... computational complexity control system synthesis microactuators optimisation product design co-design optimization coupling control Optimal design of “smart” products and systems requires optimization of both the physical system or artifact, and its controller. This codesign problem can...

... , Introduction to Control Systems , 3rd ed. , Butterworth , Heinemann , pp. 660 – 661 . Howell , L. L. , 2001 , Compliant Mechanisms , 1st ed. , Wiley , New York . 09 09 2007 19 10 2009 30 12 2009 30 12 2009 control system synthesis finite element analysis...

... , Mechanical Design of Machine Elements and Machines: A Failure Prevention Perspective , Wiley , New York . 11 12 2008 09 09 2009 09 11 2009 09 11 2009 control system synthesis elasticity electric actuators legged locomotion motion control position control springs...

... in simulation that under the proposed control method, near-omnidirectional tracking performance is possible even in rough, uneven terrain. contact angle control system analysis control system synthesis mobile robots robot kinematics wheels Mobile robots are finding increasing use in military ( 1...

... Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008) , France. 21 07 2008 07 05 2009 20 07 2009 control system synthesis legged locomotion manipulator dynamics manipulator kinematics telerobotics mobile robots tele-operative locomotion mechanisms control...

..., it is desirable to maintain the partition values as close to constant as possible. actuators control system synthesis optimisation robot dynamics robot kinematics 26 06 2008 09 05 2009 09 07 2009 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... to the desired basic functions of the robot mechanism. robot mechanism topological structure position and orientation characteristic symbolic operation control system analysis control system synthesis motion control position control robot kinematics topology 02 10 2006 04 06...

... the resulting optimal designs do not exhibit this problem. 09 10 2007 13 06 2008 30 09 2008 control system synthesis finite element analysis genetic algorithms graph theory grippers industrial manipulators manipulator kinematics Compliant mechanisms are jointless...

... arms. 24 10 2006 16 07 2008 23 09 2008 CAD computer aided analysis control engineering computing control system synthesis interpolation manipulator kinematics motion control splines (mathematics) This paper deals with the problem of synthesizing Cartesian...

... 09 06 2008 23 09 2008 control system analysis control system synthesis manipulator kinematics One of the most important problems in kinematics is that of kinematic synthesis. Moreover, there is almost universal consensus that the task of kinematic synthesis is the design...

... 23 04 2007 03 03 2008 control system synthesis inverse problems manipulator kinematics 1 Lower mobility parallel manipulators ( 1 ) are close-loop mechanisms with less than six degrees-of-freedom (DOF), composed by an end-effector joined to a base element by several kinematic...

.... The drawbar forces of these robots were measured in the laboratory to confirm the FEA results. Finally, these robots were successfully tested during animal surgeries. 06 07 2006 21 10 2006 control system synthesis finite element analysis medical robotics mobile robots robot kinematics...

... system CAD control system synthesis kinematics robots This paper deals with the problem of synthesizing Cartesian trajectories of planar robot arms using piecewise rational motions. Since the seminal work of Shoemake ( 1 ), the past two decades have seen significant progress in merging...

... and disturbances utilizing the specific transient characteristics in the design 1 . vibration control damping control system synthesis optimisation step response 04 November 2003 27 April 2004 02 03 2005 Contributed by the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee for publication...

... constraints on geometry and accessory loads. Engineers must balance factors like belt tension, potential for belt slip, bearing loads, belt fatigue, and noise in designing belt drives. design engineering optimisation valves actuators couplings control system synthesis probability The free...

... 2003 01 January 2004 28 10 2004 end effectors control system synthesis position control The calculation of the geometric parameters of a multi-articulated mechanical or robotic system so that it guides a rigid body in a number of specified spatial locations or precision...

... numbers of cables using both objective functions at a specified orientation and also at different orientations of moving platform. Experimental results to measure the workspace area demonstrate the effectiveness of this method. 06 04 2004 28 10 2004 manipulators control system synthesis...

... example, the design of a control valve actuator linkage. In this example, we show that our method finds an optimum design which is feasibly robust. 22 01 2004 28 10 2004 design engineering optimisation actuators valves couplings control system synthesis probability...

..., is tackled using redundancy of cables in the system. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the control strategy. 21 05 2004 04 10 2004 robust control control system synthesis freight handling end effectors industrial manipulators manipulator dynamics ships design Skin...

... in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received December 2001; revised November 2003. Associate Editor: M. Raghavan. 01 December 2001 01 November 2003 12 08 2004 manipulator dynamics manipulator kinematics control system synthesis A parallel manipulator comprises...