简介:Anactivestereovisionsystembasedonamodelofneuralpathwaysofhumanbinocularmotorsystemisproposed.Withthismodel,itisguaranteedthatthetwocamerasoftheactivestereovisionsystemcankeeptheirlinesofsightfixedonthesametargetobjectduringsmoothpursuit.Thisfeatureisveryimportantforactivestereovisionsystems,sincenotonly3Drecon-structionneedsthetwocamerashaveanoverlappingfieldofvision,butalsoitcanfacilitatethe3Dreconstructionalgorithm.Toevaluatetheeffectivenessoftheproposedmethod,somesoftwaresimulationsaredonetodemonstratethesametargettrackingcharacteristicinavirtualenvironmentapttomistrackingeasily.Here,mistrackingmeanstwoeyestracktwodifferentobjectsseparately.Thentheproposedmethodisimplementedinouractivestereovisionsystemtoperformrealtrackingtaskinalaboratoryscenewhereseveralpersonswalkself-determining.Beforetheproposedmodelisimplementedinthesystem,mis-trackingoccurredfrequently.Afteritisenabled,mistrackingneveroccurred.Theresultshowsthatthevisionsystembasedonneuralpathwaysofhumanbinocularmotorsystemcanreliablyavoidmistracking.
简介:Awheeledmobilemechanismwithapassiveand/oractivelinkagemechanismforroughterrainenvironmentisdevelopedandevaluated.Thewheeledmobilemechanismwhichhashighmobilityinroughterrainneedssophisticatedsystemtoadaptvariousenvironments.Wefocusonthedevelopmentofaswitchingcontrollersystemforwheeledmobilerobotsinroughterrain.Thissystemconsistsoftwosub-systems:anenvironmentrecognitionsystemusinglinkanglesandanadaptivecontrolsystem.Intheen-vironmentrecognitionsystem,weintroduceaSelf-OrganizingMap(SOM)forclusteringlinkangles.Intheadaptivecontrol-lers,weintroduceneuralnetworkstocalculatetheinversemodelofthewheeledmobilerobot.Theenvironmentrecognitionsystemcanrecognizetheenvironmentinwhichtherobottravels,andtheadjustablecon-trollersaretunedbyexperimentalresultsforeachenvironment.Thedualsub-systemswitchingcontrollersystemisexperi-mentallyevaluated.Thesystemrecognizesitsenvironmentandadaptsbyswitchingtheadjustablecontrollers.Thissystemdemonstratessuperiorperformancetoawell-tunedsinglePIDcontroller.
简介:Thebiologicalimmunesystemisacomplexadaptivesystem.Therearelotsofbenefitsforbuildingthemodeloftheimmunesystem.Forbiologicalresearchers,theycantestsomehypothesesabouttheinfectionprocessorsimulatetheresponsesofsomedrugs.Forcomputerresearchers,theycanbuilddistributed,robustandfaulttolerantnetworksinspiredbythefunctionsoftheimmunesystem.Thispaperprovidesacomprehensivesurveyoftheliteraturesonmodellingtheimmunesystem.Fromthemethodologyperspective,thepapercomparesandanalyzestheexistingapproachesandmodels,andalsodemonstratesthefocusingresearcheffortonthefutureimmunemodelsinthenextfewyears.
简介:Simulatingbiologicalolfactoryneuralsystem,KⅢnetwork,whichisahigh-dimensionalchaoticneuralnetwork,isdesignedinthispaper.Differentfromconventionalartificialneuralnetwork,theKⅢnetworkworksinitschaotictrajectory.ItcansimulatenotonlytheoutputEEGwaveformobservedinelectrophysiologicalexperiments,butalsothebiologicalintelligenceforpatternclassification.Thesimulationanalysisandapplicationtotherecognitionofhandwritingnmeralsarepresentedhere.TheclassificationperformanceoftheKⅢnetworkatdifferentnoiselevelswasalsoinvestigated.
简介:Navigationsystembasedontheanimalbehaviorhasreceivedagrowingattentioninthepastfewyears.Thenavigationsystemsusingartificialpheromonearestillfewsofar.Forthisreason,thispaperpresentsourresearchthataimtoimplementautonomousnavigationwithartificialpheromonesystem.Byintroducingartificialpheromonesystemcomposedofdatacarriersandautonomousrobots,theroboticsystemcreatesapotentialfieldtonavigatetheirgroup.Wehavedevelopedapheromonedensitymodeltorealizethefunctionofpheromoneswiththehelpofdatacarriers.Weintendtoshowtheeffectivenessoftheproposedsystembyperformingsimulationsandrealizationusingmodifiedmobilerobot.Thepheromonepotentialfieldsystemcanbeusedfornavigationofautonomousrobots.
简介:WeintroducetherelationshipbetweenexcessnoiseinOptoelectronicCoupledDevices(OCDs)andtheirinteriordefectsandexplainhowlow-fiequencynoisecanbeusedtoestimatetheirreliability.Usingconceptsfromthebiologicalimmunesystemanditsprocessofidentifyinginvaders,wepresentasystemforestimationofthereliabilityofOCDs.Thesystemhasexpressionsfortheantigen(excessnoise),lymphocyte(criterion)andtheroleofthelymphocyteeliminatingunreliabledevices.AgeneticalgorithmwasusedtoestimatethecomponentsparametersofthenoisespectrumforestimatingthereliabilityofOCDs.Theexperimentalresultsdemonstratedthatthismethodisreliable,adaptableandpractical.
简介:Asystemisdescribedherethatcannoninvasivelycontrolthenavigationoffreelybehavingratviaultrasonic,epidermalandLEDphoticstimulatorsontheback.Thesystemreceivescommandsfromaremotehostcomputertodeliverspecifiedelectricalstimulationstothehearing,painandvisualsensesoftheratrespectively.Theresultsdemonstratethatthethreestimuliworkingroupsfortheratnavigation.Wecancontroltherattoproceedandmakerightandleftturnswithgreatefficiency.Thisexperimentverifiedthattheratwasabletoreachasettingdestinationinthewayofcablewiththehelpofapersonthroughtheappropriatecoordinationofthethreestimulators.Thetelemetryvideocameramountedontheheadoftheratalsoachieveddistantimageacquisitionandhelpedtoadjustitsnavigationpathoveradistanceof300m.Inaword,thenon-invasivemotioncontrolnavigationsystemisagood,stableandreliablebio-robot.
简介:Withtheincreaseinminingdepth,mineheatharmhasappearedtobemoreprominent.Themineheatharmcouldberesolvedorreducedbyicerefrigeration.Thus,icetransportationthroughpipelinebecomesacriticalproblem;typicallyflowresistanceoccursintheelbow.Inthepresentstudy,accordingtotheanalysisofthesurfacemorphologyoffishscale,abiomimeticfunctionalsurfacestructurefortheinteriorwallofelbowisdesigned.Basedonthetheoryofliquid-solidtwophaseflow,aCFDnumericalsimulationofice-watermixtureflowingthroughtheelbowiscarriedoutusingfiniteelementmethod.Conventionalexperimentsofpressuredropandflowresistanceforbothbionicandcommonelbowsareconductedtotesttheeffectofthebionicelbowonflowresistancereduction.Itisfoundthatwiththeincreaseintheicemassfractionintheice-watermixture,theeffectofbionicelbowonresistancereductionbecomesmoreobvious.
简介:Thispaperproposesanewadaptivelineardomainsystemidentificationmethodforsmallunmannedaerialrotorcraft.Byusingtheflashmemoryintegratedintothemicroguidenavigationcontrolmodule,systemrecordsthedatasequencesofflighttestsasinputs(controlsignalsforservos)andoutputs(aircraft’sattitudeandvelocityinformation).Afterdatapreprocessing,thesystemconstructsthehorizontalandverticaldynamicmodelforthesmallunmannedaerialrotorcraftusingadaptivegeneticalgorithm.Theidentifiedmodelisverifiedbyaseriesofsimulationsandtests.Comparisonbetweenflightdataandtheone-steppredictiondataobtainedfromtheidentificationmodelshowsthatthedynamicmodelhasagoodestimationforrealunmannedaerialrotorcraftsystem.Basedontheproposeddynamicmodel,thesmallunmannedaerialrotorcraftcanperformhovering,turning,andstraightflighttasksinrealflighttests.
简介:Thispaperproposesanautopilotsystemthatcanbeusedtocontrolthesmallscalerotorcraftduringtheflighttestforlinear-frequency-domainsystemidentification.Theinputfrequency-sweepisgeneratedautomaticallyaspartoftheautopilotcontrolcommand.Thereforethebandwidthcoverageandconsistencyofthefrequency-sweepareguaranteedtoproducehighqualitydataforsystemidentification.Besidethat,wecansetthesafetyparametersduringtheflighttest(maximumroll/pitchvalue,minimumaltitude,etc.)sothesafetyofthewholeflighttestisguaranteed.Thisautopilotsystemisvalidatedusinghardwareintheloopsimulatorforhoverflightcondition.