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This paper describes the control, and evaluation of a new human-scaled biped robot with liquid cooled viscoelastic actuators (VLCA). Based on the lessons learned from previous work from our team on VLCA [1], we present a new system design…
The proposed control method uses an adaptive feedforward-based controller to establish a passive input-output mapping for the CDPR that is used alongside a linear time-invariant strictly positive real feedback controller to guarantee robust…
The upgrade plan of the China Spallation Neutron Source aims to enhance the beam power from 100 kW to 500 kW. To achieve this, the plan involves incorporating three new magnetic alloy cavities while maintaining the existing system to enable…
Recently, the Edge Computing paradigm has gained significant popularity both in industry and academia. Researchers now increasingly target to improve performance and reduce energy consumption of such devices. Some recent efforts focus on…
Electromechanical switching devices such as relays, solenoid valves, and contactors offer several technical and economic advantages that make them widely used in industry. However, uncontrolled operations result in undesirable…
We demonstrate and experimentally validate an end-to-end hybrid CMOS-memristor auditory encoder that realises adaptive-threshold, asynchronous delta-modulation (ADM)-based spike encoding by exploiting the inherent volatility of HfTiOx…
Hardware accelerators for neural networks have shown great promise for both performance and power. These accelerators are at their most efficient when optimized for a fixed functionality. But this inflexibility limits the longevity of the…
To rationalize the relatively high investment that industrial automation systems entail, research in the field of intelligent machines should target high value functions such as fettling, die-finishing, deburring, and fixtureless…
Growing demands in the semiconductor industry result in the need for enhanced performance of lithographic equipment. However, position tracking accuracy of high precision mechatronics is often limited by the presence of disturbance sources,…
A wide range of haptic feedback is crucial for achieving high realism and immersion in virtual environments. Therefore, a multi-modal haptic interface that provides various haptic signals simultaneously is highly beneficial. This paper…
Robotic manipulators for aerospace applications require a delicate balance between lightweight construction and fault-tolerant operation to satisfy strict weight limitations and ensure reliability in remote, hazardous environments. This…
A reliable controller is critical and essential for the execution of safe and smooth maneuvers of an autonomous vehicle.The controller must be robust to external disturbances, such as road surface, weather, and wind conditions, and so on.It…
A new adaptive receiver design for the Multicarrier (MC) DS-CDMA is proposed employing successive interference cancellation (SIC) architecture. One of the main problems limiting the performance of SIC in MC DS-CDMA is the imperfect…
In this paper, an actuator active fault-tolerant controller (FTC) is proposed for the voltage source converter (VSC) which interfaces a distributed energy resource (DER) to the power grid. The proposed active FTC includes two units:…
Satellites are subject to various severe vibration during different phases of flight. The concept of satellite smart adapter is proposed in this study to achieve active vibration control of launch vehicle on satellite. The satellite smart…
Endovascular technique has many advantages but relies strongly on operator skills and experience. Robotically steerable catheters have been developed but few are clinically available. We describe here the development of an active and…
This paper presents a round-trip strategy of multirotors subject to unknown flow disturbances. During the outbound flight, the vehicle immediately utilizes the wind disturbance estimations in feedback control, as an attempt to reduce the…
The widespread development and use of neural networks have significantly enriched a wide range of computer algorithms and promise higher speed at lower cost. However, the imitation of neural networks by means of modern computing substrates…
Transformers excel across a large variety of tasks but remain susceptible to corrupted inputs, since standard self-attention treats all query-key interactions uniformly. Inspired by lateral inhibition in biological neural circuits and…