Actuators, Volume 14, Issue 7

The space flexible netted pocket capture system provides a flexible and stable solution for capturing non-cooperative space objects. This paper investigates the control problem for the capture of non-cooperative targets undergoing motion. A dynamic m...

This paper focuses on the integrated modeling and disturbance rejection of the aerial work quadrotor with a robotic arm. First, to address the issues of model incompleteness and parameter uncertainty commonly encountered in traditional Newton–E...

The robotic exploration of space began only five decades ago, and yet in the intervening years, a wide and diverse ecosystem of robotic explorers has been developed for this purpose. Such devices have greatly benefited from miniaturization trends and...

Langevin ultrasonic transducers, also known as Tonpilz transducers, are widely used in high-power ultrasonic applications, including underwater sonar arrays, ultrasonic cleaning, and sonication devices. Traditionally designed for narrowband operation...

The new generation of robots (Industry 5.0 and beyond) is expected to be accompanied by the massive introduction of autonomous and cooperative agents in our society, both in the industrial and service sectors. Cooperation with humans will be simplifi...

Series elastic actuators (SEAs) represent a key technological solution to enhance safety, performance, and adaptability in robotic devices for physical training. Their ability to decouple the rigid actuator’s mechanical impedance from the load,...

In this paper, a hybrid flying robot that utilizes water thrust and aerial propeller actuation is proposed and analyzed, with the aim of applications in hazardous tasks in the marine field, such as firefighting, ship inspections, and search and rescu...

This study presents a quasi-static optimization framework for the pressure-based control of a multi-segment soft continuum manipulator. The proposed method circumvents traditional curvature and length-based modeling by directly identifying the quasi-...

This paper presents the development of a fuzzy-PID control able to adapt to several robot–patient interaction modes by monitoring patient evolution during the rehabilitation procedure. This control system is designed to provide targeted rehabil...

The fixed-time trajectory tracking control problem of the uncertain nonlinear Euler–Lagrange system is studied. To ensure the fast, high-precision trajectory tracking performance of this system, a non-singular terminal sliding-mode controller b...