# IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

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Publication Year: 2010, Page(s): C1
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Publication Year: 2010, Page(s): C2
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• ### Omnidirectional Steering Interface and Control for a Four-Wheel Independent Steering Vehicle

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):329 - 338
Cited by:  Papers (25)  |  Patents (1)
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This paper presents an omnidirectional steer-by-wire system for a four-wheel independent steering vehicle. The system consists of an extended steering interface and a behavior-based steering controller. The extended steering interface provides a novel manipulation way to vehicle driver. The driver can control the vehicle in traditional way or omnidirectionally without any mode switching operation.... View full abstract»

• ### Dual-Stage Actuator Control Design Using a Doubly Coprime Factorization Approach

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):339 - 348
Cited by:  Papers (30)
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This paper first reveals that the tracking and disturbance rejection problems can be decoupled into two independent optimization problems under the 2-DOF control framework. This result is then used for the design of a 2-DOF controller for a dual-stage actuator (DSA) system to provide desired performance of disturbance rejection and step tracking. The 2-DOF controller is designed based on the doubl... View full abstract»

• ### Force Ripple Compensation in Linear Motors Based on Closed-Loop Position-Dependent Identification

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):349 - 359
Cited by:  Papers (43)
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Permanent-magnet linear synchronous motors can serve as direct-drive actuators for machine tools and production machines, whenever high dynamic performance are required. Since compliance in transmission elements is eliminated, higher control bandwidths can be achieved, when compared to traditional solutions based on conversion from rotational to linear motion. Like their rotational counterparts, t... View full abstract»

• ### Modeling and Design of a Magnetically Actuated Two-Axis Compliant Micromanipulator for Nanomanipulation

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):360 - 370
Cited by:  Papers (12)
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This paper presents the modeling and design of a novel magnetically actuated compliant micromanipulator based on the atomic force microscope (AFM) probe. The manipulator can control the <i>Z</i> -position of the tip and its orientation about the longitudinal axis. It enables sensitive interaction with the sample along two axes and is therefore a useful 3-D tool for metrology and manipu... View full abstract»

• ### A New Approach to Modeling System Dynamics—In the Case of a Piezoelectric Actuator With a Host System

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):371 - 380
Cited by:  Papers (18)
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With increasing sophistication in the structure and behavior of engineered plants, the system dynamics are becoming more complicated than ever before. This paper presents a new approach to model the dynamics of complex plants, and the new approach is rendered through a novel application of the axiomatic design theory (ADT). In particular, the dynamics to be modeled are analogous to the functional ... View full abstract»

• ### Robust Control of a Voltage-Controlled Three-Pole Active Magnetic Bearing System

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):381 - 388
Cited by:  Papers (44)
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The robust stabilization of a voltage-controlled three-pole active magnetic bearing (AMB) system is considered in this paper. The system could suffer both matched and mismatched uncertainties from a variety of sources such as unmodeled magnetic forces due to flux leakage and parametric uncertainties due to manufacturing and assembly errors. The system represents an interesting example that is not ... View full abstract»

• ### Adaptive Vision and Force Tracking Control for Robots With Constraint Uncertainty

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):389 - 399
Cited by:  Papers (40)
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In force control applications of robots, it is difficult to obtain an exact model of a constraint surface. In presence of the constraint uncertainty, the robot needs to adapt to the uncertainty in external parameters due to the environment, in addition to the uncertainties in internal parameters of the robot kinematics and dynamics. In this paper, a visually servoed adaptive controller is proposed... View full abstract»

• ### Modeling the Effects of Electromechanical Coupling on Energy Storage Through Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):400 - 411
Cited by:  Papers (50)
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This paper focuses on comparing the effects of varying degrees of electromechanical coupling in piezoelectric power harvesting systems on the dynamics of charging a storage capacitor. In order to gain an understanding of the behavior of these dynamics, a transducer whose vibrational dynamics are impacted very little by electrical energy extraction is compared to a transducer that displays strong e... View full abstract»

• ### Linear Parameter-Varying Iterative Learning Control With Application to a Linear Motor System

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):412 - 420
Cited by:  Papers (40)
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In this paper, an iterative-learning-control (ILC) algorithm is proposed for a certain class of linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems whose dynamics change between iterations. Consistency of the algorithm in the presence of stochastic disturbances is shown. The proposed algorithm is tested in simulation and the obtained tracking performance is compared with that obtained using a standard linear t... View full abstract»

• ### Implementation of the Three-Phase Switched Reluctance Machine System for Motors and Generators

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):421 - 432
Cited by:  Papers (91)
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This paper presents two three-phase switched reluctance machine systems. One is the dual motors drive for the electric locomotive traction; the other is the variable-speed generator system for wind power applications. The principles of the switched reluctance machine system operated at four quadrants, the scheme of the symmetrical traction at quadrant I and quadrant III, and the scheme of the symm... View full abstract»

• ### Nanopositioning System With Force Feedback for High-Performance Tracking and Vibration Control

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):433 - 447
Cited by:  Papers (101)
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In this study, the actuator load force of a nanopositioning stage is utilized as a feedback variable to achieve both tracking and damping. The transfer function from the applied actuator voltage to the measured load force exhibits a zero-pole ordering that greatly simplifies the design and implementation of a tracking and damping controller. Exceptional tracking and damping performance can be achi... View full abstract»

• ### Modeling of Biomimetic Robotic Fish Propelled by An Ionic Polymer–Metal Composite Caudal Fin

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):448 - 459
Cited by:  Papers (208)  |  Patents (2)
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In this paper, a physics-based model is proposed for a biomimetic robotic fish propelled by an ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) actuator. Inspired by the biological fin structure, a passive plastic fin is further attached to the IPMC beam. The model incorporates both IPMC actuation dynamics and the hydrodynamics, and predicts the steady-state cruising speed of the robot under a given periodic ... View full abstract»

• ### Electroactive Elastomeric Actuator for All-Polymer Linear Peristaltic Pumps

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):460 - 470
Cited by:  Papers (37)
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This paper describes the concept of a lightweight and deformable structure with intrinsic distributed electromechanical actuation, potentially suitable to develop soft linear peristaltic pumps for incompressible fluids. The proposed system is represented by a series of radially expanding flexible tubular modules, made of dielectric elastomers (DEs), as one of the most promising classes of electroa... View full abstract»

• ### Tool Path Generator for Bone Machining in Minimally Invasive Orthopedic Surgery

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):471 - 479
Cited by:  Papers (9)
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The generation and optimization of tool paths are considered to be challenging problems for the use of a milling robot in minimally invasive orthopedic surgery. The objective of this study was to minimize the collision of the cutting tool with soft tissue, and we propose a novel approach to tool path generation and optimization. Starting with the physical requirements, we modeled some important co... View full abstract»

• ### Experimental Study of Adaptive-$Q$Control for Disk Drive Track-Following Servo Problem

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s):480 - 491
Cited by:  Papers (8)
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This paper presents the design of an adaptive-Qcontrol algorithm for minimizing the position error signal (PES) in a hard-disk-drive track-following servo. Also, we discuss the results obtained from experiments done on a commercial disk drive using the said scheme. The adaptive-Qcontrol algorithm approach uses the well-known result that all stabilizing controllers for a plant can be ... View full abstract»

Publication Year: 2010, Page(s): 492
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Publication Year: 2010, Page(s): C3
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Publication Year: 2010, Page(s): C4
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## Aims & Scope

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics encompasses all practical aspects of the theory and methods of mechatronics, the synergetic integration of mechanical engineering with electronic and intelligent computer control in the design and manufacture of industrial products and processes.

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## Meet Our Editors

Editor-in-Chief
George Chiu
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN USA
gchiu@purdue.edu