Control, localization and human interaction with an autonomous lighter-than-air performer

Constraining Control in Mixed-Initiative Musical Interfaces

Research on musical instrument design suggests that deliberate constraints can offer new creative experiences to the performer. At times, design constraints are physically embedded in the instrument to limit the interaction possibilities; in other cases the constraints are given by delegating part of the control to the machine. In this paper we propose a case study related to the latter form of...

Modeling and Intelligent Control System Design for Overtaking Maneuver in Autonomous Vehicles

The purpose of this study is to design an intelligent control system to guide the overtaking maneuver with a higher performance than the existing systems. Unlike the existing models which consider constant values for some of the effective variables of this behavior, in this paper, a neural network model is designed based on the real overtaking data using instantaneous values for variables. A fu...

Lighter than Water Dispersive Liquid-liquid Microextraction Coupled with High Performance Liquid Chromatography for Determination of Cholecalciferol and Calcifediol from Plasma

In this study, a dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction method using an extraction solvent lighter than water has been developed for the extraction and preconcentration of cholecalciferol and calcifediol from plasma samples followed by high performance liquid chromatography determination. Initially, acetonitrile and sodium chloride (NaCl) are added into the plasma as an extraction solvent and...

[Proceeding] Innovative Piloting Technique for a Semi-Autonomous UAV Lighter-Than-Air Platform Simulator

Autonomous Navigation for Miniature Indoor Airships

In recent years, embedded systems have become popular, and, for example, consumer electronics, transportation, and robotics are hard to imagine without them. As mobile devices with embedded systems are often supposed to act intelligently, they are usually equipped with sensors and actuators for interaction with humans or for autonomous operation. However, cost pressure and miniaturization impos...