Power Optimization in Mobile Robots Using a Real-Time Heuristic by Tamer Abukhalil, Harbi Almahafzah, Malek Alksasbeh, Bassam A. Y. Alqaralleh

“…A variety of on-board sensors, actuators, and communication modules are controlled by a heuristic-based controller class allowing such components to conserve the current taken from the attached power source. …”
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Realization of Wireless-Controlled Gear Shifter for Shaft-Driven Bicycle Gearbox by Hsiung-Cheng Lin, Elangovan Chelliah

“…To achieve the idea of maintenance-free, self-calibrating, and efficient mechanism operation, a wireless-controlled gear shifter for shaft driven bicycles is proposed, not only to overcome the limitations of the traditional chain driving mechanism, but also to make riding control more convenient. Firstly, an actuated gear shifter module coordinated with the gear positioning system was designed. …”
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A Bioinspired 10 DOF Wearable Powered Arm Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation by Soumya Kanti Manna, Subhasis Bhaumik

“…A Simulink model of the human arm is being developed with proper mass and length to determine proper torque required for actuating those joints. Forward kinematics of the whole system has been formulated for getting desired dexterous workspace. …”
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Small Engines as Bottoming Cycle Steam Expanders for Internal Combustion Engines by Rohitha Weerasinghe, Sandra Hounsham

“…A test facility developed at Sussex used for measurements is comprised of a torque, power and speed measurements, electronic actuation of valves, synchronized data acquisition of pressure, and temperatures of steam and inside of the engines for steam and internal combustion cycles. …”
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Fault Diagnosis in a Centrifugal Pump Using Active Magnetic Bearings by Rainer Nordmann, Martin Aenis

“…During full operation of the pump, the AMBs are used as actuators to generate defined motions respectively forces as well as very precise sensor elements for the contactless measurement of the responding displacements and forces. …”
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Design and Finite Element Analysis of an Automatic Electromechanical Overload Detecting System for Trucks by Edward Yin, David Vandijk, Patrick Yeboah

“…The spring displacement needed to actuate the overloading system was 51 mm. FEA which was performed validated analytical solutions in that the induced von Mises stress which was 69.92 MPa was below the yield strength of the material (200 MPa) and the factor of safety obtained was 1.24 signifying safe design. …”
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A Coupling Vibration Test Bench and the Simulation Research of a Maglev Vehicle by Weihua Ma, Rongrong Song, Junqi Xu, Yu Zang, Shihui Luo

“…In addition, all types of real track irregularity excitations can be simulated using hydraulic actuators of the test bench. To expand the research scope, a simulation model was developed that can conduct the simulation research synergistically with the test bench. …”
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Distributed Synchronization Control to Trajectory Tracking of Multiple Robot Manipulators by Yassine Bouteraa, Jawhar Ghommam, Gérard Poisson, Nabil Derbel

“…This paper investigates the issue of designing decentralized control laws to cooperatively command a team of general fully actuated manipulators. The purpose is to synchronize their movements while tracking a common desired trajectory. …”
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Design and Characterization of a Centrifugal Compressor Surge Test Rig by Kin Tien Lim, Se Young Yoon, Christopher P. Goyne, Zongli Lin, Paul E. Allaire

“…The objective of the design and development of the rig is to study the surge phenomenon in centrifugal compression systems and to investigate a novel method of surge control by active magnetic bearing servo actuation of the impeller axial tip clearance. In this paper, we focus on the design, initial setup, and testing of the rig. …”
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Design and Implementation of 3U CubeSat Platform Architecture by Sua Song, Hongrae Kim, Young-Keun Chang

“…The 3U standard platform is built in 1.5U size and developed as a modular concept to add and expand payloads and attitude control actuators to meet the user’s needs. In the case of the electrical power system, the solar panel, the battery, and the deployment mechanism are designed to be configured by the user. …”
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Low-Power Wake-Up Receivers for Resilient Cellular Internet of Things by Siyu Wang, Trevor J. Odelberg, Peter W. Crary, Mason P. Obery, David D. Wentzloff

“…Smart Cities leverage large networks of wirelessly connected nodes embedded with sensors and/or actuators. Cellular IoT, such as NB-IoT and 5G RedCap, is often preferred for these applications thanks to its long range, extensive coverage, and good quality of service. …”
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Random non-proportional fatigue tests with planar tri-axial fatigue testing machine by T. Inoue, R. Nagao, N. Takeda

“…The testing machine can reproduce arbitrary in-plane stress states by applying three independent loads to the test specimen using actuators which apply loads in the 0, 45, and 90 degree directions. …”
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Polycast: A new paradigm for information-centric data delivery in heterogeneous mobile fog networks by Eun-Kyu Lee, Jae-Han Lim, Mario Gerla

“…Within the emerging fog network, mobile devices along with local sensors and actuators dynamically form an ad hoc network. As mobile ad hoc networks frequently merge and split in such mobile fog network scenarios, the node addresses must be changed too. …”
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Unified Design Methodology for a Polycentric Transfemoral Knee Prosthesis Using Kinematic Synthesis by Mertcan Koçak, Erkin Gezgin

“…Additionally, its possible compatibility with motorized actuation offers a foundation for active prosthesis systems, paving the way for adapting the advantages of polycentric prosthesis to active devices. …”
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A dexterous and compliant aerial continuum manipulator for cluttered and constrained environments by Rui Peng, Yu Wang, Minghao Lu, Peng Lu

“…Combining unmanned aerial vehicles with continuum manipulators emerges as a solution to this trade-off, but these systems face challenges with large actuation systems and unstable control. To address these challenges, we propose Aerial Elephant Trunk, an aerial continuum manipulator inspired by the elephant trunk, featuring a small-scale quadrotor and a dexterous, compliant tendon-driven continuum arm for versatile operation in both indoor and outdoor settings. …”
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Into the ears, through the head, out on the lips. How listening errors can trigger new instances of palatalisation by Olivier Glain

“…La question de la diffusion d’une innovation à la communauté linguistique, c’est-à-dire l’actuation du changement, est ensuite abordée. L’auteur propose une hypothèse selon laquelle les grandes mutations sociales et idéologiques qui ont caractérisé le monde anglo-saxon après la Seconde Guerre Mondiale ont favorisé le développement de palato-alvéolaires à l’origine non-standard.…”
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Multiagent Systems Based Modeling and Implementation of Dynamic Energy Management of Smart Microgrid Using MACSimJX by Leo Raju, R. S. Milton, Senthilkumaran Mahadevan

“…The microgrid environment variables are captured through sensors and given to agents through MATLAB/Simulink and after the agent operations in JADE, the results are given to the actuators through MATLAB for the implementation of dynamic operation in solar microgrid. …”
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White Matter Hyperintensity Load Modulates Brain Morphometry and Brain Connectivity in Healthy Adults: A Neuroplastic Mechanism? by Matteo De Marco, Riccardo Manca, Micaela Mitolo, Annalena Venneri

“…The findings support the suggestion that, even in the absence of overt disease, the brain actuates a compensatory (neuroplastic) response to the accumulation of WMH, leading to increases in regional grey matter and modified functional connectivity.…”
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A Magnetoelectric Distance Estimation System for Relative Human Motion Tracking by Johannes Hoffmann, Henrik Wolframm, Erik Engelhardt, Moritz Boueke, Tobias Schmidt, Julius Welzel, Michael Höft, Walter Maetzler, Gerhard Schmidt

“…The system consists of two body-worn magnetic actuators and four ME sensor arrays (body-worn and fixed). …”
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Adaptive Parameter Approaching Law-Based Sliding Mode Control for Wheeled Robots by Ming Hou, Limeng Jia, Zhengqin Wang

“…For the control system of multivariable complex robots, it is decomposed into second-order underactuated subsystems and first-order fully actuated subsystems, and the stability of the designed system is verified using Lyapunov functions. …”
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