ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control: Recent submissions
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Statistical Determination of Decision-Making Regions for Branching Paths: An Algorithm With a Wheelchair Assistance Application
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Typically, mobile vehicles follow the same paths repeatedly, resulting in a common path bounded with some variance. These paths are often punctuated by branches into other paths based on decision-making in the area around ... -
Evaluation and Optimization of Dual-Arm Robot Path Planning for Human–Robot Collaborative Tasks in Smart Manufacturing Contexts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In human–robot collaborative tasks, the performance of robot path planning has a direct impact on the robot-to-human hand-over process, or even the collaboration quality. In this work, we propose an evaluation study on ... -
Spatial Iterative Learning Control for Multi-material Three-Dimensional Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Iterative learning control (ILC) is a powerful technique to regulate repetitive systems. Additive manufacturing falls into this category by nature of its repetitive action in building three-dimensional structures in a ... -
Human Driver Modeling Based on Analytical Optimal Solutions: Stopping Behaviors at the Intersections
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Safe and energy-efficient driving of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) must be influenced by human-driven vehicles. Thus, to properly evaluate the energy impacts of CAVs in a simulation framework, a human driver model ... -
Compressive Sensing-Based Reconstruction of Lissajous-Like Nodding Lidar Data
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this article, a compressive sensing-based reconstruction algorithm is applied to data acquired from a nodding multibeam Lidar system following a Lissajous-like trajectory. Multibeam Lidar systems provide 3D depth ... -
Control-Oriented Physics-Based NOX Emission Model for a Diesel Engine With Exhaust Gas Recirculation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Stringent NOX emission norm for heavy duty vehicles motivates the use of predictive models to reduce emissions of diesel engines by coordinating engine parameters and aftertreatment. In this paper, a physics-based ... -
Design and Characterization of a Passive Instrumented Hand
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Although soft robotic assistive gloves have high potential for restoring functional independence for individuals with motor impairment, their lack of rigid components makes it difficult to obtain accurate position sensing ... -
Lumped Parameter Modeling and Snap-Through Stability Analysis of Planar Hydraulically Amplified Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this paper, we established an analytical model that avoids extensive numerical computation for the analysis of a hydraulically amplified dielectric elastomer actuator. This actuator comprises a thin elastomer shell ... -
Hierarchical Nonlinear Moving Horizon Estimation of Vehicle Lateral Speed and Road Friction Coefficient
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this paper, we address nonlinear moving horizon estimation (NMHE) of vehicle lateral speed, as well as the road friction coefficient, using measured signals from sensors common to modern series-production automobiles. ... -
Control-Oriented Modeling and Repetitive Control in In-Layer and Cross-Layer Thermal Interactions in Selective Laser Sintering
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Although laser-based additive manufacturing (AM) has enabled unprecedented fabrication of complex parts directly from digital models, broader adoption of the technology remains challenged by insufficient reliability and ... -
Modeling Actuation of Ionomer Cilia in Salt Solution Under an External Electric Field
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)A recent experiment by Kim’s group from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has shown the possibility of actuating ionomer cilia in salt solution. When these actuators are placed between two external electrodes, across ... -
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 ... -
Enhanced Tire Blowout Modeling Using Vertical Load Redistribution and Self-Alignment Torque
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Tire blowout impacts vehicle stability and creates challenges to vehicle control. To accurately evaluate the impact of tire blowout in different driving scenarios, a new tire blowout model is developed in this work with ... -
Editorial
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)It gives me great pleasure to introduce the new ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control (ALDSC). This is not only a new journal under the ASME banner, but it also represents a new type of journal offering for ASME. In ... -
Data-Oriented State Space Discretization for Crowdsourced Robot Learning of Physical Skills
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This work discusses a crowdsourced learning scheme for robot physical intelligence. Using a large amount of data from crowdsourced mentors, the scheme allows robots to synthesize new physical skills that are never demonstrated ... -
Trajectory Tracking Control for Rotary Drilling Systems Via Integral Sliding Mode Control Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Active and passive control techniques have been devised over the years to mitigate the effect of vibrations on drill-string life with varying degrees of success. Here, it is proposed to design a robust trajectory tracking ... -
Assessing Impact of Understory Vegetation Density on Solid Obstacle Detection for Off-Road Autonomous Ground Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In autonomous driving systems, advanced sensing technologies (such as Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) devices and cameras) can capture high volume of data for real-time traversability analysis. Off-road autonomy is ... -
Application of Mobile Robots to Linear Control Theory Education
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The knowledge of control engineering for mechanical engineers seems to become more important with the continuous development of automated technologies. To cultivate this knowledge, many experimental devices have been ... -
Modeling and Simulation of Perching With a Quadrotor Aerial Robot With Passive Bio-inspired Legs and Feet
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Perching in unmanned aerial vehicles is appealing for reconnaissance, monitoring, communications, and charging. This paper focuses on modeling, simulation, and control of bioinspired perching in unmanned aerial vehicles ...