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Safety verification of a fault tolerant reconfigurable autonomous goal-based robotic control system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Fault tolerance and safety verification of control systems are essential for the success of autonomous robotic systems. A control architecture called Mission Data System (MDS), developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, takes a goal-based control ...
Braman, Julia M. B.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Photoswitching Conduction in Framework Materials

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This mini‐review summarizes recent advances in state‐of‐the‐art proton and electron conduction in framework materials that can be remotely and reversibly switched on and off by light. It discusses the various photoswitching conduction mechanisms and the strategies employed to enhance photoswitched conductivity.
Helmy Pacheco Hernandez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structure singular value theory based robust motion control of live maintenance robot with reconfigurable terminal function for high voltage transmission line

open access: yesInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2018
In a complex rigid–flexible coupling environment of overhead high-voltage transmission line, the manipulator robust trajectory tracking motion control of live maintenance robot is the premise of fulfilling the entire maintenance operations.
Wei Jiang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reprogrammable Magnetic Soft Robots Based on Low Melting Alloys

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, 2023
Magnetic soft robots featuring untethered actuation and high mechanical compliance have promising applications ranging from bionics to biomedicine.
Gangsheng Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Proposal for a Multi-Drive Heterogeneous Modular Pipe- Inspection Micro-Robot

open access: yes, 2008
This paper presents the architecture used to develop a micro-robot for narrow pipes inspection. Both the electromechanical design and the control scheme will be described. In pipe environments it is very useful to have a method to retrieve information of
ALBERTO BRUNETE   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Design of an Origami Crawling Robot with Reconfigurable Sliding Feet

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
This paper presents a novel reconfigurable crawling robot based on an origami twisted tower structure. Compared with other origami structures, the twisted tower can achieve extension, contraction, and bending motions as the flexible body parts in robotic
Fei Fei   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multiband Switchable Microwave Absorbing Metamaterials Based on Reconfigurable Kirigami–Origami

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A reconfigurable metamaterial featuring tunable microwave‐absorbing and load‐bearing performance is proposed. Stretchable kirigami and bistable origami configurations are integrated as actuating components, and the synergistic deformation mechanisms are systematically analyzed.
Weimin Ding   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Novel Docking System for Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots

open access: yesRobotics, 2017
Existing self-reconfigurable robots achieve connections and disconnections by a separate drive of the docking system. In this paper, we present a new docking system with which the connections and disconnections are driven by locomotion actuators, without
Tan Zhang, Wenjun Zhang, Madan M. Gupta
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm-Based Autonomous Path Planning for Hinged-Tetro Reconfigurable Tiling Robot

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2020
Reconfigurable robots have received broad research interest due to the high dexterity they provide and the complex actions they could perform. Robots with reconfigurability are perfect candidates in tasks like exploration or rescue missions in ...
Ku Ping Cheng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kinematically Redundant Octahedral Motion Platform for Virtual Reality Simulations

open access: yes, 2017
We propose a novel design of a parallel manipulator of Stewart Gough type for virtual reality application of single individuals; i.e. an omni-directional treadmill is mounted on the motion platform in order to improve VR immersion by giving feedback to ...
B Dasgupta   +11 more
core   +1 more source

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