Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 143 for “"motion control"”.
-
Intelligent vehicle motion control
… of chassis subsystems by proposing a new control structure for co-ordinating active steering technologies and a brake based directional stability controller. A non-linear vehicle handling model was developed for this study using the Mattab and Simulink tools. This consists of a 4 degree of …
-
Precision Motion Control of Electrohydraulic Actuators
… is developed and utilized. The repetitive controllers and feedforward controllers designed from the linear periodic models provide improved tracking performance for the reference trajectories. The appropriate use of variable sampling interval further improves the tracking performance.
-
The sustainability of motion control systems
… loading in the past few decades, the demand for motion control systems in structures has skyrocketed. Many different technologies for combating wind and earthquake loads have been identified. Energy dissipation devices and base isolation are two methods that reduce the damage and minimize the …
-
MOTION CONTROL AND LOCALISATION OF ROBOTIC FISH
… robots, some of the essential aspects of robot motion control system must be addressed. The aim of this dissertation is to study and establish some technical approaches towards robust motion control and precise on-board localization of multi-link robotic fishes. First, both angular and linear …
-
Intelligent motion control with an artificial cerebellum
… describes a novel approach for adaptive optimal control and demonstrates its application to a variety of systems, including motion control learning for legged robots. The new controller, called “FOX”, uses a modified form of Albus’s CMAC neural network. It is trained to generate control signals …
-
Magnetic suspension techniques for precision motion control
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1990.
-
A model approach to precision motion control
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1999.
-
Motion control of long span horizontal structures
… damping. These three properties traditionally controlled motion-related serviceability issues, but this is no longer the case. Engineers are increasingly reporting vibration problems in horizontal structures. Hence, the dominant design criterion has shifted from a basis of strength to one of …
-
The motion control manipulators on mobile vehicles
Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1992.
-
Adaptive Fuzzy Reinforcement Learning for Flock Motion Control
… This usually necessitates different control approaches to tackle various objectives, such as guidance, collision avoidance, and cohesion. The guidance schemes, in particular, have long suffered from complex tracking-error dynamics. Furthermore, techniques that are based on linear …
-
Motion Control of Open Containers with Slosh Constraints
[abstract missing]
-
Maneuver-Based Motion Control of a Miniature Helicopter
This thesis deals with the control of a highly maneuverable miniature helicopter about trajectories, generated online, from a library of prespecified maneuvers. Linearizing the nonlinear equations describing the helicopter dynamics about the prespecified, library maneuvers results in a hybrid …
-
Time-optimal motion control of two-dimensional linear stepper motors
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1993.
-
Passive electromagnetic damping device for motion control of building structures
… thesis develops a new device for the passive control of motion in building structures: an electromagnetic damper. The electromagnetic damper is a self-excited device that provides a reaction force to an applied motion. We chose a tubular permanent-magnet linear machine as this new structural …
-
Topics in Machining with Industrial Robot Manipulators and Optimal Motion Control
… with industrial robot manipulators and optimal motion control of robots and vehicles. The motivation for research on the first subject is the need for flexible and accurate production processes employing industrial robots as their main component. The challenge to overcome here is to achieve …
-
Balancing and hopping motion control algorithms for an under-actuated robot
… is a new and simple angular momentum based control algorithm for balancing an under-actuated planar robot. The proposed controller is able to stabilize the robot at any unstable balanced configuration and to control the robot to follow motion trajectory commands. This controller is also …
-
Balancing and hopping motion control algorithms for an under-actuated robot
… is a new and simple angular momentum based control algorithm for balancing an under-actuated planar robot. The proposed controller is able to stabilize the robot at any unstable balanced configuration and to control the robot to follow motion trajectory commands. This controller is also …
-
Effects of charge motion control during cold start of SI engines
… investigate the effects of various intake charge motion control approaches on the cold start-up process of a port fuel injected SI engine. Engine experiments were performed to assess the effectiveness of enhanced charge motion on mixture preparation, combustion, and hydrocarbon (HC) emissions. …
-
Motion control of high-speed hydrofoil vessels using state-space methods
… to operate in rough weather conditions. The motion of these ships due to their encounter with ambient waves can become uncomfortable or even dangerous without the use of some form of motion control. The objective of this thesis is to study the active motion control of high-speed hydrofoil …
-
Transient Motion Control of Passive and Semiactive Damping for Vehicle Suspensions
… and semiactive dampers. The semiactive damper control policies that are examined include the previously developed policies of on-off skyhook, continuous skyhook, and on-off groundhook control, along with a newly developed method of fuzzy logic semiactive control. The model input will include …
Page 1 of 8