Abstract: Autonomous operation of robots requires on-line obstacle avoidance. A wide-spread tool for obstacle avoidance, employed both for mobile robots and for manipulator arms, is the artificial potential ...

Abstract: In this paper, a generalized design procedure for sliding mode control of nonlinear mechanical systems is proposed. The design approach combines the essential idea of the block control principle, ...

Abstract: This paper presents the methods for estimating automotive alternator’s back electromotive forces without a direct mechanical sensor of the rotor position. The design approach combines the merits ...