Among the existing technologies for hand protection, master–slave control technology has been extensively researched and applied within the field of safety engineering to mitigate the occurrence of safety incidents. However, it has been identif...
The problem of insufficient regulation ability in isolated microgrid operations in traditional master–slave control is targeted in this research. A hybrid master–slave control strategy is proposed to operate multiple distributed generator...
In this paper, we analyze one of the main drawbacks of droop control-based DC microgrid systems, and propose a novel control method to overcome this problem. Typically, DC microgrid systems use droop control techniques to enable communication indepen...
In order to further reduce the torque, flux-linkage fluctuation, and current harmonic content of dual three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors, this paper proposes a direct torque control strategy combined with a master–slave virtual vec...
In vascular interventional surgery, surgeons operate guidewires and catheters to diagnose and treat patients with the assistance of the digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Therefore, the surgeon will be exposed to X-rays for extended periods. To p...
The stable operation of a microgrid is crucial to the integration of renewable energy sources. However, with the expansion of scale in electronic devices applied in the microgrid, the interaction between voltage source converters poses a great threat...
Conventional power management methods of networked microgrids (NMGs) are limited to the failure of pinned communication terminals and heavy communication burdens. This paper proposes a multilevel dynamic master-slave control strategy via two-level dy...
This paper proposes a novel bilateral control design based on an estimated reaction force without a force sensor for a three-degree of freedom hydraulic servo system with master–slave manipulators. The proposed method is based upon sliding mode...
Because of the lack of upstream grid support and low inertia, independent microgrids are very susceptible to load variations and uncertainty in the generation of renewable energy sources. Disruption of microgrid frequency stability causes severe dama...
Reducing residential and industrial electricity consumption has been a goal of governments around the world. Lighting sources account for a large portion of the whole energy/power consumption. Unfortunately, most of the existing installed lighting sy...
With the aim to solve the problem related to the power chattering and anti-disturbance performance of a photovoltaic (PV) inverter in master–slave-organized islanded microgrid, an anti-disturbance finite-time adaptive sliding mode backstepping...
Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has received increasing attention, both in the academic field and clinical operation. Master/slave control is the most widely adopted manipulation mode for surgical robots. Thus, sensing the force of th...
Soft modular biomimetic robots, driven by flexible actuators, are extensively used in various fields due to their excellent flexibility, environmental adaptability, and isomorphism. However, existing flexible modules typically possess no more than tw...
Traditional renal puncture surgery requires manual operation, which has a poor puncture effect, low surgical success rate, and high incidence of postoperative complications. Robot-assisted puncture surgery can effectively improve the accuracy of punc...
Aiming at the difficulty of controlling the longitudinal relative position of agricultural machines during the agricultural master–slave navigation cooperative operation and the weak adaptability of the unitary traditional control method in the...
Interventional surgical robots are widely used in neurosurgery to improve surgeons’ working environment and surgical safety. Based on the actual operational needs of surgeons’ feedback during preliminary in vivo experiments, this paper pr...
In this paper, a multiphase sliding mode (MPSM) control method with a master–slave structure is proposed and analyzed in order to suppress ripples at input terminals or output terminals in DC/DC converter applications. With the proposed MPSM, the swi...
In this paper, a parameter estimation method is proposed to predict the simultaneous joint dynamics of a surgical robotic arm that is tracking trajectories. It mainly deals with the design, modeling, prototyping and control of a serial robotic arm fo...
In adapting to the demands of this modernized landscape, a conventional human-operated forklift within an industrial or warehouse setting falls short. However, the adoption of autonomous forklifts remains a distant prospect for many companies, primar...
In our study, a soft robot arm consisting of McKibben artificial muscles and a silicone rubber structure was developed. This robot arm can perform bending and twisting motions by ap-plying pneumatic pressure to the artificial muscles. The robot arm i...
With the development and progress of Internet and data technology, the consensus control of multi-agent systems has been an important topic in nonlinear science. How to effectively achieve the consensus of leader–follower multi-agent systems at...
With the rapid development of the industrial sector, the single-inverter power device is increasingly unable to meet the industry’s high-power needs due to the power limitations of semiconductor devices; as a result, parallel connection of mult...
Microgrids are small scale electrical power systems that comprise distributed energy resources (DER), loads, and storage devices. The integration of DER into the electrical power system basically allows the clustering of small parts of the main grid...
The permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) with dual-rotating rotors is a typical nonlinear multi-variable coupled system. It is sensitive to load disturbances and the change of interior parameters. The traditional proportional-integral (PI) contr...
With the widespread integration of renewable energy into distribution networks, energy storage systems are playing an increasingly critical role in maintaining grid stability and sustainability. Hydrogen, as a key zero-carbon energy carrier, offers u...
This paper presents an active control design for the synchronization of two identical Petrzela chaotic systems (Petrzela, J.; Gotthans, T. New chaotic dynamical system with a conic-shaped equilibrium located on the plane structure. Applied Sciences....
This paper proposes a methodology for tuning a supervisory and frequency-response outer loop control system of a multi-terminal direct current (MTDC) grid designed to transmit offshore wind energy to an onshore AC grid, and to provide frequency suppo...
To ensure precise positioning of the macro–micro platform with a symmetrical structure, it is crucial to mitigate the impact of various perturbations, including disturbances, as well as complex factors such as external loads, electrical noise,...
During field cooperative harvesting operations, the accuracy of the tracking behavior between the master and slave unmanned agricultural machines has always been a key factor affecting the quality of cooperative operations. To address this issue, thi...
Multiphase DC/DC power converter architectures have recently been investigated for powering the superconducting electromagnets in the High-Luminosity (HL) upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, targeting high-performance figures and reli...
The hybrid high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system with cascaded MMC converters has become a promising alternative for possessing the technical merits of both line-commuted converter (LCC) and voltage source converter (VSC), resulting...
To improve the reliability and fault tolerance of electric helicopter propulsion systems, this paper presents a master–slave fault-tolerant control method based on an extended state observer (ESO) for dual-redundant electric propulsion systems...
Due to threats to human safety, remotely controlled manipulators are more and more often used to carry out rescue tasks in hazardous zones. To ensure high efficiency and productivity of their work, intuitive control systems are necessary, e.g., maste...
This paper proposes an optimal-sliding-mode-based adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) master–slave synchronous control strategy for the actuator saturation and performance constraints that AUVs face in dynamic recovery. First, by introducing the...
Aiming at the problem of complex cluster constraints in the process of master slave AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) formation transformation and tracking in the wave environment, it is proposed to introduce the model predictive control (MPC) meth...
Minimally invasive surgical robots have the advantages of high positioning accuracy, good stability, and flexible operation, which can effectively improve the quality of surgery and reduce the difficulty for doctors to operate. However, in order to r...
The muscles of the lower limbs directly influence leg motion, therefore, lower limb muscle exercise is important for persons living with lower limb disabilities. This paper presents a medical assistive robot with leg exoskeletons for locomotion and l...
In nuclear power plants (NPP), dismantling is the most technically involved process during their life time. During the dismantling process, public safety must be ensured. In crisis situations, a remotely controlled robot system is needed for the dism...
This study introduces an integrated lower limb robotic orthosis with near-field electrospinning (NFES) piezoelectric sensors and a fuzzy logic-based gait phase detection system to enhance mobility assistance and rehabilitation. The exoskeleton incorp...
This paper presents a method for supplying stable electricity using renewable energy sources and energy storage systems (ESSs) in a small-scale microgrid (MG) such as an island. Traditional control methods, such as master–slave control and droo...
This paper presented the mechanical design and control of a lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton named “the second lower limb rehabilitation exoskeleton (LLRE-II)”. The exoskeleton with a lightweight mechanism comprises a 16-cm stepless...
This paper proposes a technique to control distributed energy resources in low-voltage microgrids aiming at (i) allowing power flow control at the point of connection with the upstream grid, (ii) keeping voltage profiles within the operational limits...
Vascular interventional surgery is a typical method for diagnosing and treating cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. However, a surgeon is exposed to significant X-radiation exposure when the operation is conducted for a long period of time. A vascular i...
Conventional vascular intervention procedures present issues including X-ray exposure during operation, and an experience-dependent success rate and clinical outcome. This paper presents a novel robotic system using modularized bi-motional roller car...
In cooperative tasks, the ability to keep a kinematic relationship between the robots involved is essential. The main goal in this work is to design a synchronization control law for mobile manipulator robots (MMRs) considering a (2,0) differential m...
In recent years, hydraulic manipulators have been more and more widely used in the field of industrial automation because of their high power-to-weight ratio. Compared with autonomous control, bilateral teleoperation is a more reliable way to operate...
In response to the problem of cooperative steering control between drivers and intelligent driving systems, a master–slave Game-Based human–machine cooperative steering control framework with adaptive weight fuzzy decision-making is const...
EtherCAT, known for its exceptional real-time performance and synchronization capabilities, is widely used in industrial multi-axis control systems. In these systems, the synchronization status of slave axes plays a critical role in determining the p...
In this study, the synchronization problem of chaotic systems using integral-type sliding mode control for a category of hyper-chaotic systems is considered. The proposed control method can be used for an extensive range of identical/non-identical ma...
Robotic catheter systems with master–slave designs are employed for teleoperated navigation of flexible endovascular tools for treating calcified lesions. Despite improved tool manipulation techniques, patient safety and lowering operative risk...
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