ResiDI: Towards a smarter smart home system for decision-making using wireless sensors and actuators

2018 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 54-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geraldo P. R. Filho ◽  
Leandro A. Villas ◽  
Heitor Freitas ◽  
Alan Valejo ◽  
Daniel L. Guidoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Wireless Sensors ◽  
Sensors And Actuators

scholarly journals An Approach to the Extreme Miniaturization of Rotary Comb Drives

Actuators ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Veroli ◽  
Alessio Buzzin ◽  
Fabrizio Frezza ◽  
Giampiero de Cesare ◽  
Muhammad Hamidullah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Compliant Mechanisms ◽  
Compliant Mechanism ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Information Gathering ◽  
Low Power Consumption ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
Comb Drive ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Comb Drives

The evolution of microelectronic technologies is giving constant impulse to advanced micro-scaled systems which perform complex operations. In fact, the actual micro and nano Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS) easily integrate information-gathering and decision-making electronics together with all sorts of sensors and actuators. Mechanical manipulation can be obtained through microactuators, taking advantage of magnetostrictive, thermal, piezoelectric or electrostatic forces. Electrostatic actuation, more precisely the comb-drive approach, is often employed due to its high versatility and low power consumption. Moreover, the device design and fabrication process flow can be simplified by compliant mechanisms, avoiding complex elements and unorthodox materials. A nano-scaled rotary comb drive is herein introduced and obtained using NEMS technology, with an innovative design which takes advantages of the compliant mechanism characteristics. A theoretical and numerical study is also introduced to inspect the electro-mechanical behavior of the device and to describe a new technological procedure for its fabrication.

Smart Home Research

2011 ◽  
pp. 259-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Poland ◽  
Chris D. Nugent ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Liming Chen
Keyword(s):  
Smart Home ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Smart Homes ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Individual Needs

Smart Homes are environments facilitated with technology that act in a protective and proactive function to assist an inhabitant in managing their daily lives specific to their individual needs. A typical Smart Home implementation would include sensors and actuators to detect changes in status and to initiate beneficial interventions. This paper aims to introduce the diversity of recent Smart Home research and to present the challenges that are faced not only by engineers and potential inhabitants, but also by policy makers and healthcare professionals

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