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Analysis of WiFi Spatio-Temporal Data for Organic Fingerprinting-based Indoor Positioning System

2022-01-01 , Abdul Halim Ismail , Amirah Husna Mohd Hajazi , Muhamad Safwan Muhamad Azmi , Mohd Sani Mohamad Hashim , Mohd Nasir Ayob , Hassrizal Hassan Basri

The mobile robot navigation is the next huge topic after positioning utilizing fingerprinting-based Wireless Positioning System (WPS). Many of recent works does not discuss this topic yet since many open problems in positioning topic are not yet solved, for instance the issues on multi-devices heterogeneity, instability of WiFi signals, granularity problems in grid-based indoor environment and many others. However, we anticipate that both positioning and navigation works must run in parallel so that the succession are guaranteed. This paper describes the analysis of spatio-temporal data of the signal obtained from the WiFi Access Point. Initial results suggest that the difference between transmitter heights have an effect on the spatio-temporal data while the handover of maximum signal strengths is inherent when three WiFi APs are used.

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Numerical evaluation of aluminium 6026-T9 fracture toughness

2021-10-25 , Zulkifli A.N. , Muhamad Safwan Muhamad Azmi , Ishak Ibrahim , Hashim M.S.M. , Ismail A.H. , Mohd Nasir Ayob

Fracture is the separation of an object into two or more pieces caused by crack growth under the action of applied stress. There are many different methods for fracture evaluation has been made but still lacks information on properties of Aluminium 6026-T9. Aluminium 6026 is non-toxic since it does not contain Tin (Sn) and features a great corrosion resistance. This study focuses on the mechanical properties and fracture toughness of Aluminium 6026-T9. The material is cut and shaped into dog-bone specimens by referring the ASTM E8 and was eventually undergoing a tensile test to evaluate the mechanical properties. A linear elastic analysis of three different crack characteristics which are single edge crack, double edge crack and center crack were performed in Mode I analysis to evaluate its fracture toughness. The stress intensity factor (SIF) value near the crack tip obtained from the simulation process were then compared with analytical value and had been discussed. The percentage of error found that the numerical and analytical values are closed to each other.

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Upgrading for overhead crane anti-sway method using variable frequency drive

2022-08-01 , Omar M.N. , Ismail M.M. , Mohd Nasir Ayob , Arith F.

The paper discusses about upgrading the overhead crane anti-sway method base on the induction motor torque control from rotor resistance starter to variable frequency drives (VFDs). The upgrading included two phases. The phase 1 is to identify the performance of the overhead crane operation on anti-sway method base on the induction motor torque control using rotor resistance starter (old existing motor starter). The phase 2 is to identify the performance of the overhead crane operation on anti-sway method base on the induction motor torque control that use a variable of frequency drive (new upgrading motor starter). The primary equations connecting tractive force and load sway angle, which the motor torque control law is based on is designed for 0% load wobble at the end of the journey. The words accelerating and braking have been written. Outcomes of modelling the behaviour of a trolley-load of two masses for the normal overhead crane load ratios, a system is described weight to the length of the rope, which supports the hypothesis concerning the feasibility of direct load anti-sway control ON and OFF for regulation of motor for overhead cranes.

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Analysis of WiFi Spatio-Temporal Data for Organic Fingerprinting-based Indoor Positioning System

2022-01-01 , Abdul Halim Ismail , Hajazi A.H.M. , Muhamad Safwan Muhamad Azmi , Mohd Sani Mohamad Hashim , Mohd Nasir Ayob , Hassrizal Hassan Basri

The mobile robot navigation is the next huge topic after positioning utilizing fingerprinting-based Wireless Positioning System (WPS). Many of recent works does not discuss this topic yet since many open problems in positioning topic are not yet solved, for instance the issues on multi-devices heterogeneity, instability of WiFi signals, granularity problems in grid-based indoor environment and many others. However, we anticipate that both positioning and navigation works must run in parallel so that the succession are guaranteed. This paper describes the analysis of spatio-temporal data of the signal obtained from the WiFi Access Point. Initial results suggest that the difference between transmitter heights have an effect on the spatio-temporal data while the handover of maximum signal strengths is inherent when three WiFi APs are used.

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Robot Face and Its Integration to the Mobile Robot for Wireless Signal Collection in the Fingerprinting-Based Indoor Positioning System

2021-12-01 , Sarhan M.A.H. , Abdul Halim Ismail , Mohd Nasir Ayob , Hashim M.S.M. , Muhamad Safwan Muhamad Azmi , Hassrizal Hassan Basri , Siti Marhainis Othman , Muhammad Juhairi Aziz Safar

The wireless data collection for instance the Received Signal Strength (RSS) of the Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) remained unfavourable in the Indoor Positioning System utilizing the signal fingerprinting approach. This is because the enormous sampling time and routines works making it tedious human labour. To alleviate this issue, we propose to use a robot for wireless data collection. The robot, named 'ICSiBOT' is a service robot with multiple purpose such as assisting human in daily lives, guest or hospitality robot and man others. This paper mainly describes the ICSiBOT robot face with speech recognition technology and the integration of the robot face to the motion controller. The experimental was conducted to see the correlation between the synthesized instructions from the speech in terms of distance need to be travelled i.e., the location for wireless signal collection and translate them into actual distance travelled. The results showed that the robot is able to travel to the specific distance as instructed to the robot face.

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A Device-to-Device (D2D) Communication between Mobile Robots using Wireless Communication Protocol in Dynamic Environments

2024-03-11 , Sarhan M.A.H. , Hashim M.S.M. , Abdul Halim Ismail , Mohd Nasir Ayob , Hassrizal Hassan Basri , Muhamad Safwan Muhamad Azmi , Othman S.M. , Kanafiah S.N.A.M. , Muhamad Khairul Ali Hassan

Mobile robots must have the ability to guarantee safety for operation in a dynamic environment and close to other moving objects. There are many research had been conducted to make the robot safer by utilizing sensors and big data technology to make the mobile robot able to navigate autonomously and intelligently. One of the key elements in autonomous robots is communication between robots. In this paper, device-to-device (D2D) technology has been used to develop communication between robots. To establish the algorithm for D2D communications, radio frequency (RF) used as communication protocols that can perform D2D communication in real-time applications. The performance of D2D communication was then be assessed in terms of distance and latency. RF transceiver module has been mounted on the robot with Arduino to allow communication between mobile robot to other mobile robots in order to transfer data from robot's sensors to the other mobile robots. By utilizing the gathered information and data, the robot can assess its surroundings and predict the movement of other robots to avoid collisions between robots. The results show that the RF transceiver module is capable to send and receive data between two robots with latency up to 4.865s. It is envisaged that the proposed module can be very useful for developing D2D communication between robots to operate in dynamic environments.

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Effect of loading protocol on the mechanical properties of 316L stainless steel

2021-10-25 , Heng S.H. , Azmi M.S.M. , Mohd Afendi Rojan , Mohd Sani Mohamad Hashim , Mohd Nasir Ayob , Abdul Halim Ismail , Muhamad Saifuldin Abdul Manan , Abdullah S.

Two types of loading protocol, i.e., monotonic loading and cyclic loading, were compared to investigate the effect on the mechanical properties of 316L stainless steel. The specimen used is a dog-bone specimen in accordance with ASTM E8 and ASTM E606 standard. For cyclic loading, the multiple-step method is used to obtain the hysteresis loop of the material. A total of 13 strain amplitude conditions had been carried out, ranging from 0.05%-0.65%. The stress-strain curve shows that the cyclic stress-strain curve is higher than the monotonic stress-strain curve due to the cyclic hardening behaviour in the 316L stainless steel. The cyclic hardening behaviour increases the ultimate tensile stress of the material. However, when the material gains its strength through cyclic hardening, the ductility in the material will decrease.

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IoT Based Smart Betta Fish Monitoring system with fish fatality prediction.

2023-01-01 , Julida N.L. , Othman S.M. , Mohd Nasir Ayob , Rahim N.A. , Siti Nurul Aqmariah Mohd Kanafiah , Muhamad Safwan Muhamad Azmi , Hashim M.S.M. , Talib M.T.M. , Khalid N.S.

This study enlightens the importance of rearing water quality to Betta fish health. A water quality monitoring system was developed based on water quality parameters namely water pH, temperature (°C) and TDS level (ppm). Fuzzy Logic Algorithm was applied to predict the possibility of the fish to get infected by the disease using combination of the water quality parameters value. Graphical User Interface (GUI) was developed to test the efficiency of the fish disease prediction system using fuzzy logic algorithm before the fuzzy rule been embedded to the IOT system. Arduino Uno Wi-Fi R2.0 and Blynk Apps used for enabling the system to update the aquarium water quality to owner in real-time. Hydroponic technology implemented in this project for recirculate rearing water inside the fish tank. Theoretically, the aquaponic system will help regulate the water tank parameters in optimum range and Betta Splendens should be free from all diseases.

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Does the Height Matter? A Case for Wi-Fi based Wireless Positioning System

2023-01-01 , Abdul Halim Ismail , Sunang G.A. , Muhamad Safwan Muhamad Azmi , Mohd Nasir Ayob , Mohd Sani Mohamad Hashim , Hassrizal Hassan Basri , Widyasmoro W. , Ismail M.M.

Wireless Positioning System (WPS) is an emerging field rises with the aim to minimize the development and algorithm cost as well as applicable in many applications. The methods are rather straightforward compared to the use of conventional on-board sensing elements that often require fusion of several sensors as well as complex algorithms. Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) is the choice of elements in WPS due to wide availability as well as use of existing infrastructure. One interesting factor to consider in obtaining higher positioning accuracy is to assess the Wi-Fi height level. Many previous studies proposed optimization of the Wi-Fi antenna heights, but our direction is towards experimental works to observe if the antenna heights does matter or is it a totally insignificant parameter. Three different analyses were conducted on the data, which are statistical, two-layer average and quotient calculations. The results are validated for our experiments heights from 0.5 to 2.0 meter.

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Design and Simulation of a Customize Three-axis Gimbal Structure using Finite Element Analysis Method

2023-03-01 , Kamaruzzaman M.A. , Hassrizal Hassan Basri , Mohd Nasir Ayob

This paper presents a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) on a customized three-axis gimbal design application. Examples of applications of the gimbals such as drones, camera stabilizers, and spacecraft. The SolidWorks software checked the gimbal’s FEA characteristics with no existing load or normal conditions. Using the FEA method, a static simulation analysis where the material of this assembly design uses Polylactic Acid (PLA), used mainly by 3D printer machines. The force is given to the gimbal structure and obtains the results of the maximum value of stress in MPa, displacement in mm, and strain. Thus, based on the results obtained from SolidWorks, the structure will not fail. The maximum stress value between parts is 2.31 MPa for the support part and 3.09 MPa for the assembly model when the yield stress value of the PLA material properties is at 70 MPa. The new design structure for the gimbal hardware focuses on academic purposes based on PLA material and is easy to build using a 3D printer. In the summary, the customized three-axis gimbal design using SolidWorks will not fracture when the design is in normal condition which has a total force of 6.87 N, which is equal to 0.70 kg at 3.09 MPa where the weight of the base, O-ring, and servo motors at the U-shape part. In addition, the design can hold up to 230.87 N, which is equal to 23.54 kg at 69.90 MPa of the stress value before it will fail at 70 MPa.