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  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,246 Views
19 Pages

Recent Development for Ultra-Precision Macro–Micro Dual-Drive System: A Review

  • Manzhi Yang,
  • Haochen Gui,
  • Chuanwei Zhang,
  • Shuanfeng Zhao,
  • Feiyan Han,
  • Meng Dang and
  • Bin Zhang

11 January 2023

Macro–micro dual-drive technology uses a micro-drive system to compensate for motion errors of a macro-drive system, solving the contradiction between large travel and high-precision motion. Additionally, it has a wide range of applications in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,312 Views
15 Pages

Research on Continuous Error Compensation of a Sub-Arc-Second Macro/Micro Dual-Drive Rotary System

  • Manzhi Yang,
  • Linyue Li,
  • Chuanwei Zhang,
  • Yumei Huang,
  • Hongzhang Wu and
  • Bin Feng

2 October 2022

In this paper, a sub-arc-second macro/micro dual-drive rotary system is designed, and the continuous compensation of the system error and its experimental research are completed. First, the macro-drive system is driven by a direct-drive motor, and th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,950 Views
10 Pages

13 May 2024

This study developed an innovative active vibration canceling (AVC) system designed to mitigate non-periodic vibrations during road driving to enhance passenger comfort. The macro-fiber composite (MFC) used in the system is a smart material that is f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,343 Views
16 Pages

Design of a High-Voltage Miniaturized Control System for Macro Fiber Composites Actuators

  • Zhida Liu,
  • Hongli Ji,
  • Yipeng Wu,
  • Chao Zhang,
  • Chongcong Tao and
  • Jinhao Qiu

9 December 2024

Macro Fiber Composites (MFCs) exhibit significant potential in active control applications. These include vibration control for unmanned aerial vehicle wings and helicopter rotors. However, the high-voltage drive requirements of MFCs present challeng...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,180 Views
16 Pages

Positioning Performance of a Sub-Arc-Second Micro-Drive Rotary System

  • Manzhi Yang,
  • Zhenyang Lv,
  • Chuanwei Zhang,
  • Yizhi Yang,
  • Gang Jing,
  • Wei Guo,
  • Zhengxiong Lu,
  • Yumei Huang,
  • Kaiyang Wei and
  • Hongyu Ge
  • + 2 authors

31 August 2021

In the macro/micro dual-drive rotary system, the micro-drive system compensates for the position error of the macro-drive system. To realize the sub-arc-second (i.e., level of 1″–0.1″) positioning of the macro/micro dual-drive rotary system, it is ne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,219 Views
25 Pages

23 November 2023

A macro–micro dual-drive motion platform is a class of key system utilized in ultra-precision instruments and equipment for realizing ultra-high-precision positioning, which relates to the fields of semiconductor manufacturing, ultra-precision...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,486 Views
15 Pages

11 December 2023

A macro–micro dual-drive positioning system was developed for Scanning Beam Interference Lithography (SBIL) which uses a dual-frequency laser interferometer as the position reference and exhibits the characteristics of long travel, heavy load,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,016 Views
19 Pages

Time-Series-Based Personalized Lane-Changing Decision-Making Model

  • Ming Ye,
  • Lei Pu,
  • Pan Li,
  • Xiangwei Lu and
  • Yonggang Liu

2 September 2022

In recent years, autonomous driving technology has been changing from “human adapting to vehicle” to “vehicle adapting to human”. To improve the adaptability of autonomous driving systems to human drivers, a time-series-based...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,449 Views
16 Pages

Design and Performance Research of a Precision Micro-Drive Reduction System without Additional Motion

  • Manzhi Yang,
  • Xiaodong Zhang,
  • Chuanwei Zhang,
  • Hongzhang Wu and
  • Yizhi Yang

29 September 2022

A micro-drive system is a key part of macro-micro-drive technology and precision positioning technology in which a micro-drive reduction system can provide more precise motion and suitable small space motion. Therefore, it is necessary to study preci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
269 Views
13 Pages

14 January 2026

The macroscopic Fourier ptychography (FP) is regarded as a highly promising approach of creating a synthetic aperture for macro visible imaging to achieve sub-diffraction-limited resolution. However most existing macro FP techniques rely on the high-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,953 Views
18 Pages

8 September 2022

The input, application, and transformation of intellectual property can significantly promote the economic development of a region, but the path and operation mechanism of intellectual property management on regional economic growth are not very clea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,228 Views
27 Pages

A megaproject is a complex technological-social-natural system, and its “double-edged sword” effect raises significant attention in research on system sustainability. However, prior studies often overlook the long-term characteristics of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,492 Views
21 Pages

14 December 2021

Due to a lack of profound disclosure of the internal mechanism for the symbiotic development of agricultural industrial clusters and agricultural logistics industry, the current study finds it difficult to form specific and implementable driving coun...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,177 Views
16 Pages

High-Transparency Linear Actuator Using an Electromagnetic Brake for Damping Modulation in Physical Human–Robot Interaction

  • Zahid Ullah,
  • Thachapan Sermsrisuwan,
  • Khemwutta Pornpipatsakul,
  • Ronnapee Chaichaowarat and
  • Witaya Wannasuphoprasit

Enhancing the transparency of high-transmission-ratio linear actuators is crucial for improving the safety and capability of high-force robotic systems having physical contact with humans in unstructured environments. However, realizing such enhancem...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
7,143 Views
14 Pages

In this paper, we borrow some of the key concepts of nonequilibrium statistical systems, to develop a framework for analyzing a self-organizing-optimizing system of independent interacting agents, with nonlinear dynamics at the macro level that is ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,654 Views
14 Pages

5 June 2020

This article deals with the extraction of a new original parameter to characterize a railway traffic driving smoothness indicator, and its investigation is based on data obtained from a neural train emulator. This indicator of driving smoothness is a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,914 Views
23 Pages

27 July 2022

The high-quality economic and social development of the Yellow River Basin is a combined system comprising the coordinated development of “economy–resources–environment–society”, with resources and the ecological environ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
79 Citations
10,069 Views
15 Pages

In this paper, we propose an intrusion detection system (IDS) and Blockchain-based delivery framework, called DeliveryCoin, for drone-delivered services. The DeliveryCoin framework consists of four phases, including system initialization phase, creat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,746 Views
47 Pages

16 March 2025

Circular economic strategies have been widely deployed across the world to decouple industrial–urban growth from resource use and carbon emissions, aiming to mitigate environmental degradation. Despite these efforts, the global circularity gap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,493 Views
29 Pages

8 April 2025

This conceptual paper introduces Macro Stewardship (Ma-S) as a transformative approach in sustainable finance to challenge financial market failures that contribute to systemic collective action issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,271 Views
22 Pages

29 June 2022

In the autonomous driving process, the decision-making system is mainly used to provide macro-control instructions based on the information captured by the sensing system. Learning-based algorithms have apparent advantages in information processing a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,263 Views
36 Pages

Analysis and Experiment of Thermal Field Distribution and Thermal Deformation of Nut Rotary Ball Screw Transmission Mechanism

  • Hanwen Yu,
  • Xuecheng Luan,
  • Guiyuan Zheng,
  • Guangchao Hao,
  • Yan Liu,
  • Hongyu Xing,
  • Yandong Liu,
  • Xiaokui Fu and
  • Zhi Liu

2 July 2024

This study designs a differential dual-drive micro-feed mechanism, superposing the two “macro feed motions” (“motor drive screw” and “motor drive nut”) using the same transmission of “the nut rotary ball scre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,744 Views
21 Pages

Evaluation of 1D and 2D Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Driving Event Recognition

  • Álvaro Teixeira Escottá,
  • Wesley Beccaro and
  • Miguel Arjona Ramírez

1 June 2022

Driving event detection and driver behavior recognition have been widely explored for many purposes, including detecting distractions, classifying driver actions, detecting kidnappings, pricing vehicle insurance, evaluating eco-driving, and managing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,271 Views
27 Pages

5 September 2024

Accidents are events that occur unexpectedly during production or daily activities, causing personal injury or property damage. Analyzing accident trends and their influencing factors is crucial for policymakers to develop effective management system...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
25,447 Views
20 Pages

Ergonomic Factors Affecting the Learning Motivation and Academic Attention of SHS Students in Distance Learning

  • Ma. Janice J. Gumasing,
  • Iris Samantha V. Dela Cruz,
  • Dean Angelo A. Piñon,
  • Hedy Nicolaison M. Rebong and
  • Daniel Luis P. Sahagun

7 June 2023

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has experienced a shift in education, forcing students to transition from traditional face-to-face classes to distance learning. Students found these adjustments challenging, thus affecting their academic perfor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,074 Views
20 Pages

22 June 2025

The direct-drive turntable serves as the core actuator in high-precision macro-micro drive systems, where its positioning accuracy fundamentally determines overall system performance. Accurate error prediction and compensation technology represent a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,312 Views
17 Pages

19 November 2024

Clarifying the impact of macro emission reduction measures on the mechanism of agricultural greenhouse gas emission reduction is of great significance in promoting climate change governance and the construction of a carbon emission reduction policy s...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
975 Views
12 Pages

According to high-precision damage identification of aircraft complex configuration fatigue key structures, a high-precision mathematical model of complex configuration structure is established with the use of digital twin technology to realize the r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,435 Views
25 Pages

Game-Based Flexible Merging Decision Method for Mixed Traffic of Connected Autonomous Vehicles and Manual Driving Vehicles on Urban Freeways

  • Zhibin Du,
  • Hui Xie,
  • Pengyu Zhai,
  • Shoutong Yuan,
  • Yupeng Li,
  • Jiao Wang,
  • Jiangbo Wang and
  • Kai Liu

21 August 2024

Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) have the potential to revolutionize traffic systems by autonomously handling complex maneuvers such as freeway ramp merging. However, the unpredictability of manual-driven vehicles (MDVs) poses a significant chall...

  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
3,579 Views
11 Pages

17 January 2022

Acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection continues to be a worldwide public health crisis. Among the several severe manifestations of this disease, thrombotic processes drive the catastrophic organ failure and mortality in thes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,398 Views
19 Pages

10 June 2025

Solving the common paradoxical problem between sub-micro-arc level resolution and a wide range of rotation angles in rotary actuators, this paper designs a single-drive compliant rotary mechanism (CRM) and develops a cross-scale compliant rotary actu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,301 Views
21 Pages

Aiming to improve the distance per charge of four in-wheel independent motor-drive electric vehicles in intelligent transportation systems, a hierarchical energy management strategy that weighs their computational efficiency and optimization performa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
115 Views
20 Pages

17 March 2026

In aerospace applications, the vibration of aircraft structures results in a reduction in their fatigue life. Vibration-suppression technology utilizing macro fiber composite (MFC) materials constitutes a significant research direction. Aiming at the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5,547 Views
20 Pages

18 July 2024

The discussion of factors driving young people’s involvement in serious violence continues to be well documented across policy, news media, and academic research. The government response to riots taking place across the UK in 2011 set a precede...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,671 Views
21 Pages

Scenario Generation and Autonomous Control for High-Precision Vineyard Operations

  • Carlos Ruiz Mayo,
  • Federico Cheli,
  • Stefano Arrigoni,
  • Francesco Paparazzo,
  • Simone Mentasti and
  • Marco Ezio Pezzola

Precision Farming (PF) in vineyards represents an innovative approach to vine cultivation that leverages the advantages of the latest technologies to optimize resource use and improve overall field management. This study investigates the application...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,286 Views
23 Pages

Toward the Dynamic Modeling of Transition Problems: The Case of Electric Mobility

  • Mohammadreza Zolfagharian,
  • Bob Walrave,
  • A. Georges L. Romme and
  • Rob Raven

22 December 2020

Transportation systems are transitioning to e-mobility, but scholars and policymakers are struggling to understand how to accomplish this transition effectively. In response, we draw on the technological innovation systems perspective and the unified...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,291 Views
21 Pages

16 December 2021

In the last few lustrums, the literature has searched for more precise methods to assess the socio-economic importance of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE). On that basis, this article offers a new way of assessing the SSE impact, enhancing the...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,148 Views
45 Pages

25 September 2025

With the rapid development of the electric vehicle (EV) industry, the regenerative braking system (RBS) has become a pivotal technology for enhancing overall vehicle energy efficiency and safety. This article systematically reviews recent research ad...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
2,898 Views
22 Pages

10 April 2022

This study presents a fast terminal synergetic control (FTSC) scheme to investigate the nonlinear control problem of permanent magnet vernier generator (PMVG)-based variable-speed wind energy conversion systems (WECSs). In wind turbines, better speed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,984 Views
28 Pages

22 September 2023

Learnability in Automated Driving (LiAD) is a neglected research topic, especially when considering the unpredictable and intricate ways humans learn to interact and use automated driving systems (ADS) over the sequence of time. Moreover, there is a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,089 Views
19 Pages

A Novel Monopolar Cross-Scale Nanopositioning Stage Based on Dual Piezoelectric Stick-Slip Driving Principle

  • Junhui Zhu,
  • Siyuan Meng,
  • Yong Wang,
  • Ming Pang,
  • Zhiping Hu and
  • Changhai Ru

18 November 2022

The precise characterization and measurement of new nanomaterials and nano devices require in situ SEM nanorobotic instrumentation systems, which put forward further technical requirements on nanopositioning techniques of compact structure, cross-sca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,967 Views
37 Pages

Global digitalization drives policy-led transformation in the construction industry, yet its effectiveness hinges on localized implementation. However, research on China’s regional digital policies remains insufficient, particularly in systemat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,967 Views
21 Pages

Endothelial Autophagy Dysregulation in Diabetes

  • Yann Salemkour and
  • Olivia Lenoir

21 March 2023

Diabetes mellitus is a major public health issue that affected 537 million people worldwide in 2021, a number that is only expected to increase in the upcoming decade. Diabetes is a systemic metabolic disease with devastating macro- and microvascular...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,295 Views
22 Pages

29 November 2019

Human society has increased its capacity to exploit natural resources thanks to new technologies, which are one of the results of information exchange in the knowledge society. Many approaches to understanding the interactions between human society a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,862 Views
26 Pages

13 May 2025

This paper focuses on the mathematical and numerical modeling of a non-classical macro fiber composite (MFC) piezoelectric transducer, MFC-P2, integrated with an aluminum cantilever beam for energy harvesting applications. It seeks to harness the tra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,330 Views
38 Pages

10 November 2021

The rise of global attention toward sustainability and sustainable development (SD) has provided increased incentives for research development and investment in these areas. Food systems are at the center of human needs and global population growth s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
184 Citations
32,821 Views
18 Pages

Sustainability of SMEs in the Competition: A Systemic Review on Technological Challenges and SME Performance

  • RPIR Prasanna,
  • JMSB Jayasundara,
  • Sisira Kumara Naradda Gamage,
  • EMS Ekanayake,
  • PSK Rajapakshe and
  • GAKNJ Abeyrathne

In the era of economic globalization, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are recognized as an engine of sustainable economic development in both the developed and developing world. In literature, three competitive challenges—the sustainability...

  • Article
  • Open Access
205 Views
24 Pages

13 March 2026

Conventional approaches to Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) preservation, such as static documentation and superficial commercialization, frequently undermine its vitality by reifying it as a fixed artifact detached from its evolving socio-cultural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
300 Views
15 Pages

Development and Application of a Novel Prediction Self-Adaptive Control Technology in Ground Source Heat Pump System

  • Zhiguo Cui,
  • Mingyu Cao,
  • Jing Liu,
  • Yong Cao,
  • Xiaofeng Mao,
  • Yue Cen and
  • Jiajie Li

9 February 2026

For ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems, conventional control strategies often suffer from significant hysteresis, leading to energy waste and occupant discomfort. This study proposes and validates a novel Prediction Self-Adaptive Control (PSAC) t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,575 Views
17 Pages

Plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) are considered to reduce oil dependency, noise, and local air pollution as well as greenhouse gas emissions caused by road transportation. Today, the early market penetration phase has started and can be observed in ma...

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