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Enrico Motta - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a user Friendly Interface to control ros robotic platforms
International Semantic Web Conference, 2018Co-Authors: Ilaria Tiddi, Emanuele Bastianelli, Gianluca Bardaro, Enrico MottaAbstract:In this work we present a user Interface assisting non-expert users to design complex robot behaviours, hence facilitating the deployment of robot-integrated applications. Due to the increasing number of robotic platforms available for commercial use, robots are being approached by users with different backgrounds, whose interests lie in the high-level capabilities of the platforms rather than their technical architecture. Our Interface allows non-experts to use a robot as a development platform, i.e. giving it high-level commands (e.g. autonomous navigation, vision, natural language generation) by relying on a basic ontology of high-level capabilities mapped on the robot low-level capabilities (e.g. communication, synchronisation, drivers) exposed by the most common robotic middleware ROS. To show how our work can sensibly reduce the efforts required for having robots achieving basic tasks, we propose a live demonstration in which the ISWC audience will remotely program a robot to achieve different tasks without any previous knowledge of ROS.
Ilaria Tiddi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a user Friendly Interface to control ros robotic platforms
International Semantic Web Conference, 2018Co-Authors: Ilaria Tiddi, Emanuele Bastianelli, Gianluca Bardaro, Enrico MottaAbstract:In this work we present a user Interface assisting non-expert users to design complex robot behaviours, hence facilitating the deployment of robot-integrated applications. Due to the increasing number of robotic platforms available for commercial use, robots are being approached by users with different backgrounds, whose interests lie in the high-level capabilities of the platforms rather than their technical architecture. Our Interface allows non-experts to use a robot as a development platform, i.e. giving it high-level commands (e.g. autonomous navigation, vision, natural language generation) by relying on a basic ontology of high-level capabilities mapped on the robot low-level capabilities (e.g. communication, synchronisation, drivers) exposed by the most common robotic middleware ROS. To show how our work can sensibly reduce the efforts required for having robots achieving basic tasks, we propose a live demonstration in which the ISWC audience will remotely program a robot to achieve different tasks without any previous knowledge of ROS.
Kerstin Thurow - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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ROBIO - Flexible robot platform for sample preparation automation with a user-Friendly Interface
2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2016Co-Authors: Thomas Roddelkopf, Heidi Fleischer, Norbert Stoll, Michael Klos, Kerstin ThurowAbstract:Robots play a vital role in life science automations. This paper is to present an industrial dual-arm robot platform used to transfer sample preparation processes from the manual to automated ones, with a user-Friendly Interface for designing the processes. Due to its two multi-axis arms, the robot is flexible to handle various tools, such as pipettes, syringes, vials, microplates, thermoshakers or ultrasonic machines, which are identical to manually used tools. This endows the platform with the potential of “copying” (without major changing, most parts keeping the same) multi manual processes to automated ones. However, the complexity of programming for industrial robots is one of the major barriers preventing automation and limiting flexibility, especially for an industrial dual-arm robot. In this paper, a flexible and easy-to-use software system has been developed for the robot platform, which consists of three parts: (1) a user Interface software, (2) robot programs and (3) an Interface program. Finally, an automated process of sample preparation for determining cholesterol by the dual-arm robot has been described. And prepared samples by the robot had been analyzed by a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) instrument, with the coefficient of variance being below 10%.
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Flexible robot platform for sample preparation automation with a user-Friendly Interface
2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2016Co-Authors: Thomas Roddelkopf, Heidi Fleischer, Norbert Stoll, Michael Klos, Kerstin ThurowAbstract:Robots play a vital role in life science automations. This paper is to present an industrial dual-arm robot platform used to transfer sample preparation processes from the manual to automated ones, with a user-Friendly Interface for designing the processes. Due to its two multi-axis arms, the robot is flexible to handle various tools, such as pipettes, syringes, vials, microplates, thermoshakers or ultrasonic machines, which are identical to manually used tools. This endows the platform with the potential of “copying” (without major changing, most parts keeping the same) multi manual processes to automated ones. However, the complexity of programming for industrial robots is one of the major barriers preventing automation and limiting flexibility, especially for an industrial dual-arm robot. In this paper, a flexible and easy-to-use software system has been developed for the robot platform, which consists of three parts: (1) a user Interface software, (2) robot programs and (3) an Interface program. Finally, an automated process of sample preparation for determining cholesterol by the dual-arm robot has been described. And prepared samples by the robot had been analyzed by a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) instrument, with the coefficient of variance being below 10%.
L Leiman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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UCBRURAL: A USER-Friendly Interface FOR RURAL HIGHWAY COMPUTER SIMULATION MODELS WITH EMPHASIS ON THE INCORPORATION OF THE TWOPAS MODEL
1996Co-Authors: L LeimanAbstract:Rural highways account for the majority of the highway mileage present in the United States and many other countries. As such an important element of the transportation infrastructure, there is an ongoing demand for tools with which to assess their operating and safety characteristics, improvement possibilities, and general effectiveness. Computerized simulation models developed specifically for two-lane two-way rural highways have been used as powerful tools in making such assessments. Two such models are TRARR, developed by the Australian Road Research Board, and TWOPAS, developed by the Federal Highway Administration. The University of California, Berkeley, developed a user-Friendly Interface for the TRARR model under previous projects. This report documents the incorporation of the TWOPAS model into the same Interface which is called UCBRURAL. This report also contains a detailed description of how to use the UCBRURAL Interface to make either a TRARR or a TWOPAS run.
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UCBTRARR: a user-Friendly Interface for rural highway computer simulation models
1994Co-Authors: D J Lovell, L LeimanAbstract:This report documents research efforts directed at the development of a user-Friendly Interface for the TRARR computer simulation model of traffic on rural roads. The TRARR model was developed by the Australian Road Research Board, and has been used extensively in the United States, Canada, Australia and other countries to conduct operational analyses of rural highways. This final report is preceded by a working paper, Rural Highway Computer Simulation Model Improvements: Enhancing the TRARR Model, published in February, 1993. The material in the working paper is included in condensed form in the early part of this final report. In addition, this report includes a complete description of the completed user Interface, and instructions for its use. This includes the creation and modification of input files, execution of the TRARR model, and format and interpretation of the output. A number of very useful potential improvements have been suggested but were not implemented for lack of time. These are summarized as suggestions for future improvements to the Interface. Finally, conclusions and recommendations are offered.
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UCBTRARR: A USER-Friendly Interface FOR RURAL HIGHWAY COMPUTER SIMULATION MODELS. RESEARCH REPORT
1994Co-Authors: D J Lovell, L LeimanAbstract:This report documents research efforts directed at the development of a user-Friendly Interface for the TRARR computer simulation model of traffic on rural roads. The TRARR model was developed by the Australian Road Research Board, and has been used extensively in the United States, Canada, Australia, and other countries to conduct operational analyses of rural highways. This final report is preceded by a working paper, "Rural Highway Computer Simulation Model Improvements: Enhancing the TRARR Model", published in February, 1993. The material in the working paper is included in condensed form in the early part of this final report. In addition, this report includes a complete description of the completed user Interface, and instructions for its use. This includes the creation and modification of input files, execution of the TRARR model, and format and interpretation of the output. A number of very useful potential improvements have been suggested but were not implemented for lack of time. These are summarized as suggestions for future improvements to the Interface. Finally, conclusions and recommendations are offered.
Bo Zhang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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interactive video retrieval with rich features and Friendly Interface
Conference on Image and Video Retrieval, 2008Co-Authors: Jianmin Li, Zhikun Wang, Dong Wang, Bo ZhangAbstract:In the paper, an interactive video retrieval system with rich features and Friendly Interface is presented briefly. The goal is to help users to find what they want with some analysis and visualization tools provided by the system. It searches shots in text, image and concept space respectively and fuses these scores finally. Friendly Interface is designed to help users to browse and label the result conveniently. With such an Interface, user and system can exchange information effectively and efficiently in the retrieval procedure.
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CIVR - Interactive video retrieval with rich features and Friendly Interface
Proceedings of the 2008 international conference on Content-based image and video retrieval - CIVR '08, 2008Co-Authors: Jianmin Li, Zhikun Wang, Dong Wang, Bo ZhangAbstract:In the paper, an interactive video retrieval system with rich features and Friendly Interface is presented briefly. The goal is to help users to find what they want with some analysis and visualization tools provided by the system. It searches shots in text, image and concept space respectively and fuses these scores finally. Friendly Interface is designed to help users to browse and label the result conveniently. With such an Interface, user and system can exchange information effectively and efficiently in the retrieval procedure.
