Actuators, Volume 14, Issue 11

This study examined how interruptions, which are increasingly prevalent in modern intelligent work systems, influence the effectiveness of a back-support exoskeleton (BSE) during repetitive low-load lifting. Thirteen healthy male participants (age: 2...

This paper presents a composite control strategy for gearless coal mill to improve the disturbance immunity under low-speed variable operating conditions. First, the gearless coal mill encounters power supply voltage fluctuations, mechanical failures...

The electrification of non-road mobile machinery is advancing to enhance sustainability and reduce emissions. This study investigates how to maximize the efficiency of the retrofitting of a material handler from an internal combustion engine to a bat...

This paper investigates the adaptive fuzzy leader-following consensus control problem for a class of high-order nonlinear multi-agent systems with quantized input signals. Considering the complex dynamics of high-order nonlinear multi-agent systems,...

Sensor sampling errors and inverter dead-time effects introduce significant nonlinear disturbances into dual three-phase permanent magnet synchronous machine (DTP-PMSM) drive systems with sinusoidal excitation, leading to pronounced alternating curre...

Low-gravity and microgravity simulation devices for training astronauts to manipulate objects under terrestrial conditions are critical for improving operational performance and efficiency in extraterrestrial environments while minimizing risk. To th...

Fragmented thrombolytic actuators address the limited time window of thrombolysis agents and the risk of intimal injury from mechanical thrombectomy, emerging as a crucial method for rapid vascular recanalization. However, occluded vessels are often...

Continuous estimation of joint angles based on surface electromyography (sEMG) signals is a promising method for naturally controlling prosthetic limbs and assistive devices. However, conventional methods based on neural networks have limitations suc...

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMSs) are increasingly used for both industrial and consumer applications. To improve the accuracy and efficiency of MEMS fabrication and to overcome the limitations of conventional contactless positioning systems, th...

Shape memory alloys are key to sustainable technology and future industries, with one of the most remarkable materials at present being Nitinol (NiTi), which is known to have unique driving properties and applications, working in extreme conditions a...