Special purpose vehicles for sustainable finance of innovation in Romania - the case of intelligent robotic systems

The intelligent robotic systems IRS integrates artificial intelligence (AI) and intelligent autonomous control based on special features like: decision making, multispectral sensorial information, advanced monitoring and execution capabilities. There is an impressive rate of success of IRS projects that benefits from the Industry 4.0. The design of strategies for IRS financing is very important for Romania, because the governmental funding is far from the critical mass and the access to capital market is insufficient. In this contribution the interest is to design special purpose vehicles (SPV) for sustainable finance of innovation in the case of IRS, adapted to Romanian emerging market, like venture capital financing (VCF) or thematic exchanged traded funds (ETF)

The walking robots critical position of the kinematics or dynamic systems applied on the environment model

© 2018 Authors. The exposure is dedicated in the first to mathematical modeling of the environment where the aspects on the walking robots evolution models are described. The environment's mathematical model is defined through the models of kinematics or dynamic systems in the general case of systems that depend on parameters. The important property of the dynamic system evolution models that approach the phenomenon from the environment is property of separation between stable and unstable regions from the free parameters domain of the system. Some mathematical conditions that imply the separation of stable regions from the free parameters domain of the system are formulated. In the second part is described our idea on walking robot kinematics and dynamic models with aspects exemplified on walking robot leg. An inverse method for identification of possible critical positions of the walking robot leg is established

Type-specific herpes simplex virus-1 and herpes simplex virus-2 seroprevalence in Romania: comparison of prevalence and risk factors in women and men

AbstractObjectiveTo determine herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2 and HSV-1 seroprevalence in women and men in Romania.MethodsA cross-sectional seroprevalence survey was conducted between 2004 and 2005 on a total of 1058 women and men representative of the population of Bucharest. All participants were aged 15–44 years and completed a structured questionnaire. A blood sample was collected to detect IgG anti-HSV-1 and HSV-2 serum antibodies using the HerpeSelect ELISA (Focus Diagnostics).ResultsA total of 761 women (median age 29 years) and 297 men (median age 29 years) were included. Overall, HSV-2 seroprevalence (15.2%) increased with age. Among women, HSV-2 seroprevalence increased from 11.0% in 15–19-year-olds to 38.3% in 40–44-year-olds. Among men, seroprevalence increased from 4.0% in 20–24-year-olds to 27.1% in 40–44-year-olds. HSV-2 seroprevalence was significantly higher among women than men (17.0% vs. 10.8%). HSV-1 seropositivity was high (87.2%) in all age groups, with no clear trend by age or by sex. In addition to older age and female sex, risk factors for HSV-2 included greater number of lifetime sexual partners, lower educational attainment, and history of genital vesicles. Lower educational level and rural residence were associated with a higher risk of HSV-1 seropositivity.ConclusionsIn Romania, HSV-2 seroprevalence was higher in women than men, and was within European limits and lower than that in Africa and the USA. In contrast, HSV-1 seroprevalence was generally higher than that previously recorded in similarly aged populations in Western Europe

Aerial Mechatronic Systems for Collection of Atmospheric and Environmental Data

Currently, atmospheric and environmental monitoring also requires approaches based on robotic aerial mechatronic systems that can offer the advantages of onboard intelligent sensors. The accelerated dynamics of climate change generate risks that can be prevented by the acquisition, storage, transmission and processing of data taken under static, quasi-statistical and kinetic conditions at lower costs compared to piloted aircraft. The article presents an approach on atmospheric and environmental monitoring using a robotic aerial mechatronic system based on an airship UAV and a classic airborne UAV, launched using a ground-based launch device

Robot Extenics Control Developed by Versatile, Intelligent and Portable Robot Vipro Platform Applied on Firefighting Robots

The firefighting robot control using intelligent Extenics control interfaces ICEx developed by versatile, intelligent and portable robot VIPRO platform is presented. Subsequently, VIPRO platform architecture, the innovative versatile, intelligent, portable platform, is applied on firefighting robots VIP- FiR&FiTRo, Extenics intelligent control and Universe of Discourse in an Extenics Transformation are detailed.  The Extenics Control Method with Fuzzy Smoothing is developed and tested using a simple DC motor configuration in the Matlab / Simulink programming environment. A sequence for the Intelligent Control Interface Code integrated into the VIPRO is presented. The results prove the possibilities for tweaking and optimizing by intelligent Extenics control developed on VIPRO platform in order to obtain improved performance are virtually limitless