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Investigation on focused ultrasound-assisted diamond wire sawing of silicon carbide
Focused ultrasound-assisted diamond wire sawing (DWS) is proposed in order to improve the sawing performance in terms of sawing force, surface finish, and edge chip**s. Under the streaming effect of acoustic...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design of a Miniature Three-Dimensional Force Sensor for Force Feedback in Minimally Invasive Surgery
Force feedback in robot-assisted surgery is important to enhance the immersion of intraoperative operations. In this paper, a miniaturized small-range three-dimensional force sensor is designed for surgical ro...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Model-Free Optimal Control for Linear Systems with State and Control Inequality Constraints
A model-free iteration algorithm is presented to obtain the optimal control policy for an linear system in this paper. A novel identification model is introduced, based on which policy updating laws under the ...
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Open AccessA Review of Smart Materials for the Boost of Soft Actuators, Soft Sensors, and Robotics Applications
With the advance of smart material science, robotics is evolving from rigid robots to soft robots. Compared to rigid robots, soft robots can safely interact with the environment, easily navigate in unstructure...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Data-Driven Approximate Optimal Trajectory Tracking for Continuous-Time Nonlinear System Based on Differential Dynamic Programming
A data-driven differential dynamic programming (DDP) algorithm is presented to obtain the optimal control policy for an unknown system in this paper. Firstly, we recombine the nonlinear system based on trackin...
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Design method of one-DOF bio-inspired mechanism based on layered constraint conditions
Bio-inspired mechanism not only needs to be able to reproduce the movement laws of creature, but also has its shape. In order to simplify the design process and improve the design efficiency of one-degree-of-f...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Trends of Crash Mitigations at High Crash Intersections in Nevada, US Based on Highway Safety Improvement Program
This paper compared total trends of traffic crash frequency and severity at High Crash Location (HCL) intersections during three study periods in Nevada, US. The paper provided an in-depth inspection in selec...
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Response Strategy to Environmental Cues for Modular Robots with Self-Assembly from Swarm to Articulated Robots
This paper proposes a strategy for a group of swarm robots to self-assemble into a single articulated(legged) structure in response to terrain difficulties during autonomous exploration. These articulated stru...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Self-assembly Planning of a Shape by Regular Modular Robots
We present a self-assembly planning algorithm to allow regular modular robots to assemble into some specified shapes. By tiling a shape using connected lattices in accordance with the robotic geometry, a paral...
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Self-assembly control and experiments in swarm modular robots
This paper presents a self-assembly control strategy for the swarm modular robots. Simulated and physical experiments are conducted based on the Sambot platform, which is a novel self-assembly modular robot ha...