In this paper an embedded vision system and control module is introduced that is capable of controlling an unmanned four-rotor helicopter and processing live video for various law enforcement, security, military, and civilian applications. The vision system is implemented on a newly designed compact FPGA board (Helios). The Helios board contains a Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGA chip and memory making it ...

When making wood board production, defects on board will influence the machining process automation degree. Therefore, how to fast, accurately remove of wood defects and realize optimal combination cutting stock problem has always been a research hotspot in the field of wood processing. According to the decayed wood board, the paper designed the one dimensional optimization cutting stock combin...

Large UAVs depend on GPS technology to accurately describe their position, and navigate to their objectives successfully. However, Micro Air Vehicles (MAVS) cannot rely on GPS technology when navigating indoors. Much research has been conducted to develop robust control systems for MAV formations. Most of this research requires off-board sensing to provide formation control. In this work we dem...

When recording a classroom lecture, it is useful to capture the writing on the board for processing by applications. To provide more useful information for applications, we group together strokes based on the meaning of the writing. However, it is currently not possible to automatically obtain general semantic information from a video. Instead we rely on the structure of writing to approximate ...

The packet processing system MATMUNI is presented. It is implemented on an FPGA board and configurable at runtime via a graphical configuration tool. Two application scenarios are demonstrated.

This paper presents the results of an investigation into the suitability of advanced technologies to on-board applications. A generic single-chip computing platform for use on-board small spacecraft, which can be reconfigured remotely from the ground station, is proposed. The platform features a highly modular structure, such that it can be quickly and easily customised to produce specific-purp...

The common printed circuit board (PCB) built of G10 or FR4 glass epoxy materials will easily bend under moderate forces. Almost all processes involved in populating these boards can involve bending the board many times unknowingly. High stresses transmitted to small areas of the board are of greatest concern. Manufacturing efficiencies improved by processing small PCBs as a group of multiple ci...

One of the issues that have gained a lot of attention in recent years is the board gender diversity. Many researchers believe that gender diversity in the board reinforces corporate social responsibility and on the other hand, gender diversity is one of the signs and effects of corporate social responsibility in the board, so there is a mutual relationship between board gender diversity and cor...