... model. robot kinematics robotic manipulators piezoelectric disc vibration measurement mictrosystems There is an increasing demanding of devices capable to position a target with nanometric resolution. Such devices, referred to as microdevices or microstages, are employed in many...

... Forces in Musculoskeletal Systems ,” J. Biomech. , 39 ( 10 ), pp. 1787 – 1795 . 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.05.029 06 03 2010 22 03 2011 11 11 2011 11 11 2011 actuators matrix algebra optimal control robot dynamics robot kinematics torque control Closed...

.... 29 11 2010 06 05 2011 10 05 2011 09 09 2011 09 09 2011 differential equations robot dynamics robot kinematics series (mathematics) This paper extends the power-series method to solve for the motions resulting from forces acting on a closed spatial kinematic chain...

... has been proposed for a dynamic system using vision measurement for both position and velocity. adaptive control aerospace control aerospace robotics asymptotic stability closed loop systems control system synthesis image sequences nonlinear dynamical systems robot dynamics robot...

... 03 2006 12 02 2007 decentralised control multi-robot systems robot dynamics robot kinematics stability variable structure systems vehicle dynamics In recent years, it has become popular to study the biological world and apply the derived principles to the design...

... deceleration (the robot does follow the constant-velocity motion well). mobile robots robot kinematics robot dynamics path planning actuators nonlinear control systems velocity acceleration From Eq. 2 and Newton’s Second Law, we have 8 F w = M X ̈ w = R m...

... robot kinematics closed loop systems differential equations Lyapunov methods chains closed kinematic chains parallel robots model-based control singular perturbations composite Lyapunov function trajectory tracking Over the last two decades, closed kinematic chains (CKCs) have...

... design engineering wheels chains axles couplings end effectors robot kinematics In recent years, there has been considerable interest in creation of land-based locomotion systems for operation on rough unprepared surfaces. Such systems have found numerous applications in a wide variety...

... robot kinematics design engineering biomimetics mobile robots underwater vehicles biomimetics fish swimming compliant mechanisms Autonomous exploration of liquid environments is of interest in humanitarian, industrial, and military applications. Some examples include reconnaissance...

... as a base. Kuo ( 2 ) continued McGeer’s work ( 1 ) using the simplest two-link model and found that the optimal strategy for powering the simple walker is to apply toe-off actuation alone, which is four times less costly as compared with applying a hip torque. legged locomotion robot kinematics...

... impedance errors, which may lead to “contact instability” 8 9 —the same problem which impedance control has been designed to overcome. robot dynamics robot kinematics stability eigenvalues and eigenfunctions tracking damping position control mechanical variables control 29 October...

... 16 12 2002 mobile robots path planning stability robot kinematics Mobile robots are typically designed with wheels, likely due to our kinship with automobiles. Relying on traditional use of the wheel as a quasi-static device, mobility and stability of the robots are enhanced using...

... Systems and Control Division February 4, 2000. Associate Technical Editors: E. Misawa and V. Utkin. 04 February 2000 robust control variable structure systems control system synthesis mobile robots robot kinematics time-varying systems Lyapunov methods position control uncertain...