Magnetorheological (MR) dampers are devices that can be used for vibration reduction in structures. However, to use these devices in an effective way, a precise modeling is required. In this sense, in this paper we consider a modified parameter identification method of large-scale magnetorheological dampers which are represented using the normalized Bouc-Wen model. The main benefit of the propo...

Comparing intelligent robots interacting with humans is a difficult task. First of all, robotic helps in everyday life can be involved in different tasks. Additionally, the grade of autonomy of the robot and the type of interaction between human and robot may differ to a great extent. It also is an intricate task to design common metrics to assess human-robot interaction. Thus normal benchmarks...

Psychological research results have confirmed that people can have different emotional reactions to different visual stimuli. Several papers have been published on the problem of visual emotion analysis. In particular, attempts have been made to analyze and predict people’s emotional reaction towards images. To this end, different kinds of hand-tuned features are proposed. The results reported ...

We propose a new task of extracting eventevent relations across documents. We present our efforts at designing an annotation schema and building a corpus for this task. Our schema includes five main types of relations: Inheritance, Expansion, Contingency, Comparison and Temporality, along with 21 subtypes. We also lay out the main challenges based on detailed inter-annotator disagreement and er...

Mobile MODRO is a modular mobile robot developed as a test platform for indoor applications at the Institute of Robotics, ETH Ziirich. The modularity is ensured for all components of the robot: electronics, sensors, software and mechanics. The benchmark task for the modular mobile robot is planned to be the distribution of internal mail in the new institute building of the Institute of Robotics...

The Separability of Split Value (SSV) criterion is a simple and efficient tool for building classification trees and extraction of logical rules. It deals with both continuous and discrete features describing data vectors and requires no user interaction in the learning process. Extensions of methods based on this criterion are presented. They aim at improvement of reliability and efficiency of...

A benchmark turbulent Backward Facing Step (BFS) airflow was studied in detail through a program of tightly coupled experimental and CFD analysis. The theoretical and experimental approaches were developed simultaneously in a “building block” approach and the results used to verify each “block”. Information from both CFD and experiment was used to develop confidence in the accuracy of each tech...

In this paper, we propose a new representation of VLSI floorplan and building block problem. The representation is the generalization of Polish expression [1]. By proposing a new relational operator, the representation can efficiently reuse some area that cannot be utilized if only having vertical and horizontal operators defined in Polish expression, and is able to present non-slicing structur...