In this paper we present a novel method for motion generation task specification for spherical mechanisms. This is accomplished with a new methodology for determining the optimal design sphere and the orientations on ...
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Spatial 4C mechanisms are two degree of freedom kinematic closed-chains consisting of four rigid links simply connected in series by cylindrical(C) joints. In this work we are concerned with the design of spatial 4C m...
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This paper presents a decentralized navigation system, capable of estimating positions and fluid velocities, for vehicle formations. Some vehicles have access to a measurement of their own position while the others ha...
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(数字)9781538682661
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(纸本)9781538682678
This paper presents a decentralized navigation system, capable of estimating positions and fluid velocities, for vehicle formations. Some vehicles have access to a measurement of their own position while the others have access to one or more bearing measurements and may have a depth measurement. Local observers with globally exponentially stable error dynamics are designed by obtaining an equivalent observable linear time-varying system using conveniently defined artificial outputs. The local observers rely on local measurements as well as limited communications between the vehicles. The stability of the system as a whole is obtained by studying the robustness of the local observers to exponentially decaying perturbations. Simulation results are presented to show the behaviour and convergence of the proposed solution.
Interacting with unknown objects, and learning and producing effective grasping procedures in particular, are challenging problems for robots. This paper proposes an intrinsically motivated reinforcement learning mech...
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This paper presents a complete methodology for mission planning and navigation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) in ocean environment. Path planning near the ocean floor is accomplished via genetic algorithms a...
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This paper explores control aspects in a collab-orative robotic system designed to replicate human operators' drilling skills in deep- micro- hole tasks, focusing on the glass-container mould industry. To replicat...
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Twisting between adjacent modules drive is the main way to drive the snake-like robot. It is hard to build a mathematical model for the kind of snake-like robot and the control of it is very complex in the realistic e...
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(纸本)9781849196413
Twisting between adjacent modules drive is the main way to drive the snake-like robot. It is hard to build a mathematical model for the kind of snake-like robot and the control of it is very complex in the realistic environment. In purpose of developing a new kind of snake-like robot which is easy to model, a new way to drive snake-like robot which we call skin drive was invented. With this way, structure of snake-like robot can be very simple and easy to model. Besides control of snake-like robot can be simple. Eventually a snake-like robot was built and it is called round belt drive snake-like robot. Through some experiment and analysis, it is concluded that this new kind of snake-like robot is easy to model and easy to control and its structure is simple to build. In this paper, three important topics were analyzed and elaborated. They are round belt analysis and design, active pulley structure and guide pulley arrangement. Of course, some experiments were done to verify the round belt drive snake-like robot performance. Some experiment process and results were shown at the end in this paper.
Purpose - To present a Mobile Scanning System for digitizing three-dimensional (3D) models of real-world terrain. Design/methodology/approach - A combination of sensors (video, laser range, positioning, orientation) i...
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In this paper we present SPHINXCAM, a computer-aided manufacturing software for spherical four-bar mechanisms. The kinematics of spherical mechanisms are reviewed as they pertain to their manufacture. This is followed...
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In this paper we present a novel dyad dimensional synthesis technique for approximate motion synthesis. The methodology utilizes an analytic representation of the dyad's constraint manifold that is parameterized b...
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In this paper we present a novel dyad dimensional synthesis technique for approximate motion synthesis. The methodology utilizes an analytic representation of the dyad's constraint manifold that is parameterized by its dimensional synthesis variables. Nonlinear optimization techniques are then employed to minimize the distance from the dyad's constraint manifold to a finite number of desired locations of the workpiece. The result is an approximate motion dimensional synthesis technique that is applicable to planar, spherical, and spatial dyads. Here, we specifically address the planar RR, spherical RR and spatial CC dyads since these are often found in the kinematic structure of robotic systems and mechanisms. These dyads may be combined serially to form a complex open chain (e.g. a robot) or when connected back to the fixed link they may be joined so as to form one or more closed chains (e.g. a linkage, a parallel mechanism, or a platform). Finally, we present some initial numerical design case studies that demonstrate the utility of the synthesis technique.
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