490 research outputs found
Ono: an open platform for social robotics
In recent times, the focal point of research in robotics has shifted from industrial ro- bots toward robots that interact with humans in an intuitive and safe manner. This evolution has resulted in the subfield of social robotics, which pertains to robots that function in a human environment and that can communicate with humans in an int- uitive way, e.g. with facial expressions. Social robots have the potential to impact many different aspects of our lives, but one particularly promising application is the use of robots in therapy, such as the treatment of children with autism. Unfortunately, many of the existing social robots are neither suited for practical use in therapy nor for large scale studies, mainly because they are expensive, one-of-a-kind robots that are hard to modify to suit a specific need. We created Ono, a social robotics platform, to tackle these issues. Ono is composed entirely from off-the-shelf components and cheap materials, and can be built at a local FabLab at the fraction of the cost of other robots. Ono is also entirely open source and the modular design further encourages modification and reuse of parts of the platform
Charged Particle Tracking in Real-Time Using a Full-Mesh Data Delivery Architecture and Associative Memory Techniques
We present a flexible and scalable approach to address the challenges of
charged particle track reconstruction in real-time event filters (Level-1
triggers) in collider physics experiments. The method described here is based
on a full-mesh architecture for data distribution and relies on the Associative
Memory approach to implement a pattern recognition algorithm that quickly
identifies and organizes hits associated to trajectories of particles
originating from particle collisions. We describe a successful implementation
of a demonstration system composed of several innovative hardware and
algorithmic elements. The implementation of a full-size system relies on the
assumption that an Associative Memory device with the sufficient pattern
density becomes available in the future, either through a dedicated ASIC or a
modern FPGA. We demonstrate excellent performance in terms of track
reconstruction efficiency, purity, momentum resolution, and processing time
measured with data from a simulated LHC-like tracking detector
WISE: Warped impulse structure estimation for time-domain linear macromodeling
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E-Textile embroidered metamaterial transmission line for signal propagation control
In this paper, the utilization of common fabrics for the manufacturing of e-textile metamaterial transmission lines is investigated. In order to filter and control the signal propagation in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) range along the e-textile, a conventional metamaterial transmission line was compared with embroidered metamaterial particles. The proposed design was based on a transmission line loaded with one or several split-ring resonators (SRR) on a felt substrate. To explore the relations between physical parameters and filter performance characteristics, theoretical models based on transmission matrices’ description of the filter constituent components were proposed.
Excellent agreement between theoretical prediction, electromagnetic simulations, and measurement were found. Experimental results showed stop-band levels higher than −30 dB for compact embroidered metamaterial e-textiles. The validated results confirmed embroidery as a useful technique to obtain customized electromagnetic properties, such as filtering, on wearable applications.Postprint (published version
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