Brain, Body and Machine
Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the McGill University Centre for Intelligent Machines
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Detailed knowledge of actuator properties is a prerequisite for advanced manipulator design and control. This paper deals with the experimental identification and modelling of the nonlinear dynamics of a high ...
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Daisy is an experimental testbed facility at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) whose dynamics are meant to emulate those of a real large flexible space structure (LFSS); see F...
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Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the McGill University Centre for Intelligent Machines
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In the thermoforming industry, the heater temperature setpoints can be automatically tuned with Terminal Iterative Learning Control (TILC). This cycle-to-cycle control is used to adjust the heater temperature ...
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In this paper, a closed-loop system to regulate plasma osmolality in patients with central diabetes insipidus is investigated. Using model identification techniques, we obtained a 3 rd ...
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We report evaluation of a technique that may be applied to estimate the compliance of atherosclerotic intima. This estimation can help in identification of the type of plaque. It can also be applied in our fin...
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Accurate electricity load forecasting is of crucial importance for power system operation and smart grid energy management. Different factors, such as weather conditions, lagged values, and day types may affec...
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With the increasing adoption of electric devices and renewable energy generation, electric load forecasting, especially short-term load forecasting (STLF), has recently attracted more attention. Accurate short...