In this paper, we present a smart sketch-based algorithm for simulating Oriental brush strokes on shapes. The user inputs the contours of the shape to paint. The system first estimates automatically the optimal trajectory of the brush, and then renders the shape into Oriental ink painting style by direct brush texture mapping. We formulate the problem of optimal brush trajectory estimation as t...

Drones are the first robots to arrive in smart cities, and collision avoidance with helicopters is among the first barriers to widespread drone use. In this paper, we develop control designs and vehicle models to analyze collision avoidance between quadrotors and helicopters, and use them to derive the ranges required for sensing or communication radios used for collision avoidance. The models ...

Since the early 2000s, there has been an exponentially increasing development of new diabetes-applied technology, such as continuous glucose monitoring, bolus calculators, and "smart" pumps, with the expectation of partially overcoming clinical inertia and low patient compliance. However, its long-term efficacy in glucose control has not been unequivocally proven. In this issue of Journal of Di...

Velocity field to draw’a circie Passive velocity field control (PVFC) was previously developed for mechanical systems which have strong coordination and must interact with the physical environment. Applications include teleoperated manipulators, contouring in machining and smart exercise machines. The methodology encodes tasks using time invariant desired velocity fields instead of the more tra...

The variability and uncontrollability of wind power increases the difficulty for a power system operator to implement a wind power system with a high penetration rate. These are more serious factors to consider in small and isolated power systems since the system has small operating reserves and inertia to secure frequency and voltage. Typically, this difficulty can be reduced by interconnectio...

the constitutive relationships of the rubber materials that act as the main spring of a hydraulic engine mount are nonlinear. in addition to material induced nonlinearity, further nonlinearities may be introduced by mount geometry, turbulent fluid behavior, temperature, boundary conditions, decoupler action, and hysteretic behavior. in this research all influence the behavior of the system only...

existed electricity grids deliver produced power to the consumer passing through transmission and distribution grids. according to high losses of these grids in transmission level and inexistence of bilateral interaction for simultaneous information exchange, a concept of smart grids were made by capabilities such as consciously participation of consumers in the smart electricity grids, an amou...

Wind turbines can have inertia characteristics similar to synchronous generators through virtual control, which helps provide the support for system. However, there is problem of how coordinate allocation among wind turbines. In response this problem, paper first analyzes capabilities and puts forward an evaluation index that quantifies capability The a farm evaluated at entire system level. Ba...

A smart 6-DOF load cell is developed which uses an array of ICP® strain gages with piezo-electric sensing elements. Since the strain gage transducers have multiple-pin connectors, Transducer Electronic Data Sheets (TEDS) can be used to identify each sensing element, thereby simplifying the cabling and eliminating channel identification errors. The TEDS of each strain gage also stores a single w...

Abstract Increasing penetration of power electronics interfaced generation decreases the stability system, due to absence rotational inertia in their operation. Emulation using converter controls combination with storages can address this issue. However, method relies on use large quantities storage compensate during a transient unbalance. Instead increasing supply, smart transformer (ST), fast...