Generació de decisions davant d'incerteses 

    Escobet i Canal, Antoni (Fecha de defensa: 2012-09-17)

    Aquesta tesi tracta sobre la metodologia del raonament inductiu difús (FIR, de l’anglès fuzzy inductive reasoning) aplicada a sistemes de detecció i diagnòstic de fallades. La metodologia FIR sorgeix de l’enfocament del ...

    Grasp plannind under task-specific contact constraints 

    Rosales Gallegos, Carlos (Fecha de defensa: 2013-01-10)

    Several aspects have to be addressed before realizing the dream of a robotic hand-arm system with human-like capabilities, ranging from the consolidation of a proper mechatronic design, to the development of precise, ...

    Human movement analysis by means of accelerometers : aplication to human gait and motor symptoms of Parkinson's Disease 

    Samà Monsonís, Albert (Fecha de defensa: 2013-10-03)

    This thesis presents the original contributions of the author on the field of human movement analysis from signals captured by accelerometers. These sensors are capable of converting acceleration from some body parts into ...

    Hybrid modelling and receding horizon control of combined sewer networks 

    Joseph Duran, Bernat (Fecha de defensa: 2014-11-04)

    Combined sewer networks carry wastewater and storm water together. During normal operation all the water is delivered to wastewater treatment plants, where it is treated before being released to surrounding natural water ...

    Influence of reverse logistics on optimal manufacturing, remanufacturing, and storage capacities 

    Benedito, Ernest (Fecha de defensa: 2010-04-08)

    El propósito de la presente tesis es estudiar la influencia de la logística inversa en las capacidades de fabricación, refabricación y almacenaje óptimas de un sistema industrial. El interés por la logística inversa ha ...

    Instrumentation, model identification and control of an experimental irrigation canal 

    Sepúlveda Toepfer, Carlos (Fecha de defensa: 2008-04-03)

    This thesis aims to develop control algorithms for irrigation canals in an experimental framework.<br/>These water transport systems are difficult to manage and present low efficiencies in practice. <br/>As a result, an ...

    Integration Techniques of Fault Detection and Isolation Using Interval Observers 

    Meseguer Amela, Jordi (Fecha de defensa: 2009-06-30)

    An interval observer has been illustrated to be a suitable approach to detect and isolate faults affecting complex dynamical industrial systems. Concerning fault detection, interval observation is an appropriate passive ...

    Knowledge representation and reasoning for perception-based manipulation planning 

    Diab, Mohammed (Fecha de defensa: 2021-01-22)

    This thesis develops a series of modeling and reasoning tools for knowledge-oriented manipulation planning in semi/unstructured environments. The main idea is to use high-level knowledge-based reasoning to capture a rich ...

    Learning relational models with human interaction for planning in robotics 

    Martínez Martínez, David (Fecha de defensa: 2017-02-21)

    Automated planning has proven to be useful to solve problems where an agent has to maximize a reward function by executing actions. As planners have been improved to salve more expressive and difficult problems, there is ...

    Localización de robots móviles en entornos cerrados mediante características de audio 

    Manzanares Brotons, Manuel (Fecha de defensa: 2016-02-03)

    When GPS is not operative in closed environments, mobile robots use different types of sensor in order to locate their position. However, the use of audiofrequency signals sensors is significative lower than other type of ...

    Map-based localization for urban service mobile robotics 

    Corominas Murtra, Andreu (Fecha de defensa: 2011-09-23)

    Mobile robotics research is currently interested on exporting autonomous navigation results achieved in indoor environments, to more challenging environments, such as, for instance, urban pedestrian areas. Developing mobile ...

    Mapping, planning and exploration with Pose SLAM 

    Valencia Carreño, Rafael (Fecha de defensa: 2013-04-19)

    This thesis reports research on mapping, path planning, and autonomous exploration. These are classical problems in robotics, typically studied independently, and here we link such problems by framing them within a common ...

    Modelado y simulación del sistema de control cardiovascular en pacientes con lesiones coronarias 

    Vallverdú Ferrer, Montserrat (Fecha de defensa: 1993-10-22)

    Se presenta un modelo del sistema cardiovascular desarrollado con suficiente detalle para analizar la regulación del sistema nervioso central (snc) de control, cuando el sistema cardiovascular esta sometido a la acción de ...

    Modelado, análisis y control dinámico de un reformador de etanol en tres etapas para aplicaciones en pilas de combustible 

    Garcia, Vanesa M. (Fecha de defensa: 2012-04-16)

    This thesis presents results related to the design, modeling and control of a low temperature ethanol reformer as a source of hydrogen designed to feed a fuel cell (PEMFC). As fuel, ethanol has been selected as one of the ...

    Modelado, simulación y control de un convertidor boost acoplado magnéticamente 

    Carrero Candelas, Niliana Andreina (Fecha de defensa: 2014-07-18)

    This thesis covered the modeling, simulation as well as the design of a control law for a coupled inductor Boost converter. In particular, from the point of view of modeling, we focused on the use of averaged modeling ...

    Modeling and control of PEM fuel cells 

    Sarmiento Carnevali, Maria Laura (Fecha de defensa: 2017-09-22)

    In recent years, the PEM fuel cell technology has been incorporated to the R&D plans of many key companies in the automotive, stationary power and portable electronics sectors. However, despite current developments, the ...

    Modeling, Simulation and Control of Doubly-Fed Induction Machine Controlled by Back-to-Back converter 

    Dòria Cerezo, Arnau (Fecha de defensa: 2006-10-18)

    Aquesta Tesi estudia el control d'un sistema complex, un sistema d'emmagatzement d'energia cinètica, incloent les seves especificacions de control, modelat, disseny de controladors, simulacions, muntatge i validació ...

    Modelling and nonlinear control of voltage frequency of hydroelectric power plants 

    Quiroga, Oscar Daniel (Fecha de defensa: 2000-10-27)

    Las centrales hidroeléctricas, como sistemas reales, tienen un comportamiento no lineal. Con el objetivo de diseñar controladores para turbinas, fue una práctica normal en el pasado considerar o simplificar estos comportamientos ...

    Monocular SLAM : data association and sensing through a human-assisted uncalibrated visual system 

    Guerra Paradas, Edmundo (Fecha de defensa: 2017-07-17)

    The Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) problem is widely acknowledged as one of the fundamental problem to solve in perception and robotics to produce actual mobile robotic agents. The problem itself is that of ...

    Motion planning using synergies : application to anthropomorphic dual-arm robots 

    García Hidalgo, Néstor (Fecha de defensa: 2019-10-08)

    Motion planning is a traditional field in robotics, but new problems are nevertheless incessantly appearing, due to continuous advances in the robot developments. In order to solve these new problems, as well as to improve ...