Multicarrier Spread Spectrum Communication Scheme for Cruising Sensor Network in Confined Underwater Space by Yuan Wang, Zhoumo Zeng, Yibo Li, Jinsheng Zhang, Shijiu Jin

“…The cruising sensor network consists of a few submerged nodes which can actuate themselves to execute tasks like “cruising.” …”
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Measuring. Monitoring. Management. Control by I.N. Urvaev, S.N. Bazykin

“…The proposed modeling method allows for a detailed assessment and visualization of the nature of the interaction of the underwater vehicle with water and optimization of the choice of design characteristics of the hull and control units of the actuators, which significantly reduces the time and cost of work at the stages of comprehension, design, implementation and operation of underwater equipment.…”

Application of System Identification for Modeling the Dynamic Behavior of Axial Flow Compressor Dynamics by Marco P. Schoen, Ji-Chao Lee

“…A new measure for the flow state in the blade passage is proposed and used in characterizing the dynamics at the tip of the compressor blade, which allows for the inspection of the limits for the utilized actuation.…”
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Design and Performance Assessment of Adaptive Harmonic Control for a Half-Car Active Suspension System by Maria-Geanina Unguritu, Teodor-Constantin Nichițelea, Dan Selișteanu

“…Most modern vehicles have independent, active, or semiactive front and rear suspensions which allow the use of electronic actuation. For this reason, automotive engineers conduct research on the active suspension model to determine the most suitable control algorithm. …”
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SU-8 as Hydrophobic and Dielectric Thin Film in Electrowetting-on-Dielectric Based Microfluidics Device by Vijay Kumar, N. N. Sharma

“…Electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) based droplet actuation in microfluidic chip is designed and fabricated. …”
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Phase-transition-induced dynamic surface wrinkle pattern on gradient photo-crosslinking liquid crystal elastomer by Tao Wen, Tianjiao Ma, Jie Qian, Zhaoxin Song, Xuesong Jiang, Yuan Yao

“…Abstract Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) with various deformation properties based on phase transition were widely used as actuators and provided potential to fabricate functional surfaces with tunable microstructure. …”
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Modeling and Dynamical Behavior of Rotating Composite Shafts with SMA Wires by Yongsheng Ren, Qiyi Dai, Ruijun An, Youfeng Zhu

“…The initial strain of SMA wires appears to have marginal effect on dynamical behaviors of the shaft. The actuation performance of SMA wires is found to be closely related to the ply-angle.…”
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Syntalos: a software for precise synchronization of simultaneous multi-modal data acquisition and closed-loop interventions by Matthias Klumpp, Lee Embray, Filippo Heimburg, Ana Luiza Alves Dias, Justus Simon, Alexander Groh, Andreas Draguhn, Martin Both

“…We present an open-source, Linux-based integrated software solution, called ‘Syntalos’, for simultaneous acquisition and synchronization of data from an arbitrary number of sources, including multi-channel electrophysiological recordings and different live imaging devices, as well as closed-loop, real-time interventions with different actuators. Precisely matching timestamps for all inputs are ensured by continuous statistical analysis and correction of individual devices’ timestamps. …”
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Calibration of the Performance of Bidirectional Shaker Table in Centrifuge Model Tests Using Sensor Networks by Hongjun Li, Hong Zhong, Xuedong Zhang, Yanyi Zhang, Yujing Hou

“…In the present research, refined calibration of bidirectional shaker table, which can be actuated in both horizontal and vertical directions simultaneously and placed on the swing bucket, was achieved via the distributed sensor network used in a centrifuge model test. …”
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Deep Learning Algorithms and Multicriteria Decision-Making Used in Big Data: A Systematic Literature Review by Mei Yang, Shah Nazir, Qingshan Xu, Shaukat Ali

“…The data are ever increasing with the increase in population, communication of different devices in networks, Internet of Things, sensors, actuators, and so on. This increase goes into different shapes such as volume, velocity, variety, veracity, and value extracting meaningful information and insights, all are challenging tasks and burning issues. …”
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A non-electrical pneumatic hybrid oscillator for high-frequency multimodal robotic locomotion by Genliang Chen, Yongzhou Long, Siyue Yao, Shujie Tang, Junjie Luo, Hao Wang, Zhuang Zhang, Hanqing Jiang

“…Abstract Pneumatic oscillators, incorporating soft non-electrical logic gates, offer an efficient means of actuating robots to perform tasks in extreme environments. …”
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Dynamics of Nonlinear Coupled Electrostatic Micromechanical Resonators under Two-Frequency Parametric and External Excitations by Wen-Ming Zhang, Guang Meng, Ke-Xiang Wei

“…In this paper, nonlinear dynamics and chaos of electrostatically actuated MEMS resonators under two-frequency parametric and external excitations are investigated analytically and numerically. …”
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Design and Implementation of Integrated Virtual Sensor Simulator Unit for Hardware in the Loop Laboratory of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle by Gholamreza Nadalinia Chare, Seyed Vahid Zia, Tohid Kardgar

“…Evaluating performance of the integrated system and its subsystems of the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), such as sensors and actuators, requires the maybe expensive hardware in the loop laboratory (HIL). …”
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Simulation-Based Sensor Location Model for Arterial Street by Qinxiao Yu, Ning Zhu, Geng Li, Shoufeng Ma

“…Numerical experiments are conducted in 3 conditions: synchronized traffic signals, green wave traffic signals, and vehicle-actuated signals. The results indicate that the sensors should not be placed in vehicle queuing area. …”
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Design and Control of an Embedded Vision Guided Robotic Fish with Multiple Control Surfaces by Junzhi Yu, Kai Wang, Min Tan, Jianwei Zhang

“…Particularly, a pelvic fin actuated sideward swimming gait was first implemented. …”
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Adaptive Sliding Mode Control of Mobile Manipulators with Markovian Switching Joints by Liang Ding, Haibo Gao, Kerui Xia, Zhen Liu, Jianguo Tao, Yiqun Liu

“…The hybrid joints of manipulators can be switched to either active (actuated) or passive (underactuated) mode as needed. …”
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Parallel Computing for Efficient and Intelligent Industrial Internet of Health Things: An Overview by Xin Yang, Shah Nazir, Habib Ullah Khan, Muhammad Shafiq, Neelam Mukhtar

“…The linkage of computation and interoperability are supported through various intelligent sensors, controllers, and actuators. The role of parallel computing for efficient and Intelligent Industrial Internet of Health Things is obvious to analyze and process different healthcare situations. …”
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Trajectory Planning of an Intermittent Jumping Quadruped Robot with Variable Redundant and Underactuated Joints by Jun Zhong, Minzhou Luo, Jizhuang Fan, Jie Zhao

“…An intermittent jumping quadruped robot driven by pneumatic muscle actuators (PMAs) and owning variable redundant and underactuated joints designed in a previous study is taken as the study object. …”
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Variational Quantum Algorithms for the Allocation of Resources in a Cloud/Edge Architecture by Carlo Mastroianni, Francesco Plastina, Jacopo Settino, Andrea Vinci

“…Modern cloud/edge architectures need to orchestrate multiple layers of heterogeneous computing nodes, including pervasive sensors/actuators, distributed edge/fog nodes, centralized data centers, and quantum devices. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Neural-Network and Fuzzy Auto-Tuning Sliding Mode Controls for Overhead Cranes under Payload and Cable Variations by Muhammad A. Shehu, Ai-jun Li, Bing Huang, Yu Wang, Bojian Liu

“…To maximize the benefits derived from the proposed control method, novel sliding slope-update based on intelligent neural-network and fuzzy algorithms were developed to tune the controller, guaranteeing precise tracking of the actuated variables as well as regulation of the unactuated variables. …”
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