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A Proposition for a Design Method of Service Systems

Blagovesta Hristova Kostova

This research is in the domain of service science and proposes a method for designing service systems. We consider three levels of design – individual, organizational, and implementation. The proposed design method links these three levels by explicit inpu ...

2017

Design of a refractive surface

Mark Pauly, Yuliy Gennadievich Schwartzburg

Method of designing a refractive surface, comprising providing a refractive object having a refractive surface with an initial geometry, determining a refraction of incident illumination through the refractive surface with the initial geometry to create a ...

2017

Escapement-Based Movements as Positioning Mechanisms: Design and Modelling

Romain David Besuchet

This work has been triggered by an industrial project targeting the design of a mechatronic injector for the medical field. Injections are usually performed using a syringe, a quite clumsy tool that transforms the injection task in a positioning one. The q ...

EPFL2016

Robust Distributed Averaging Frequency Control of Inverter-Based Microgrids

Alireza Karimi, Christoph Manuel Kammer

We consider the problem of distributed primary and secondary frequency control in inverter-based microgrids with meshed topology. A dynamic phasor modeling approach is presented that accurately represents the dynamics of the grid while being suitably simpl ...

IEEE2016

Using Singularities of Parallel Manipulators to Enhance the Rigid-Body Replacement Design Method of Compliant Mechanisms

Lennart Rubbert

The rigid-body replacement method is often used when designing a compliant mechanism. The stiffness of the compliant mechanism, one of its main properties, is then highly dependent on the initial choice of a rigid-body architecture. In this paper, we propo ...

American Society of Mechanical Engineers2014

Modeling Route Choice Behavior Using Smartphone Data

Jingmin Chen

In this thesis, we develop methods for modeling route choice behavior using smartphone data. The developing global positioning system (GPS) technology and the popularity of smartphones have revolutionized the revealed preference route choice data collectio ...

EPFL2013

Audio-based Relative Positioning System for Multiple Micro Air Vehicle Systems

Dario Floreano, Felix Stephan Schill, Meysam Basiri

Employing a group of independently controlled flying micro air vehicles (MAVs) for aerial coverage missions, instead of a single flying robot, increases the robustness and efficiency of the missions. Designing a group of MAVs requires addressing new challe ...

2013

Design and Optimization of Orthogonally Intersecting Planar Surfaces

Mark Pauly, Yuliy Gennadievich Schwartzburg

We present a method for the design of 3D constructions from planar pieces that can be cut easily and cheaply with laser cutters and similar Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines. By cutting tight slits in intersecting pieces, they can be slid into each ...

Springer Berlin Heidelberg2012

Data management and applications in a world-leading bus fleet

Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) Systems are being introduced increasingly in many major cities around the world to improve the efficiency of our road-based passenger transport systems. Satellite-based location and communication systems, particularly the G ...

2012

Bayesian Rendezvous for Distributed Robotic Systems

Alcherio Martinoli, Sven Adrian Gowal

In this paper, we state, using thorough mathe- matical analysis, sufficient conditions to perform a rendezvous maneuver with a group of differential-wheeled robots endowed with an on-board, noisy, local positioning system. In particular, we extend the exis ...

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