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To obtain the best moisture‐proof and most reliable protective coating for an amorphous silicon image sensor (A4 documents), three methods of coating and patterning processes and 15 types of resin classified into five kinds of materials were evaluated. Through this study, a screen‐printing method using silicone resin material cured under conditions of 150°C for 60 minutes to form a 60 µm thick protective coating film was selected because of the simplicity of its fabrication process compared with the other two methods. The a‐Si photodiodes were tested under conditions of 121°C‐2 atm. for 300 hours, −30°C to 100°C for 350 cycles and 85°C for 500 hours, and their characteristics were not negatively affected.

To consider aspects of a theory of systemic construction by discussing two concepts which will assist in our understanding of the surrounding world which it is considered is made of both systemic and non‐systemic entities.

Considers how these entities (metasystem, network, transitron etc.) can be conceived and defined. Systemic frames notions are presented and examples of systems given. Discusses the historic use of the word “system” and systemic thinking and its varieties.

Discovered that on the basis of these concepts, an understanding of the surrounding world can be achieved which is not homogeneous but made of both systemic and non‐systemic entities. These can change when certain systemic properties are reached as well as in their specific degrees in their limitations and paradoxes.

Introduces an original approach to the life support system by proposing concepts that are discussed and defined and that will provide cyberneticians and systemists with a revised view of systemic thinking.

This paper aims to present a novel position sensorless control scheme with fault-tolerance ability for switched reluctance motor at low speed.

First, the detection pulses are injected in the freewheeling and idle intervals of each phase. Second, the aligned position of each phase can be detected by comparing the consecutive rise time of detection current. Third, the whole-region rotor position and real-time rotational speed can be updated four times for the improvement of detection accuracy. Finally, the fault-tolerant control strategy is performed to enhance the robustness and reliability of proposed sensorless scheme under faulty conditions.

Based on proposed sensorless control strategy, the estimated rotor position is in good agreement with the actual rotor position and the maximum rotor position error is 1.5°. Meanwhile, the proposed sensorless scheme is still effective when the motor with multiphase loss and the maximum rotor position error is 1.9°. Moreover, the accuracy of the rotor position estimation can be ensured even if the motor is in an accelerated state or decelerated state.

The proposed sensorless method does not require extensive memory, complicated computation and prior knowledge of the electromagnetic properties of the motor, which is easy to implement. Furthermore, it is suitable for different control strategies at low speed without negative torque generation.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the development of a novel approach for automated terrain mapping a robotic vehicles path tracing.

The approach includes stitching of images, obtained from unmanned aerial vehicle, based on ORB descriptors, into an orthomosaic image and the GPS-coordinates are binded to the corresponding pixels of the map. The obtained image is fed to a neural network MASK R-CNN for detection and classification regions, which are potentially dangerous for robotic vehicles motion. To visualize the obtained map and obstacles on it, the authors propose their own application architecture. Users can any time edit the present areas or add new ones, which are not intended for robotic vehicles traffic. Then the GPS-coordinates of these areas are passed to robotic vehicles and the optimal route is traced based on this data

The developed approach allows revealing impassable regions on terrain map and associating them with GPS-coordinates, whereas these regions can be edited by the user.

The total duration of the algorithm, including the step with Mask R-CNN network on the same dataset of 120 items was 7.5 s.

Creating an orthophotomap from 120 images with image resolution of 470 × 425 px requires less than 6 s on a laptop with moderate computing power, what justifies using such algorithms in the field without any powerful and expensive hardware.

This study aims to investigate the surface modification on 20CrMnTi gear steel individually treated by diamond-like carbon films and nitride coatings.

For this purpose, the mechanical properties of a-C:H, ta-C and AlCrSiN coatings are characterized by nano-indentation and scratch tests. The friction and wear behaviors of these three coatings are evaluated by ball-on-disc tribological experiments under dry contact conditions.

The results show that the a-C:H coating has the highest coating-substrate adhesion strength (495 mN) and the smoothest surface (Ra is about 0.045 µm) compared with the other two coatings. The AlCrSiN coating shows the highest mean coefficient of friction (COF), whereas the ta-C coating exhibits the lowest one (steady at about 0.16). The carbon-based coatings possess excellent self-lubricating properties compared with nitride ceramic ones, which effectively reduce the COF by about 64%. The major failure mode of carbon-based coatings in dry contact is slight abrasive wear. The damage of AlCrSiN coating is mainly adhesive wear and abrasive wear.

It is suggested that the carbon-based film can effectively improve the friction-reducing and wear resistance performance of the gear steel surface, which has a promising application prospect in the mechanical transmission field.

The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/ILT-05-2023-0129/

This paper presents real time hardware implementation of DSP based 180 degree control algorithm and MATLAB SIMULINK based software Implementation for 3-phase 4-leg IGBT based voltage source inverter. Triggering pulses generated using Texas Instruments TMS 320F28335 DSP controller and that triggers the 6 IGBTs of Voltage source inverter. Results of pulse generated using DSP and output of the Voltage source inverter were captured using Digital Storage Oscilloscope. FFT analysis for output signal of software and hardware implementation presented with the analysis.

This paper aims to study the deposition of ZrO₂ on 316L stainless steel surface using cathodic plasma electrolytic deposition (CPED) technique in potassium hexafluorozirconate (K₂ZrF₆) electrolyte solution to promote its corrosion and tribological properties.

Plasma electrolytic oxidizing (PEO) technique is commonly used to form zirconium dioxide (ZrO₂) on various substrates. But, in this paper, cathodic type of this technique (CPED) was used.

Composition of the surface layer was analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the formation of ZrO₂ on the substrate was confirmed. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to observe the unique morphology of the surface layer. The corrosion resistance of the coated surface was investigated by electrochemical methods involving cyclic voltammetery in Ringer’s solution. The treated sample showed a better pitting resistance. Pin-on-disk wear tests revealed that the friction coefficient of the coated sample is lower than that of the substrate. Also, it was shown that hardness and roughness of the coated sample increased after plasma electrolytic treatment.

This paper considers the CPED of ZrO₂ coating on 316L stainless steel. Some recent research works with ZrO₂ coating have been prepared by PEO. There is limited or no record on the study of ZrO₂ coatings by CPED process. In this study, the effort has been made to prepare a zirconia (ZrO₂) coating on the stainless steel substrate through cathodic plasma electrolytic process under 200 V. Due to the excellent wear resistance, ZrO₂ may be used as a high resistant and protective coating on stainless steels, which are widely used in industries and biomedical applications.

The generality of the genetic search in the light of proper coding schemes, together with its non‐gradient‐based search, has made it popular for many discrete problems including structural optimization. However, the required computational effort increases as the cardinality of the search space and the number of design variables increase. Memetic algorithms are formal attempts to reduce such a drawback for real‐world problems incorporating some kind of problem‐specific information. This paper aims to address this issue.

In this paper both Lamarckian and Baldwinian approaches for meme evolution are implemented using the power of graph theory in topology assessment. For this purpose, the concept of load path connectivity in frame bracing layouts is introduced and utilized by the proposed graph theoretical algorithms. As an additional search refinement tool, a dynamic mutation band control is recommended. In each case, the results are studied via a set of ultimate design family rather than one pseudo optimum. The method is further tested using a number of steel frame examples and its efficiency is compared with conventional genetic search.

Here, the problem of bracing layout optimization in steel frames is studied utilizing a number of topological guidelines.

The method of this paper attempts to reduce the computational effort for optimal design of real‐world problems incorporating some kind of problem‐specific information.

The purpose of this paper is to study the substituent effect in dye-sensitized solar cells’ (DSSCs) performance. For this end, three new metal organic dyes with DPA structure were synthesized. For investigation of the substituent effect, two different anchoring groups, namely, 1,3-dioxo-1Hbenz[de]isoquinolin-2(3H)-yl)benzenesulfonamides and 1,8-naphthalimide, were used.

Three organic dyes based on azo were selected, which contain various electron donor groups. Absorption properties of purified dyes were studied in solution and on photoelectrode (TiO₂ and Z_nO) substrate. DSSCs were prepared to determine the photovoltaic performance of each photosensitizer.

The results showed that all organic dyes form J-aggregation on the photoanode substrate. Cyclic voltammetry results for all organic dyes ensured an energetically permissible and thermodynamically favorable charge transfer throughout the continuous cycle of photo-electric conversion. The results illustrate conversion efficiencies of cells based on solution Dyes 1, 2 and 3 and TiO₂ as 3.44, 4.71 and 4.82 per cent, respectively. The conversion efficiencies of cells based on solution Dye 1, 2 and 3 and Z_nO are 3.21, 4.09 and 4.14 per cent, respectively.

In this study, the development of effect of assembling materials, offering improved photovoltaic properties.

Organic dye attracts more and more attention because of its low-cost, facile route synthesis and less-hazardous properties.

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the effect of anchoring agent and nanostructure on DSSCs performance was investigated for the first time.

The automated manufacturing systems of the future can only be feasible if they have capabilities to recover automatically from faults and errors effectively and efficiently. Reports on the work carried out looking at error recovery problems in manufacturing cell controllers. Cell control systems also invariably manage and schedule work in an automated cell as well as carrying out the general tasks of communications, sequencing and recording. Presents a model for error recovery capability which uses system information, data and prior knowledge of errors to recover from system errors. Elucidates the structure and operation of the cell controller developed. Work so far has shown promise in achieving automatic recovery capability in cell control systems. Finally identifies further developments for future work.