Wilderness Search and Rescue (WiSAR) entails searching over very large regions in often rugged remote areas. Because of the large regions and the potential danger to ground searchers, WiSAR is an ideal application for using small (human-packable) UAVs to provide aerial imagery of the search region. In this paper, we use goal-directed task analysis to identify a set of requirements and to design...

Natural language processing is an area of artificial intelligence that defines a set of methods and techniques used to automate the translation process between computers and humans or mediate the human-machine communication. NLP focuses on developing systems that allow computers to communicate with people using everyday language and also concerns how computational methods can aid the understand...

Overexpression of the tumour suppressor gene p53 was investigated immunohistochemically in 96 primary gastric carcinomas and 26 corresponding metastatic perigastric lymph nodes. Abnormalities in p53 expression were found in 52 (54%) of the 96 primary carcinomas. Tumours stained positively for p53 frequently metastasised to lymph nodes (the metastatic rate: 85%) compared to findings in those wit...

This paper deals with the design of a micro-eyein-hand architecture. It consists of a smart camera embedded on a gripper. The camera is a high speed (10 000 fps) CMOS sensor of 64 × 64 pixels. Each pixel measures 35 μm × 35 μm and includes a photodiode, an amplifier, two storage capacitors, and an analog arithmetic unit. The gripper consists of a 4 dof (degrees-of-freedom) (y+, y-, z+, z-) micr...

Training in remote sensing, like that for chemistry and physics from which it draws, demands a "handson" experience by students. Explosive growth in the field over the past decade has left instructors and professors in the untenable position of having inadequate instructional aids. Moreover, the extraordinary breadth of sensor applications, both proven and feasible, has led to almost ad hoc dec...

In this paper, we present results concerning the design, the realization and the characterization of a photovoltaic system (PV), equipped with a digital controls: Power Point Tracking (MPPT), charge/discharge lead acid batteries, sun tracker and supervision. These different functions are performed with a microcontroller that has capabilities and functions to the reliability of PV systems (signa...

This wolk has been carned out for the purpose of realizing an automated system for the integrated management of tools within a company. By integrating planning, inspection and tool-room functions, automated tool management can ensure optimum utilization of tools on the selected machines, guaranteeing their effective availability. The first stage of the wolk consisted of defining and developing ...

The paper presents results of studies on the sensorless drive with permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) supplied through the motor choke. The position is estimated using a modified Luenberger observer. Its modification consists in using a PII correction function instead a proportional one, which gives smaller estimation errors. The advantages of that observer structure are simple structure...

GRAEME C. HAYS1*, THOMAS K. DOYLE2, JONATHAN D. R. HOUGHTON1, MARTIN K. S. LILLEY1, JULIAN D. METCALFE3 AND DAVID RIGHTON3 1 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, SWANSEA UNIVERSITY, SWANSEA SA2 8PP, UK, COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES CENTRE, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, GLUCKSMAN MARINE FACILITY, NAVAL BASE, HAULBOWLINE, COBH, CORK, IRELAND AND CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHE...

Copyright is held by the author/owner(s). Presented at the Cross-Surface ’16 workshop, in conjunction with ACM ISS ’16. November 6, Niagara Falls, Canada. Abstract Around-device interaction promises to extend the input space of mobile and wearable devices beyond the common but restricted touchscreen. So far, most around-device interaction approaches rely on instrumenting the device or the envir...