Browsing by Subject "Actuators"
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A Distributed Control Reconfiguration and Accommodation for Consensus Achievement of Multiagent Systems Subject to Actuator Faults
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Article)This paper tackles the development of distributed control reconfiguration and fault accommodation strategies for consensus achievement in multiagent systems in the presence of faulty agents whose actuators are unable to ... -
Actuator Fault Diagnosis in Multi-Zone HVAC Systems using 2D Convolutional Neural Networks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2020 , Conference Paper)This paper presents a novel supervised on-line fault diagnosis strategy in Heating, Ventilation, and Air conditioning (HVAC) systems for actuator faults using 2D Convolutional Neural Networks. It is based on an efficient ... -
Efficient rule engine for smart building systems
( IEEE Computer Society , 2015 , Article)In smart building systems, the automatic control of devices relies on matching the sensed environment information to customized rules. With the development of wireless sensor and actuator networks (WSANs), low-cost and ... -
Fault-tolerant control of multi-agent systems based on adaptive fault hiding framework
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)In this paper, a fault tolerant control (FTC) scheme for multi-agent systems subject to loss of effectiveness actuator faults is investigated. The main objective of the proposed FTC approach is to keep the performance of ... -
Fault-tolerant control of nonlinear heterogeneous multi-agent systems
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)In this paper, time-varying loss of effectiveness and time-varying additive actuator faults in nonlinear heterogeneous multi-agent systems (MAS) are considered and an adaptive fault tolerant-control (FTC) scheme based on ... -
Fault-Tolerant Control of One-Sided Lipschitz Nonlinear Systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2022 , Article)In this short paper, development of an adaptive fault tolerant control (FTC) using a virtual actuator framework is presented for one-sided Lipschitz nonlinear systems subjected to time-varying loss of effectiveness and ... -
Green synthesized materials for sensor, actuator, energy storage and energy generation: a review
( Taylor and Francis Inc. , 2020 , Article)Green synthesis methods have attracted enormous research interest as replacements for dangerous chemicals due to their abundance and eco-friendliness. The remarkable properties of green synthesized materials include ... -
Hybrid fault detection and isolation strategy for non-linear systems in the presence of large environmental disturbances
( Institution of Engineering and Technology , 2010 , Article)The problem of designing and developing a hybrid fault detection and isolation (FDI) scheme for a non-linear system that is subject to large environmental disturbances is investigated. In the proposed FDI scheme, a hybrid ... -
In situ electron microscopy of Braille microsystems: Photoactuation of ethylene vinyl acetate/carbon nanotube composites
( Institute of Physics Publishing , 2015 , Article)The development of new types of tactile displays based on the actuation of composite materials can aid the visually impaired. Micro/nano systems based on ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) polymeric matrices enriched with ... -
Mission independent fault-tolerant control of heterogeneous linear multiagent systems based on adaptive virtual actuator
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2021 , Article)In this article, a fault-tolerant control (FTC) scheme for linear multiagent systems (MASs) subject to time-varying loss of effectiveness and time-varying additive actuator faults as well as external disturbance is ... -
Nanocomposite photoactuators based on an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer filled with carbon nanotubes
(2013 , Article)This paper reports strong, reversible actuation of nanocomposites on the base of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) filled with multiwalled (MWCNTs) and singlewalled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The carbon nanotubes (CNTs) dispersion ... -
Nematic opto-mechanical actuators for the fabrication of refreshable tactile systems
(2013 , Conference Paper)Nematic elastomers are promising materials for the fabrication of actuators due to their ability to reversibly contract and expand during phase transitions triggered by external stimuli. We present a refreshable tactile ... -
Novel Actuator Fault Diagnosis Framework for Multizone HVAC Systems Using 2-D Convolutional Neural Networks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Article)Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are used to condition the indoor environment in buildings. They can be subjected to malfunctioning since they are the most extensively operated buildings' components ... -
Output Feedback Fault-Tolerant Control of Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2021 , Article)This paper investigates the design of an output feedback fault-tolerant control (FTC) scheme for heterogeneous multi-agent systems subject to loss of effectiveness and time-varying additive actuator faults as well as ... -
Review on exploration of graphene in the design and engineering of smart sensors, actuators and soft robotics
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article Review)This article presents a comprehensive review on the recent development of graphene and its derivatives in the design and engineering of smart sensors, actuators and soft robotics. Comparing with traditional materials used ... -
Simultaneous Actuator Fault Estimation and Fault-tolerant Tracking Control for Multi-agent Systems: A Sliding-mode Observer-based Approach
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2020 , Article)This study is concerned with the design of a distributed simultaneous fault estimation and fault-tolerant control scheme for linear multi-agent systems subject to actuator faults. For each agent, a sliding-mode observer-based ...