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2020

3d reconstruction of historical sites using an uav

Autores
Silva, P; Dias, A; Pires, A; Santos, T; Amaral, A; Rodrigues, P; Almeida, J; Silva, E;

Publicação
Robots in Human Life- Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2020

Abstract
This paper addresses Three-Dimensional (3D) reconstruction of historical sites with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), combining the information from a visible spectrum camera with a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR). The developed solution was validated in two sites located in Monastery of Tibães (Braga, NW Portugal), within the scope of MineHeritage project, which intends to reach society on the importance of raw materials through a historical approach. The outputs obtained from the datasets, resulted in a successfully 3D reconstruction of the two studied sites on the Monastery. Although the research is still ongoing on this topic, this paper is a starting point and an important contribution to this field and this type of scenarios. © CLAWAR Association Ltd.

2020

QFD as a tool to improve negotiation process, product quality, and market success, in an automotive industry battery components supplier

Autores
Fonseca, L; Fernandes, J; Delgado, C;

Publicação
Procedia Manufacturing

Abstract
The automotive industry faces major megatrends such as climate change and emissions control, digital transformation, and increased customer power, resulting in more intensive competition, and higher sophisticated vehicles. The application of QFD (Quality Function Deployment) can be particularly valuable to link customer expectations with the technical characteristics of the product. In the case of products, such as batteries for electric vehicles, where technology is not yet mature, and the technical requirements (e.g., autonomy) are continuously more demanding, this is particularly relevant. The QFD customer-oriented product development technique is applied to a cover of a battery pack, to improve the negotiation process with the car manufacturer, the automotive industry battery components supplier company and its suppliers, to ensure market success once the product is released. The application of the HoQ revealed that Product Design and Tolerancing are the main technical requirements with the most impact over the battery cover development, followed the Leakage ratio. This research confirms that the voice of the customer could be quite generic, and it is critical that these requirements are translated into engineering requirements, which, in turn, can be translated into items that can be measured quantitatively and actionable within the company. The application of the affinity diagram was found to be quite valuable to address the significant amount of subjective information, and it is also relevant that OEMs have a desire to standardize the electric vehicle platforms at least on fewer and general sizes, hinting the need for more collaborative team approaches. © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the FAIM 2021.

2020

Retrospectiva histórica do uso de tecnologias como apoio às pessoas com deficiência

Autores
Lisboa, IVMV; Barroso, JMP; Rocha, TdJVd;

Publicação
Brazilian Journal of Development

Abstract

2020

MARA - A modular underwater robot for confined spaces exploration

Autores
Martins, A; Almeida, J; Almeida, C; Pereira, R; Sytnyk, D; Soares, E; Matias, B; Pereira, T; Silva, E;

Publicação
GLOBAL OCEANS 2020: SINGAPORE - U.S. GULF COAST

Abstract
This paper presents an innovative modular autonomous underwater vehicle (MARA) developed for the exploration of underwater confined spaces such as underwater caves, flooded underground mines or complex tight infrastructures in underwater environments. The particular mission scenario of exploration of flooded underground mines was used as a key driver for the robot development. The autonomous underwater vehicle is described from the mechanical, hardware and software points of view. The availability of the INESC TEC underwater systems test tank and access conditions to Porto harbour and the Urgeirica mine allows for easy robot field validation. Preliminary results are also presented and discussed.

2020

Dificuldades e desafios do processo de aprendizagem de algoritmos e programação no ensino superior: uma revisão sistemática de literatura

Autores
Morais, CGB; Mendes Neto, FM; Osório, AJM;

Publicação
Research, Society and Development

Abstract
Aprender a programar geralmente é um desafio para os estudantes: cada aluno possui suas dificuldades individuais e os professores precisam identificá-las para dar o suporte necessário a seus alunos. Neste sentido, este artigo apresenta parte dos resultados obtidos em uma Revisão Sistemática de Literatura sobre o processo de aprendizagem de algoritmos e programação. O principal objetivo do trabalho aqui apresentado é apontar as principais dificuldades e desafios vividos pelos alunos do nível superior em disciplinas de Algoritmos e programação, bem como o que estas dificuldades podem acarretar aos alunos ao longo do seu percurso acadêmico. A escolha pelo método da pesquisa se deu pelo fato de que a Revisão Sistemática de Literatura apresenta um tipo de estudo cuja metodologia é bem definida, sendo capaz de avaliar a pesquisa de maneira criteriosa, confiável e objetiva. Para este estudo, a revisão foi realizada em quatro bases de dados: Web of Science, Scopus, IEEE Xplore e RCAAP. Para tanto, foi definida uma questão de revisão, as palavras-chave, a equação necessária ao estudo, bem como o protocolo de revisão. Inicialmente foram encontrados 350 artigos, dos quais 169 artigos foram pré-selecionados. Após a aplicação dos critérios de inclusão e exclusão, 33 artigos foram selecionados para a análise e desenvolvimento deste trabalho. Com a análise, pudemos verificar e categorizar as dificuldades e desafios enfrentados pelos estudantes durante o processo de aprendizagem de algoritmos e programação. Com os resultados apresentados, este artigo pode contribuir com uma visão geral capaz de servir de ponto de partida para outras pesquisas, bem como para auxiliar docentes e estudantes na percepção destas dificuldades.

2020

The GRAVITY young stellar object survey: III. The dusty disk of RY Lup

Autores
Bouarour, YI; Perraut, K; Menard, F; Brandner, W; Garatti, ACO; Caselli, P; van Dishoeck, E; Dougados, C; Garcia Lopez, R; Grellmann, R; Henning, T; Klarmann, L; Labadie, L; Natta, A; Sanchez Bermudez, J; Thi, WF; de Zeeuw, PT; Amorim, A; Baubock, M; Benisty, M; Berger, JP; Clenet, Y; du Foresto, VC; Duvert, G; Eckart, A; Eisenhauer, F; Eupen, F; Filho, M; Gao, F; Garcia, P; Gendron, E; Genzel, R; Gillessen, S; Jimenez Rosales, A; Jocou, L; Hippler, S; Horrobin, M; Hubert, Z; Kervella, P; Lacour, S; Le Bouquin, JB; Lena, P; Ott, T; Paumard, T; Perrin, G; Pfuhl, O; Rousset, G; Scheithauer, S; Shangguan, J; Stadler, J; Straub, O; Straubmeier, C; Sturm, E; Vincent, FH; von Fellenberg, SD; Widmann, F; Wiest, M;

Publicação
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Abstract
Context. Studies of the dust distribution, composition, and evolution of protoplanetary disks provide clues for understanding planet formation. However, little is known about the innermost regions of disks where telluric planets are expected to form.Aims. We aim constrain the geometry of the inner disk of the T Tauri star RY Lup by combining spectro-photometric data and interferometric observations in the near-infrared (NIR) collected at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer. We use PIONIER data from the ESO archive and GRAVITY data that were obtained in June 2017 with the four 8m telescopes.Methods. We use a parametric disk model and the 3D radiative transfer code MCFOST to reproduce the spectral energy distribution (SED) and match the interferometric observations. MCFOST produces synthetic SEDs and intensity maps at different wavelengths from which we compute the modeled interferometric visibilities and closure phases through Fourier transform.Results. To match the SED from the blue to the millimetric range, our model requires a stellar luminosity of 2.5 L-circle dot, higher than any previously determined values. Such a high value is needed to accommodate the circumstellar extinction caused by the highly inclined disk, which has been neglected in previous studies. While using an effective temperature of 4800 K determined through high-resolution spectroscopy, we derive a stellar radius of 2.29 R-circle dot. These revised fundamental parameters, when combined with the mass estimates available (in the range 1.3-1.5 M-circle dot), lead to an age of 0.5-2.0 Ma for RY Lup, in better agreement with the age of the Lupus association than previous determinations. Our disk model (that has a transition disk geometry) nicely reproduces the interferometric GRAVITY data and is in good agreement with the PIONIER ones. We derive an inner rim location at 0.12 au from the central star. This model corresponds to an inclination of the inner disk of 50 degrees, which is in mild tension with previous determinations of a more inclined outer disk from SPHERE (70 degrees in NIR) and ALMA (67 5 degrees) images, but consistent with the inclination determination from the ALMA CO spectra (55 +/- 5 degrees). Increasing the inclination of the inner disk to 70 degrees leads to a higher line-of-sight extinction and therefore requires a higher stellar luminosity of 4.65 L-circle dot to match the observed flux levels. This luminosity would translate to a stellar radius of 3.13 R-circle dot, leading to an age of 2-3 Ma, and a stellarmass of about 2 M-circle dot, in disagreement with the observed dynamical mass estimate of 1.3-1.5 M-circle dot. Critically, this high-inclination inner disk model also fails to reproduce the visibilities observed with GRAVITY.Conclusions. The inner dust disk, as traced by the GRAVITY data, is located at a radius in agreement with the dust sublimation radius. An ambiguity remains regarding the respective orientations of the inner and outer disk, coplanar and mildly misaligned, respectively.As our datasets are not contemporary and the star is strongly variable, a deeper investigation will require a dedicated multi-technique observing campaign.

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