Abstract: The problem of obtaining a modal (i.e., infinite series) solution of second order flexible structures with viscous damping boundary conditions is considered. In conservative boundary systems, separation of variables is ...

Abstract: In redundant manipulation systems, the endeffector path does not completely determine the trajectories of all the individual degrees of freedom (dof) and the additional dofs can be used to enhance the performance in some ...

Abstract: Redundancy is a useful feature in dynamic systems which can be exploited to enhance performance in various tasks. In this work, redundancy will be utilized to minimize the energy consumption of a linear manipulator, while ...