Papers and Reports

Below is a selection of recent papers on HAM.

2010

Review of modelling and remote control for excavators (Hongnian Yu, Yang Liu and Mohammad Shahidul Hasan)

2008

Papers presented at the Special Invited Session on Human Adaptive Mechatronics, UKACC Control Conference, Manchester University, 2-4 September 2008

Dynamic Model of Muscle Force Driving System and Its Application in Teleoperation (Xiuhui Fu Hongyi Li, Yuechao Wang)

Control of a propulsion mechanism over a wireless network (Samuel Oliver Wane, Hongnian Yu)

An Iterative Learning Control Scheme for the Capsubot (Yang Liu, Hongnian Yu and Luige Vladareanu)

Combined Attitude Control of an Underactuated Helicopter Experimental System (Mingcong Deng, Akira Inoue, and Tatsunori Shimizu)

Complex Motor Cortex Control of Muscle Synergies Underpin Simple Reaching Tasks in Robot-Induced Force Fields (Duncan L. Turner, Paul Sacco, Timothy Hunter)

Insights into Information Processing by the Single Cell Slime Mold Physarum Polycephalum (D.S. Hickey and L.A. Noriega)

Invited Session on Human Adaptive Mechatronics - CFP related to the above special session.

 

Co-simulation framework for Networked Control Systems over multi-hop mobile ad-hoc networks (M Shahidul Hasan, Hongnian Yu, Alison Griffiths, and T C Yang)

Analysis and Control of a Capsubot (Y. Liu, H. Yu and T. C. Yang)

Decentralized PD Control for Non-uniform Motion of a Hamiltonian Hybrid System (Mingcong Deng, Hongnian Yu, Akira Inoue)

An End Effector Based on the Bernoulli Principle for Handling Sliced Fruit and Vegetables (S. Davis, J.O. Gray and Darwin G. Caldwell)

A further study of control for a pendulum-driven cart (Hongnian Yu, Taicheng Yang, Yang Liu and Sam Wane)

Co-simulation of wireless networked control sysems over mobile ad hoc network using SIMULINK and OPNET (M.S. Hasan, H Yu, A Carrington, T.C. Yang)

2007

Optimization and Control of a Pendulum-driven Cart Pole System (Yang Liu, Hongnian Yu, and Brian Burrows)

Tracking Control of A Pendulum-driven Cart-pole Underactuated System (Hongnian Yu, Yang Liu and Tai Yang)

Development of a reaction drive for a propulsion mechanism (Samuel Oliver Wane, Hongnian Yu, and T C Yang)

Estimating multiple sources in somatosensory area to SEF of finger stimulus using SVD and time-frequency analysis (Bong-Soo Kim and Yoshinori Uchikawa)

A novel approach for Self-Localization based on Computer Vision and Artificial Marker Deposition (Savan Chhaniyara, Kaspar Althoefer, Yahya H Zweiri and Lakmal D Seneviratne)

Associative Memory for Noisy and Structurally Deformed Two-Dimensional Images Using Neural Networks (Hiroshi Inaba, Tomoki Takahashi and Keylan Alimhan)

Extraction of fine blood vessels from an ultrasound image by an adaptive local image processing (Masayasu Ito and Yuzuru Saito)

Robust Gradient-based Iterative Learning Control (D.H. Owens, J. Hätönen and S. Daley)

Towards Robot-Assisted Mass-Casualty Triage (Carolina Chang and Robin R. Murphy)

Unstable Object Stabilization and Control Using a DD Robot Manipulator (Zhao-Hui Jiang and Kouya Kamise)

Dynamic Analysis and Traversability Prediction of Tracked Vehicles on Soft Terrain (Said Al-Milli, Kaspar Althoefer and Lakmal D. Seneviratne)

Ceiling Light Landmarks Based Localization and Motion Control for a Mobile Robot (Hongbo Wang, Hongnian Yu and Lingfu Kong)

A Mechatronic System Design Case Study: Adaptive Modeling and Control of an Inverted Pendulum (S.S. Mirsaeid Ghazi and A. Zarei)

A calibration test of Stewart platform (Yong Zhang, Feng Gao)

Intelligent Learning Algorithms for Active Vibration Control (A. Madkour, M. A. Hossain, , K. P. Dahal, and H. Yu)

Backstepping-enhanced decentralised PID control for MIMO processes with an experimental study (Y. Zhang, S. Li and Q. Zhu)

Design of a minimum variance multiple input–multiple output neuro self-tuning proportional-integral-derivative controller for non-linear dynamic systems (L Z Guo, Q M Zhu, and K Warwick)

A Mixed Logic Enhanced Multi-Model Switching Predictive Controller for Nonlinear Dynamic Process (T. Zou, X.Wang, S.Y. Li, and Q.M. Zhu)

A set of novel correlation tests for nonlinear system variables (L. F. Zhang, Q. M. Zhu and A. Longden)

Development of omni-directional correlation functions for nonlinear model validation (Quan Min Zhu, Li Feng Zhang and Ashley Longden)

Theoretical and experimental investigation of the effect of oil aeration on the load-carrying capacity of a hydrodynamic journal bearing (MJ Goodwin, D Dong, H Yu, and J L Nikolajsen)

Closed-loop tracking control of a pendulum-driven cart-pole underactuated system (H Yu, Y Liu, and T Yang)

Robot prototyping in the design of food processing machinery (Steve Davis, John W. Casson, Rene J. Moreno Masey, Martin King, John O. Gray and Darwin G. Caldwell)

Automated Handling, Assembly and Packaging of Highly Variable Compliant Food Products- Making a Sandwich (S. Davis, M.G. King, J.W. Casson, J.O.Gray and Darwin G Caldwell)

Design of an Automated Handling System for Limp, Flexible Sheet Lasagna Pasta (R. J. Moreno Masey and D. G. Caldwell)

Task-Orientated Biofeedback System for the Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb (S. Kousidou, N. G. Tsagarakis, C. Smith and D. G. Caldwell)

iCub: the design and realization of an open humanoid platform for cognitive and neuroscience research ( N. G. Tsagarakis, G. Metta , G. Sandini , D. Vernon, R. Beira, F. Becchi, L. Righetti, J. Santos-Victor, A. J. Ijspeert, M. C. Carrozza and D. G. Caldwell)

"Soft" Exoskeletons for Upper and Lower Body Rehabilitation - Design, Control and Testing(Darwin G. Caldwell, N. G. Tsagarakis, Sophia Kousidou, Nelson Costa and Ioannis Sarakoglou)

End Effector Development for Automated Sandwich Assembly (S. Davis, M. G. King, J. W. Casson, J. O. Gray and Darwin G. Caldwell)

Lower Body Realization of the Baby Humanoid - ‘iCub’ ( N.G.Tsagarakis, F. Becchi, L.Righetti, A.J. Ijspeert and D.G.Caldwell)

 

2006


Modeling and Control of Hybrid Machine Systems - a Five-bar Mechanism Case (Hongnian Yu, Staffordshire University)

Editorial from International Journal of Automation and Computing 3 (2006), Guest edited by Hongnian Yu and Hiroshi Inaba

Framework of Combined Adaptive and Non-adaptive Attitude Control System for a Helicopter Experimental System (Akira Inoue and Ming-Cong Deng)

Dynamics and Stability of Blind Grasping of a 3-Dimensional Object under Non-holonomic Constraints (Suguru Arimoto, Morio Yoshida and Ji-Hun Bae)

Joint Motion Control of a Powered Lower Limb Orthosis for Rehabilitation (Nelson Costa, Milan Bezdicek, Michael Brown, John O. Gray, Darwin G. Caldwell and Stephen Hutchins)

Limiting Behaviour in Parameter Optimal Iterative Learning Control (David H. Owens, Maria Tomas-Rodriguez and Jari J. Hatoenen)

Output Feedback Control for a Class of Nonlinear Systems (Keylan Alimhan and Hiroshi Inaba)

Real-time Design Constraints in Implementing Active Vibration Control Algorithms (Mohammed Alamgir Hossain and Mohammad Osman Tokhi)

Extraction of Robot Primitive Control Rules from Natural Language Instructions (Guang-Hong Wang, Ping Jiang and Zu-Ren Feng)

Soil Parameter Identification for Wheel-terrain Interaction Dynamics and Traversability Prediction (Suksun Hutangkabodee, Yahya Hashem Zweiri, Lakmal Dasarath Seneviratne and Kaspar Althoefer)

Assistive Exoskeleton for Task Based Physiotherapy in 3-Dimensional Space (S.Kousidou, N.Tsagarakis, D.G.Caldwell and C.Smith)

Braid Effects on Contractile Range and Friction Modeling in Pneumatic Muscle Actuators (S. Davis, Darwin G. Caldwell)

A Haptic-Enabled Multimodal Interface and Framework for Preoperative Planning of Total Hip Arthroplasty (Nikolaos Tsagarakis, John Gray, Darwin Caldwell, Cinzia Zannoni, M. Petrone, Debora Testi and Marco Viceconti)

Control of a Biomimetic "Soft-Actuated" Lower Body 10DoF Exoskeleton (Nelson R. S. Costa, Darwin G. Caldwell)

Performance Assessment of a 3 DOF Differential Based Waist Joint for the "iCub" Baby Humanoid Robot (W. M. Hinojosa, N. G. Tsagarakis, G.Metta, F.Becchi, G.Sandini and D. G. Caldwell)

Lower Body Design of the ‘iCub’ a Human-baby like Crawling Robot ( N.G.Tsagarakis, M. Sinclair, F. Becchi, G. Metta, G. Sandini and D.G.Caldwell)

Pneumatic Muscle Actuators for Humanoid applications - Sensor and Valve Integration ( S. Davis and Darwin G. Caldwell)