Abstract: Manual wheelchair propulsion (MWP) is an inefficient and physically straining process. A reliably fabricated and instrumented wheel can help researchers to accurately calculate the forces and ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a technique to model uncertainties associated with linear time-invariant systems. It is assumed that the uncertainties are only due to parametric variations caused by independent ...

Abstract: This paper presents a study of the stick-slip frictional phenomenon when large contact areas subjected to uneven contact loads, such as the rotating platform of excavators and large robotic ...

Abstract: Inherent to any heavy-duty hydraulic machine operation with a large number of interconnected components are nonidealities such as gear backlash, friction and leakage. The swing motion of the ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the control problem for a class of heavy-duty hydraulic machines in order to achieve coordinated motion control of the implement. A model and sensor-based control algorithm ...

Abstract: This paper presents a novel wavelet-based methodology for feature extraction and classification. To compare the performance of the proposed approach with major existing methods, a number of sets ...