ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control: Recent submissions
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Reactive Collision Avoidance Control for Nonholonomic Vehicles and Obstacles of Arbitrary Shape
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Potential field-based collision avoidance algorithms for mobile robots frequently assume vehicles and obstacles to have circular or spherical shapes. This assumption not only simplifies the analysis but also limits the ... -
Some Results on the Properties of Discrete-Time LTI State-Space Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This work brings forward several interesting facts about system properties of linear time-invariant discrete-time systems like output controllability, state controllability and state observability, trackability, and input ... -
On Distinguishability of Anomalies as Physical Faults or Actuation Cyberattacks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Increased automation has created an impetus to integrate infrastructure with wide-spread connectivity in order to improve e ciency, sustainability, autonomy, and security. Nonetheless, this reliance on connectivity and the ... -
Comparison of Two-Wheel and Four-Wheel Steering Using Event-Triggered Predictive Motion Control and Scale Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This study compares the trajectory tracking performance of two- and four-wheel steering systems, especially under normal driving conditions. Specifically, the lateral motion is controlled by an event-triggered model ... -
Contraction Analysis of Multi-Agent Control for Guaranteed Capture of a Faster Evader1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This work presents a verifiable condition for the selection of a sufficient number of pursuers to capture a faster evader. The condition is based on the tracking performance of a multi-agent control scheme. Trajectory ... -
Using Constrained Convex Optimization in Parameter Estimation of Process Dynamics With Dead Time
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper proposes the usage of constrained convex optimization in improving the quality of the parameter estimates of a typical process plant with dead time from its time response data by incorporating system-specific ... -
Partial Eigenvalues Assignment in Singular Systems Using Brauer and Rado Eigenvalue Embedding for Impulse Elimination
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)A partial infinite eigenvalues assignment for singular systems is proposed, inspired by the well-known Brauer theorem for eigenvalue embedding. Removal of infinite eigenvalues is a frequent practice in mechanical systems, ... -
Reviewer’s Recognition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board of the ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control would like to thank all of the reviewers for volunteering their expertise and time reviewing manuscripts in 2023. Serving as reviewers ... -
Vision-Inertial Fusion for Enhanced Relative Navigation: Application of MEKF and Refined Template Matching for Target Identification
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper presents a formulation and methodologies for a vision-aided inertial navigation system designed for autonomous landing or proximity operation. Measurements from a monocular camera are integrated with inertial ... -
A Generative Approach to Testing the Performance of Physiological Control Algorithms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Physiological closed-loop control algorithms play an important role in the development of autonomous medical care systems, a promising area of research that has the potential to deliver healthcare therapies meeting each ... -
Improving the Step Response of Flexible Systems in the Presence of Real Nonminimum Phase Zeros
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)It is well known that real nonminimum phase (RNMP) zeros impose a tradeoff between the settling time and undershoot in the step response of flexible systems. Existing methods to alleviate this tradeoff predominantly rely ... -
Gait Sensing and Haptic Feedback Using an Inflatable Soft Haptic Sensor1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Collecting gait data and providing haptic feedback are essential for the safety and efficiency of robot-based rehabilitation. However, readily available devices that can perform both are scarce. This work presents a novel ... -
Adaptive Tracking Control of Robotic Manipulator Subjected to Actuator Saturation and Partial Loss of Effectiveness
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper introduces an adaptive control design tailored for robotic systems described by Euler–Lagrange equations under actuator saturation and partial loss of effectiveness. The adaptive law put forth not only retains ... -
Control of Resonant Disturbances on an Euler–Bernoulli Beam Using a Robust Partial Differential Equation Boundary Control Technique
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This article discusses and analyzes the capabilities and limitations of a series of related controllers for Euler–Bernoulli beam vibration, and the powerful capabilities of a robust second-order sliding mode backstepping ... -
Curvature Sensitive Modification of Pure Pursuit Control1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Pure pursuit control is a commonly used method in the vehicle path-tracking problem. While widely used, it has some limitations, including the fact that its accuracy is very sensitive to the lookahead distance. A variety ... -
Evaluation of the Positioning Accuracy Along Helical Paths Using a Telescoping Ballbar1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The telescoping ballbar is a versatile and easy-to-use error identification instrument for machine tools. The ballbar movement trajectory used while machining is limited to acquiring a large circular arc for positioning ... -
An Alternate Perspective on Modeling and Control of a Flexible Manipulator: Case Study of a Curvature Control Manipulator Dynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The flexible and adaptable nature of continuum soft robots makes them applicable to a wide range of operations not easily obtainable with conventional rigid-body robots. Thus, soft robots can be used in various operations ... -
Reliability-Based Design Optimization of Uncertain Linear Systems Subjected to Random Vibrations1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)A reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) approach for uncertain linear systems subjected to random vibrations is presented. The computation of the first-passage failure probability with uncertain system parameters ... -
Motion Compensator for an Untethered Walking Insect Using Adaptive Model Predictive Control
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)A locomotion compensator is normally utilized to observe the behavior of walking insects. These compensators cancel out the movement of freely walking insects to facilitate long-term imaging for studying behavior. However, ... -
A Linear Quadratic Regulator-Based Controller Design for Ensuring Attack Resilient Operations of Power Networks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper proposes a linear quadratic regulator-based control scheme to ensure the stability of power grids against cyber-attacks. The proposed control scheme is developed for the synchronous generator in a power system ...