Research and Development Institute
PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS
The research center is organized in two research groups:
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Intelligent Process Control
Software Products and Services for Intelligent Environments
PRIORITY RESEARCH DOMAINS
According to the Romanian RTD National Plan II:
1. Informatics and communications technologies
 1.2. Advanced informatics systems for e-services;
 1.4 Artificial intelligence, robotics, and advanced autonomous systems;
 1.6. Technologies for distributed systems and embedded systems;
7. Innovative materials, processes, and products
 7.2. Advanced technologies in industrial process control;
 7.3. Technologies and high precision mechanical products and mechatronic systems.
According to the RTD European priorities:
 IST-2.2.2 New strategies, algorithms and tools for systematic and accurate design, prototyping and
control of complex distributed systems;
 ICT-2.1 Cognitive systems and robotics focuses on artificial cognitive systems and robots that
operate in dynamic, nondeterministic, real-life environments;
 NMP-3.1 Development of new processes and flexible and intelligent manufacturing systems.
RESEARCH AREAS
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Control systems for robust vision (control structures in artificial vision; visual control of autonomous
systems; semantic 3D perception);
Autonomous platforms in processes automation (complex processing of events; distributed processing
on integrated systems; the analysis and solving of the constraints );
Distributed intelligent (remote) control of electrical drives (multi-axis motion control applied to
industrial robots; time delay systems; intelligent control systems for processes with uncertain or widely
varying parameters; modern fuzzy neural control techniques; self-learning fuzzy control systems);
Robot systems and flexible manufacturing lines programming;
Design and implementation of an IT&C infrastructure for promoting the innovation in management,
science and engineering of services;
Streamlining of the electrical distribution networks based on Smart Grid concept;
IT&C management systems for intelligent environments.
HUMAN RESOURCES
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16 permanent members, teachers of the Department of Automatics, Electronics and Computers from
the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty;
13 full-time Ph.D. students;
2 researchers Ph.D. Eng. in Post-doctoral programs.
Transilvania University of Brasov
Ph.D. Supervisors:
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Electrical Engineering domain: prof. Iulian Ţopa, Ph.D.; prof. Francisc Sisak, Ph.D.; prof. Radu
Câmpeanu, Ph.D.;
Control Engineering domain: prof. Vasile Comnac, Ph.D.; prof. Florin Moldoveanu, Ph.D.; prof. Ştefan
Dan, Ph.D.;
Computers and Information Technology domain: prof. Ioan Mărgineanu, Ph.D.; prof. Sorin Aurel
Moraru, Ph.D.
The significant research infrastructure includes:
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Flexible manufacturing line SMC FMS-200,
with two loading cells (for body supply and
for screws supply), a cell with Mitsubishi
robot, a cell with a numerical controlled
machine and a cell for the quality control
using an artificial vision;
HW and SW system for distributed control
of electrical drives which includes an
autonomous
collaborative
embedded
station (Intel compatible with GPU,
including administration & managing &
programming SW application, machine
vision, manipulation arm, motion sensing &
control); communication interface: wireless;
Multimedia processing platform;
System for acquisition and data processing
for intelligent buildings;
HW and SW system for services oriented
architectures;
Tools
for
modeling,
development,
management and monitoring processes.
RESEARCH CONTRACTS IN PROGRESS
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Cognitive robot programming in flexible manufacturing lines PROROB, code CNCSIS 775/2008;
Strategic research and development program for growth and innovation in services domain CRIS;
Strategic program for promoting innovation in services through open and continuous education
INSEED;
Smart Buildings: Intelligent Distributed Workspace for Energy in the GENIUS Campus.
REPRESENTATIVE PAPERS
1. Grigorescu, S.M., Macesanu, G., Cocias, T.T., Puiu, D., and Moldoveanu, F., Robust Camera Pose and Scene
Structure Analysis for Service Robotics, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Elsevier, No. 59, Netherlands,
2011.
2. Suliman, C., Cruceru, C., and Moldoveanu, F., Kalman Filter Based Tracking in an Video Surveillance System,
Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2010.
Research and Development Institute
3. Girbea, A., Nechifor, S., Sisak, F., and Perniu, L., Efficient Address Space Generation for an OPC UA Server,
Sofware Practice and Experience, online ISSN: 1097-024X, 2010,
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spe.1076/abstract
Volumetric object modelling
Input image
Tracked camera pose
Stereo
Image
Acquisition
Left
Image
Right
Image
Track
Geometry
Estimation
Probabilistic
Filtering and
Camera Pose
Estimation
Object
Segmentation
and
Classification
3D
Volumetric
Modeling and
Object Fitting
Camera pose estimation and object volumetric modeling architecture.
4. Girbea, A., Nechifor, S., Sisak, F., and Perniu, L., Design and Implementation of an OPC UA Aggregating
Server for a Group of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, IET Software, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2010,
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=5977135.
COLLABORATIONS WITH COMPANIES
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ABB
IBM
Program and System Engineering Siemens
Electroprecizia Săcele Group of Companies (by Cluster ETREC)
LMS International
Schaeffler Group - Automotive
Oracle
Psi Control Mechatronics
RTD SERVICES
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Software development for databases, device programming, data acquisition, data analysis,
communications, troubleshooting and recordings
Automated PLC-based process control
Quality testing of Hardware and Software components
Microcontroller based projects design
Transilvania University of Brasov
data acquisition of parameters - temperature, humidity, speed, position, voltage, frequency,
acceleration and counters
- electrical noise filtering for stable operation
- PCB design and prototyping.
- analogic and digital drives for power electronics
- electric motor speed control
- lighting control (on/off/dimming)
- data exchange (microcontroller – computer)
- presenting information or message on text type and graphical display
- firmware software for microcontrollers
Hot air and IR soldering of SMD and BGA components
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Prof. dr. eng. Florin Moldovean
Research Center Coordinator,
moldof@unitbv.ro