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Health-aware and fault-tolerant control of an octorotor UAV system based on actuator reliability
(2020-03-01)
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A major goal in modern flight control systems is the need for improving reliability. This work presents a health-aware and fault-tolerant control approach for an octorotor UAV that allows distributing the control effort ...
Sensor-data-driven prognosis approach of liquefied natural gas satellite plant
(MDPI AG, 2020-08-11)
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This paper proposes a sensor-data-driven prognosis approach for the predictive maintenance of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) satellite plant. By using data analytics of sensors installed in the satellite plants, it is ...
Pool pressure-retarded osmosis
(2020-04-23)
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In this work, consideration is given for pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) system in a pool configuration. The motivation behind of such a configuration lies in the possibility to eliminate mechanical moving parts or energy ...
Ocean salt basins energy harvesting
(2020-04-02)
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In this work, the potential of harvesting energy from ocean salt basins is discussed. These deep ocean depressions which host thick salts deposits whose salinities could be up to 5-10 times higher than normal seawater open ...
Diseño de tareas persona-robot en el ámbito académico
(2020-09-23)
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Este artículo expone la necesidad de adaptación del currículo universitario a las nuevas tecnologías, en concreto en aspectos de robótica colaborativa. Y se incide cómo, a través de la disciplina interacción persona-ordenador, ...
On cognitive assistant robots for reducing variability in industrial human-robot activities
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-07-26)
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In the industrial domain, one important research activity for cognitive robotics is the development of assistant robots. In this work, we show how the use of a cognitive assistant robot can contribute to (i) improving task ...
Hydro energy harvesting by using compliant surfaces: preliminary experimental assessment
(2020-03-13)
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In this work consideration is given for hydro energy harvesting contained in residual water streams. The idea lies in the bifurcation of the stream into two channels separated by a compliant surface or membrane which, ...
Marangoni ducts for energy harvesting
(ASME International, 2020-08-27)
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The possibility for harnessing energy from thermal or concentration gradients by the use of ducts lined with hydrophobic microcavities is discussed. Utilizing a physical and simplified model an expression for the attainable ...
Leak localization method for water-distribution networks using a data-driven model and Dempster-Shafer reasoning
(2020-04-07)
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This article presents a new data-driven method for leak localization in water-distribution networks (WDNs). The method uses the information provided by a set of pressure sensors installed in some internal network nodes in ...
Simplifying the verification of simulation models through Petri net to FlexSim mapping
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-02-19)
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Simplifying the encoding of a simulation conceptual model representation reduces the number of errors that will be detected in the verification phase. In this paper, we present a mapping between Petri nets, a well-known ...