Magnetically suspended balance beam with disturbances: a test rig for non-linear output regulation
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMECHS.2008.020833 | Zongli Lin, Matthias Glauser, Tingshu Hu, Paul E. Allaire | This paper presents an experimental test rig for non-linear output regulation. This experimental setup consists of a beam free to rotate on a pivot at its centre of mass, and stabilised by two active electromagnets located at each end of th... | 2 - 9 |
Development of a high mobility wheeled rescue robot with a 1-DOF arm
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMECHS.2008.020833 | Noritaka Sato, Fumitoshi Matsuno, Naoji Shiroma | Human rescuers, who carry out urban search and rescue (USAR) missions, frequently enter dangerous zones to search for survivors. In these zones, rescuer|s life may be threatened. For this reason, rescue robots are expected to become useful ... | 10 - 23 |
A generalised time-varying output feedback controller for non-linear systems
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMECHS.2008.020833 | Aiping Wang, Hong Wang | This paper presents a solution for the design of a time-varying and parametric output feedback controller for known general non-linear dynamic systems subjected to linear output structure. The controller consists of two parts: an adaptive o... | 24 - 31 |
Modelling rate-dependent symmetric and asymmetric hysteresis loops of smart actuators
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMECHS.2008.020833 | Mohammad Al Janaideh, Subash Rakheja, Chun-Yi Su | Smart material actuators invariably exhibit hysteresis that may be either symmetric or asymmetric depending upon the actuation principle. Moreover, the shape of hysteresis loop depends on the rate of change of the input. In this study, a ge... | 32 - 43 |
A further study of control for a pendulum-driven cart
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMECHS.2008.020833 | Hongnian Yu, Taicheng Yang, Yang Liu, Sam Wane | Recently, the control of a |pendulum-driven cart| has attracted some considerable research interest. One of the reasons is that the mechanism studied is very similar to that of an |actively-driven capsule robot| which is still under develop... | 44 - 52 |
Optimisation of gear milling process using aggravated simulated annealing algorithm
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMECHS.2008.020833 | S. Saravana Sankar, S.G. Ponnambalam | With the advent of more and more sophisticated technologies it is very imperative now to focus on the overall economy of the manufacturing process and evolve methods to optimise the machining operations even at the micro level. In this work... | 53 - 62 |
A ZigBee-based mobile tracking system through wireless sensor networks
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMECHS.2008.020833 | Tareq Ali Alhmiedat, Shuang-Hua Yang | Wireless sensor networks have been deployed widely. Sensor networks involve sensor nodes which are very small in size, low in cost and have a short battery-life. One of the critical wireless sensor network applications is localisation and t... | 63 - 70 |
Operator-based non-linear vibration control system design of a flexible arm with piezoelectric actuator
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMECHS.2008.020833 | Mingcong Deng, Akira Inoue, Yusuke Baba | Most real plants must deal with some non-linear characteristics. For the non-linear plants, design of non-linear control system using operator-based robust right coprime factorisation is considered. The considered non-linear control system ... | 71 - 76 |
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