CONTROLO 2020: Proceedings of the 14th APCA International Conference on Automatic Control and Soft Computing, July 1-3, 2020, Bragança, Portugal

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
 Concepts of Threshold Assessment for a First Course in Control Engineering  (John Anthony Rossiter)....Pages 1-11
 Predictive Functional Control for Unstable First-Order Dynamic Systems  (Muhammad Saleheen Aftab, John Anthony Rossiter, Zhiming Zhang)....Pages 12-22
 Bridging Theory to Practice: Feedforward and Cascade Control with TCLab Arduino Kit  (P. B. de Moura Oliveira, John D. Hedengren, José Boaventura-Cunha)....Pages 23-32
 Cooperative Circumnavigation for a Mobile Target Using Adaptive Estimation  (Joana Fonseca, Jieqiang Wei, Tor Arne Johansen, Karl Henrik Johansson)....Pages 33-48
 Performance Enhancement of a Neato XV-11 Laser Scanner Applied to Mobile Robot Localization: A Stochastic Modeling Approach  (José Gonçalves, João Paulo Coelho, Manuel Braz-César, Paulo Costa)....Pages 49-62
 Prototyping and Control of a Conveyor Belt: An Educational Experiment in Mechatronics  (José Gonçalves, João Ribeiro, Paulo Costa)....Pages 63-71
 Welding Process Automation of Aluminum Alloys for the Transport Industry: An Industrial Robotics Approach  (João Ribeiro, José Gonçalves, Nuno Mineiro)....Pages 72-81
 Sub-Riemannian Geodesics on Nested Principal Bundles  (Mauricio Godoy Molina, Irina Markina)....Pages 82-92
 A Comparative Study of Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) and Dynamical Component Analysis (DyCA)  (Moritz Kern, Christian Uhl, Monika Warmuth)....Pages 93-103
 An Approach to Model Validation for Model Predictive Control Based on Dvurecenska’s Metric  (Victor D. Reyes Dreke, Manuel A. Pérez Serrano, Claudio Garcia)....Pages 104-113
 Cloud-Based Framework for Robot Operation in Hospital Environments  (Nuno M. Fonseca Ferreira, José Boaventura-Cunha)....Pages 114-125
 Identification and Control of Precalciner in the Cement Plant  (Jakub Osmic, Emir Omerdic, Edin Imsirovic, Tima O. Smajlovic, Edin Omerdic)....Pages 126-135
 Rolling on Affine Tangent Planes: Parallel Transport and the Associated Sub-Riemannian Problems  (Verlimir Jurdjevic)....Pages 136-147
 The Numerical Control of the Motion of a Passive Particle in a Point Vortex Flow  (Carlos Balsa, Sílvio Gama)....Pages 148-158
 Gas Network Hierarchical Optimisation—An Illustrative Example  (T.-P. Azevedo Perdicoúlis, P. Lopes dos Santos)....Pages 159-169
 Calibration-Free HCPV Sun Tracking Strategy  (Manuel G. Satué, Manuel G. Ortega, Fernando Castaño, Francisco R. Rubio, José M. Fornés)....Pages 170-179
 Geometric Algorithm to Generate Interpolating Splines on Grassmann and Stiefel Manifolds  (Luís Machado, Fátima Silva Leite, Ekkehard Batzies)....Pages 180-189
 Dynamic Model for the pH in a Raceway Reactor Using Deep Learning Techniques  (Pablo Otálora, José Luis Guzmán, Manuel Berenguel, Francisco Gabriel Acién)....Pages 190-199
 Double Back-Calculation Approach to Deal with Input Saturation in Cascade Control Problems  (Marta Leal, Ángeles Hoyo, José Luis Guzmán, Tore Hägglund)....Pages 200-209
 State-Space Estimation Using the Behavioral Approach: A Simple Particular Case  (Lorenzo Ntogramatzidis, Ricardo Pereira, Paula Rocha)....Pages 210-220
 A State-Space Model Inversion Control Method for Shake Table Systems  (José Ramírez-Senent, Jaime H. García-Palacios, Iván M. Díaz)....Pages 221-231
 Minimum Energy Control of Passive Tracers Advection in Point Vortices Flow  (Carlos Balsa, Olivier Cots, Joseph Gergaud, Boris Wembe)....Pages 232-242
 Cubic Splines in the Grassmann Manifold  (Fátima Pina, Fátima Silva Leite)....Pages 243-252
 Distributed Adaptive Predictive Control Based on Switched Multiple Models and ADMM  (Margarida Nabais, João M. Lemos)....Pages 253-262
 Optimization of the Clinker Production Phase in a Cement Plant  (Silvia Maria Zanoli, Lorenzo Orlietti, Francesco Cocchioni, Giacomo Astolfi, Crescenzo Pepe)....Pages 263-273
 An Extrinsic Approach to Sub-Riemannian Geodesics on the Orthogonal Group  (Knut Hüper, Irina Markina, Fátima Silva Leite)....Pages 274-283
 Assessment of the Nutritional State for Olive Trees Using UAVs  (Pablo Cano Marchal, Diego Martínez Gila, Sergio Illana Rico, Javier Gómez Ortega, Javier Gámez García)....Pages 284-292
 Temperature Control on Double-Pipe Heat-Exchangers: An Application  (S. J. Costa, R. Ferreira, J. M. Igreja)....Pages 293-302
 A DOBOT Manipulator Simulation Environment for Teaching Aim with Forward and Inverse Kinematics  (Thadeu Brito, José Lima, João Braun, Luis Piardi, Paulo Costa)....Pages 303-312
 An IIoT Solution for SME’s  (Bruno Cunha, Elder Hernández, Rui Rebelo, Cristóvão Sousa, Filipe Ferreira)....Pages 313-321
 Existence and Uniqueness for Riemannian Cubics with Boundary Conditions  (Margarida Camarinha, Fátima Silva Leite, Peter Crouch)....Pages 322-331
 Home Energy Management System in an Algarve Residence. First Results  (A. Ruano, K. Bot, M. Graça Ruano)....Pages 332-341
 LSLOCK: A Method to Estimate State Space Model by Spatiotemporal Continuity  (Tsuyoshi Ishizone, Kazuyuki Nakamura)....Pages 342-351
 Passive Particle Dynamics in Viscous Vortex Flow  (Gil Marques, Maria João Rodrigues, Sílvio Gama)....Pages 352-362
 A Decentralized Strategy for Variational Collision Avoidance on Complete Riemannian Manifolds  (Leonardo J. Colombo, Jacob R. Goodman)....Pages 363-372
 Optimal Route Planning in Steady Planar Convective Flows  (Roman Chertovskih, Maxim Staritsyn, Fernando Lobo Pereira)....Pages 373-382
 A Fuzzy Based Model to Assess the Influence of Project Risk on Corporate Behavior  (Ricardo Santos, Antonio Abreu, João M. F. Calado, José Miguel Soares, José Duarte Moleiro Martins, Vitor Anes)....Pages 383-393
 Study on the Isolator-Structure Interaction. Influence on the Supporting Structure  (J. Pérez-Aracil, E. Pereira, Iván M. Díaz, P. Reynolds)....Pages 394-403
 Fallback Approximated Constrained Optimal Output Feedback Control Under Variable Parameters  (Christian Kallies, Mohamed Ibrahim, Rolf Findeisen)....Pages 404-414
 Teaching Neural Control with an Arduino Based Control Kit  (Ramiro S. Barbosa)....Pages 415-424
 Differential Observation and Integral Action in LTI State-Space Controllers and the PID Special Case  (Paulo Garrido)....Pages 425-434
 Endpoint Geodesics on the Set of Positive Definite Real Matrices  (Maximilian Stegemeyer, Knut Hüper)....Pages 435-444
 Decentralized Control for Multi-agent Missions Based on Flocking Rules  (Rafael Ribeiro, Daniel Silvestre, Carlos Silvestre)....Pages 445-454
 Model Predictive Control of a Pusher Type Reheating Furnace  (Silvia Maria Zanoli, Francesco Cocchioni, Chiara Valzecchi, Crescenzo Pepe)....Pages 455-465
 Distributed LQ Control of a Water Delivery Canal Based on a Selfish Game  (João P. Belfo, João M. Lemos, A. Pedro Aguiar)....Pages 466-476
 A Comparative Performance Study of Inertial Vibration Controllers for an Ultra-lightweight GFRP Footbridge  (Carlos Martín Concha Renedo, José Manuel Soria, Christian Gallegos, Iván M. Díaz)....Pages 477-486
 MPC Framework for Supply Chain Management Integrating On-Time Delivery and Transport Management  (Eduardo Araújo, João Lemos Nabais, Miguel Ayala Botto)....Pages 487-496
 Control of the Depth of Anesthesia Using a New Model for the Action of Propofol and Remifentanil on the BIS Level  (Jorge Silva, Teresa Mendonça, Paula Rocha)....Pages 497-506
 Using Multi-UAV for Rescue Environment Mapping: Task Planning Optimization Approach  (Ricardo Rosa, Thadeu Brito, Ana I. Pereira, José Lima, Marco A. Wehrmeister)....Pages 507-517
 Robustness Issues in Event-Based PI Control Systems: Internal Model Control Tuning  (R. Vilanova, C. Pedret, M. Barbu, M. Beschi, A. Visioli)....Pages 518-527
 A Fractional Order Predictive Control for Trajectory Tracking of the AR.Drone Quadrotor  (Ricardo Cajo, Shiquan Zhao, Douglas Plaza, Robain De Keyser, Clara Ionescu)....Pages 528-537
 Practical Validation of a Dual Mode Feedforward-Feedback Control Scheme in an Arduino Kit  (P. B. de Moura Oliveira, Damir Vrančić)....Pages 538-547
 On the Use of a Maximum Correntropy Criterion in Kalman Filtering Based Strategies for Robot Localization and Mapping  (Matheus F. Reis, Hamed Moayyed, A. Pedro Aguiar)....Pages 548-558
 Extrinsic Sensor Calibration Methods for Mobile Robots: A Short Review  (Ricardo B. Sousa, Marcelo R. Petry, António Paulo Moreira)....Pages 559-569
 CDM Controller Design of a Grid Connected Photovoltaic System  (João Paulo Coelho, Wojciech Giernacki, José Gonçalves, José Boaventura-Cunha)....Pages 570-581
 Classification of Car Parts Using Deep Neural Network  (Salik Ram Khanal, Eurico Vasco Amorim, Vitor Filipe)....Pages 582-591
 Soiling Monitoring Modelling for Photovoltaic System  (Vitor H. Pagani, Nelson A. Los, Wellington Maidana, Paulo Leitão, Marcio M. Casaro, Claudinor B. Nascimento)....Pages 592-601
 Vision-Based Object Detection and Localization for Autonomous Airborne Payload Delivery  (James Sewell, Theo van Niekerk, Russell Phillips, Paul Mooney, Riaan Stopforth)....Pages 602-615
 Stabilization Using In-domain Actuator: A Numerical Method for a Non Linear Parabolic Partial Differential Equation  (Thérèse Azar, Laetitia Perez, Christophe Prieur, Emmanuel Moulay, Laurent Autrique)....Pages 616-627
 Direct Power Control of a Doubly Fed Induction Generator Using a Lyapunov Based State Space Approach  (Yassine Boukili, A. Pedro Aguiar, Adriano Carvalho)....Pages 628-637
 Model of a DC Motor with Worm Gearbox  (Vítor H. Pinto, José Gonçalves, Paulo Costa)....Pages 638-647
 Trajectory Planning for Landing with a Direct Optimal Control Algorithm  (Bertinho A. Costa, João M. Lemos)....Pages 648-657
 Accelerated Generalized Correntropy Interior Point Method in Power System State Estimation  (Hamed Moayyed, Diyako Ghaderyan, Yassine Boukili, A. Pedro Aguiar)....Pages 658-667
 Your Turn to Learn – Flipped Classroom in Automation Courses  (Filomena Soares, P. B. de Moura Oliveira, Celina P. Leão)....Pages 668-675
 Modeling of an Elastic Joint: An Experimental Setup Approach  (Vítor H. Pinto, José Lima, José Gonçalves, Paulo Costa)....Pages 676-685
 On the Control Models in the Trajectory Tracking Problem of a Holonomic Mechanical System  (Aleksandr Andreev, Olga Peregudova)....Pages 686-695
 LMI-Based Sliding Mode Controller Design for an Uncertain Single-Link Flexible Robot Manipulator  (José Manuel Andrade, Christopher Edwards)....Pages 696-706
 Control of Bio-Inspired Multi-robots Through Gestures Using Convolutional Neural Networks in Simulated Environment  (A. A. Saraiva, D. B. S. Santos, Nuno M. Fonseca Ferreira, José Boaventura-Cunha)....Pages 707-718
 Addendum to “Seeking a Unique View to Control of Simple Systems”  (Mikulas Huba, M. Hypiusová, P. Ťapák, A. Serbezov)....Pages 719-728
 Open Hardware and Software Robotics Competition for Additional Engagement in ECE Students - The Robot@Factory Lite Case Study  (Vítor H. Pinto, Armando Sousa, José Lima, José Gonçalves, Paulo Costa)....Pages 729-739
 Engine Labels Detection for Vehicle Quality Verification in the Assembly Line: A Machine Vision Approach  (Sílvio Capela, Rita Silva, Salik Ram Khanal, Ana Teresa Campaniço, João Barroso, Vítor Filipe)....Pages 740-751
 Mitigation of Earthquake-Induced Structural Pounding Between Adjoining Buildings – State-of-the-Art  (Pedro Folhento, Rui Barros, Manuel Braz-César)....Pages 752-761
 Prototyping of a Low-Cost Stroboscope to Be Applied in Condition Maintenance: An Open Hardware and Software Approach  (Laiany Brancalião, Caio Camargo, José Gonçalves, José Lima)....Pages 762-772
 Dynamic Survey of a Telecommunication Tower by Interferometric Radar Technique  (Fábio Paiva, Rui Barros, Jorge Henriques, Tiago Cunha, Pierre Feyfant)....Pages 773-782
 Motion-Based Design of Semi-active Tuned Mass Dampers to Control Pedestrian-Induced Vibrations in Footbridges Under Uncertainty Conditions  (Javier Fernando Jiménez-Alonso, José Manuel Soria Herrera, Carlos Martín de la Concha Renedo, Francisco Guillen-González)....Pages 783-793
Back Matter ....Pages 795-797