Browsing by Subject "Human-machine systems"

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    • Gesture recognition using deep learning in virtual reality environments 

      Forcada Sans, José Antonio (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-05)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Contactless systems have taken on a notable presence in the evolution of human-computer communication in recent years. Methods based on gestural recognition have been one of the most investigated. With the emergence of ...

    • Human intervention and interface design in automation systems 

      Ponsa Asensio, Pere; Vilanova, Ramón; Amante García, Beatriz (2011-03)
      Article
      Open Access
      Human-Machine-Interfaces are with no doubt one of the constitutive parts of an automation system. However, it is not till recently that they have received appropriate attention. It is because of a major concern about ...

    • Implementation of Body-Coupled Communication on a wearable tag 

      Garcia Vilanova, Marc (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-06)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Body Coupled Communication (BCC) is a very new technology consisting in transmitting information by sending electrical signals through the human body. It is very interesting to learn what can it provide by now. The basis ...

    • Information technologies based questionnaire tool in human-automation systems 

      Manresa-Yee, Cristina; Ponsa Asensio, Pere; Vilanova, Ramon; Pérez, Àlex (2012-09-25)
      Article
      Open Access
      In this paper we present an Information Technologies (IT) based questionnaire tool in order to support evaluation activities related to industrial automation. We assess the questionnaire tool by giving special attention ...

    • Integration of an adaptive infotainment system in a vehicle and validation in real driving scenarios 

      Galarza Osio, Miguel Ángel; Bayona Margarit, Teresa; Paradells Aspas, Josep (2017-02-15)
      Article
      Open Access
      More services, functionalities, and interfaces are increasingly being incorporated into current vehicles and may overload the driver capacity to perform primary driving tasks adequately. For this reason, a strategy for ...

    • Man-Machine-Interface 

      Coelho Pedrosa, Diogo; Ortiz Santos, Cristian; Adegun, Oluwasegun Samuel; Phillips, Jonathan (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      Covenantee:   Jungheinrich / Jungheinrich / Fachhochschule Kiel
      The idea behind this project is to design a system that will optimize the existing process of operation for Jungheinrich Company. This will be achieved by developing a software that allows the user to control a forklift, ...

    • Monitoring and managing interaction patterns in Human-Robot interaction 

      Martí Carrillo, Felip (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Lund University, 2014)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Nowadays, one of the most challenging problems in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is to make robots able to understand humans to successfully accomplish tasks in human environments. HRI has a very different role in all the ...

    • Presentación. Atendiendo la diversificación de los sistemas interactivos 

      Ponsa Asensio, Pere (2016-03-24)
      Article
      Open Access

    • Proprioception for collision detection 

      Climent Bigas, Albert (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, 2014)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Nowadays a lot of research is done in the eld of human-robot interaction to allow robots to work in human environments. Haptic perception is crucial for human and robot safety since it allows to detect contacts. It is ...

    • Robot workspace sensing and control with Leap Motion Sensor 

      Solé Bonet, Guillem (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Lunds Tekniska Högskola, 2013)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Lunds Tekniska Högskola
      The present thesis deals with the design and testing of an appropriate software interface that allows a user to control a robot using a Leap Motion Sensor while defining and keeping a safe workspace for the robot to ...

    • ROSAPL: towards a heterogeneous multi‐robot system and Human interaction framework 

      Boronat Roselló, Emili (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-09)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      The appearance of numerous robotic frameworks and middleware has provided researchers with reliable hardware and software units avoiding the need of developing ad-hoc platforms and focus their work on how improve the ...

    • Simulator of vehicle. Human body interaction. Concept development. 

      Murillo Marín, Víctor (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Kauno Technologijos Universitetas, 2009)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Restricted access - author's decision
      The concept of a simulator capable to recostruct the effect of a vehicle on human body is presented in the project. Using quarter car physical model of a typical car (in our case it is a VW Golf) the actuation system ...

    • Tracking implementation on a collaborative robot 

      Morales Fariña, Pablo; Terrades Andreu, Adrià (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-06)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Kuka Robots Ibérica
      On the last years, the industry is making changes on the way of doing things, due to the spawning of new technologies. Those changes are so aggressive, that many people are referring to them as the fourth industrial ...