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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (hereafter CPR) is a life-saving procedure to combat our day-to-day risks of cardiac arrest. However, there are a few citizens who can accurately carry out CPR by encountering the scene of the cardiac arrest of others, and there are many unclear parts on the methods such as the correct attitude of CPR, and…

Many designs for robot arms exist. Here we present an affordable revolute arm, capable of executing simple pick-and-place tasks. The arm employs a double parallelogram structure, which ensures its endpoint angle in the plane of the upper arm remains fixed without the need for additional actuation. Its limbs are fabricated from circular tubes made from…

Due to the variations in weather conditions, photovoltaic systems adopt a technique based on maximum power point tracking to extract the maximal power of the solar module. In the literature, there are many different methods classical and intelligent of maximum power point tracking (MPPT). But, due to the semiconductor effect, the current-voltage characteristics of the…

The use of Covid-19 contact tracing applications has become almost irrelevant now that several flavors of Covid-19 vaccine have been developed and are constantly being distributed to people during the pandemic to help alleviate the need for lockdowns. Also, the availability of at-home testing kits and testing sites means that people do not need to…

This paper presents novel Energy Management Strategies (EMSs), and the control of a Grid-Connected Hybrid Renewable Energy System (GCHRES). The GCHRES describes a Photovoltaic Generator (PVG) and a Battery-Based Storage System. Both are tied to the Common Coupling Point (CCP) through a reversible three-phase inverter. The CCP combines the Utility Grid (UG) and an AC…

Photovoltaic systems are classified as non-linear systems. On the other hand, the characteristics of photovoltaic cells are non-linear. For this reason, researchers use several methods of maximum power monitoring (MPPT) to improve the performance of photovoltaic system. It is therefore necessary to use an adaptation stage between the photovoltaic generator (GPV) and the load to…

Serious games are at the forefront of discussions about the future of learning. Research shows that they can help improve student motivation and knowledge transfer by making learning experiences more pleasurable. Teaching practices are increasingly enhanced or complemented by serious games; skills and knowledge are developed by recreating realistic situations allowing learners to enhance their…

In this research we developed an BIM-based system to monitor and visualize the real-time building users information. Concentrating on building in-use stages, advantages in tracking facial recognition should be revealed through the availability of real-time information. In this way could explore the possibility of how BIM and IoT could improve data-oriented facility management. The integration…

This paper details an extension to the SLIP model named spring-loaded inverted pendulum model with swing legs (SLIP-SL). SLIP-SL extends the SLIP model by introducing swing leg dynamics while keeping its passive nature. This way, reference trajectories for the center of mass and swing foot trajectories can be simultaneously obtained which was not possible with…

Fuel Cells (FCs) and Combined Cooling, Heating and Power (CCHP) systems are becoming very popular due to their environmental friendliness and immense applications. This extended review paper commenced by introducing the rampant South Africa’s electricity crisis as the basis for the study, followed by some structural analyses of up to forty-four miscellaneous power electronics converters…

Vehicle number plate detection and recognition is an integral part of the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) as every vehicle has a number plate as part of its identity. The quantity of vehicles on road is growing in the modern age, so numerous crimes are also increasing day by day. Almost every day the news of…

Today, Drowning is the 3rd major cause for unintentional injury death accounting for 7% of deaths of all injury deaths. Drowning is a state of suffocation when water or other fluids accumulate the lungs, resulting in respiratory impairment, ultimately leading to death. The predominant problem during rescue operations of such accidental drowning is to locate…

The technics of maximum power point tracking is widely used in solar photovoltaic energy and electric power system applications. Traditionally, these technics are based on conventional methods like perturb and observe and incremental conductance. In this work, three methods based on particle swarms optimization, incremental conductance and adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system are presented. A…

In 1980, an application was developed to track, manage and store documents in electronic format. Scan technology has enabled organizations to digitize papers for easier document storage and tracking. Document management tools have since developed by introducing new functionalities, related to security, users services, workflow and audit. Our research is part of the context of…

This paper proposes a photovoltaic (PV) integrated shunt active power filter (SAPF) for reactive power compensation, uneven loading and compensation of harmonic current. The control of SAPF is implemented by using adaptive based current estimation algorithm to maintain power factor near to unity and source current sinusoidal at source side. The weights are calculated online…

This paper covers a new topology, a synchronous wind turbine generator, and a solar photovoltaic generator. The Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator is linked to the grid by back-to-back voltage source converters (BtB VSC), consisting of a two-stage rectifier and a five-stage Neutral Point Clamped inverter, operated by the Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation technique. A…

A nonlinear adaptive robust controller is proposed in this paper for trajectory-tracking control problems of robot manipulators. On one hand, to effectively approximate the systematic dynamics, a simple time-delay estimator is first adopted. On the other hand, to minimize the control error, the controller is designed based on a sliding mode structure using the obtained…

Traditional crossroads use traffic lights, but may cause delays due to its stop and wait process. Moreover, autonomous vehicles are being made, although it is not yet mass-produced. This work presents a design and implementation of an agile system that communicates and coordinates autonomous vehicles entering the intersection by adjusting their speeds and maneuvers to…

Nowadays, automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) is very important especially in the era of smart cities and intelligent transport systems. Fully automated number plate detection and recognition system helps in reducing time, error, and cost for tracking of vehicles and for recording traffic violations. The main goal of this paper is to design a low…

In this study, an adaptive nonlinear sensorless controller for doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) driven by a wind turbine is proposed. The aim is to maximize the extracted power by tracking the wind turbine optimal torque-speed characteristic without the need for rotor speed measurement. This controller ensures a satisfactory tracking of both stator flux and…

Nowadays, smartphones and laptops equipped with cameras have become an integral part of our daily lives. The pervasive use of cameras enables the collection of an enormous amount of data, which can be easily extracted through video images processing. This opens up the possibility of using technologies that until now had been restricted to laboratories,…

Finger skills are achieved through the training process. This training process will be more straightforward if a training system is used. A novel finger motoric training system is introduced in this paper. This system is to facilitate a beginner piano player to learn the basic piano skill. The system is comprised of a tracking finger…

This paper deals with a multi closed-loop adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) design for the under-actuated quadrotor systems. First, the training data set for the fuzzy inference system is obtained using a proportional integral derivative controller. Then, an initial ANFIS controller is designed, where the integral control action is preserved in the multi-closed-cloop ANFIS for…

The classification of static or mobile objects, from a signal or an image containing information as to their structure or their form, constitutes a constant concern of specialists in the electronic field. The remarkable progress made in past years, particularly in the development of neural networks and artificial intelligence systems, has further accentuated this trend.…

4-DOF car motion simulator helps to simulate real-life experiences that drivers do not have the opportunity to access the real environment. The dynamics equation of 4-DOF car motion simulator is a very complex problem with many uncertain parameters, so it requires intelligent control algorithms. Sliding mode controller (SMC) can achieve good tracking performance and robustness…