Abstract: This paper presents an innovative approach to robot motion control that utilizes a noninertial tool frame with a specific parametrization to maintain a constant tool speed. The approach employs an efficient numerical ...

Abstract: A heat transfer model that can predict the temperature distribution in moving flexible composite materials (webs) for various heating/cooling conditions is developed in this paper. Heat transfer processes are widely employed ...

Abstract: In this paper, we develop a model to determine the temperature distribution in moving webs due to heating by radiation panels and convection from the web surface. Heating of the transported material is common in many web ...

Abstract: In this paper, we study vehicle formations employing ring-structured communication strategies and propose a combinatorial approach for developing ring graphs for vehicle formations. In vehicle platoons, a ring graph is ...

Abstract: A governing equation for web tension in a span considering thermal and viscoelastic effects is developed in this paper. The governing equation includes thermal strain induced by web temperature change and assumes viscoelastic ...

Abstract: Spatially dependent transfer functions for web span lateral dynamics which provide web lateral position and slope as outputs at any location in the web span are derived in this paper. The proposed approach overcomes one ...

Abstract: In differential drive robots, wheel slip severely affects the ability to track a desired motion trajectory and the problem is exacerbated when differential drive robots are used in applications involving coordination of ...

Abstract: Rolltoroll (R2R) printing is a continuous process in which thin flexible materials such as paper are passed through a printing press to print the required pattern onto the material. Each printing press may have several ...

Abstract: In this technical brief, we provide an asynchronous modified repetitive controller design to address the periodic trajectory tracking problem for switched systems with time-varying switching delays between plant modes and ...

Abstract: In this technical brief, we provide an asynchronous modified repetitive controller design to address the periodic trajectory tracking problem for switched systems with time-varying switching delays between plant modes and ...