Research: The Intelligent Servosystems Laboratory of UMCP ISR

Research

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ISL Research Areas

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Autonomous robotics.
- Robotics projects page
Motion control and nonholonomic systems; geometric control theory.
- GPS for Motion Control (1998)
- Autonomous GPS Equipped Hovercraft (1997)
- Kinematics and Workspace of a Novel Three Degree of Freedom Parallel Platform (1996)
- Motion Control of a Hovercraft (1996)
- Approximate Inversions of Systems on Matrix Lie Groups (1996)
- A Hybrid Control Strategy for Path Planning and Obstacle Avoidance with Nonholonomic Robots (1994)
- Motion Control with Periodic Forcing (1994)
- Nonholonomic Variable Geometry Truss Assemblies: Motion Control (1994)
- Decentralized Feedback Linearized Control Of Walking Robots (1994)
- Modeling and Control of Geared Servomechanisms
Coupled oscillators; neural networks; dynamical system theory.
- Analysis of the Cubic Nonlinearity Activator-Inhibitor Model Equations Using Energy Methods (1998)
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  Demos of Results
- Dynamics of Coupled Oscillator Networks (1998)
Control of networked systems.
- Distributed Control (1999)
- Spatial Frequency Methods Applied to a Large Scale Active Acoustic Tile Array (1998)
- Hybrid Models for Networked Smart Sensors and Transducers
- Rapid Prototyping of Smart Structure Controllers (1995)
- Hybrid Models for Control Networks (1995)
Control theory for semiconductor manufacturing processes; physical modeling; model reduction; learning control.
- Modeling and Optimization for Epitaxial Growth (1998)
- Model Reduction with Applications to Chemical Vapor Deposition (1998)
- Stability Analysis and Design of Learning Controls (1998)
- RTP System Gas Phase Simulation and Model Reduction (1995)
- Adaptive Control Using Wavelet Networks (1995)
Fundamental physical properties of magnetostrictive and electrostrictive materials; elastodynamics of such materials; exploitation of such materials in actuators and sensors.
- Low-dimensional Models for Magnetostrictive Actuators (1998)
- Hysteresis in Terfenol (1998)
- Design and Development of a Hybrid Actuator (1995)

Research

ISL Research Areas

Autonomous robotics.

Motion control and nonholonomic systems; geometric control theory.

Coupled oscillators; neural networks; dynamical system theory.

Control of networked systems.

Control theory for semiconductor manufacturing processes; physical modeling; model reduction; learning control.

Fundamental physical properties of magnetostrictive and electrostrictive materials; elastodynamics of such materials; exploitation of such materials in actuators and sensors.