The paper deals with the proposed concept of a biped robot with vertical stabilization of the robot’s base and minimization of its sideways oscillations. This robot uses 6 actuators, which gives good preconditions for energy balance compared to purely articulated bipedal robots. In addition, the used linear actuator is self-locking, so no additional energy is required for braking or to keep it in a stable position. The direct and inverse kinematics problems are solved by means of a kinematic model of the robot. Furthermore, the task is aided by a solution for locomotion on an inclined plane. Special attention is focused on the position of the robot’s center of gravity and its stability in motion. The results of the simulation confirm that the proposed concept meets all expectations. This robot can be used as a mechatronic assistant or as a carrier for handling extensions.

The article deals with the design of wireless automation system. The proposed systems compare wireless data transmission devices. The main components and their parameters, which are necessary for building such system and base steps how to create and test a device are described. The created systems can serve as a suitable basis for remote monitoring and control systems in open space applications such as weather system or small-scale home automation system and can be used as an example in the education of students in fields such as Automation or Mechatronics.

The article is focused on testing selected communication protocols for the Internet of Things. The aim of the experiments was to find a suitable communication protocol to build a smart device of home automation. The recent developments in the field of communication protocols and data processing are providing a new form of constrained communication, while describing how the Things talk to each other in the Internet of Things. With growing number of connected devices in industry and commercial field, there is a need for the devices which can handle the new forms of communication, handle sensors and operate the battery power. The gathered data is either processed on the “edge” of the network or on the cloud platforms. Authors present a comparison of selected newest communication protocols, while reflecting on the results of their experimental testing.

Different biometric methods are available for identification purpose of a person. The most commonly used are fingerprints, but there are also other biometric methods such as voice, morphology of ears, structure of iris and so on. In some cases, it is required to identify a person according to his/her biomechanical parameters or even his/her gait pattern. Gait is an outstanding biometric behavioural characteristic that is not widely used yet for identification purposes because efficient and proven automated processes are not yet available. Several systems and gait pattern databases have been developed for rapid evaluation and processing of gait. This article describes an original automated evaluation procedure of gait pattern and identification of unique gait parameters for automatic identification purposes.

The article deals with the design of a home automation system. The proposed system combines wireless data transmission and positioning device. The main components and their parameters, which are necessary for building such system and base steps how to create and test a device are described. The created system can serve as a suitable basis for a truly deployed system with minor changes, as the tested drive has not been connected to any moving object, it can also serve as an example in the education of students in fields such as Automation or Mechatronics.

Process flexibility of automated workplaces, lines, and machinery is essential for optimizing, digitalizing and deploying critical principles based on IoT, IIoT and Industry 4.0 / 5.0. This potential also has considerable overlap and impetus in manufacturing and non-manufacturing areas. In addition, national and international directives, norms and standards are putting pressure on corporate structures to deploy these principles as much as possible. Therefore, the authors of this paper focused on creating an architecture for collecting, evaluating and sorting (process and state) data from a monitored automated workplace in such a way as to transform the existing research knowledge from a comprehensive solution that will be of significant benefit to both the scientific community and industrial practice. The proposed approach is based on implementing the OPC UA technology, the selected IBH Link UA communication gateway and the Bluebird visualization platform. By realizing measurements, tests, and remote management via dashboard windows, the paper intends to contribute a concrete example to the advanced supervision of the monitored running processes of automated lines and workplaces (at SCADA level and above). The requirements were seamless connectivity, immediate response and advanced diagnostics of the monitored processes. The universal language the authors want to communicate is the OPC UA structure, which unifies and prepares other solutions supporting MQTT protocols. As a result, we documented the performance of our approach in the range of 0.58 - 0.61 for the Capability Index (CpK) and 0.58 - 0.63 for the Capability Process (Cp) value. We uncovered potential opportunities for improving process and workplace consistency (stability). The paper’s parallel and supporting idea is to combine known (and working-proven) approaches without costly software and hardware replacement of the entire automated workplace equipment portfolio.