State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Spain 2015 / Volume 2 / / Gonzalo Pajares Martinsanz.

• VerfasserIn: Martinsanz, Gonzalo Pajares,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (VIII, 324 p.)

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

Table of Contents

About the Guest Editor v -- Preface to "State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Spain 2015" ix -- José M. Bengochea-Guevara, Jesus Conesa-Muñoz, Dionisio Andújar and Angela Ribeiro, Merge Fuzzy Visual Servoing and GPS-Based Planning to Obtain a Proper Navigation Behavior for a Small Crop-Inspection Robot Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(3), 276; doi: 10.3390/s16030276 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/3/276 1 -- Eduard Clotet, Dani Martínez, Javier Moreno, Marcel Tresanchez and Jordi Palacín, Assistant Personal Robot (APR): Conception and Application of a Tele-Operated Assisted Living Robot Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(5), 610; doi: 10.3390/s16050610 Http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/610 24 -- Carlos M. Mateo, Pablo Gil and Fernando Torres, 3D Visual Data-Driven Spatiotemporal Deformations for Non-Rigid Object Grasping Using Robot Hands Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(5), 640; doi: 10.3390/s16050640 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/640 47 -- Roemi Fernández, Héctor Montes and Manuel Armada, Intelligent Multisensor Prodder for Training Operators in Humanitarian Demining Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(7), 965; doi: 10.3390/s16070965 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/7/965 72 -- Francisco Jose Arques-Orobon, Neftali Nuñez, Manuel Vazquez and Vicente Gonzalez-Posadas Functional Analysis in Long-Term Operation of High Power UV-LEDs in Continuous Fluoro Sensing Systems for Hydrocarbon Pollution Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(3), 293; doi: 10.3390/s16030293 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/3/293 88 -- Alejandro Vázquez-Otero, Danila Khikhlukha, J. M. Solano-Altamirano, Raquel Dormido and Natividad Duro, Laser Spot Detection Based on Reaction Diffusion Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(3), 315; doi: 10.3390/s16030315 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/3/315 104 -- Luis Pérez, Íñigo Rodríguez, Nuria Rodríguez, Rubén Usamentiaga and Daniel F. García, Robot Guidance Using Machine Vision Techniques in Industrial Environments: A Comparative Review Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(3), 335; doi: 10.3390/s16030335 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/3/335 115 -- Rodrigo Munguía, Sarquis Urzua, Yolanda Bolea and Antoni Grau, Vision-Based SLAM System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(3), 372; doi: 10.3390/s16030372 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/3/372 141 -- Pedro J. Navarro, Fernando Pérez, Julia Weiss and Marcos Egea-Cortines, Machine Learning and Computer Vision System for Phenotype Data Acquisition and Analysis in Plants Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(5), 641; doi: 10.3390/s16050641 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/641 164 -- Dionisio Andújar, José Dorado, César Fernández-Quintanilla and Angela Ribeiro An Approach to the Use of Depth Cameras for Weed Volume Estimation Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(7), 972; doi: 10.3390/s16070972 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/7/972 180 -- Antonio Martí-Campoy, Juan Antonio Ávalos, Antonia Soto, Francisco Rodríguez-Ballester, Victoria Martínez-Blay and Manuel Pérez Malumbres, Design of a Computerised Flight Mill Device to Measure the Flight Potential of Different Insects Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(4), 485; doi: 10.3390/s16040485 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/4/485 191 -- Ramón José Pérez, Ignacio Álvarez and José María Enguita, Theoretical Design of a Depolarized Interferometric Fiber-Optic Gyroscope (IFOG) on SMF-28 Single-Mode Standard Optical Fiber Based on Closed-Loop Sinusoidal Phase Modulation with Serrodyne Feedback Phase Modulation Using Simulation Tools for Tactical and Industrial Grade Applications Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(5), 604; doi: 10.3390/s16050604 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/604 212 -- Enrique Sevillano, Rui Sun and Ricardo Perera, Damage Detection Based on Power Dissipation Measured with PZT Sensors through the Combination of Electro-Mechanical Impedances and Guided Waves Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(5), 639; doi: 10.3390/s16050639 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/639 233 -- Antonio M. Pozo, Francisco Pérez-Ocón and Ovidio Rabaza, A Continuous Liquid-Level Sensor for Fuel Tanks Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(5), 724, doi: 10.3390/s16050724 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/5/724 258 -- Carlos Morón, Jorge Pablo Díaz, Daniel Ferrández and Mari Paz Ramos, Mechatronic Prototype of Parabolic Solar Tracker Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(6), 882; doi: 10.3390/s16060882 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/6/882 271 -- Gema Chamorro-Moriana, José Luis Sevillano and Carmen Ridao-Fernández, A Compact Forearm Crutch Based on Force Sensors for Aided Gait: Reliability and Validity Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(6), 925; doi: 10.3390/s16060925 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/6/925 286 -- Lidia María Belmonte, Rafael Morales, Antonio Fernández-Caballero and José Andrés Somolinos, Robust Decentralized Nonlinear Control for a Twin Rotor MIMO System Reprinted from: Sensors 2016, 16(8), 1160; doi: 10.3390/s16081160 http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/8/1160 301.