Browsing ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control by Title
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A Gated Two-Frequency Two-Mode Method for Piezoelectric Motorization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this study, we present a new driving method to generate traveling waves in a finite plate for application to piezoelectric motors. Due to resonant modes which dominate the vibration of finite structures, methods to ... -
A Generative Approach to Testing the Performance of Physiological Control Algorithms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Physiological closed-loop control algorithms play an important role in the development of autonomous medical care systems, a promising area of research that has the potential to deliver healthcare therapies meeting each ... -
A Linear Method to Fit Equivalent Circuit Model Parameter Values to HPPC Relaxation Data From Lithium-Ion Cells1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Battery management systems require mathematical models of the battery cells that they monitor and control. Commonly, equivalent circuit models are used. We would like to be able to determine the parameter values of their ... -
A Linear Quadratic Regulator-Based Controller Design for Ensuring Attack Resilient Operations of Power Networks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper proposes a linear quadratic regulator-based control scheme to ensure the stability of power grids against cyber-attacks. The proposed control scheme is developed for the synchronous generator in a power system ... -
A Novel Concept for Energy-Optimal, Independent-Phase Control of Brushless Motor Drivers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this work, a new drive concept for brushless direct current (BLDC) motors is introduced. Energy regeneration is optimally managed with the aim of improving the energy efficiency of robot motion controls. The proposed ... -
A Novel Platform Orientation System for ProportionalIntegralDerivativeControlled BallCatching Robot
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Ball catching by a robot is one of the challenging and complex control tasks that is extensively studied to achieve humanlike skills in robots. Over the last decade, several ballcatching robot designs have attained benchmarks ... -
A Plate-Like Sensor for the Identification of Sample Viscoelastic Properties Using Contact Resonance Atomic Force Microscopy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this article, we present a new contact resonance atomic force microscopy-based method utilizing a square, plate-like microsensor to accurately estimate viscoelastic sample properties. A theoretical derivation, based on ... -
A Predictive Frontal and Oblique Collision Mitigation System for Autonomous Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This paper presents a collision mitigation system for an unavoidable collision with an arbitrary oncoming obstacle vehicle. A set of candidate trajectories are generated by a model-based method and a hierarchical efficient ... -
A Receding-Horizon Framework for Co-Optimizing the Velocity and Power-Split of Automated Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This paper presents a control framework to co-optimize the velocity and power-split operation of a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) online in the presence of traffic constraints. The principal challenge in its online ... -
A Stabilizing Control Algorithm for Asynchronous Parallel Quadratic Programing via Dual Decomposition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This paper proposes a control algorithm for stable implementation of asynchronous parallel quadratic programing (PQP) through a dual decomposition technique. In general, distributed and parallel optimization requires ... -
A Stochastic Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Algorithm for Dynamic Load Prioritization in Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Increasing deployment of advanced sensing, controls, and communication infrastructure enables buildings to provide services to the power grid, leading to the concept of grid-interactive efficient buildings. Since occupant ... -
A Technique for Constrained and Quantized Control of Nonlinear Systems Using Second-Order Cone Programming
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)This paper presents a novel technique for control of systems with bounded nonlinearity, convex state constraints, and control constraints. The technique is particularly useful for problems whose control constraints may be ... -
A Traveling Wave Thermoacoustic Engine—Design and Test
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The demand for clean, sustainable, and cost-effective energy continues to increase due to global population growth and the corresponding use of consumer products. The provision of heat to a thermoacoustic prime mover results ... -
Accelerating Hybrid Systems Differential Dynamic Programming
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)This letter presents approaches that reduce the computational demand of including second-order dynamics sensitivity information into optimization algorithms for robots in contact with the environment. A full second-order ... -
Adaptive Design of Experiments for Automotive Engine Applications Using Concurrent Bayesian Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)Most practical automotive problems require the design of experiments (DoEs) over a number of different operating conditions to deliver optimal calibration parameters. DoE is especially crucial for automotive engine calibration ... -
Adaptive Parameter Estimation With Convergence Analysis for the Prandtl–Ishlinskii Hysteresis Operator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Hysteresis is a nonlinear characteristic ubiquitously exhibited by smart material sensors and actuators, such as piezoelectric actuators and shape memory alloys. The Prandtl–Ishlinskii (PI) operator is widely used to ... -
Adaptive Tracking Control of Robotic Manipulator Subjected to Actuator Saturation and Partial Loss of Effectiveness
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper introduces an adaptive control design tailored for robotic systems described by Euler–Lagrange equations under actuator saturation and partial loss of effectiveness. The adaptive law put forth not only retains ... -
An Alternate Perspective on Modeling and Control of a Flexible Manipulator: Case Study of a Curvature Control Manipulator Dynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The flexible and adaptable nature of continuum soft robots makes them applicable to a wide range of operations not easily obtainable with conventional rigid-body robots. Thus, soft robots can be used in various operations ... -
An Efficient Design Procedure for MEMS Electrothermal Microgripper
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)With the development of miniaturization technology, micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) electrothermal microgrippers have been widely used owing to their compact size, ease of manufacturing, and low production cost. Since ... -
An Improved Model of Height Profile for Drop-On-Demand Print of Ultraviolet Curable Ink
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This paper proposes an improved model of height profile for drop-on-demand printing of ultraviolet curable ink. Unlike previous model, the proposed model propagates volume and covered area based on height difference between ...