purpose, automation system, called RCA(Robotic-crane based Construction Automation) system, is developed and have been verified through a pilot project recently in Korea. To apply the RCA system in high-rise building effectively, each management factors of element technologies in the system is derived and assessed critical factor. The purpose of this study, management factors of element techniques, consisted of RCA system, is classified through questionnaires/interviews targeting system developers and construction managers in pilot project site, and critical factors is selected using AHP.

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Development of the automatic control system for projection machines (사출기를 위한 자동제어 시스템의 개발)

  • Domonkos, Kaldy
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.1271-1274
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    • 1997
  • The industrial automation market encompasses all aspects of the discrete process in the manufactring industries. Nowadays many manufacturers are increasingly moving to increase plant capacity, and are trying to produce better quality at the lower costs. We have studied a modern projection-automation system to achieve the communication network which makes connection among all of the projection machines and connect them to a central computer. This communication system have to be very flexible and fast. Also we have studied the communication interface for the automatic production system including the hardware elements and the communication software.

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Implementation of PROFIBUS-DP Master Protocol (ICCAS 2003)

  • Kim, Eui-Seob;Hong, Seung-Ho
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.1367-1370
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    • 2003
  • PROFIBUS is an open industrial communication network for a wide range of application in manufacturing automation and process control systems. PROFIBUS-DP(Decentralized Peripherals) are mainly used to connect smart automation devices via a fast serial link. PROFIBUS-DP adopts master/slave mechanism for communication service. In this paper, we present an implementation method of the protocol stacks for the master station of PROFIBUS-DP.

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Middleware Architecture for Open Control Systems in the Distributed Computing Environment

  • Lee, Wongoo;Park, Jaehyun
    • Transactions on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.190-195
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    • 2001
  • The advance of computer, network, and Internet technology enables the control systems to process the massive data in the distributed computing environments. To implement and maintain the software in distributed environment, the component-based methodology is widely used. This paper proposes the middleware architecture for the distributed computer control system. With the proposed middleware services, it is relatively easy to maintain compatibility between products and to implement a portable control application. To achieve the compatibility between heterogeneous systems, the proposed architecture provides the communication protocols based on the XML with lightweight event-based service.

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