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RISNew Adaptive Mode of Operation for MEMS Gyroscopes
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper presents a new adaptive operation strategy that can identify and, in an adaptive fashion, compensate for most fabrication defects and perturbations affecting the behavior of a MEMS ...
An Adaptive Control Scheme for Mechanical Manipulators—Compensation of Nonlinearity and Decoupling Control
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper presents a new adaptive control scheme for mechanical manipulators. Making use of the fundamental properties of the manipulator equations, an adaptive algorithm is developed for ...
Track-Following Controller Design for a Compound Disk Drive Actuator
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The use of compound actuators in both magnetic and optical disk files has become a means of achieving increased servo actuator bandwidths. A compound actuator, comprised of a fine actuator ...
A Robust Approach to Dynamic Feedback Linearization for a Steerable Nips Mechanism
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper presents two different control strategies for paper position control in printing devices. The first strategy is based on standard feedback linearization plus dynamic extension (dynamic ...
Robust Control Synthesis Techniques for Multirate and Multisensing Track-Following Servo Systems in Hard Disk Drives
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper proposes controller design methods, specially for track-following control of the magnetic read/write head in a hard disk drive (HDD). The servo system to be considered is a general ...
A Unified Approach to the Design of Adaptive and Repetitive Controllers for Robotic Manipulators
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A unified approach, based on Lyapunov theory, for synthesis and stability analysis of adaptive and repetitive controllers for mechanical manipulators is presented. This approach utilizes the ...
Nonstationary Velocity Profiles for Emergency Vehicles on Automated Highways
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper explores the notion and usefulness of nonstationary velocity profiles for high priority emergency vehicle transit on automated highways. These profiles are intended for use in the ...
Dynamic Friction Model-Based Tire-Road Friction Estimation and Emergency Braking Control
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: An adaptive control scheme for emergency braking of vehicles is designed based on a LuGre dynamic model for the tire-road friction. The wheel angular speed and longitudinal vehicle acceleration ...
Track-Following Control With Active Vibration Damping of a PZT-Actuated Suspension Dual-Stage Servo System
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: In this paper we discuss the controller design of a PZT-actuated suspension dual-stage servo system in hard disk drives. The proposed control structure includes an active vibration damping control ...
Convergence Analysis of a Steerable Nip Mechanism for Full Sheet Control in Printing Devices
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Current approaches for high speed color printers require sheets be accurately positioned as they arrive to the image transfer station (ITS). This goal has been achieved by designing and building ...