2023 March - 43 articles
The main objective of this research work was to develop reliable and intelligent power sources for the future. To achieve this objective, a modular stand-alone solar energy-based direct current (DC) power supply was designed and implemented. The conv...
The residual stress fields of the initial billet and subsequent machining in the material bring great challenges to the precision machining and geometrical stability of aluminum alloy thin-walled components. To ensure that a certain type of large-siz...
Auto drug distribution systems are used popularly to replace pharmacists when drugs are distributed in pharmacies. The Cartesian robot is usually used as the recovery mechanism. Under non-dynamic storage location conditions, generally, the selected p...
In this manuscript, a compact electromagnetic dual actuation positioning system (CEDAPS) based on the Lorentz force principle that features a 10 mm range and nanometer-scale resolution with flexure guides is presented. Firstly, the stiffness of the f...
The ever-changing nature of the power industry will require the implementation of hybrid energy systems. Integration of tightly coupled components in hybrids often involves the diversion of exhaust gas flow. An innovative smart material actuation tec...
Considering the problem of tracking control for a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (QUAV) with input saturation, parameter uncertainties and external disturbances, a command filtered backstepping-based fixed-time adaptive control scheme was develope...
Thin fiber-shaped pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) can generate contractile motions upon stimulation, and it is well known for its good compliance, high weight-to-power ratio, resemblance to animal muscle movements, and, most importantly, the capabi...
Currently, the theoretical braking force control mode, characterized by actual deceleration as an unstable open-loop output, is the most widely used brake control mode in trains. To overcome the shortcomings of non-deceleration control modes, a decel...
The distributed model predictive control (DMPC) strategy with particle swarm optimization (PSO) is applied to solve the collision-free trajectory tracking problem for the mecanum-wheeled mobile robot (MWMR) formation. Under the leader–follower...
Joint stiffness of an elastic-joint robot can be changed according to joint stiffness requirements. A series elastic actuator (SEA) can reduce the contact stiffness between the body and the environment or human, which can further ensure interactive o...
Fault-tolerant control of a three-phase inverter can be achieved by performing a hardware reconfiguration of the six-switch and three-phase (6S3P) topology to the four-switch and three-phase (4S3P) topology after detection and localisation of the fau...
Surface-bound 3D micro-magnets are fabricated from photoreactive copolymers filled with magnetic nanoparticles by maskless 3D writing. The structures are generated by 2-photon crosslinking (2PC), which allows direct writing into solid films of compos...
To improve the starting performance of the P2.5 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with a wet dual-clutch transmission, an adaptive starting control strategy is presented in this paper, which controls the two clutches simultaneously involved in the sta...
This tutorial reviews the author’s contributions to the active control of precision space structures over the past 35 years. It is based on the Santini lecture presented at the IAC-2022 Astronautical Congress in Paris in September 2022. The fir...
The current vehicle stability judgment methods in the stability control of distributed drive electric vehicles focuses on using the phase plane method, but the existing phase plane stability boundary delineation methods ignore the influence of the fr...
It has been nearly 60 years since the introduction of the Gough–Stewart manipulator (GSM). With the advantages of superior load capacity and high precision, the GSM still plays an important role in many fields. However, the GSM has limitations...
In this paper, two new versions of modified active disturbance rejection control (MADRC) are proposed to stabilize a nonlinear quadruple tank system and control the water levels of the lower two tanks in the presence of exogenous disturbances, parame...
Mechanical fault prediction is one of the main problems in condition-based maintenance, and its purpose is to predict the future working status of the machine based on the collected status information of the machine. However, on one hand, the model h...
Significant advances have been made in prostheses with the aim of enhancing the quality of life for transfemoral amputees. While commercially available transfemoral prostheses mainly focus on the developing passive prostheses that act only as dampers...
In order to solve the problem of parameter uncertainty and unknown external interference of wheeled mobile robots (WMR) in a complex environment, the design of a high-precision interval observer for the robot system is proposed. In this paper, the ki...
Dielectric elastomer sensors (DESs) have been known as highly stretchable strain sensors for about two decades. They are composite films consisting of alternating dielectric and electrode layers. Their electrical capacitance between the electrodes is...
The flexoelectric effect, which exists in all dielectrics, is an electromechanical effect that arises due to the coupling of strain gradients (or electric field gradients) with electric polarization (or mechanical stress). Numerous experimental studi...
Magnetorheological (MR) materials are a group of smart materials used in new technologies with controlled reliability. The development of these materials is expanding, starting from MR fluids, elastomers, grease, and gel. This large number of materia...
This paper presents a method on how to compute the position of a robotic arm in the 2D and 3D spaces. This method is slightly different from the well-known methods, such as forward or inverse kinematics. The method presented in this paper is an optic...
An urban railway train is a braking power-distributed system consisting of multiple carriages, which is becoming a powerful transportation tool to alleviate traffic congestion within cities as well as across cities. It is critical to control an urban...
When a quadruped robot is climbing stairs, due to unexpected factors, such as the size of the differing from the international standard or the stairs being wet and slippery, it may suddenly fall down. Therefore, solving the self-recovery problem of t...
The single-track two-wheeled (STTW) robot has the advantages of small size and flexibility, and it is suitable for traveling in narrow terrains of mountains and jungles. In this article, a reinforcement learning control method for STTW robots is prop...
In this paper, simulation and experimental tests are reported for a hybrid robot being used for indoor and outdoor inspections. Automatic or tele-operated surveys can be performed by mobile robots, which represent the most efficient solution in terms...
The traditional tool center point (TCP) calibration method requires the operator to use their experience to set the actual position of the tool center point. To address this lengthy workflow and low accuracy, while improving accuracy and efficiency f...
In this study, an autonomous driving system of a patient-transfer robot is developed. The developed autonomous driving system has a path-planning module and a motion-control module. Since the developed autonomous driving system is applied to medical...
The permanent magnet eddy current coupling is widely used in fan and pump equipment as an energy-saving speed control device. The traditional coupling speed adjustment method occupies too much axial space, limiting its application in the process of u...
Haptic technology that provides tactile sensation feedback by utilizing actuators to achieve the purpose of human–computer interaction is obtaining increasing applications in electronic devices. This review covers four kinds of electromechanica...
Natural gas has emerged as one of the preferred alternative fuels for vehicles owing to its advantages of abundant reserves, cleaner combustion and lower cost. At present, the gas supply methods for natural-gas engines are mainly port fuel injection...
The gearbox is the key component of the traction drive system of a high-speed train. At the same time, the traction gearbox can easily experience a box housing failure due to bearing internal excitation from gear meshing and external excitation from...
Over the past decade, 3D printing technology has been leading the manufacturing revolution. A recent development in the field of 3D printing has added time as a fourth dimension to obtain 4D printing parts. A fabricated design created by 3D printing...
This paper presents various aspects of the wavefront control strategies for an ultra-lightweight composite reflector made of polymers for the large primary of a space telescope, and the shape control is made by a set of patterned unimorph strain actu...
This study examines the distributions of the cogging and current forces in a hybrid linear motor and their impact on its performance. Subsequently, using the Maxwell stress tensor to analyze the force acting on the motor, a method has been proposed f...
The research on the dynamic characteristics of vehicles requires wind tunnel tests. The natural mass frequency of the support mechanism and the interference of the support mechanism on the flow field will greatly reduce the repeatability and accuracy...
In the path tracking control of intelligent vehicles, the traditional linear control method is prone to high tracking errors for uncertain parameters of the steering transmission system and road conditions. Therefore, considering the mechanical frict...
Soft robots offer a number of advantages over traditional rigid robots in applications such as minimally invasive surgery, where safety and dexterity are required. In previous works, the STIFF-FLOP manipulator has been introduced as a new concept of...
Dielectric elastomer transducers (DETs) consist of thin elastomer films and compliant conductive electrodes on each side. Several DE-based systems, e.g., DE actuators, loudspeakers or sensors, have great potential in industrial applications. Differen...
The motor-driven electric brake booster (E-Booster) can replace the traditional vacuum booster to realize the braking power assistance and active braking. Independent of extra sensors, this paper proposes a full-state observer for E-Booster based on...
Acoustic emission (AE) was monitored during stress intensity factor (SIF)-controlled high-cycle fatigue (HCF) tests on an aluminum 2024-T3 specimen with a fatigue crack growing at its center. The SIF control was implemented in such a manner that crac...
