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Volume 17, Issue 5
October 2006
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- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, p. 2 –3
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060508
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- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, page: 4 –4
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060509
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(3 pages) - Author(s): M. Sparkes
- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, p. 10 –11
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060510
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The author has an eye on the day when his car will be able to drive him to work while he catches up on the newspapers. - Author(s): M. Sparkes
- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, p. 12 –13
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060511
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Why is the US and Europe focusing on task-specific robots, when Japan is chasing a far more adaptable humanoid design? The author asks if there is an inherent Western 'robophobia' at the root of the issue. - Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, page: 14 –14
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060512
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- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, page: 15 –15
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060513
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- Author(s): J. Walko
- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, p. 16 –19
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060501
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Home automation is not a new concept. It has been around for a couple of decades in some form or other. Early commercial systems focused on the control of lighting, security, climate and appliances around the house. Adoption rates have hardly set the world alight, and the networks have tended to be quite sophisticated and, consequently, on the expensive side. While the industry is getting smarter about developing the wireless technologies and protocols needed (and thinking up innovative names for the options) it is clear that those at the cliff face of product and applications marketing face a major challenge in customer education. The battleground is set between the leading players in the home automation - chief among these are ZigBee and Z-Wave. - Author(s): M. Taylor
- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, p. 20 –25
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060502
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The Burnett river dam is one of the largest roller compacted concrete dams built to date in Australia and is capable of holding in excess of 300,000 Mega-litres of water when full. The environmental implications of building a large dam are myriad and highly political in their nature. In this project a very high priority was placed on mitigating these issues throughout both the design and construction phases of the project as the area where the dam was built being home to platypode, lung fish and rare turtle species. - Author(s): S. Davies
- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, p. 26 –27
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060503
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Canbra foods is Canada's largest fully-integrated oilseed crushing, refining, processing and packaging company. Its major products include cooking and salad oil, margarine, shortening and a full line of proteins. With stiff competitive pressure from soy manufacturers, Canbra is constantly seeking ways to increase manufacturing efficiency and reduce costs. At the company's Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada facility, it relies heavily on automation technology to control, automate and monitor production. A project to automate the batch control process at a Canadian oil processing plant has yielded significant improvements as well as a considerable amount of money. The automated solution combines the batch control software with a Flexicon bulk handling system that conveys, loads, unloads, weighs, feeds, and processes bulk solid material. - Author(s): F. Rodriguez y Baena
- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, p. 28 –31
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060504
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Medical robots represent the natural evolution of orthopaedic surgical instrumentation and are here to stay. But, despite their obvious advantages to patients and surgeons, the imminent widespread uptake of this technology is by no means certain. The new methodology pioneered by the Acrobot team could help to assure their adoption and determine the exact nature of future medical robots. Contrary to a public misconception that places them on the par with a scalpel-wielding RoboCop, medical robots are not going to replace humans in the operating theatre. Rather, robotic systems can be thought of as smart instruments designed to extend and complement the skills of surgeons in an ever more demanding and patient driven health service. In an age of overwhelming public awareness of surgeon fallibility an aging population and a consumer approach to medicine, orthopaedic surgeons and implant manufacturers are facing their toughest challenge yet. - Author(s): D. James
- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, p. 32 –37
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060505
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The first step in the journey towards an automated batch process is to gain an understanding of the concepts associated with batch control. The second concerns the need to install a control system consisting of a DCS or SCADA system and a batch management package. Once the design principles have been established, applying batch control requires the selection of products and a supplier as well as a practical approach to the translation of the concepts into a working system. The final step is to follow a project execution process that is suited to a batch automation system. - Author(s): P. Marsh
- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, p. 38 –41
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060506
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Graphical modelling and simulation environments can increasingly support an end-to-end tool flow for developing control systems. Simulink is used to both model systems and then produce code for prototype hardware, in some cases going further by using tools to generate software suitable for the production system. Automatic code generation (ACG) greatly improves the reliability and speed of the coding process. Model-based development environments clearly provide a way to expedite the design of complex or high-fidelity embedded control systems. These tools continue to evolve with the impetus for shorter design cycles, greater levels of flexibility and lower costs. - Author(s): B.M. Leedy and C. Reinholtz
- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, p. 42 –43
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060507
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The challenge was to create a fully autonomous vehicle capable of navigating complex desert terrain at high speeds to compete for } in the DARPA Grand Challenge. The solution was to use an advanced NI PXI sensor suite and LabVIEW to perform GPS navigation, obstacle avoidance, and road following. - Author(s): W. Stripf
- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, p. 44 –45
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060514
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When Profisafe was first published in 1999, it acted as a trailblazer for innovative safety technology. Seven years on, we look at its developments. - Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, p. 46 –47
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060515
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- Author(s): M. Sparkes
- Source: Computing and Control Engineering, Volume 17, Issue 5, page: 48 –48
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:20060516
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Bruce Shapiro's art-machines make use of control and automation technology to inspire children and adults alike. Can he recruit a new generation of engineers by making the industry accessible?
News in brief
News
Analysis: Auto king of the road
Analysis: Japanese robotics
Editor's letter
Letters to the Editor
Home control
Coming up for air [environmental issue]
Oiling the wheels of automation
Man and the machine [medical robots]
Learning your ABC - or applying batch control
A model of control
Facing the challenge [autonomous ground vehicle]
Safe and sure
Calendar
Final word: The art of motion control
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