Special Issue "Robotics and Control: State of the Art"

A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Actuators for Robotics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2022.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Puren Ouyang
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Department of Aerospace Engineering, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
Interests: mechatronics; robotics; Control System; Hybrid System; Micro/Nano Engineering
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Prof. Dr. Zhuming Bi
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Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, USA
Interests: design & manufacturing; machine design; solid mechanics; modeling & simulation; automation; mechatronics; robotics; reconfigurable manufacturing
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Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

As one of the most promising technologies of the future, robotics has become very important in industrial applications, household services, and healthcare. Robotics is dealing with research and development in a few interdisciplinary areas, such as design optimization, kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, control, sensors, and machine intelligence. The control system is the core in the development and applications of robotic systems. The extent of research activities in robotics and control has led to many significant achievements that can be shared with the research community. 

The aim of this Special Issue is to collect original papers concerned with the theory and application of various types of robotic systems and control. Theoretical, numerical, and experimental contributions on robotics and control are welcome in this Special Issue, particularly the following:

  • Modeling and analysis;
  • Humanoid robots;
  • Mobile robots;
  • Multirobot systems;
  • Microrobots and micromanipulation;
  • Space and underwater robots;
  • Trajectory planning and optimization;
  • Contour tracking;
  • Sensing;
  • Control system modeling;
  • AI, Intelligent control, neuro-control, fuzzy control;
  • Optimal control; robust control; adaptive control; hybrid control;
  • Networked control;
  • systems; learning control;
  • Control applications.

Dr. Puren Ouyang
Prof. Dr. Zhuming Bi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Modeling and analysis
  • Humanoid robots
  • Mobile robots
  • Multirobot systems
  • Microrobots and micromanipulation
  • Space and underwater robots
  • Trajectory planning and optimization
  • Contour tracking
  • Sensing
  • Control system modeling
  • AI, Intelligent control, neuro-control, fuzzy control
  • Optimal control
  • robust control
  • adaptive control
  • hybrid control
  • Networked control
  • systems
  • learning control
  • Control applications

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Trajectory Optimization Algorithm for a 4-DOF Redundant Parallel Robot Based on 12-Phase Sine Jerk Motion Profile
Actuators 2021, 10(4), 80; https://doi.org/10.3390/act10040080 - 16 Apr 2021
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To improve high motion accuracy and efficiency in the high-speed operation of a 4-DOF (4 degrees of freedom) redundant parallel robot, this paper introduces a trajectory planning of the parallel robot in joint space based on the twelve-phase sine jerk motion profile. The [...] Read more.
To improve high motion accuracy and efficiency in the high-speed operation of a 4-DOF (4 degrees of freedom) redundant parallel robot, this paper introduces a trajectory planning of the parallel robot in joint space based on the twelve-phase sine jerk motion profile. The 12-phase sine jerk motion profile utilizes the characteristics of a sine function. Furthermore, the penalty function is used to optimize the trajectory energy consumption under the constraint condition. The simulation and experimental results show that the energy consumption of joint space is slightly higher than that of the three-phase sine jerk motion profile, but the overall operation is more accurate and stable. Specifically, the sudden change of force and velocity in each joint is eliminated, which is the cause of mechanism oscillation. Moreover, the force of each joint is more average. The results indicate that each movement is closer to the maximum allowable limit and the running efficiency is higher. Full article
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Fatigue Analysis of Actuators with Teflon Impregnated Coating—Challenges in Numerical Simulation
Actuators 2021, 10(4), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/act10040082 - 18 Apr 2021
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Actuators are essential components for motion in machines, and warranty service lives are basic specifications of actuators. However, fatigue damage or wear of actuators are very complex and related to many design factors, such as materials properties, surface conditions, loads, and operating temperature. [...] Read more.
Actuators are essential components for motion in machines, and warranty service lives are basic specifications of actuators. However, fatigue damage or wear of actuators are very complex and related to many design factors, such as materials properties, surface conditions, loads, and operating temperature. Actuator manufacturers still rely heavily on physical experiments to determine the fatigue lives of actuators. This paper investigates the state-of-the-art of using numerical simulations for fatigue analysis of mechanical actuators. Failure criteria of machine elements are discussed extensively; existing works on using finite element methods for machine element designs are examined to (1) explore the feasibility of using a numerical simulation for fatigue analysis and (2) discuss the technical challenges in practice. Moreover, a systematic procedure is suggested to predict fatigue lives of mechanical actuators with Teflon impregnated hard coatings. A virtual fatigue analysis allows for optimizing a mechanical structure, reducing design verification costs, and shortening the development time of actuators. Full article
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