State Of The Art Sensors Technology In Spain 2017 Volume 1

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Spain 2017" that was published in Sensors

A comprehensive overview of sensors technology is provided in specific leading areas. Researchers, engineers and professionals on industries can find advanced technologies, devices, insights and solutions for a broad range of applications, including:• Piezoelectric power transducers• Multisensory for veins detection for robotic-based catheters insertion• Robot-sensor network cooperation for SLAM • Wind speed influences on RGB-D images in trees• Spectrophotometer for physiopathy detection in chickens• Radon gas and ionization detection• Vibrations measurements in robots • Architectures for multisensor intelligent robots• Ultrasound for tissue characterization• Active imaging model• Image-based for crack detection in tunnels• Wireless sensor nodes for energy harvesting, industrial monitoring, concrete cure• Vibroacoustic Impact on the Architectonic Heritage• Sensors motion capture in wearables• Torsional wave sensor• Model-based non-rigid tracking• Stair-Climbing Mobility• IoT-based people monitoring• Laser Speckle System• Odometric in an autonomous electric cart• New control paradigms• Concentric electrodes for ECG and intestinal exploration• Trusted virtual sensors• Thermo-Hygrometric measurements in archaeology• Intensive care unit• Multi-beam Lidar 3D scan• Hyperspectral Imaging in brain tumor• Crowdsensing in smart cities• Strain method to detect tires' loss• Optical force sensor• Portable sensor for substance concentration measurements• High-Frequency content in Human QRS complexes• Fusion of proximity sensors data• Electro-magnetic acoustic system• Computer vision on aerial robots for surface inspection• Dual-reflectarray antennas.

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Spain 2017" that was published in Sensors

State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Spain 2017.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art sensors technology in specific leading areas. Industrial researchers, engineers and professionals can find information on the most advanced technologies and developments, together with data processing. Further research covers specific devices and technologies that capture and distribute data to be processed by applying dedicated techniques or procedures, which is where sensors play the most important role. The book provides insights and solutions for different problems covering a broad spectrum of possibilities, thanks to a set of applications and solutions based on sensory technologies. Topics include: - Signal analysis for spectral power - 3D precise measurements - Electromagnetic propagation - Drugs detection - e-health environments based on social sensor networks - Robots in wireless environments, navigation, teleoperation, object grasping, demining - Wireless sensor networks - Industrial IoT - Insights in smart cities - Voice recognition - FPGA interfaces - Flight mill device for measurements on insects - Optical systems: UV, LEDs, lasers, fiber optics - Machine vision - Power dissipation - Liquid level in fuel tanks - Parabolic solar tracker - Force sensors - Control for a twin rotor

This book provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art sensors technology in specific leading areas. Industrial researchers, engineers and professionals can find information on the most advanced technologies and developments, together with data processing. Further research covers specific devices and technologies that capture and distribute data to be processed by applying dedicated techniques or procedures, which is where sensors play the most important role. The book provides insights and solutions for different problems covering a broad spectrum of possibilities, thanks to a set of applications and solutions based on sensory technologies. Topics include: - Signal analysis for spectral power - 3D precise measurements - Electromagnetic propagation - Drugs detection - e-health environments based on social sensor networks - Robots in wireless environments, navigation, teleoperation, object grasping, demining - Wireless sensor networks - Industrial IoT - Insights in smart cities - Voice recognition - FPGA interfaces - Flight mill device for measurements on insects - Optical systems: UV, LEDs, lasers, fiber optics - Machine vision - Power dissipation - Liquid level in fuel tanks - Parabolic solar tracker - Force sensors - Control for a twin rotor

A comprehensive overview of sensors technology is provided in specific leading areas. Researchers, engineers and professionals on industries can find advanced technologies, devices, insights and solutions for a broad range of applications, including:• Piezoelectric power transducers• Multisensory for veins detection for robotic-based catheters insertion• Robot-sensor network cooperation for SLAM • Wind speed influences on RGB-D images in trees• Spectrophotometer for physiopathy detection in chickens• Radon gas and ionization detection• Vibrations measurements in robots • Architectures for multisensor intelligent robots• Ultrasound for tissue characterization• Active imaging model• Image-based for crack detection in tunnels• Wireless sensor nodes for energy harvesting, industrial monitoring, concrete cure• Vibroacoustic Impact on the Architectonic Heritage• Sensors motion capture in wearables• Torsional wave sensor• Model-based non-rigid tracking• Stair-Climbing Mobility• IoT-based people monitoring• Laser Speckle System• Odometric in an autonomous electric cart• New control paradigms• Concentric electrodes for ECG and intestinal exploration• Trusted virtual sensors• Thermo-Hygrometric measurements in archaeology• Intensive care unit• Multi-beam Lidar 3D scan• Hyperspectral Imaging in brain tumor• Crowdsensing in smart cities• Strain method to detect tires' loss• Optical force sensor• Portable sensor for substance concentration measurements• High-Frequency content in Human QRS complexes• Fusion of proximity sensors data• Electro-magnetic acoustic system• Computer vision on aerial robots for surface inspection• Dual-reflectarray antennas.

The book focuses the latest endeavours relating researches and developments conducted in fields of Control, Robotics and Automation. Through more than twenty revised and extended articles, the present book aims to provide the most up-to-date state-of-art of the aforementioned fields allowing researcher, PhD students and engineers not only updating their knowledge but also benefiting from the source of inspiration that represents the set of selected articles of the book. The deliberate intention of editors to cover as well theoretical facets of those fields as their practical accomplishments and implementations offers the benefit of gathering in a same volume a factual and well-balanced prospect of nowadays research in those topics. A special attention toward “Intelligent Robots and Control” may characterize another benefit of this book.

Load Testing of Bridges, featuring contributions from almost fifty authors from around the world across two interrelated volumes, deals with the practical aspects, the scientific developments, and the international views on the topic of load testing of bridges. Volume 12, Load Testing of Bridges: Current practice and Diagnostic Load Testing, starts with a background to bridge load testing, including the historical perspectives and evolutions, and the current codes and guidelines that are governing in countries around the world. The second part of the book deals with preparation, execution, and post-processing of load tests on bridges. The third part focuses on diagnostic load testing of bridges. Volume 13, Load Testing of Bridges: Proof Load Testing and the Future of Load Testing, focuses first on proof load testing of bridges. It discusses the specific aspects of proof load testing during the preparation, execution, and post-processing of such a test (Part 1). The second part covers the testing of buildings. The third part discusses novel ideas regarding measurement techniques used for load testing. Methods using non-contact sensors, such as photography- and video-based measurement techniques are discussed. The fourth part discusses load testing in the framework of reliability-based decision-making and in the framework of a bridge management program. The final part of the book summarizes the knowledge presented across the two volumes, as well as the remaining open questions for research, and provides practical recommendations for engineers carrying out load tests. This work will be of interest to researchers and academics in the field of civil/structural engineering, practicing engineers and road authorities worldwide.