Programa de Doctorat en Automàtica, Robòtica i Visió: Recent submissions
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Leak supervision in water distribution networks based on model-based and data-driven approaches
(English) This dissertation intends to provide a methodology for leak supervision in the water distribution network (WDN), focusing on detecting, estimating, and locating leaks in the system. Additionally, sensor placement ...
Modelling and vibration control for a submerged piezoelectric cantilever beam
(English) In this thesis, the dynamic model for the piezoelectric cantilever beam is build by using partial differential equation (PDE). To facilitate the parameter estimation procedure and the controller design, a simplified ...
Modelling and control of high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells for combined heat and power comfort applications
(English) In this thesis, a model predictive control-based energy management system for a specific house powered by a high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell is presented. Fuel cells and combined heat and power ...
Enhancing maintenance and energy efficiency in smart manufacturing processes through non-intrusive monitoring strategies
(English) Concern about energy efficiency has increased in the industry, mainly motivated by rising energy prices and government policies to raise awareness of environmental impact. For this reason, this thesis is dedicated ...
Generative models for the automatic recognition of reactive and abnormal peripheral blood cells with diagnosis purposes
(English) Clinical pathologists focus on detailed morphological analysis of peripheral blood (PB) cells for the recognition of abnormal cells and contribute to the diagnosis of hematological diseases. While this traditional ...
LPV lateral control of autonomous and automated vehicles
(English) It is expected that automated driving will enhance road safety, increase highway capacity, reduce carbon emissions, and make transportation more accessible to disabled and older people. However, fully automated ...
The surface defect identification problem in the industry: a novel approach with semantic segmentation and generative adversarial networks
(English) Surface inspection of coated surfaces in the automotive industry, traditionally has been a manual process in charge of keen eye operators in charge of inspecting the whole car body. However, as might be deducted, ...
Agile aerial manipulation: an approach based on full-body dynamics and model predictive control
(English) Aerial manipulators, which commonly take the form of multirotors with attached robotic limbs, primarily employ their limbs for pure manipulation tasks and do not rely on them during aerial locomotion. Besides, ...
Advances in nonlinear observer design for state and parameter estimation in energy systems
(English) Critical energy challenges are forcing a rapid modification of the current energy infrastructure. lndeed, larger renewable energy penetration, more distributed generation and storage, and higher degree of autonomy ...
Personalising robot assistance for cognitive training therapy
(English) There are 50 million people worldwide living with dementia, and this number is projected to triple by 2050. While there are no pharmacological treatments for this syndrome, behavioural therapy such as cognitive ...
Detection and diagnosis of faults and damage in wind turbines
(English) Wind turbines are huge structures with technological and industrial development on land and sea. These structures are located in remote areas with difficult access, with extreme environmental conditions. These ...
Fault diagnosis in wind turbines using machine learning techniques
(English) In recent years, wind power has emerged as a promising alternative to fossil fuels, with wind turbines widely used to generate clean energy. However, like complex machinery, wind turbines are prone to faults that ...
AI-enhanced cyber-physical systems in automotive industry : integration of CPS and application artificial intelligence technologies in automotive paint shop process
(English) Transformation of industrial processes to embrace Industry 4.0 revolution needs to use data: valuable data from different data sources, labelled data, semantic layers, metadata to understand better, universes, ...
Contributions to LPV control under time-varying saturations
(English) This thesis presents contributions to the state-of-the-art in the field of gain-scheduling control, with special emphasis on linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems and the presence of time-varying saturations. ...
Optimización de recursos intralogísticos en entornos industriales para su uso en vehículos autónomos
(English) The introduction of autonomous vehicles in intralogistics has significantly increased in recent times. However, in the industry, a single autonomous vehicle is often not used, but several of them are needed to ...
Modeling and reconstruction of 3D humans
(English) Understanding humans in images has been a long-standing goal in Computer Vision. Recently, modelling and generation of virtual humans has become a popular area of research spurred by the success of deep learning, ...
Safety and adaptation in physical interaction control for robotic applications
(English) Although robotic platforms have been used for a wide range of purposes, recent advances in robot autonomy raise the opportunity of bringing them closer to humans. This implies that, under any circumstance, robots ...
Crutch gait patterns characterization through spatial and temporal parameters
(English) Crutches are widely used as assistive walking devices for a diverse population. They are often prescribed by clinicians/therapists to help offload the lower extremities for individuals with impairments. They can ...
A virtual environment to evaluate and predict recovery of human hand motion post-stroke
(English) The Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) is a measurement tool to assess post-stroke upper extremities motor function. However, ARAT scoring can be subjective and limited only to determining performance quality. ...
Visual understanding of human behavior: 3D pose, motion, actions and context
(English) Visual understanding of human behavior is a very broad topic that, in the abstract, means understanding what a person or group of people is doing in an image or video. In practice, it can be broken down into a ...
