ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control: Recent submissions
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An Investigation into the Viability of Cell-Level Temperature Control in Lithium-Ion Battery Packs1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This article focuses on the thermal management and temperature balancing of lithium-ion battery packs. As society transitions to relying more heavily on renewable energy, the need for energy storage rises considerably, as ... -
Nonlinear System Identification With Gaussian Processes Using Laguerre and Kautz Filters1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)System identification can be used to determine data-driven mathematical models of dynamic processes. For nonlinear processes, model architectures that are as flexible as possible are required. One possibility is to utilize ... -
On the Simulations Concerning the Dynamics and Control of Space Manipulator Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)There has been an increasing attention toward the research of space manipulator systems for different applications like on-orbit servicing, debris removal, etc. from various institutions across the globe. This resulted in ... -
Discriminative Feature Extraction Through Dictionary Learning for Piezoelectric Admittance-Based Bolt-Loosening Damage Detection
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Bolt loosening is a major concern in many structural systems, especially in critical applications like pressure vessels. Traditional detection methods, such as acoustic emission, fiber Bragg-grating sensing, and vibration-based ... -
H∞ Control Co-Design for Uncertain Polytopic Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Control co-design (CCD) refers to approaches that fully integrate plant and control system interactions, using an optimization-based methodology where physical and control system designs are addressed simultaneously. In ... -
Precision Quaternion Estimation With Partially Norm-Constrained Unscented Kalman Filtering
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Accurate orientation estimation is a key challenge in dynamics and control, particularly for rigid body motion. Quaternions are commonly used to represent rotations due to their computational efficiency, but they must ... -
Sharp Curve Trajectory Tracking of a Universal Omni-Wheeled Mobile Robot Using a Sliding Mode Controller1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In our previous works, Amarasiri et al. (2022, “Robust Dynamic Modeling and Trajectory Tracking Controller of a Universal Omni-Wheeled Mobile Robot,” ASME Lett. Dyn. Sys. Control 2(4), p. 040902) and Amarasiri et al. (2024, ... -
Minimum-Time Control of a Linear System With Input Saturation: A Practical Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)A simple algorithm is presented to find near-minimum-time control inputs for a controllable continuous-time linear time-invariant system with any number of states and inputs. The well-known digital deadbeat control algorithm ... -
An Approach to Realize Generalized Optimal Motion Primitives Using Physics Informed Neural Networks1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Autonomous manipulation is a challenging problem in field robotics due to uncertainty in object properties, constraints, and coupling phenomenon with robot control systems. Humans learn motion primitives over time to ... -
Short Circuit Estimation in Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Moving Horizon Estimation1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper proposes rapid and accurate short circuit estimation under resting condition using joint moving horizon estimation (MHE). The use of lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) in electric vehicles (EVs) has been increasing, ... -
Exploiting Stochastic Resonance Principles to Influence the Efficiency of a Torsional-Flutter Energy Harvester in Turbulent Winds1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Wind energy harvesters are emerging as a viable alternative to standard, large horizontal-axis wind turbines. This study continues a recent investigation on the operational features of a torsional-flutter-based apparatus, ... -
Rapid Attitude Controller Design Enabled by Flight Data
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In this work, we present a new approach that enables rapid learning and design of the attitude controller for quadcopters. The proposed technique leverages the dynamic structure of the system to efficiently learn an accurate ... -
Optimal Periodic Impulsive Control for Orbital Stabilization of Underactuated Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The orbital stabilization problem for underactuated systems with a single passive degree-of-freedom is revisited. The impulse controlled Poincaré map (ICPM) approach, in which stabilizing impulsive inputs are applied on a ... -
Validation of Energy Saving From Cooperative Driving Automation via Vehicle-in-the-Loop Tests1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This article presents an experimental validation of energy savings achieved through cooperative driving automation (CDA) measured by vehicle-in-the-loop (VIL) testing in car-following scenarios. The impacts of different ... -
On Multi-Fidelity Impedance Tuning for Human–Robot Cooperative Manipulation1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)We examine how a human–robot interaction (HRI) system may be designed when input–output data from previous experiments are available. Our objective is to learn an optimal impedance in the assistance design for a cooperative ... -
Generalized Two-Point Visual Control Model of Human Steering for Accurate State Estimation1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)We derive and validate a generalization of the two-point visual control model, an accepted cognitive science model for human steering behavior. The generalized model is needed as current steering models are either ... -
Efficient Neural Hybrid System Learning and Interpretable Transition System Abstraction for Dynamical Systems1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This article proposes a neural network hybrid modeling framework for dynamics learning to promote an interpretable, computationally efficient method of dynamics learning and system identification. First, a low-level model ... -
Serial Metamorphic Manipulator Dynamics Formulation Implementing Screw Theory Tools
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In this work, a framework is proposed for the analytical formulation of dynamic equations for serial metamorphic manipulators using screw theory tools. The integration of structure reconfiguration is achieved in a compact ... -
NMPC for Collision Avoidance by Superellipsoid Separation1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper introduces a novel nonlinear model predictive controller (NMPC) formulation for real-time obstacle avoidance on heavy equipment by modeling both vehicle and obstacles as convex superellipsoids. The combination ... -
Design, Modeling, and Control of a Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed for Off-Road Vehicles1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper presents the design, modeling, and control of a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testbed for off-road vehicles. The proposed HIL testbed employs a transient hydrostatic dynamometer to load a diesel engine to emulate ...