Abstract: This paper tackles the problem of designing state observers for flexible link mechanisms: An investigation is made on the possibility of employing observers making use of suitable piecewise-linear ...

Abstract: This paper extends the use of delayed reference controllers to the simultaneous motion and vibration control of flexible link mechanisms. Vibration damping is achieved by introducing an “equivalent ...

Abstract: This paper introduces a general and flexible design method for the inverse modal optimization of undamped vibrating systems, i.e., for the computation of mass and stiffness linear modifications ...