Recent Advances in Mechatronics

ISBN-13: 9783642093234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 693 str.

Ryszard Jablonski; Mateusz Turkowski; Roman Szewczyk

Opis

Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of precision engineering, electronics, photonics and IT engineering. The main research task for mechatronics is development and control of advanced hybrid systems covering all these fields and supported by interdisciplinary studies. This book presents recent state of advances in mechatronics presented on the 7th International Conference Mechatronics 2007, hosted at the Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland. The chosen topics of the conference included: Nanotechnology, Automatic Control and Robotics, Biomedical Engineering, Design Manufacturing and Testing of MEMS, Metrology, Photonics, Mechatronic Products. The selected papers give an overview of the state-of-the-art and present new research results and prospects of the future development in this interdisciplinary field of mechatronic systems. This book will provide up-to-date and useful knowledge for researchers and engineers involved in mechatronics and related fields.

Spis treści

Automatic Control and Robotics.- Dynamical behaviors of the C axis multibody mass system with the worm gear.- Control unit architecture for biped robot.- Quantifying the amount of spatial and temporal information in video test sequences.- Genetic Identification of Parameters the Piezoelectric Ceramic Transducers for Cleaning System.- Simulation Modeling and Control of a Mobile Robot with Omnidirectional Wheels.- Environment detection and recognition system of a mobile robot for inspecting ventilation ducts.- Calculation of robot model using feed-forward neural nets.- EmAmigo framework for developing behavior-based control systems of inspection robots.- Simulation of Stirling engine working cycle.- Mobile robot for inspecting ventilation ducts.- Applications of augmented reality in machinery design, maintenance and diagnostics.- Approach to Early Boiler Tube Leak Detection with Artificial Neural Networks.- Behavior-based control system of a mobile robot for the visual inspection of ventilation ducts.- Simulation and Realization of Combined Snake Robot.- Design of Combined Snake Robot.- Design of small-outline robot - simulator of gait of an amphibian.- The necessary condition for information usefulness in signal parameter estimation.- Grammar Based Automatic Speech Recognition System for the Polish Language.- State Controller of Active Magnetic Bearing.- Fuzzy set approach to signal detection.- The robot for practical verifying of artificial intelligence methods: Micro-mouse task.- The enhancement of PCSM method by motion history analysis.- Mathematical Model for the Multi-attribute Control of the air-conditioning in green houses.- Kohonen Self-Organizing Map for the Traveling Salesperson Problem.- Simulation modeling, optimalization and stabilisation of biped robot.- Extended kinematics for control of quadruped robot.- Application of the image processing methods for analysis of two-phase flow in turbomachinery.- Optoelectronic Sensor with Quadrant Diode Patterns Used in the Mobile Robots Navigation.- Mathematical Analysis of Stability for Inverter Fed Synchronous Motor with Fuzzy Logic Control.- The influence of active control strategy on working machines seat suspension behavior.- Verification of the walking gait generation algorithms using branch and bound methods.- Control of a Stewart platform with fuzzy logic and artificial neural network compensation.- Mechanical carrier of a mobile robot for inspecting ventilation ducts.- The issue of symptoms based diagnostic reasoning.- The idea and the realization of the virtual laboratory based on the AMandD system.- The discrete methods for solutions of continuous-time systems.- Control units for small electric drives with universal software interface.- Predictor for Control of Stator Winding Water Cooling of Synchronous Machine.- Biomedical Engineering.- The Design of the Device for Cord Implants Tuning.- Time Series Analysis of Nonstationary Data in Encephalography and Related Noise Modelling.- Ambient dose equivalent meter for neutron dosimetry around medical accelerators.- External Fixation and Osteogenesis Progress Tracking Out in Use to Control Condition and Mechanical Environment of the Broken Bone Adhesion Zone.- Evaluation of PSG sleep parameters applied to alcohol addiction detection.- Drive and control system for TAH application.- Acoustic schwannoma detection algorithm supporting stereoscopic visualization of MRI and CT head data in pre-operational stage.- Computer gait diagnostics for people with hips implants.- Time Series Analysis of Nonstationary Data in Encephalography and Related Noise Modelling.- Mechatronic Products — Design and Manufacturing.- Precision Electrodischarge Machining of High Silicon P/M Aluminium Alloys for Electronic Application.- Modeling of drive system with vector controlled induction machine coupled with elastic mechanical system.- Method of increasing performance of stepper actuators.- Methods of image processing in vision system for assessing welded joints quality.- Application of analysis of thermographic images to machine state assessment.- The use of nonlinear optimisation algorithms in multiple view geometry.- Modeling and Simulation Method of Precision Grinding Processes.- Determination of DC micro-motor characteristics by electrical measurements.- Poly-optimization of coil in electromagnetic linear actuator.- Characterization of Fabrication Errors in Structure Geometry for Microtextured Surfaces.- Accelerated Fatigue Tests of Lead — free soldered SMT Joints.- Early Failure Detection in Fatigue Tests of BGA Packages.- Design and Fabrication of Tools for Microcutting Processes.- Ultra capacitors — new source of power.- Implementation of RoHS Technology in Electronic Industry.- Simulation of Unilateral Constraint in MBS software SimMechanics.- Fast prototyping approach in design of new type high speed injection moulding machine.- Ultra-precision machine feedback-controlled using hexapod-type measurement device for six-degree-of-freedom relative motions between tool and workpiece.- Mechatronics aspects of in-pipe minimachine on screw-nut principle design.- Assembly and soldering process in Lead-free Technology.- Applying Mechatronic Strategies in Forming Technology Using the Example of Retrofitting a Cross Rolling Machine.- Simulation of Vibration Power Generator.- An Integrated Mechatronics Approach to Ultra-Precision Devices for Applications in Micro and Nanotechnology.- Conductive silver thick films filled with carbon nanotubes.- Perspectives of applications of micro-machining utilizing water jet guided laser.- Selected Problems of Micro Injection Moulding of Microelements.- Estimation of a geometrical structure surface in the polishing process of flexible grinding tools with zone differentiation flexibility of a grinding tool.- Fast Prototyping of Wireless Smart Sensor.- Microscopic and macroscopic modelling of polymerization shrinkage.- Study of Friction on Microtextured Surfaces.- Design of the magnetic levitation suspension for the linear stepping motor.- Analyze of Image Quality of Ink Jet Printouts.- Development of Braille’s Printers.- The influence of Ga initial boundaries on the identification of nonlinear damping characteristics of shock absorber.- Digital diagnostics of combustion process in piston engine.- Superplasticity properties of magnesium alloys.- Technological Process Identification in Non-Continuous Materials.- Problems in Derivation of Abrasive Tools Cutting Properties with Use of Computer Vision.- Mechatronic stand for gas aerostatic bearing measurement.- Compression strength of injection moulded dielectromagnets.- Over-crossing test to evaluation of shock absorber condition.- Laboratory Verification of the Active Vibration Isolation of the Driver Seat.- Variants of Mechatronic Vibration Suppression of Machine Tools.- Flexible Rotor with the System of Automatic Compensation of Dynamic Forces.- Properties of High Porosity Structures Made of Metal Fibers.- Fast prototyping approach in developing low air consumption pneumatic system.- Chip card for communicating with the telephone line using DTMF tones.- CFD Tools in Stirling Engine Virtual Design.- Analysis of viscous-elastic model in vibratory processing.- Improvement of performance of precision drive systems by means of additional feedback loop employed.- Nanotechnology, Design Manufacturing and Testing of MEMS.- “Manipulation of single-electrons in Si nanodevices.- Calibration of normal force in atomic force microscope.- Advanced Algorithm for Measuring Tilt with MEMS Accelerometers.- Theoretical and Constructive Aspects Regarding Small Dimension Parts Manufacturing by Stereophotolithography.- Comparative Studies of Advantages of Integrated Monolithic versus Hybrid Microsystems.- New thermally actuated microscnner — design, analysis and simulations.- Influence study of thermal effects on MEMS cantilever behavior.- Comparison of mechanical properties of thin films of SiNx deposited on silicon.- Micro- and nanoscale testing of tribomechanical properties of surfaces.- Novel design of silicon microstructure for evaluating mechanical properties of thin films under quasi axial tensile conditions.- Computer simulation of dynamic atomic force microscopy.- KFM measurements of an ultrathin SOI-FET channel surface.- Metrology.- The improvement of pipeline mathematical model for the purposes of leak detection.- Thermodynamic Analysis of Internal Combustion Engine.- Extraction and liniarization of information provided from the multi-sensorial systems.- Contact sensor for robotic applications - Design and verification of functionality.- Two-variable pressure and temperature measuring converter based on piezoresistive sensor.- Modelling the influence of temperature on the magnetic characteristics of Fe40Ni38Mo4B18 amorphous alloy for magnetoelastic sensors.- “Soft particles” scattering theory applied to the experiment with Kàrmàn vortex.- Measurement of cylinder diameter by laser scanning.- Tyre global characteristics of motorcycle.- Magnetoelastic torque sensors with amorphous ring core.- Subjective video quality evaluation: an influence of a number of subjects on the measurement stability.- The grating interferometry and the strain gauge sensors in the magnetostriction strain measurements.- Micro-features measurement using meso-volume CMM.- Distance measuring interferometer with zerodur based light frequency stabilization.- Application of CFD for the purposes of dust and mist measurements.- Photonics.- Optomechatronics cameras for full-field, remote monitoring and measurements of mechanical parts.- The studies of the illumination/detection module in Integrated Microinterferometric Extensometer.- Analysis and design of a stationary Fourier-transform spectrometer using Wollaston prism array.- Modeling and design of Microinterferometric Tomography.- Technology chain for production of low-cost high aspect ratio optical structures.- Automatic color calibration method for high fidelity color reproduction digital camera by spectral measurement of picture area with integrated fiber optic spectrometer.- Coherent noise reduction in optical diffraction tomography.- On micro hole geometry measurement applying polar co-ordinate laser scanning method.- Silicon quantum detectors with large photosensitive surface.- Fizeau interferometry with automated fringe pattern analysis using temporal and spatial phase shifting.

Blurb

Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of precision engineering, electronics, photonics and IT engineering. The main research task for mechatronics is development and control of advanced hybrid systems covering all these fields and supported by interdisciplinary studies.

This book presents recent state of advances in mechatronics presented on the 7th International Conference Mechatronics 2007, hosted at the Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland. The chosen topics of the conference included: Nanotechnology, Automatic Control & Robotics, Biomedical Engineering, Design Manufacturing and Testing of MEMS, Metrology, Photonics, Mechatronic Products. The selected papers give an overview of the state-of-the-art and present new research results and prospects of the future development in this interdisciplinary field of mechatronic systems. This book will provide up-to-date and useful knowledge for researchers and engineers involved in mechatronics and related fields.