Towards the development of a cyber-physical measurement system (CPMS): case study of a bioinspired soft growing robot for remote measurement and monitoring applications

Grazioso, Stanislao; Tedesco, Annarita; Selvaggio, Mario; Debei, S.; Chiodini, Sebastiano

doi:10.21014/acta_imeko.v10i2.1123

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“…In addition, the monitored data can be stored in a repository and used for further statistics or future reference, and the output of the SENs can be geo-referenced by acquiring the GPS coordinates of the location where the MR measurements are taken. The introduction of these strategies would contribute to making the proposed monitoring system evolve into a cyberphysical measurement system [32], [33], fully exploiting the potential of 4.0 technologies.…”

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Microwave reflectometric systems and monitoring apparatus for diffused-sensing applications

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<p class="Abstract">Most sensing networks rely on punctual/local sensors; they thus lack the ability to spatially resolve the quantity to be monitored (e.g. a temperature or humidity profile) without relying on the deployment of numerous inline sensors. Currently, most quasi-distributed or distributed sensing technologies rely on the use of optical fibre systems. However, these are generally expensive, which limits their large-scale adoption. Recently, elongated sensing elements have been successfully used with time-domain reflectometry (TDR) to implement diffused monitoring solutions. The advantage of TDR is that it is a relatively low-cost technology, with adequate measurement accuracy and the potential to be customised to suit the specific needs of different application contexts in the 4.0 era. Based on these considerations, this paper addresses the design, implementation and experimental validation of a novel generation of elongated sensing element networks, which can be permanently installed in the systems that need to be monitored and used for obtaining the diffused profile of the quantity to be monitored. Three applications are considered as case studies: monitoring the irrigation process in agriculture, leak detection in underground pipes and the monitoring of building structures.</p>

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“…Origami inspired robots have also been investigated [19]. Others have presented "soft growing" robot that can be controlled and actuated with a pneumatic actuation mechanism [20]. Reviews on the challenges of maintaining linear assets by effectively utilizing autonomous robots have been shown to reduce maintenance costs, human involvement, etc.…”

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Jelly-Z: Twisted and coiled polymer muscle actuated jellyfish robot for environmental monitoring

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Silent underwater actuation and object detection are desired for certain applications in environmental monitoring. However, several challenges need to be faced when addressing simultaneously the issues of actuation and object detection using vision system. This paper presents a swimming underwater soft robot inspired by the moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) species and other similar robots; however, this robot uniquely utilizes novel artificial muscles and incorporates camera for visual information processing. The actuation characteristics of the novel artificial muscles in water are presented which can be used for any other applications. The bio-inspired robot, Jelly-Z, has the following characteristics: (1) The integration of three 60 mm-long twisted, and coiled polymer fishing line (TCPFL) muscles in a silicone bell to achieve contraction and expansion motions for swimming; (2) A Jevois camera is mounted on Jelly-Z to perform object detection while swimming using a pre-trained neural network; (3) Jelly-Z weighs a total of 215 g with all its components and is capable of swimming 360 mm in 63 seconds. The present work shows, for the first time, the integration of camera detection and TCPFL actuators in an underwater soft jellyfish robot, and the associated performance characteristics. This kind of robot can be a good platform for monitoring of aquatic environment either for detection of objects by estimating the percentage of similarity to pre-trained network or by mounting sensors to monitor water quality when fully developed.

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“…The Fourth Industrial Revolution has brought several benefits to different application fields, including healthcare [ 1 ]. In fact, 4.0 technologies are pervading the medical sector, such as the Internet of Things (IoT) [ 2 , 3 , 4 ], artificial intelligence [ 5 ], machine and deep learning [ 6 , 7 , 8 ], cloud computing [ 9 ], additive manufacturing [ 10 , 11 , 12 ], wearable sensors [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ], and augmented and virtual realities (AR and VR) [ 17 , 18 , 19 ].…”

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Performance and Usability Evaluation of an Extended Reality Platform to Monitor Patient’s Health during Surgical Procedures

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An extended-reality (XR) platform for real-time monitoring of patients’ health during surgical procedures is proposed. The proposed system provides real-time access to a comprehensive set of patients’ information, which are made promptly available to the surgical team in the operating room (OR). In particular, the XR platform supports the medical staff by automatically acquiring the patient’s vitals from the operating room instrumentation and displaying them in real-time directly on an XR headset. Furthermore, information regarding the patient clinical record is also shown upon request. Finally, the XR-based monitoring platform also allows displaying in XR the video stream coming directly from the endoscope. The innovative aspect of the proposed XR-based monitoring platform lies in the comprehensiveness of the available information, in its modularity and flexibility (in terms of adaption to different sources of data), ease of use, and most importantly, in a reliable communication, which are critical requirements for the healthcare field. To validate the proposed system, experimental tests were conducted using instrumentation typically available in the operating room (i.e., a respiratory ventilator, a patient monitor for intensive care, and an endoscope). The overall results showed (i) an accuracy of the data communication greater than 99 %, along with (ii) an average time response below ms, and (iii) satisfying feedback from the SUS questionnaires filled out by the physicians after intensive use.

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Towards the development of a cyber-physical measurement system (CPMS): case study of a bioinspired soft growing robot for remote measurement and monitoring applications

Cited by 18 publications

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Microwave reflectometric systems and monitoring apparatus for diffused-sensing applications

Microwave reflectometric systems and monitoring apparatus for diffused-sensing applications

Jelly-Z: Twisted and coiled polymer muscle actuated jellyfish robot for environmental monitoring

Performance and Usability Evaluation of an Extended Reality Platform to Monitor Patient’s Health during Surgical Procedures

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