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FSS
2002
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Fuzzy controller for a system with uncertain load
In many applications of motion control, problems associated with imprecisely measured or changing load (a mass or a moment of inertia) can be a serious obstacle in the formation o...
Piotr Kulczycki, Rafael Wisniewski
AUTOMATICA
2002
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Controllability of a class of underactuated mechanical systems with symmetry
In this paper we develop results based on geometric mechanics to study the controllability of a class of controlled under-actuated left invariant mechanical systems on Lie groups....
Vikram Manikonda, P. S. Krishnaprasad
SIAMCO
2008
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Stable Synchronization of Mechanical System Networks
In this paper we address stabilization of a network of underactuated mechanical systems with unstable dynamics. The coordinating control law stabilizes the unstable dynamics with ...
Sujit Nair, Naomi Ehrich Leonard
COGSCI
2006
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Arrows in Comprehending and Producing Mechanical Diagrams
Mechanical systems have structural organizations--parts, and their relations--and functional organizations--temporal, dynamic, and causal processes--which can be explained using t...
Julie Heiser, Barbara Tversky
CDC
2009
IEEE
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13 years 7 months ago
The method of controlled Lagrangians: Energy plus force shaping
— We present our recent results on the method of controlled Lagrangians in order to stabilize mechanical systems by shaping both energy and external forces. Various easily veriď¬...
Dong Eui Chang
DELTA
2002
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
State Transition Based Supervisory Control for a Robot Soccer System
Distributed robot control systems consist of mechanical systems powered by actuators that are under the control of computer systems that rely on sensor input, such as vision, touc...
Gourab Sen Gupta, H. L. Sng, Chris H. Messom
IROS
2006
IEEE
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13 years 10 months ago
A Development of a Fully Self-contained Real-time Tunable Spring
— Traditionally, robot control has been done typically by “highly precise control algorithms”: the position of each movable body part is accurately determined at any time wit...
Takuya Umedachi, Akio Ishiguro