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- Björkelund, Anders, et al.
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On the Integration of Skilled Robot Motions for Productivity in Manufacturing
- 2011
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Ingår i: IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM), 2011. - 9781612843438 - 9781612843421 ; , s. 1-9
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Robots used in manufacturing today are tailored to their tasks by system integration based on expert knowledge concerning both production and machine control. For upcoming new generations of even more flexible robot solutions, in applications such as dexterous assembly, the robot setup and programming gets even more challenging. Reuse of solutions in terms of parameters, controls, process tuning, and of software modules in general then gets increasingly important. There has been valuable progress within reuse of automation solutions when machines comply with standards and behave according to nominal models. However, more flexible robots with sensor-based manipulation skills and congnitive functions for human inteaction are far too complex to manage, and solutions are rarely reusable since knowledge is either implicit in imperative software or not captured in machine readable form. We propose techniques that build on existing knowledge by converting structured data into an RDF-based knowledge base. By enhancements of industrial control systems and available engineering tools, such knowledge can be gradually extended as part of the interaction during the definition of the robot task.
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- Ekström, Magnus Pär, et al.
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The association of body mass index, weight gain and central obesity with activity-related breathlessness : the Swedish Cardiopulmonary Bioimage Study
- 2019
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Ingår i: Thorax. - : BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. - 0040-6376 .- 1468-3296. ; 74:10, s. 958-964
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction: Breathlessness is common in the population, especially in women and associated with adverse health outcomes. Obesity (body mass index (BMI) >30 kg/m(2)) is rapidly increasing globally and its impact on breathlessness is unclear.Methods: This population-based study aimed primarily to evaluate the association of current BMI and self-reported change in BMI since age 20 with breathlessness (modified Research Council score >= 1) in the middle-aged population. Secondary aims were to evaluate factors that contribute to breathlessness in obesity, including the interaction with spirometric lung volume and sex.Results: We included 13 437 individuals; mean age 57.5 years; 52.5% women; mean BMI 26.8 (SD 4.3); mean BMI increase since age 20 was 5.0 kg/m(2); and 1283 (9.6%) reported breathlessness. Obesity was strongly associated with increased breathlessness, OR 3.54 (95% CI, 3.03 to 4.13) independent of age, sex, smoking, airflow obstruction, exercise level and the presence of comorbidities. The association between BMI and breathlessness was modified by lung volume; the increase in breathlessness prevalence with higher BMI was steeper for individuals with lower forced vital capacity (FVC). The higher breathlessness prevalence in obese women than men (27.4% vs 12.5%; p<0.001) was related to their lower FVC. Irrespective of current BMI and confounders, individuals who had increased in BMI since age 20 had more breathlessness.Conclusion: Breathlessness is independently associated with obesity and with weight gain in adult life, and the association is stronger for individuals with lower lung volumes.
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- Engström, Hans, et al.
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High power laser welding of thick construction steels
- 2000
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the Laser Materials Processing Conference.. - Orlando, Fla : Laser institute of America. - 0912035609 ; , s. A42-A51
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Experimental results are reported from an investigation to develop a laser welding technique for welding thick (greater than 5 mm) construction steels. The construction steels investigated were: three grades of high strength Domex steels (6-8 mm thickness), high strength Weldox 500 (6 mm thickness) and wear resistant Hardox 400 (10-15 mm thickness). The following tests were performed to evaluate the laser welded joints: visual inspection, radiographic examination, macrophotographs, hardness, bending and tensile tests, and impact toughness tests. Three types of joint were studied: autogenous butt joints, filler welded butt joints and corner joints. Design opportunities for this process are also discussed.
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- Engström, Hans, et al.
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Laser hybrid welding of high strength steels
- 2001
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Ingår i: Congress proceedings. - Orlando, Fla. : Laser institute of America. - 0912035730 ; , s. 125-134
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents results from an ongoing investigation into laser-arc-hybrid welding of thick, high strength steels used in the heavy mechanical and heavy automotive industries. The results include welding parameters for a 6 and 12 kW laser combined with conventional MIG/MAG equipment. In this work, the laser-arc-hybrid welding technique has been further developed and applied to thick steel plate welding, giving high quality welds at high speeds. Successful welds were obtained on 6-12 mm plate thickness with laser, plasma or sheared edges as received from the blanking process. Thereby any costly, additional joint preparation is avoided, giving the hybrid welding technique an enhanced potential for use in the heavy automotive and mechanical industries
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- Engström, Hans, et al.
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Laser welding of thick structural steels
- 2001
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Ingår i: 8th NOLAMP, Proceedings. - Lyngby : Technical University of Denmark. - 8790855329 ; , s. 93-104
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Experiments to determine process conditions for laser welding of thick structural steels are reported. Materials tested were: Domex 355, 460, 600 and 390, high strength, cold forming, microalloyed steels, 8-12 mm thickness; Weldox 960 high strength structural steel, 10 mm thickness; and Hardox 400 wear resistant steel, 10-15 mm thickness. Tests were performed using 12 and 17 kW lasers, with milled or laser cut edge preparation, various butt joint preparations, using autogenous and filler wire welding. Weld shape, microstructure and hardness, torsion fatigue strength, process envelopes for avoidance of solidification defects and laser optics requirements are reported.
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- Engström, Hans, et al.
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Utveckling av lasersvetsteknik för detaljer i tjockt konstruktionsstål : ett projekt inom RACER - ett industristyrt utvecklingsprogram för laserbearbetning av abrasiv vattenstråleskärning
- 2000
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Svetsning med högeffektslaser erbjuder många fördelar jämfört med konventionella svetsmetoder; hög svetshastighet, låg eller oftast ingen förbrukning av tillsatsmaterial, lätt automatiserad, mycket hög svetskvalitet och framför allt liten värmepåverkan med liten, vanligen försumbar, formändring av arbetsstycket. CO2-lasrar med uteffekter på 20 kW samt den snabba utvecklingen av högeffekts Nd:YAG-laser kombinerad med fiberoptik erbjuder potentiellt stora utvecklingsmöjligheter för industriell användning inom området svetsning av tjocka material. F&U inom området lasersvetsning av tjock plåt pågår i Europa och är främst riktad mot varvsindustrin. I Sverige har ett initiativ tagits för att introducera tekniken hos tung fordons- och verkstadsindustri. Målet med projektet, som finansierats av NUTEK och deltagande projektpartners från industrin, har varit att vidareutveckla tekniken att lasersvetsa höghållfasta konstruktionsstål och introducera tekniken till i första hand tung fordons- och verkstadsindustri. Projektet har omfattat F&U av lasersvetsning av tjock plåt 8 - 15 mm i hållfasthetsområdet 280 - 960 MPa . Verkstadsindustriföretag och ståltillverkare har aktivt deltagit i projektet. Mekanisk hållfasthetsprovning och metallografiska studier av utförda svetsar har visat på mycket goda resultat i de flesta fall bättre än med konventionella svetsmetoder. Fortsatta försök med svetsade lådbalkar som tidigare provats avseende statisk hållfasthet och utmattningshållfasthet har uppvisat testresultat som överträffar de som svetsats med konventionella metoder. Svetsresultaten visar att lasersvetsning ger produktionsmässiga parameterfönster upp till plåttjocklek = 10 mm för de undersökta stålen. Från 12 mm och uppåt är resultaten hittills inte helt entydiga varför fortsatt utvecklingsarbete krävs för att öka förståelsen hos processen och för att vidareutveckla tekniken.
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- Haage, Mathias, et al.
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Declarative-knowledge-based reconfiguration of automation systems using a blackboard architecture
- 2011
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Ingår i: Eleventh Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence. - Amsterdam : IOS Press. - 9781607507536 - 9781607507543 ; 227, s. 163-172
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article describes results of the work on knowledge representation techniques chosen for use in the European project SIARAS (Skill-Based Inspection and Assembly for Reconfigurable Automation Systems). Its goal was to create intelligent support system for reconfiguration and adaptation of robot-based manufacturing cells. Declarative knowledge is represented first of all in an ontology expressed in OWL, for a generic taxonomical reasoning, and in a number of special-purpose reasoning modules, specific for the application domain. The domain/dependent modules are organized in a blackboard-like architecture.
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- Ive, Anders, et al.
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Garbage collector interface
- 2002
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the Tenth Nordic Workshop on Programming and Software Development Tools and Techniques (NWPER 2002).
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of the presented garbage collector interface is to provide a universal interface for many different implementations of garbage collectors. This is to simplify the integration and exchange of garbage collectors, but also to support incremental, non-conservative, and thread safe implementations. Due to the complexity of the interface, it is aimed at code generators and preprocessors. Experiences from ongoing implementations indicate that the garbage collector interface successfully provides the necessary functionality in an efficient way,
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