The classical Nadaraya-Watson estimator is shown to solve a generic sensor fusion problem where the underlying sensor error densities are not known but a sample is available. By employing Haar kernels this estimator is shown to yield finite sample guarantees and also to be efficiently computable. TWO simulation examples, and a robotics example involving the detection of a door using arrays of u...

Imaging of defects in engineering components is gaining importance and wider acceptability. Imaging enables automation of measurement process by the use of sensor, enhanced detection and characterisation of defects. Further, it helps in assessing incremental damage in a critical region by performing periodic imaging and comparing. Raster-scan based single sensor imaging and line-scan based arra...

Ultrasonic sensors are still one of the most widely used sensors in mobile robotics A notorious problem in the use of sonar data is the lack of good spatial resolution which typically results in a high uncertainty in the resulting map of the environment In this paper a triangulation technique is used for ltering of data so as to obtain an improved grid map of the environment The basic technique...

An ultrasonic sensor has been developed to monitor photoresist processing in situ during semiconductor manufacturing. Photoresist development, pre-exposure bake, and postexposure bake were monitored for the Shipley 1800 series I-line resists, and the pre-exposure bake of Shipley APEX-E deep-uv (DUV) resist was monitored as well. Development monitoring was achieved by measuring thickness changes...

Ultrasonic detection has many applications in military, medical, marine biology, and physics domains. This paper presents then an emitting signal design for several immersion applications such as liquid level measurement, wall detection for submarine robots, and fish species behavior study. The designed and realized circuits are very simple, of flexible use, and cost-effective. Sensor sealing p...

An optical filter is incorporated in a conventional ultrasound detection system that uses a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and broadband light source, to demodulate the FBG sensor signal. A novel ultrasound sensing system that does not require an optical filter is presented herein. Ultrasound could be detected via the application of signal processing techniques, such as signal averaging and frequenc...

The aim of this paper is to present a system that detects the hand gesture motions using the principle of Doppler Effect. Ultrasonic waves are transmitted by a sensor module and are reflected by a moving hand. The received waves are frequency shifted due to Doppler Effect. These frequency shifts in the ultrasonic waves are characterized to determine gestures. The gestures once recognized are ma...

The concept of a robot refers to a machine or device with the capacity to perform complex actions [MerriamWebster01]. In this current era of technology, robotics serves as more than just a branch of science [Wikipedia02], but a field with opportunity to improve the lives of people around the world. From designing a self-driving wheelchair for those in retirement communities struggling with mobi...

The monitoring of human breathing activity during a long period has multiple fundamental applications in medicine. In breathing sleep disorders such as apnea, the diagnosis is based on events during which the person stops breathing for several periods during sleep. In polysomnography, the standard for sleep disordered breathing analysis, chest movement and airflow are used to monitor the respir...