# IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

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Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):C1 - C2
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• ### IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics publication information

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s): C2
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• ### Precision Tracking Control and Constraint Handling of Mechatronic Servo Systems Using Model Predictive Control

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):593 - 605
Cited by:  Papers (27)
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This paper presents precision tracking control and constraint handling of mechatronic servo systems using model predictive control. The current study revisits integral model predictive control, a common technique used in industrial process applications, from a motion control perspective for step tracking and constraint handling. To improve the control performance for periodic signal tracking, this... View full abstract»

• ### Large-Deformation Analysis and Experimental Validation of a Flexure-Based Mobile Sensor Node

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):606 - 616
Cited by:  Papers (23)
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This paper presents a new magnetic wall-climbing car as a mobile sensor node for health monitoring and dynamic testing of large civil (ferromagnetic) structures. Unlike traditional design, where the distance between the front and rear wheel pairs is fixed, the electromagnetically driven compliant beam connecting the axles not only offers an effective means to negotiate corners when maneuvering on ... View full abstract»

• ### Resonance Tracking of Nonlinear MEMS Resonators

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):617 - 621
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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In this paper, the frequency control loop performance of nonlinear microelectromechanical resonators is investigated. A phase-locked loop (PLL) controller is used to track the resonance frequency of a nonlinear resonator and to compensate for the changes in the natural frequency. Based on the harmonic balance approach, governing equations of the dynamics of a nonlinear resonator are obtained, and ... View full abstract»

• ### An Orthogonal Global Task Coordinate Frame for Contouring Control of Biaxial Systems

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):622 - 634
Cited by:  Papers (54)
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Recent research on the coordinated control of biaxial machines for precise contour following has been using various locally defined task coordinate frames (LTCF) “attached” to the desired contour to approximately calculate the contour error for feedback controller designs. Contour error, by definition, is a geometrical quantity depending on the shape of the desired contour only and has nothing to ... View full abstract»

• ### Design, Sensing, and Control of a Scaled Wind Tunnel for Atmospheric Display

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):635 - 645
Cited by:  Papers (9)
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Creating wind within virtual environments (e.g., wind display) is a challenging problem with a potential to develop immersive atmospheric display for virtual reality systems. This paper describes synergistic mechatronics design, sensing, and control of a scaled active wind tunnel, which establishes a practical foundation for atmospheric display in virtual environments. Our approach combines numeri... View full abstract»

• ### Miniature 3-Axis Distal Force Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgical Palpation

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):646 - 656
Cited by:  Papers (101)  |  Patents (3)
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Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is a surgical technique that offers distinct advantages in reducing pain and patients' recovery time. However, the drawback due to the lack of force and tactile feedback presents a great deal of limitations in MIS procedures. Tissue palpation, which is easily conducted during traditional open surgery to examine tissue properties and abnormalities, is not possible w... View full abstract»

• ### Design and Implementation of a Nine-Axis Inertial Measurement Unit

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):657 - 668
Cited by:  Papers (13)
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A nine-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU) that utilizes three-axis angular velocity measurements from rate gyroscopes and six-axis linear acceleration measurements from three two-axis accelerometers is reported. This system can derive linear acceleration, angular acceleration, and angular velocity via simple memoryless matrix operations, and eliminates the requirement for accelerometer installat... View full abstract»

• ### Predictive Contour Control With Adaptive Feed Rate

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):669 - 679
Cited by:  Papers (35)
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Contour control is an important issue in motion system development. In this paper, a contour-control methodology combining predictive control and adaptive feed rate is proposed. To reduce the computational time required for online optimization, a simple unconstrained model predictive controller is first designed to perform biaxial contour-position control. The performance index introduced in this ... View full abstract»

• ### Auditory Feedback and Sensory Substitution During Teleoperated Navigation

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):680 - 686
Cited by:  Papers (2)
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Various modes of sensory feedback have the potential to improve robotic navigation performance. This paper proposes a novel way of using auditory feedback as a substitute for visual feedback to ensure that teleoperated robotic systems still function in real time under unfavorable communication conditions, such as with image losses, visual failures, or low-bandwidth communication links. The propose... View full abstract»

• ### Harnessing Embedded Magnetic Fields for Angular Sensing With Nanodegree Accuracy

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):687 - 696
Cited by:  Papers (28)
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A multisensor approach that capitalizes on the existing magnetic fields in permanent-magnet-based actuators to achieve unobtrusive high-accuracy position sensing is presented. As magnetic-field models are position dependent, their inverse problems are often highly nonlinear with nonunique solution. This paper illustrates the principle and motivation for a multisensor approach using the concepts of... View full abstract»

• ### Development of 3-DOF Inchworm Mechanism for Flexible, Compact, Low-Inertia, and Omnidirectional Precise Positioning: Dynamical Analysis and Improvement of the Maximum Velocity Within No Slip of Electromagnets

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):697 - 708
Cited by:  Papers (9)
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In this paper, we describe the dynamical analysis and improvement of the maximum velocity within no slip of electromagnets for a 3-DOF inchworm mobile mechanism. The mechanism consists of four “Moonie” piezoelectric actuators and a pair of electromagnets and moves like an inchworm with less than 10-nm resolution. We calculate the dynamical relationship among 3-DOF motion, four piezoelectric displa... View full abstract»

• ### Detection of Magnetic Object Movements by Flux Density Tracking Control

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):709 - 716
Cited by:  Papers (13)
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In this paper, a motion trajectory detecting method that permits tracking of magnetic objects is investigated by the magnetic flux density of a 3-D Hall probe. Inaccurate motion trajectory information may be produced physically due to the measured magnetic field signal altering as the distance between the Hall probe and the object changes. A magnetic flux feedback control is proposed such that the... View full abstract»

• ### A Negative Imaginary Approach to Modeling and Control of a Collocated Structure

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):717 - 727
Cited by:  Papers (68)
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A transfer-function is said to be negative imaginary if the corresponding frequency response function has a negative definite imaginary part (on the positively increasing imaginary axis). Negative imaginary transfer-functions can be stabilized using negative imaginary feedback controllers. Flexible structures with compatible collocated sensor/actuator pairs have transfer-functions that are negativ... View full abstract»

• ### A Direct Visual Servoing Scheme for Automatic Nanopositioning

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):728 - 736
Cited by:  Papers (23)
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This paper demonstrates an accurate nanopositioning scheme based on a direct visual servoing process. This technique uses only the pure image signal (photometric information) to design the visual servoing control law. With respect to traditional visual servoing approaches that use geometric visual features (points, lines ...), the visual features used in the control law is the pixel intensity. The... View full abstract»

• ### A Novel Discrete ARMA-Based Model for Piezoelectric Actuator Hysteresis

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):737 - 744
Cited by:  Papers (34)
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Hysteresis is an important nonlinear effect exhibited by piezoelectric actuators (PEAs) and its modeling has been drawing considerable attention. This paper presents the development of a novel discrete model based on the concept of autoregressive moving average for the PEA hysteresis, and its parameter identification method as well. Experiments were carried out to verify the effectiveness of the d... View full abstract»

• ### Application of Adaptive Sliding Mode Control for Regenerative Braking Torque Control

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):745 - 755
Cited by:  Papers (29)
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In air hybrid vehicles, there are two independent braking systems: frictional and regenerative. Since the regenerative braking torque is proportional to the parameters such as tank pressure and engine speed, a controller is needed for the control of the regenerative braking torque generated by internal combustion engine, based on the driver preference. In this work, a nonlinear control approach ba... View full abstract»

• ### Two-Period Repetitive and Adaptive Control for Repeatable and Nonrepeatable Runout Compensation in Disk Drive Track Following

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):756 - 766
Cited by:  Papers (11)
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This paper presents the design and implementation of an integrated two-period repetitive and adaptive control scheme to reject both repeatable and nonrepeatable disturbances in the track-following servo control of a hard disk drive read-write head. A baseline linear quadratic Gaussian controller is augmented by a plug-in repetitive controller to reject periodic disturbances with two periods, one t... View full abstract»

• ### Optimized Control of Semiactive Suspension Systems Using H$_\infty$Robust Control Theory and Current Signal Estimation

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):767 - 778
Cited by:  Papers (39)
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In this paper, an optimized modified skyhook control for the semiactive Macpherson suspension system, equipped with a magnetorheological (MR) damper, is investigated. Using H∞robust control theory and a 2-D dynamic model, including the kinematics of the suspension system, a robust output feedback controller is developed. The combination of a linear matrix inequality (LMI) solver and gen... View full abstract»

• ### A Robot-Assisted Back-Imaging Measurement System for Transparent Glass

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):779 - 788
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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Though the 3-D sensing technique has achieved many successes in various applications, it is still a challenge for commercialized sensors to measure the 3-D shape of a transparent, mirror-like reflection-based glass surface. The reason is that the well-known triangle-based structure lighting method is only valid for parts with diffuse reflection property. To measure the 3-D profile of a glass surfa... View full abstract»

• ### Control of IPMC Actuators for Microfluidics With Adaptive “Online” Iterative Feedback Tuning

Publication Year: 2012, Page(s):789 - 797
Cited by:  Papers (33)
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Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) are actuators that lend themselves well to microfluidic applications due to their lightweight, flexibility, ability to tailor their geometry, as well as the capability to be miniaturized and implanted into microelectro-mechanical systems devices. The major issue with implementing IPMCs into such devices is the ability to control their actuation and, hence, th... View full abstract»

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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