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Alternating Hydrogen Supply System with Multiple Metal Hydride Hydrogen Tanks for Small Fuel Cell Vehicle |
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Yoshihiko Takahashi, Kento Ikemoto(Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan) |
| A small fuel cell vehicle with metal hydride hydrogen tanks has been developed, and an alternating hydrogen supply system using multiple tanks is proposed in this paper. A metal hydride hydrogen tank has the characteristic of cooling when releasing hydrogen, and when ambient temperatures are low, hydrogen supply to fuel cells is cut off. Experiments were conducted to compare a parallel supply scheme and an alternating supply scheme which uses two tanks, and it was found that the alternating supply scheme has slower cooling of the tanks. |
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Small Indoor Hydroponic System with Renewable Energy |
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Satoru Yamaguchi, Yoshihiko Takahashi(Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan), Takeharu Hayashi(Yamanashi University, Japan) |
| There is a concern about the food crisis due to worldwide population increase and the future rise in food prices. It is therefore preferable to realize local food production for local consumption. We are developing a small indoor vegetable hydroponic system for household use, which uses sustainable energies, such as solar, wind, and hydrogen power. We have developed a hybrid energy control system, and conducted experiments using a small hydroponic system to determine the environmental situation of the lettuce cultivation process. |
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Development of an Autonomous Mobile Assistant: RoboMuse 4.0 |
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Muhammad Suhail Saleem, Subramanian Krishnan(National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, India), Ayush Shukla, Rishabjit Singh, Sanjiv Gupta, Subir Kumar Saha(Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India) |
| The focus of this paper is on the development of a custom designed low cost mobile robot - RoboMuse 4.0, into a highly capable mobile assistant. From following a person around carrying his or her load, to acting as a mobile guide which is capable of autonomously charging itself by docking into a charging station, we have concentrated on automating the mobile functions of an assistant. This was achieved through various subtasks including simultaneous localization and mapping, autonomous exploration, point to point navigation, and autonomous docking and charging. |
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Large Size Painting with Infraless Vision-aided Mobile Robot |
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SungPyo Lee, Minji Lee, Byungkwan Jung(Seoul National University, Korea), Dongwoo Ko(POSTECH, Korea), Hyeonseong Kim(KAIST, Korea) |
| This paper presents two design principles for developing LSP-Bot (large size painting mobile robot); visual
error compensation and wide marker system. Localization error is compensated by vision to enhance the precision of
wheel odometry and IMU sensors. |
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Inspection Robot System using Duct Fan and Deterioration Estimation of Building Wall that Can Be Applied Even in Disaster |
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Fumihiro Inoue, Akira Honjo(Shonan Institute of Technology, Japan) |
| A new robot inspecting the building wall and the estimated method of deterioration that can be used even due to the normal work and the disaster are developed. This robot system is composed of two robots, a base robot and an inspection robot. The base robot can be flew over land and to stick on the wall and climb by the vertical wall thought reaction force by several duct fan. The power of fan is much largest, so the robot can be hung and assisted the inspection robot. In the inspection robot, the state of deterioration of the wall surface is judged by hammering test and image analysis. |
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