RTD-based material tracking in a fully-continuous dry granulation tableting line

A Q-learning Based Continuous Tuning of Fuzzy Wall Tracking

A simple easy to implement algorithm is proposed to address wall tracking task of an autonomous robot. The robot should navigate in unknown environments, find the nearest wall, and track it solely based on locally sensed data. The proposed method benefits from coupling fuzzy logic and Q-learning to meet requirements of autonomous navigations. Fuzzy if-then rules provide a reliable decision maki...

Moisture- Activated Dry Granulation

In the pharmaceutical industry, the three most common granulation processes for solid dosage form production are wet granulation, dry granulation (roller compaction) and direct blending. Yet, despite being well-established techniques, each has its drawbacks. Moisture-activated dry granulation (MADG) was developed in response to the difficulties experienced with wet granulation, in terms of endp...

A Continuous Information Attribute Reduction Algorithm Based on Hierarchical Granulation

The attribute reduction algorithms based on neighborhood approximation usually use the distance as the approximate metric. Algorithms could result in the loss of information with the same distance threshold to construct the neighborhood families of different dimension spaces. Thereby, an attribute reduction algorithm based on hierarchical granulation is proposed. This algorithm can reduce redun...

A Fully Integrated Range-Finder Based on the Line-Stripe Method

In this paper, an imaging chip for acquiring range information using by 0.35 μm CMOS technology and 5V power supply has been described. The system can extract range information without any mechanical movement and all the signal processing is done on the chip. All of the image sensors and mixed-signal processors are integrated in the chip. The design range is 1.5m-10m with 18 scales.

Continuous Granulation with a Twin-Screw Extruder