Abstract: A free-floating space robot with four linkages, two flexible arms and a rigid end-effector that are mounted on a rigid spacecraft; is studied in this paper. The governing equations are derived ...

Abstract: The validity and accuracy of a highfidelity mechanistic multibody model of a vertical piano action mechanism is examined experimentally and through simulation. An overview of the theoretical and computational framework of ...

Abstract: Planning the shortest collision-free path among scattered obstacles is an NP-complete problem. As reviewed in this paper, a variety of deterministic as well as heuristic methods have been developed to address different ...

Abstract: The proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) is employed to reduce the order of smallscale automotive multibody systems. The reduction procedure is demonstrated using three models of increasing complexity: a simplified dynamic ...

Abstract: The theoretical framework for constructing a fully mechanistic multibody dynamic model of a vertical piano action is described, and its general validity is established. Equations of motion are derived symbolically using a ...

Abstract: A novel application of the adaptive fuzzy sliding-mode control (AFSMC) to the case of an antilock braking system (ABS) is proposed in this paper. ABS is a system in vehicles that allows the wheels to maintain tractive ...

Abstract: Routing or path-planning is the problem of finding a collision-free and preferably shortest path in an environment usually scattered with polygonal or polyhedral obstacles. The geometric algorithms oftentimes tackle the ...

Abstract: Reverse osmosis (RO) technique is one of most efficient methods to desalinate the salt water. An accurate and detailed experimental method was established to analyze the performance of the unpotable water RO process, which ...