One of the crucial questions to develop Autonomous Mobile Robotic systems is the energy consumption, its monitoring and management all along the mission. Mission complexity and fault tolerance capabilities require to exploit system redundancies, in terms of algorithms and hardware recruitment. This choice has an evident impact on energy consumption. This paper proposes an identification protoco...

The paper presents a new path planning and replanning algorithm based on two-dimensional occupancy grid map of the environment, which integrates the focused D* (FD*) algorithm and Witkowski’s algorithm. The FD* algorithm is used for fast replanning and Witkowski’s algorithm is used for generating all optimal paths in the grid map. Our algorithm finds the shortest path in the geometrical space b...

A survey of helminth parasites was carried out on 198 dogs living in almost complete liberty in villages in the northeast of Gabon. Faeces and blood samples were collected and analysed. Dirofilaria immitis antigen was detected in 13.6% of dogs using the SNAP 3Dx test, a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Faecal examination revealed that 91.4% of dogs were infected...

Parameter identification scheme and discrete-time adaptive sliding-mode controller applied to Pioneer 3-DX wheeled mobile robot (WMR) are presented in this paper. The dynamical model for mobile robot with one pair of active wheels, time–varying mass and moment of inertia have been used in slidingmode control. Two sliding-mode controllers corresponding to angular and position motion have been de...

This paper presents an algorithm for solving the simultaneous planning localization and mapping (PSLAM) problem, an important key issue for robust navigation in unknown environments. This proposal is a method for integrated exploration, where mobile robot incrementally build a map of this environment while simultaneously use this map to compute the absolute robot localization, and make local de...

BACKGROUND Thrombocytopenia is common in dogs on St Kitts but there is no data on the possible etiological role played by infections with Anaplasma, Babesia and Ehrlichia, other than E. canis, which are known to occur in the Caribbean. METHODOLOGY Blood from 13 thrombocytopenic but apparently healthy dogs seronegative (Snap 3Dx) for E. canis were tested by PCR for Ehrlichia, Anaplasma and Bab...

In this paper, pile behavior embedded in layered soil deposits subjected to seismic loadings is analyzed using a nonlinear fiber element for simulation of soil – pile interactions. In the created model, both pile and surrounding soil are modeled using fiber elements in a practical Beam on Nonlinear Winkler Foundation (BNWF) concept. Herein, the features of DRAIN–3DX finite element software are ...

Aim: To determine the seroprevalence of vector(tick)-borne Babesia canis, Babesia gibsoni, Ehrlichia canis and Borrelia burgdorferi and mosquito-borne Dirofilaria immitis in naturally exposed pet, working, and street dogs in Assam, India. Materials and Methods: Seroprevalence of B. canis and B. gibsoni was determined using Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Test (IFAT) kit and for D. immitis, E. can...

in this paper, pile behavior embedded in layered soil deposits subjected to seismic loadings is analyzed using a nonlinear fiber element for simulation of soil – pile interactions. in the created model, both pile and surrounding soil are modeled using fiber elements in a practical beam on nonlinear winkler foundation (bnwf) concept. herein, the features of drain–3dx finite element software are ...