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2020

A machine learning approach for collaborative robot smart manufacturing inspection for quality control systems

Authors
Brito T.; Queiroz J.; Piardi L.; Fernandes L.A.; Lima J.; Leitão P.;

Publication
Procedia Manufacturing

Abstract
The 4th industrial revolution promotes the automatic inspection of all products towards a zero-defect and high-quality manufacturing. In this context, collaborative robotics, where humans and machines share the same space, comprises a suitable approach that allows combining the accuracy of a robot and the ability and flexibility of a human. This paper describes an innovative approach that uses a collaborative robot to support the smart inspection and corrective actions for quality control systems in the manufacturing process, complemented by an intelligent system that learns and adapts its behavior according to the inspected parts. This intelligent system that implements the reinforcement learning algorithm makes the approach more robust once it can learn and be adapted to the trajectory. In the preliminary experiments, it was used a UR3 robot equipped with a Force-Torque sensor that was trained to perform a path regarding a product quality inspection task.

2020

Energy Wars - Chrome vs. Firefox

Authors
de Macedo, J; Aloisio, J; Goncalves, N; Pereira, R; Saraiva, J;

Publication
2020 35TH IEEE/ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING WORKSHOPS (ASEW 2020)

Abstract
This paper presents a preliminary study on the energy consumption of two popular web browsers. In order to properly measure the energy consumption of both environments, we simulate the usage of various applications, which the goal to mimic typical user interactions and usage. Our preliminary results show interesting findings based on observation, such as what type of interactions generate high peaks of energy consumption, and which browser is overall the most efficient. Our goal with this preliminary study is to show to users how very different the efficiency of web browsers can be, and may serve with advances in this area of study.

2020

Secure Triplet Loss for End-to-End Deep Biometrics

Authors
Pinto, JR; Cardoso, JS; Correia, M;

Publication
2020 8TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON BIOMETRICS AND FORENSICS (IWBF 2020)

Abstract
Although deep learning is being widely adopted for every topic in pattern recognition, its use for secure and cance-lable biometrics is currently reserved for feature extraction and biometric data preprocessing, limiting achievable performance. In this paper, we propose a novel formulation of the triplet loss methodology, designated as secure triplet loss, that enables biometric template cancelability with end-to-end convolutional neural networks, using easily changeable keys. Trained and evaluated for electrocardiogram-based biometrics, the network revealed easy to optimize using the modified triplet loss and achieved superior performance when compared with the state-of-the-art (10.63% equal error rate with data from 918 subjects of the UofTDB database). Additionally, it ensured biometric template security and effective template cancelability. Although further efforts are needed to avoid template linkability, the proposed secure triplet loss shows promise in template cancelability and non-invertibility for biometric recognition while taking advantage of the full power of convolutional neural networks.

2020

ROBIN: An open-source middleware for plug'n'produce of Cyber-Physical Systems

Authors
Arrais, R; Ribeiro, P; Domingos, H; Veiga, G;

Publication
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED ROBOTIC SYSTEMS

Abstract
Motivated by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, there is an ever-increasing need to integrated Cyber-Physical Systems in industrial production environments. To address the demand for flexible robotics in contemporary industrial environments and the necessity to integrate robots and automation equipment in an efficient manner, an effective, bidirectional, reliable and structured data interchange mechanism is required. As an answer to these requirements, this article presents ROBIN, an open-source middleware for achieving interoperability between the Robot Operating System and CODESYS, a softPLC that can run on embedded devices and that supports a variety of fieldbuses and industrial network protocols. The referred middleware was successfully applied and tested in various industrial applications such as battery management systems, motion, robotic manipulator and safety hardware control, and horizontal integration between a mobile manipulator and a conveyor system.

2020

Sensor Based on Multiple Fiber Bragg Gratings for Diameter Measurement

Authors
Cardoso, V; Caldas, P; Thereza, MGR; Frazão, O; Carvalho, C; Costa, J; Santos, JL;

Publication
EPJ Web of Conferences

Abstract
A method based on multiple Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) and a structure fabricated using a 3D printer for diameter measurement is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The sensor is easily developed inserting the FBG on the structure and fixing the FBG in two points. Due to this arrangement, when the diameter is reduced a force is applied on the sensor and this causes a wavelength shift. The study is divided in two steps using one experimental setup. At first, each FBG response is independently evaluated concerning the diameter variation and after that, the FBGs are evaluated together. The results demonstrated that the structure can be used as a way to monitor the diameter variation in some applications.

2020

The curse of knowledge: having access to customer information can reduce monopoly profits

Authors
Laussel, D; Long, NV; Resende, J;

Publication
RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS

Abstract
We show that a monopolist's profit is higher if he refrains from collecting coarse information on his customers, sticking to constant uniform pricing rather than recognizing customers' segments through their purchase history. In the Markov perfect equilibrium with coarse information collection, after each commitment period, a new introductory price is offered to attract new customers, creating a new market segment for price discrimination. Eventually, the whole market is covered. Shortening the commitment period results in lower profits. These results sharply differ from the ones obtained when the firm can uncover the exact willingness-to-pay of each previous customer.

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