RBF Nonsmooth Control Method for Vibration of Building Structure with Actuator Failure by Jianhui Wang, Chunliang Zhang, Houyao Zhu, Xiaofang Huang, Li Zhang

“…In order to accommodate the actuator failure, the finite-time stable nonsmooth control method with RBF neural network is used to suppress the structural vibration. …”
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A Method for Determining the Optimal Location of a Distributed Sensor/Actuator by Byeongsik Ko, Benson H. Tongue, Andrew Packard

“…The optimal location problem of distributed sensor/actuator for observation and control of a flexible structure is investigated. …”
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Dual‐Modal Dielectric Elastomer System for Simultaneous Energy Harvesting and Actuation by Zhiyuan Zhang, Wenwei Huang, Shaodi Zheng, Jianbo Tan, Jinzhan Cheng, Jiancheng Cai, Shiju E, Zisheng Xu

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The Implementation of Diverse Actuation System in ACPR1000 Nuclear Power Plants by Zhen-Ying Wang, Zhi-Yun Liu, Ting-Wei Ma, Chen Sun, Liu Liu, Yu Huang, Gang-Miao Guo

“…In order to improve the capability of dealing with software common cause failure (CCF) of digital reactor protection and monitoring system (RPMS), the diverse actuation system (DAS) is introduced for ACPR1000 nuclear power plants. …”
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Fuzzy Constrained Predictive Optimal Control of High Speed Train with Actuator Dynamics by Xi Wang, Yan Zhao, Tao Tang

“…Employing backstepping method, an actuator compensator is proposed to accommodate for the influence of the actuator dynamics. …”
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Pneumatically Actuated Rehabilitation Equipment for the Sagittal and Frontal Plane Movements of the Neck Joint by Sarah Mareş, Andrea Deaconescu, Tudor Deaconescu

“…The constructive solution that is put forward uses a pneumatic muscle as the actuation element, ensuring the adaptability of the equipment to the particular pain tolerance of each patient. …”
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Investigation of Equivalent Unsprung Mass and Nonlinear Features of Electromagnetic Actuated Active Suspension by Jun Yin, Xinbo Chen, Jianqin Li, Lixin Wu

“…Electromagnetic actuated active suspension benefits active control and energy harvesting from vibration at the same time. …”
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MEMS Smart Glass with Larger Angular Tuning Range and 2D Actuation by Md Kamrul Hasan, Mustaqim Siddi Que Iskhandar, Steffen Liebermann, Shilby Baby, Jiahao Chen, Muhammad Hasnain Qasim, Dennis Löber, Roland Donatiello, Guilin Xu, Hartmut Hillmer

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Design and Dynamics Performance Simulation Analysis of a New Series Elastic Actuator by Wang Caidong, Wang Yichen, Zhu Jianxin, Hu Yakai, Liu Xiaoli, Dong Xiangsheng, Wang Xinjie

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Bias Magnetic Field of Stack Giant Magnetostrictive Actuator: Design, Analysis, and Optimization by Zhaoshu Yang, Zhongbo He, Dongwei Li, Ce Rong

“…Many novel applications using giant magnetostrictive actuators (GMA) require their actuators output bidirectional strokes to be large enough to drive the load. …”
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Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Tracking Control of Nonaffine Nonlinear Systems with Actuator Failure by Hongcheng Zhou, Dezhi Xu, Daobo Wang, Le Ge

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Bio-Inspired Control of an Arm Exoskeleton Joint with Active-Compliant Actuation System by Michele Folgheraiter, Jose de Gea, Bertold Bongardt, Jan Albiez, Frank Kirchner

“…Due to the proposed actuation approach, the final system will achieve the condition of wearable system. …”
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Active Fault-Tolerant Control for Wind Turbine with Simultaneous Actuator and Sensor Faults by Lei Wang, Ming Cai, Hu Zhang, Fuad Alsaadi, Liu Chen

“…The purpose of this paper is to show a novel fault-tolerant tracking control (FTC) strategy with robust fault estimation and compensating for simultaneous actuator sensor faults. Based on the framework of fault-tolerant control, developing an FTC design method for wind turbines is a challenge and, thus, they can tolerate simultaneous pitch actuator and pitch sensor faults having bounded first time derivatives. …”
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Integrity Design for Networked Control Systems with Actuator Failures and Data Packet Dropouts by Xiaomei Qi, Jason Gu

“…The integrity design problem of fault tolerant control for networked control system (NCS) with actuator failures and data packet dropouts is investigated. …”
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Configuration Synthesis of Actuators for Underwater Vehicles<italic>'</italic> Receiving and Placing System by Jiang Mingyang, Liu Hailong, Guo Chuandong, Chen Depeng, Zhang Lin

“…Aiming at the problems of single structure form and limited transporting range of existing underwater vehicles, receiving and placing system, this study carries out comprehensive research on actuator configuration of the receiving and placing system with the help of relevant graph theory, and finally establishes 14 actuator configuration libraries of the receiving and placing system. …”
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Design and Analysis of Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robots with Fully-actuated Shoulder Joints by Wang Zhanli, Duan Zhifeng, Li Shuang, Gao Moyao, Pang Zaixiang

“…Aiming at the problem of rehabilitation training for hemiplegic patients with upper limb motor dysfunction caused by stroke, a fully-actuated five degrees of freedom upper limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robot for shoulder joint is designed. …”
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Sliding-Mode Control of the Active Suspension System with the Dynamics of a Hydraulic Actuator by Rui Bai, Dong Guo

“…Compared with the existing model of active suspension system, the dynamics of a hydraulic actuator in the active suspension system is fully considered in the proposed model. …”
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The SAHR Setup-Controlling Hopping Speed and Height Using a Single Actuator by N. Cherouvim, E. Papadopoulos

“…Then the SAHR (single actuator hopping robot) hardware is introduced and is used as an experimental platform with which to evaluate the performance of the control method. …”
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Suitability of Hydraulic Disk Brakes for Passive Actuation of Upper-Extremity Rehabilitation Exoskeleton by Arno H. A. Stienen, Edsko E. G. Hekman, Alfred C. Schouten, Frans C. T. van der Helm, Herman van der Kooij

“…Passive actuation with friction brakes has direct implications for joint control. …”
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Control Allocation Approach Using Differential Steering to Compensate for Steering Actuator Failure by Alexander Seiffer, Michael Frey, Frank Gauterin

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