Research into robotic grasping and manipulation has led to the development of a large number of tendon based end effectors. Many are, however, developed as a research tool, which are limited in application to the laboratory environment. The main reason being that the designs requiring a large number of actuators to be controlled. Due to the space and safety requirements, very few have been deve...

In this papel; we describe a formal method for modelling real-time systems and a procedure tcl compu,te the model's timing characteristics automatically. We present algorithms that compute exact bounds on the delay between two spec$ed events. We also describe an algorithm to count the minimum and maximum number of times an event occurs between a given starting condition and an ending condition....

A background briefing on the use of evolutionary computation to optimise industrial designs Executive Summary Nature has a process that optimises the design of living organisms. This process is called evolution. Evolution is based on a set of key principles including the use of a genetic code and Darwinian natural selection. Todayy s scientists and engineers can use the same principles to solve...

Owing to their superior catalytic activity in the extreme conditions, extremozymes have found the potential biotechnological applications for industrial purposes. A robust extracellular protease activity was detected in the culture broth of Salicola marasensis, an extreme halophilic bacterium, after a 48 h-incubation. The effect of different media ingredients in a liquid state fermentation was ...

Wireless sensor networks are a key enabling technology for industrial monitoring applications where the use of wireless infrastructure allows high adaptivity and low cost in terms of installation and retrofitting. To facilitate the move from the current wired designs to wireless designs, concerns regarding reliability must be satisfied. Current standardization efforts for industrial wireless sy...

This paper addresses the experimental identification of a servo actuator which is used in many industrial applications. Because the system consisted of electrical and mechanical components, the behavior of the system was nonlinear. In addition, the under load behavior of this servo was different. The load torque was considered as the input and a two input-one output model was presented for t...

Two-level factorial and fractional factorial designs have played a prominent role in the theory and practice of experimental design. Though commonly used in industrial experiments to identify the significant effects, it is often undesirable to perform the trials of a factorial design (or, fractional factorial design) in a completely random order. Instead, restrictions are imposed on the randomi...