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Design and Control of a Three-Axis Serial-Kinematic High-Bandwidth Nanopositioner by Kenton, B. J., Leang, K. K.

“…The development of a high-performance three-axis serial-kinematic nanopositioning stage is presented. The stage is designed for high-bandwidth applications…”
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Adaptive Vision-Based Leader-Follower Formation Control of Mobile Robots by Hesheng Wang, Dejun Guo, Xinwu Liang, Weidong Chen, Guoqiang Hu, Leang, Kam K.

“…This paper focuses on the problem of vision-based leader-follower formation control of mobile robots. The proposed adaptive controller only requires the image…”
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Monolithic IPMC Fins for Propulsion and Maneuvering in Bioinspired Underwater Robotics by Hubbard, Joel J., Fleming, Maxwell, Palmre, Viljar, Pugal, David, Kim, Kwang J., Leang, Kam K.

“…Emerging bioinspired underwater systems, such as autonomous ocean mapping and surveillance vehicles, that maneuver through their environment by mimicking the…”
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Nanothorn electrodes for ionic polymer-metal composite artificial muscles by Palmre, Viljar, Pugal, David, Kim, Kwang J., Leang, Kam K., Asaka, Kinji, Aabloo, Alvo

“…Ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) have recently received tremendous interest as soft biomimetic actuators and sensors in various bioengineering and human…”
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A comprehensive review of select smart polymeric and gel actuators for soft mechatronics and robotics applications: fundamentals, freeform fabrication, and motion control by Carrico, James D., Tyler, Tom, Leang, Kam K.

“…Smart polymeric and gel actuators change shape or size in response to stimuli like electricity, heat, or light. These smart polymeric- and gel-based actuators…”
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Manufacturing for the Masses: A Novel Concept for Consumer 3D Printer Networks in the Context of Crisis Relief by Raeymaekers, Bart, Leang, Kam K., Porfiri, Maurizio, Xu, Shenghan

“…Local or national crises, such as natural disasters, major infrastructure failures, and pandemics, pose dire threats to manufacturing. The concept of a…”
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Near-Optimal Area-Coverage Path Planning of Energy-Constrained Aerial Robots With Application in Autonomous Environmental Monitoring by Jensen-Nau, Katharin R., Hermans, Tucker, Leang, Kam K.

“…This article describes a Voronoi-based path generation (VPG) algorithm for an energy-constrained mobile robot, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The…”
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Image-based estimation, planning, and control for high-speed flying through multiple openings by Guo, Dejun, Leang, Kam K

“…This article focuses on enabling an aerial robot to fly through multiple openings at high speed using image-based estimation, planning, and control…”
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Accounting for hysteresis in repetitive control design: Nanopositioning example by Shan, Yingfeng, Leang, Kam K.

“…This paper deals with designing a repetitive controller (RC) for tracking periodic reference trajectories for systems that exhibit hysteresis, such as…”
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3D-Printing and Machine Learning Control of Soft Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators by Carrico, James D., Hermans, Tucker, Kim, Kwang J., Leang, Kam K.

“…This paper presents a new manufacturing and control paradigm for developing soft ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) actuators for soft robotics applications…”
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Coordinated Bayesian-Based Bioinspired Plume Source Term Estimation and Source Seeking for Mobile Robots by Bourne, Joseph R., Pardyjak, Eric R., Leang, Kam K.

“…A new nonparametric Bayesian-based motion planning algorithm for autonomous plume source term estimation (STE) and source seeking (SS) is presented in this…”
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Closed-Loop Range-Based Control of Dual-Stage Nanopositioning Systems by Mitrovic, Aleksandra, Nagel, William S., Leang, Kam K., Clayton, Garrett M.

“…In this article, a closed-loop control framework for dual-stage nanopositioning systems is presented that allows the user to allocate control efforts to the…”
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Eye-in-Hand Tracking Control of a Free-Floating Space Manipulator by Hesheng Wang, Dejun Guo, Hao Xu, Weidong Chen, Tao Liu, Leang, Kam K.

“…This paper studies the visual-tracking (visual-servo) control problem for a free-floating space manipulator using an eye-in-hand camera for the capturing…”
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Decentralized Multi-agent information-theoretic control for target estimation and localization: finding gas leaks by Bourne, Joseph R, Goodell, Matthew N, He, Xiang, Steiner, Jake A, Leang, Kam K

“…This article presents a new decentralized multi-agent information-theoretic (DeMAIT) control algorithm for mobile sensors (agents). The algorithm leverages…”
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Low-Coupling Hybrid Parallel-Serial-Kinematic Nanopositioner with Nonorthogonal Flexure: Nonlinear Design and Control by Nagel, William S., Andersson, Sean B., Clayton, Garrett M., Leang, Kam K.

“…This article focuses on the design and high-precision control of a new dual-stage, three-axis hybrid parallel-serial-kinematic nanopositioner developed…”
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Integrated strain and force feedback for high-performance control of piezoelectric actuators by Fleming, Andrew J., Leang, Kam K.

“…This paper presents a new sensor arrangement and feedback controller for hysteresis, creep and vibration in piezoelectric actuators. A piezoelectric force…”
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Spatial-Temporal Trajectory Redesign for Dual-Stage Nanopositioning Systems With Application in AFM by Guo, Dejun, Nagel, William S., Clayton, Garrett M., Leang, Kam K.

“…This article focuses on trajectory redesign for dual-stage nanopositioning systems, where speed, range, and resolution are considered. Dual-stage…”
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Feedback-Linearized Inverse Feedforward for Creep, Hysteresis, and Vibration Compensation in AFM Piezoactuators by Leang, K.K., Devasia, S.

“…In this brief, we study the design of a feedback and feedforward controller to compensate for creep, hysteresis, and vibration effects in an experimental…”
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Image-Based Estimation, Planning, and Control of a Cable-Suspended Payload for Package Delivery by Guo, Dejun, Leang, Kam K.

“…This letter presents an image-based approach that enables an aerial robot with a cable-suspended mechanism to find a payload with unknown mass, pick it up,…”
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On-board model-based automatic collision avoidance: application in remotely-piloted unmanned aerial vehicles by Bareiss, Daman, Bourne, Joseph R., Leang, Kam K.

“…This paper focuses on real-world implementation and verification of a local, model-based stochastic automatic collision avoidance algorithm, with application…”
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