Adaptive Fuzzy Fault-Tolerant Output Feedback Tracking Control of Uncertain Stochastic Nonlinear Systems with Unknown Time-Delay and Tracking Error Constrained by Shuai Sui, Shaocheng Tong, Yongming Li

“…The problem of tracking error constrained adaptive fuzzy output feedback control is investigated for a class of single-input and single-output (SISO) stochastic nonlinear systems with actuator faults, unknown time-delay, and unmeasured states. …”
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Performance Analysis and Optimization of a 6-DOF Robotic Crusher by Guoguang Li, Boqiang Shi, Ruiyue Liu, Jie Gu

“…As an important operation in the screw theory, the reciprocal product between the transmission wrench screw of an actuator and the output twist screw of the mantle assembly is used to represent the instantaneous power. …”
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Effects of Interaction between Dual Shaking Tables and Specimen and Force Feedback Compensation Control by Fangfang Li, Xiaojun Li, Juke Wang

“…However, the measurement errors of the force in the actuator and the acceleration of the shaking tables existed in the process of force feedback compensation. …”
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Polarization and Strain in Piezoelectric Nanomaterials: Advancing Sensing Applications in Biomedical Technology by Anmol Garg, Sajal Agarwal, Deepak Punetha

“…This paper reports the comparative analysis of different piezoelectric materials through a MEMS-based piezoelectric actuator model, emphasizing their potential for sensing applications. …”
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Acoustic and Vibration Control for an Underwater Structure under Mechanical Excitation by Shi-Jian Zhu, Xue-Tao Weng, Hong-Liang Dai, Yi-Ming Fu, Yi-Qi Mao

“…Based on negative feedback control algorithm, a control loop with a coupling use of piezoelectric sensor and actuator is built, and accordingly some numerical examples are carried out on active control of structural vibration and acoustic response. …”
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Energy-Efficient Robust Control for Direct Drive and Energy Recuperation Hydraulic Servo System by Weiping Wang, Jiyun Zhao

“…During the vertical cyclic actuation process of heavy materials handling, the gravitational potential energy will be converted to heat in the form of throttle in the traditional hydraulic system. …”
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Acceleration Feedback-Based Active and Semi-Active Seismic Response Control of Rail-Counterweight Systems of Elevators by Rildova, M.P. Singh

“…For this, a part of the counterweight mass can be configured as a mass damper attached to a small actuator for an active scheme or to a magneto-rheological damper for a semi-active scheme. …”
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Feasibility Study on Crack Detection of Pipelines Using Piezoceramic Transducers by Guofeng Du, Qingzhao Kong, Timothy Lai, Gangbing Song

“…Due to their electromechanical properties, the piezoceramic transducers can be either as an actuator or a sensor to generate or detect the stress wave. …”
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Sensitivity-enhancing feedback control–based damage detection in delaminated smart composite plates by Yan Guo, Yanan Jiang, Zhenghua Qian, Bin Huang

“…In this article, we present a sensitivity-enhancing feedback control–based damage detection method for piezoelectric actuator and sensor bonded composite laminates with delamination failures. …”
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Development of Electrohydraulic Steering Control System for Tractor Automatic Navigation by Chengqiang Yin, Qun Sun, Jian Wu, Chengqiang Liu, Jie Gao

“…The most of tractors employed in agriculture are equipped with an electrohydraulic actuator to implement steering control to realize automatic navigation. …”
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A New Adaptive System for Suppression of Transient Wind Disturbance in Large Antennas by Wei Liang, Jin Huang, Jie Zhang

“…Next, a novel four-cable-actuator mechanism with a circular slide track is proposed for suppressing the vibration, in which the locations of the cable drivers on the slide track are determined according to the attitude of the antenna, and the expected tension distribution of the cables is found by the vibration state and the optimal gain of the linear quadratic regulator (LQR). …”
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Deformation Control in Rest-to-Rest Motion of Mechanisms with Flexible Links by Roberto Caracciolo, Dario Richiedei, Alberto Trevisani

“…An outer control loop is closed to compute the references for the position controllers of each actuator, which can be thought of as the inner control loop. …”
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Aeroservoelastic Pitch Control of Stall-Induced Flap/Lag Flutter of Wind Turbine Blade Section by Tingrui Liu

“…The instability characteristics of stall-induced flap/lag flutter are investigated. Pitch actuator is described by a second-order model. The aeroservoelastic control is analyzed by three types of optimal PID controllers, two types of fuzzy PID controllers, and neural network PID controllers. …”
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Maximising the wrench capability of mobile manipulators with experiments on a UVMS by Wilhelm J. Marais, Oscar Pizarro, Stefan B. Williams

“…This paper presents methods for finding optimal configurations and actuator forces/torques to maximise contact wrenches in a desired direction for underwater vehicle manipulator systems (UVMS). …”
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Design of a Mobile Mechanical Structure for Agricultural Robots. by Musinguzi Bosco

“…This report covers the design of a mobile mechanical structure for agricultural robots that will fit in the current crop spacing using the extendable link mechanism based on a four bar link mechanism linear actuator. This covers the analysis of the steering, suspension spring, singularity with its maximum and minimum angles, wheel arrangement, selection and design. …”
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Design of a Mobile Mechanical Structure for Agricultural Robots. by Musinguzi Bosco

“…This report covers the design of a mobile mechanical structure for agricultural robots that will fit in the current crop spacing using the extendable link mechanism based on a four bar link mechanism linear actuator. This covers the analysis of the steering, suspension spring, singularity with its maximum and minimum angles, wheel arrangement, selection and design. …”
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Design of a Mobile Mechanical Structure for Agricultural Robots. by Musinguzi, Bosco

“…This report covers the design of a mobile mechanical structure for agricultural robots that will fit in the current crop spacing using the extendable link mechanism based on a four bar link mechanism linear actuator. This covers the analysis of the steering, suspension spring, singularity with its maximum and minimum angles, wheel arrangement, selection and design. …”
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Design and Evaluation of the AIRGAIT Exoskeleton: Leg Orthosis Control for Assistive Gait Rehabilitation by Mohd Azuwan Mat Dzahir, Shin-Ichiroh Yamamoto

“…The implementation of the mono- and biarticular pneumatic muscle actuators (PMAs) as the actuation system was initiated to generate more power and precisely control the leg orthosis. …”
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PDE Modeling of a Microfluidic Thermal Process for Genetic Analysis Application by Reza Banaei Khosroushahi, Horacio J. Marquez, Jose Martinez-Quijada, Christopher J. Backhouse

“…Highly effective infinite dimensional dynamics, in addition to collocated sensor and actuator architecture, require the development of a precise control framework to meet the very tight performance requirements of this system, which are not fully attainable through conventional lumped modeling and controller design approaches. …”
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Focusing Modeling of OPFC Linear Array Transducer by Using Distributed Point Source Method by Ziping Wang, Ying Luo

“…Orthotropic piezoelectric fiber composite (OPFC) can be constructed to multielement linear array which may be applied conveniently to actuators and sensors. The phased array transducers can generate special directional strong actuator power and high sensitivity for its orthotropic performance. …”
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