Robotic splicing of steel arches is a challenging task that is necessary to realize the grasping and docking of steel arches in a limited space.Steel arches often have a mass of more than 200 kg and length of more tha...Robotic splicing of steel arches is a challenging task that is necessary to realize the grasping and docking of steel arches in a limited space.Steel arches often have a mass of more than 200 kg and length of more than 4 m.Owing to the large volume and mass of steel arches and the high requirements for accurately positioning the splicing,it is difficult for a general manipulator to meet the stiffness requirements.To enhance the structural stiffness of the steel arch splicing manipulator,a single-degree-of-freedom(DOF)closed-loop mechanism was added to the grasping structure of the manipulator.Based on the basic principle of structural synthesis,a solution model of the single-DOF closed-loop mechanism was developed,and alternative kinematic pairs of the mechanism with different input constraints and output requirements were derived.Based on this model,a design method for a single-DOF closed-loop grasping mechanism and a posture adjustment mechanism for a steel arch was devised.Combined with the same dimensional subspace equivalence principle of the graphical-type synthesis method,12 types of steel arch splicing manipulator were constructed.By analyzing the motion/force transmission and structural complexity of the steel arch splicing manipulators,the best scheme was selected.A prototype of the steel arch splicing manipulator was manufactured.Adams software was used to obtain clearly the output trajectory of the end of the manipulator.The relative spatial positions of the upper and lower jaws under different working stages were analyzed,demonstrating that the manipulator satisfied the grasping requirements.Through a steel arch splicing experiment,the grasping effect,docking accuracy,and splicing efficiency of the manipulator met the design requirements.The steel arch splicing manipulator can replace the manual completion of the steel arch splicing operation,significantly improving the operation efficiency.展开更多
To explore the influence of the fusion of different features on recognition,this paper took the electromyography(EMG)signals of rectus femoris under different motions(walk,step,ramp,squat,and sitting)as samples,linear...To explore the influence of the fusion of different features on recognition,this paper took the electromyography(EMG)signals of rectus femoris under different motions(walk,step,ramp,squat,and sitting)as samples,linear features(time-domain features(variance(VAR)and root mean square(RMS)),frequency-domain features(mean frequency(MF)and mean power frequency(MPF)),and nonlinear features(empirical mode decomposition(EMD))of the samples were extracted.Two feature fusion algorithms,the series splicing method and complex vector method,were designed,which were verified by a double hidden layer(BP)error back propagation neural network.Results show that with the increase of the types and complexity of feature fusions,the recognition rate of the EMG signal to actions is gradually improved.When the EMG signal is used in the series splicing method,the recognition rate of time-domain+frequency-domain+empirical mode decomposition(TD+FD+EMD)splicing is the highest,and the average recognition rate is 92.32%.And this rate is raised to 96.1%by using the complex vector method,and the variance of the BP system is also reduced.展开更多
A repeatable and simple thermal splicing method for low loss splice between fluoride and silica fibers is presented. The minimum splicing loss of 0.58 dB is achieved experimentally with this approach, Meanwhile, the p...A repeatable and simple thermal splicing method for low loss splice between fluoride and silica fibers is presented. The minimum splicing loss of 0.58 dB is achieved experimentally with this approach, Meanwhile, the power capacity of this splicing joint is also tested with a high power fiber laser. The maximum input power is up to 15 W, only limited by the available power of the laser source. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on thermal splicing between fluoride and silica fibers operating in a high power regime without any complicated ion-assisted deposition process.展开更多
基金Supported by Special funding support for the construction of innovative provinces in Hunan Province(Grant No.2019GK1010)National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFB1302600).
文摘Robotic splicing of steel arches is a challenging task that is necessary to realize the grasping and docking of steel arches in a limited space.Steel arches often have a mass of more than 200 kg and length of more than 4 m.Owing to the large volume and mass of steel arches and the high requirements for accurately positioning the splicing,it is difficult for a general manipulator to meet the stiffness requirements.To enhance the structural stiffness of the steel arch splicing manipulator,a single-degree-of-freedom(DOF)closed-loop mechanism was added to the grasping structure of the manipulator.Based on the basic principle of structural synthesis,a solution model of the single-DOF closed-loop mechanism was developed,and alternative kinematic pairs of the mechanism with different input constraints and output requirements were derived.Based on this model,a design method for a single-DOF closed-loop grasping mechanism and a posture adjustment mechanism for a steel arch was devised.Combined with the same dimensional subspace equivalence principle of the graphical-type synthesis method,12 types of steel arch splicing manipulator were constructed.By analyzing the motion/force transmission and structural complexity of the steel arch splicing manipulators,the best scheme was selected.A prototype of the steel arch splicing manipulator was manufactured.Adams software was used to obtain clearly the output trajectory of the end of the manipulator.The relative spatial positions of the upper and lower jaws under different working stages were analyzed,demonstrating that the manipulator satisfied the grasping requirements.Through a steel arch splicing experiment,the grasping effect,docking accuracy,and splicing efficiency of the manipulator met the design requirements.The steel arch splicing manipulator can replace the manual completion of the steel arch splicing operation,significantly improving the operation efficiency.
基金support by the Aerospace Research Project of China under Grant No.020202。
文摘To explore the influence of the fusion of different features on recognition,this paper took the electromyography(EMG)signals of rectus femoris under different motions(walk,step,ramp,squat,and sitting)as samples,linear features(time-domain features(variance(VAR)and root mean square(RMS)),frequency-domain features(mean frequency(MF)and mean power frequency(MPF)),and nonlinear features(empirical mode decomposition(EMD))of the samples were extracted.Two feature fusion algorithms,the series splicing method and complex vector method,were designed,which were verified by a double hidden layer(BP)error back propagation neural network.Results show that with the increase of the types and complexity of feature fusions,the recognition rate of the EMG signal to actions is gradually improved.When the EMG signal is used in the series splicing method,the recognition rate of time-domain+frequency-domain+empirical mode decomposition(TD+FD+EMD)splicing is the highest,and the average recognition rate is 92.32%.And this rate is raised to 96.1%by using the complex vector method,and the variance of the BP system is also reduced.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61275144the Innovative Research and Development Project of Nanshan District under Grant No KC2013JSCX0013A+1 种基金the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Projects under Grant No JCYJ20150324140036862the Funding from Shenzhen University under Grant No 00008355
文摘A repeatable and simple thermal splicing method for low loss splice between fluoride and silica fibers is presented. The minimum splicing loss of 0.58 dB is achieved experimentally with this approach, Meanwhile, the power capacity of this splicing joint is also tested with a high power fiber laser. The maximum input power is up to 15 W, only limited by the available power of the laser source. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on thermal splicing between fluoride and silica fibers operating in a high power regime without any complicated ion-assisted deposition process.
