The SPIDERobot: A Cable-Robot System for On-site Construction in Architecture
AbstractThe use of robots in architectural construction has been a research field since the 1980s. Driven by both productive and creative concerns, different systems have been devised based on...
View ArticleSocio-Economy of Peri-Urban Areas: The Case of Lisbon Metropolitan Area
AbstractThe chapter presents typologies of peri-urban areas of Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) regarding social and economic dimensions. These typologies are the outcome of a trans-disciplinary research...
View ArticleIsentropic thermodynamics and scalar-mesons properties near the QCD critical...
Abstract.We investigate the QCD phase diagram and the location of the critical end point (CEP) in the SU(2) Polyakov-Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model with entanglement interaction giving special attention to...
View ArticleA cable-driven robot for architectural constructions: a visual-guided...
AbstractCable-driven robots have received some attention by the scientific community and, recently, by the industry because they can transport hazardous materials with a high level of safeness which is...
View ArticleConvolutional bag of words for diabetic retinopathy detection from eye fundus...
AbstractThis paper describes a methodology for diabetic retinopathy detection from eye fundus images using a generalization of the bag-of-visual-words (BoVW) method. We formulate the BoVW as two neural...
View ArticleAdversarial Synthesis of Retinal Images from Vessel Trees
AbstractSynthesizing images of the eye fundus is a challenging task that has been previously approached by formulating complex models of the anatomy of the eye. New images can then be generated by...
View ArticleA Deep Neural Network for Vessel Segmentation of Scanning Laser...
AbstractRetinal vessel segmentation is a fundamental and well-studied problem in the retinal image analysis field. The standard images in this context are color photographs acquired with standard...
View ArticleIntroduction of a New Full-Scale Open Cooling Version of the DrivAer Generic...
AbstractSince the introduction of the generic aerodynamic research model DrivAer, an increasing amount of aerodynamic research and aerodynamic CAE method development activities have been based on this...
View ArticleFlexible Work Cell Simulator Using Digital Twin Methodology for Highly...
AbstractThe continuous evolution in manufacturing processes has attracted substantial interest from both scientific and research community, as well as from industry. Despite the fact that streamline...
View ArticleCharacterization and Evaluation of a Railway Wheel Steel in the HCF and VHCF...
AbstractAs technology advances, the need for higher life components increases. This results in a growing need for better comprehension of the materials’ life for higher numbers of cycles. Therefore,...
View ArticlePath Planning for Automatic Recharging System for Steep-Slope Vineyard Robots
AbstractDevelop cost-effective ground robots for crop monitoring in steep slope vineyards is a complex challenge. The terrain presents harsh conditions for mobile robots and most of the time there is...
View ArticleThe K-Framed Quadtrees Approach for Path Planning Through a Known Environment
AbstractOne of the most important tasks for a mobile robot is to navigate in an environment. The path planning is required to design the trajectory that generates useful motions from the original to...
View ArticleDevelopment of Activities for Human-Robot Interaction: Preliminary Results
AbstractThe objective of the work described in this paper is to develop an interactive environment between a child and the humanoid robot ZECA. The robot is the mediator in the game, greeting and...
View ArticleOffline Programming of Collision Free Trajectories for Palletizing Robots
AbstractThe use of robotic palletizing systems has been increasing in the so-called Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry. However, because of the type of solutions developed, focused on high...
View ArticlePoses Optimisation Methodology for High Redundancy Robotic Systems
AbstractThe need for efficient automation methods has prompted the fast development in the field of Robotics. However, most robotic solutions found in industrial environments lack in both flexibility...
View ArticleDynamic Collision Avoidance System for a Manipulator Based on RGB-D Data
AbstractThe new paradigms of Industry 4.0 demand the collaboration between robot and humans. They could help and collaborate each other without any additional safety unlike other manipulators. The...
View ArticleDeep Convolutional Artery/Vein Classification of Retinal Vessels
AbstractThe classification of retinal vessels into arteries and veins in eye fundus images is a relevant task for the automatic assessment of vascular changes. This paper presents a new approach to...
View ArticleClassification of Breast Cancer Histology Images Through Transfer Learning...
AbstractBreast cancer is one of the leading causes of female death worldwide. The histological analysis of breast tissue allows for the differentiation of the tissue suspected to be abnormal into four...
View ArticleCombining genetic non-invasive sampling with spatially explicit...
AbstractEstimating the size of animal populations is essential for understanding the demography and conservation status of species. Genetic Non-Invasive Sampling (gNIS) combined with Spatially Explicit...
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