Inverse kinematics is a fundamental problem in manipulator robotics: a set of joint angles must be calculated so that the robot arm can be manipulated to the corresponding desired end effector position and orientation (also known as “pose&rdquo...
This paper presents an experimental investigation into the implementation of free-motion tasks on a serial metamorphic manipulator (SMM). Utilizing a previously established task-based optimization methodology, the dynamic performance of the SMM is ev...
The study of lightweight block ciphers has been a “hot topic”. As one of the main structures of block ciphers, the Feistel structure has attracted much attention. However, the traditional Feistel structure cipher changes only half of the...
With the advent of the Industry 4.0 era, the manufacturing industry is implementing a range of novel technologies on the factory floor, leading to the generation of substantial quantities of production data. However, the development of analytics tool...
The development of digital technologies is in many ways associated with an improvement of integrated technologies, microelectronic components, and the capabilities of hardware acceleration of the most computationally complex operations. Field-program...
One approach to influence the current flow through the battery pack is to implement switching circuits. Two switching elements are necessary for each cell-stage to be bypassed or activated. This allows active load management. Thus the utilisation of...
A digital pulse width modulator (DPWM) is a key component in digital power electronics. Techniques like space vector modulation, along with rising switching frequencies from wide-bandgap power transistors, create a need for a center-aligned high-reso...
In this paper, we introduce a real-time parallel-serial algorithm for autonomous robot positioning for GPS-denied, dark environments, such as caves and mine galleries. To achieve a good complexity-accuracy trade-off, we fuse data from light detection...
Fast, efficient and more importantly accurate serial dilution is a necessary requirement for most biochemical microfluidic-based quantitative diagnostic applications. Over the last two decades, a multitude of microfluidic devices has been proposed, e...
Serial communication enables communication between devices by providing high speed and efficiency in data transfer within modern communication systems. It has a wide range of applications, including business, healthcare, education, industry, and cons...
A linearized programming method of memristor-based neural weights is proposed. Memristor is known as an ideal element to implement a neural synapse due to its embedded functions of analog memory and analog multiplication. Its resistance variation wit...
Internet of things (IoT) technology provides practical solutions for a wide range of applications, including but not limited to, smart homes, smart cities, intelligent grid, intelligent transportation, and healthcare. Security and privacy issues in I...
In numerical modeling, mesh quality is one of the decisive factors that strongly affects the accuracy of calculations and the convergence of iterations. To improve mesh quality, the Laplacian mesh smoothing method, which repositions nodes to the bary...
Pan-sharpening algorithms are data-and computation-intensive, and the processing performance can be poor if common serial processing techniques are adopted. This paper presents a parallel computing paradigm for pan-sharpening algorithms based on a ge...
This paper presents a low-power hardware implementation of an AES-CCM coprocessor for secure chips in embedded systems. The proposed design performs key expansion only once and stores the round keys in an on-chip RAM to avoid redundant computations....
Encoder interfaces should be operated in real time with high precision and fast processing for industrial motor control systems. The continuous bidirectional serial synchronous (BiSS-C) interface is an open-source serial communication protocol design...
In today’s TEST interconnected world, the security of 5G Medical IoT networks is of paramount concern. The increasing number of connected devices and the transmission of vast amounts of data necessitate robust measures to protect information in...
This study aimed to implement a multimodal 1H/HP-13C imaging protocol to augment the serial monitoring of patients with glioma, while simultaneously pursuing methods for improving the robustness of HP-13C metabolic data. A total of 100 1H/HP [1-13C]-...
Building Information Modeling (BIM) has fundamentally changed the way interdisciplinary coordination works in construction projects; however, the theoretical mechanisms underlying open collaboration standards in this field remain insufficiently explo...
The rapid evolution of Internet of Things (IoT) applications, such as e-health and the smart ecosystem, has resulted in the emergence of numerous security flaws. Therefore, security protocols must be implemented among IoT network nodes to resist the...
This work presents a complete multi-serial adaptive bus interface system compatible with the most widely used industrial serial communications standards: RS-232, RS-485, RS-422, and CAN. The proposed system automatically detects the connected serial...
We want to predict body weight while lying in bed for an elderly patient who is unable to move by himself/herself. To this end, we have implemented a prototype system that estimates the body weight of a person lying on a smart mat in nonrestraint and...
Security and privacy concerns pose significant obstacles to the widespread adoption of IoT technology. One potential solution to address these concerns is the implementation of cryptographic protocols on resource-constrained IoT edge nodes. However,...
Screening newborns for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is critical for early detection and prompt diagnosis of related long-term consequences of infection, such as sensorineural hearing loss and neurodevelopmental delays. The objective of...
Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator Systems (UVMSs) play a critical role in various marine operations, where the choice of manipulator architecture significantly influences system performance. While serial robotic arms have been widely adopted in UVMS app...
Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is a crucial technology used in many IoT applications such as healthcare, asset tracking, logistics, supply chain management, assembly, manufacturing, and payment systems. Nonetheless, RFID-based IoT a...
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Psychological distress among adolescents adversely affects their development and negatively impacts them later in life. The aim of the present study was to determine whether an association exists between physical exercise and psychological distress a...
Testing for complex serial dependence in economic and financial time series is a crucial task that bears many practical implications. However, the linear paradigm remains pervasive among practitioners as the autocorrelation function, because, despite...
The increasing number of zero-emission vehicles on the roads demands novel vehicle charging solutions that ensure convenience, safety, increased charging infrastructure availability, and aesthetics. Wireless charging technology is seen as the one tha...
Microwave core-chips are highly integrated MMICs that are in charge of all the beam-shaping functions of a transmit-receive module within a phased array system. Such chips include switches, amplifiers and attenuators, phase shifters, and possibly oth...
This paper presents the design and implementation of a D-band CMOS phase shifter based on a parallel reflective-load topology. Two phase-shifting architectures are explored, namely a 360° continuously tunable phase shifter and a 180° phase sh...
The aim of this paper is to present a model of energy efficient scheduling for series production systems during operation, including setup and shutdown activities. The flow shop system together with setup, shutdown times and energy consumption are co...
This paper provides a full theoretical and experimental analysis of a serial algorithm for the point-in-polygon test, which requires less running time than previous algorithms and can handle all degenerate cases. The serial algorithm can quickly dete...
The objective of this study is to evaluate the homogeneity, trend, and trend change points in the rainfall data. Daily rainfall data was collected for the arid district of Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh state, India from 1981 to 2016 at the subdistric...
Deep neural network (DNN) inference demands substantial computing power, resulting in significant energy consumption. A large number of negative output activations in convolution layers are rendered zero due to the invocation of the ReLU activation f...
The high performance of FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) in image processing applications is justified by its flexible reconfigurability, its inherent parallel nature and the availability of a large amount of internal memories. Lately, the Stocha...
Because of the efficient tradeoff in area–time complexities, digit-serial systolic multiplier over
Encryption-then-compression (EtC) enables secure image processing while retaining coding efficiency. In grayscale-based EtC pipelines with YCbCr transformation and component serialization, reversible data hiding (RDH) becomes challenging because cros...
Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) allows computations on encrypted data without decryption, providing strong security for sensitive information. However, computational and memory demands for FHE are significant challenges, particularly in the Number...
The positioning accuracy of spacecraft in orbit is easily affected by low-frequency micro-vibrations of the environment and internal disturbances caused by the payload. Inspired by the neck structure of birds, this study devised a piezo-driven active...
The use of wireless technology in common marine engineering applications as a medium for data transaction in measurement and control systems, is not as popular as it should be. This article aims to demonstrate the advantages of using wireless technol...
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with different layers have performed with excellent results in watermark removal. However, how to extract robust and effective features via CNNs of black box in watermark removal is very important. In this paper,...
It is essential to assess the condition of moyamoya disease (MMD) patients accurately and promptly to prevent MMD from endangering their lives. A Pseudo-Three-Dimensional Residual Network (P3D ResNet) was proposed to process spatial and temporal info...
The aim of this study was to develop a real-time automatic attendance system (AAS) based on Internet of Things (IoT) technology and facial recognition. A Raspberry Pi camera built into a Raspberry Pi 3B is used to transfer facial images to a cloud se...
Bit-serial neural network accelerators address the growing need for compact and energy-efficient deep learning tools. Traditional neural network accelerators, while effective, often grapple with issues of size, power consumption, and versatility in h...
Customer knowledge management (CKM) is a relatively new research domain, aiming at exploring the potential of customer knowledge for the open innovation process of companies. The present paper aims at performing a complex analysis of the serial media...
With the growing demand for large-scale urban observation, multi-channel technology has become a cornerstone of high-resolution wide-swath SAR systems. The challenge of storing and transmitting the large data volumes generated by multi-channel system...
Since low-power Wi-Fi sensors are connected to the Internet, effective radio spectrum use is crucial for developing an efficient Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for Wi-Fi sensor networks. A connectivity-based multipolling mechanism was employed...
This work presents an extension of the Belgrade ACol collisional database within the Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC) framework to include dissociative electron attachment (DEA) processes. DEA, a low-energy electron-driven resonant me...
The 8b/10b IBM encoding scheme is used in a plethora of communication technologies, including USB, Gigabit Ethernet, and Serial ATA. We propose two primitive-based structural designs of an 8b/10b encoder and two of an 8b/10b decoder, all targeted at...
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