This paper presents the control of an automotive air-spring suspension system using a Z-number based fuzzy inference system. One of automotive suspension functions is to isolate vehicle body from road disturbance whic...
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In soft robotics, developing an effective way of robot-environment interaction is a challenging task due to the soft nature of the material that makes the manipulator. This paper demonstrates a vision-based approach t...
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In soft robotics, developing an effective way of robot-environment interaction is a challenging task due to the soft nature of the material that makes the manipulator. This paper demonstrates a vision-based approach to configure a two-segment soft continuum robot manipulator into an user-defined configuration and interact with unknown objects on plane. The soft robot manipulator actuated by cable-driven mechanism, is composed of two cascade continuum segments which are made from poly-dimethyl-siloxane (PDMS). The overall robot configuration can be determined in a point-wise manner on image plane provided by an eye-to-hand system. One can define the end-effectors' location on the visual system to re-shape the manipulator. The visual servoing fashion allows the robot to optimize its posture to its best fit without developing any complicated model. Experiments on prototype indicate that the proposed model-free approach can be well employed, even when the manipulator is bearing a payload. By adaptively adjusting manipulator's stiffness to a quasi-deadlock status, the payload capacity is up to nearly 6 times of the manipulator's mass itself.
This paper presents a novel observer for attitude estimation based on a triad of high-grade rate gyros aided by a body-fixed vector measurement of a constant inertial vector, departing from the majority of solutions t...
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A FLIP device gives cross-sectional area along the length of the esophagus and one pressure measurement, both as a function of time. Deducing mechanical properties of the esophagus including wall material properties, ...
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In this study, a vapour compression refrigeration (VCR) system with a wastewater (WW) cooled condenser at a temperature range of 27-29°C was designed. The cooling capacity of the system using R134a as the refrige...
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Applying the science of finite element analysis, it is possible to determine the displacements, strains, and stresses that a component would experience under various loads. The results of finite element analysis are u...
Applying the science of finite element analysis, it is possible to determine the displacements, strains, and stresses that a component would experience under various loads. The results of finite element analysis are used in product development, product optimization, and conceptual studies of novel concepts. This study analyzed and optimized the cold rolling mill roll chock using Ansys14.5. The investigation involves applying modifications to the existing top backup chock, bottom backup chock, and top and work roll chock designs while taking into account a single material (Fe 316). The optimized chock would use less material while still being strong enough compared to existing chocks. Based on observations, after modifications were implemented to bottom work roll chocks, the equivalent stress and total deformation were reduced by 34.45% and 92.68%, respectively, compared to the existing bottom work roll chocks. The weight of the top and bottom working roll chocks decreased by 32.7% and 27.7%, respectively, after optimization. The best results indicate that it will be advantageous to construct Rolling Mill Housing with less weight while maintaining the same strength, which will be cost-effective and long-lasting.
Surface plasmon enhanced processes and hot-carrier dynamics in plasmonic nanostructures are of great fundamental interest to reveal light-matter interactions at the nanoscale. Using plasmonic tunnel junctions as a pla...
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Pedestrians and drivers interact closely in a wide range of environments. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) correspondingly face the need to predict pedestrians’ future trajectories in these same environments. Traditional mo...
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Soft robotics is a field of robotic system design characterized by materials and structures that exhibit large-scale deformation, high compliance, and rich multifunctionality. The incorporation of soft and deformable ...
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