.... Design/methodology/approach Instead of acquiring body data for ergonomic evaluation by arranging many observers around, this paper proposes a multi-sensor based wearable system to track worker’s posture for a continuous ergonomic assessment. Moreover, given the accurate neck postural data from the shop...

... denotes the vibration amplitude and p(x) is the probability density function of the vibration amplitude. Sensors Machine intelligence Safety Artificial intelligence Condition monitoring Sensitive dimensionless parameters Fisher criterion Wavelet packet decomposition Empirical mode...

... as training algorithms for the ANN. BP learning algorithm minimizes the error function by using the gradient descent method. ELM training algorithm is based on selecting of the input weights randomly of the ANN network and the output weight of the network are determined analytically. Sensors Simulation...

... tools for energy efficiency, and that opportunities for industry to take up energy efficiency measures are mostly not carried out. The research combined AmI and KM technologies and involved new uses of sensors, including wireless intelligent sensor networks, to measure environment parameters...

... based microgripper integrated with capacitive contact sensor (fabricated in standard micromachining process SOI‐MUMPs), sense electronics, a controller, high voltage actuation circuit and graphical user interface. Findings Due to the improvement in the lateral comb‐drive design, the actuator...

... the development on this method is not considered for future solutions. A typical inertial sensor is composed of three‐axis accelerometer, three‐axis rate gyro, and three‐axis magnetometer. Inertial sensing has early applications in navigations before GPS was commonly used. Today, the availability of micro...

...Yinhua Liu; Sun Jin; Zhongqin Lin; Cheng Zheng; Kuigang Yu Purpose Fixture failures are the main cause of the dimensional variation in the assembly process. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the optimal sensor placement of compliant sheet metal parts for the fixture fault diagnosis...

... provide assembly tasks and simulations using tele‐operations. Simulation Sensors Virtual work Robotics The handle's torque‐vector (τ) is given by: Equation 1 where L is half of the length of handle, g is the gravity constant, m is the mass of the handle...

...: integrated circuits (ICs), sensors and displays. It describes recent developments and considers the materials and techniques used in their fabrication. Findings This paper shows that nanoelectronic developments, particularly experimental ICs, are progressing very rapidly but all manner of different...

...Bo Chen; Shanben Chen Purpose The status of welding process is difficult to monitor because of the intense disturbance during the process. The purpose of this paper is to use multiple sensors to obtain information about the process from different aspects and use multi‐sensor information fusion...

..., considers a selection of commercially important products and their applications and concludes with a brief review of power MEMS research. Findings Silicon MEMS fabrication technology is derived from techniques used in semiconductor manufacture and has yielded a diverse and ever‐growing range of sensors...

...Sun Jin; Kuigang Yu; Xinmin Lai; Yinhua Liu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on optimal sensor placement for the fixture variation diagnosis of compliant sheet metal assembly process. Fixture variations are the main sources for complex automotive body dimensional failures...

... operating it, or sit at a computer and view scenes remotely on a screen. Cameras are either mounted on the robot, or so that they view both the environment and robot. Tele‐operators complete tests both with and without sensors. One robot system uses an umbilical cable and one uses a radio link. Findings...

..., and practical examples given. Next is a description of various active systems in which actuators respond in real time to feedback from motion sensors. Finally, some unusual and interesting applications are explored. Findings The need for vibration isolation is growing, because of increasing vibrations...

... can work stably even when there are some outliers during the tracking process. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Tracking Sensors Control technology An augmented reality system generates a composite view for the user. It is a combination of the real scene viewed...

...Chunxia Huang; Qixin Cao; Zhuang Fu; Chuntao Leng Purpose This paper sets out to propose a wafer prealigner based on multi‐sensor integration and an effective prealignment method implemented on it. Design/methodology/approach The wafer and notch eccentricities, on which wafer prealignment...

...Ernie Appleton; Bo Tao; Han Ding; Youlun Xiong Purpose Modern manufacturing plants have a desperate need for large amounts of sensor information, to refine and improve their production. A novel peer‐to‐peer distributed sensor network (DSN) framework is presented in this paper to continue...

... as passive and/or active radio read/write sensor‐packages with active read (and often write) capabilities in relatively large areas (like a large distribution centre warehouse, or a containership), all performed automatically, supervised by computers and communicated in a wireless fashion over secure...

... as a practicable and very valuable tool in industrial inspection. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Quality control Process management Sensors In the past, it was very expensive to capture infrared images, ruling out its use in industry. This was because the photon‐detection sensors had...

...Christine Connolly Purpose This paper reviews some of the applications addressed by a new company that specialises in the integration of sensors on assembly plants. Design/methodology/approach The company's expertise encompasses mechanical, electrical and electronic and optical engineering...