Browsing by Author "Lang, Haoxiang"
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Design and development of a novel anthropomorphic finger with pneumatic tactile sensing
Levins, Matthew D. (2020-04-01)The human hand is a tool that we rely on to conduct a vast variety of tasks, from cracking eggs to lifting boxes. Meanwhile, in an industrial setting, different tools are needed to complete specific tasks. Picking up a box ... -
Design and development of an autonomous scaled electric combat vehicle
Tan, Aaron Hao (2019-04-01)Current literature pertaining to multi-steerable mobile robots and the progression of military vehicles in the past few decades suggest a lack of effort in pursuing advanced technologies in this joint area. As a result, a ... -
Design and development of an interactive autonomous monitoring and surveillance drone
Li, Yunze (2020-04-01)This thesis describes the design and development of the novel autonomous UAV that has powerful GPU unit and potential sensing capability. It can run ROS (Robot Operating System) and compatible with packages developed under ... -
Developing a mobile manipulation system to handle unknown and unstructured objects
Al-Shanoon, Abdulrahman (2021-04-01)The exceptional human’s ability to interact with unknown objects based on minimal prior experience is a permanent inspiration to the field of robotic manipulation. The recent revolution in industrial and service robots ... -
Health and safety enhancement of lithium-ion batteries for fast-charging
Ojo, Olaoluwa [Joseph] (2021-08-01)With the ever-increasing demand for battery electric vehicles, the expectation of safety, range, and fast charging has become a major focus for industry players and researchers. The research presented herein sought to ... -
High-speed lateral stability analysis of articulated heavy vehicles using driver-in-the-loop real time simulation
Brown, Jesse (2018-04-01)High-speed testing procedures for evaluating the lateral stability of multi-trailer articulated heavy vehicles (MTAHV) include the use of both an open-loop and a closed-loop maneuvers as specified in ISO-14791. The standard ... -
Integrated chassis control strategies for multi-wheel combat vehicle
Aboelfadl Ahmed, Moataz (2021-11-01)Combat vehicles are exposed to high risks due to their high ground clearance and nature of operation in harsh environments. This requires robust stability controllers to cope with the rapid change and uncertainty of driving ... -
Investigation of thermal management options for robots
Sevinchan, Eren (2018-08-01)This thesis research studies the thermal challenges of robots and evaluates the potential thermal management options. In this regard, it aims to develop and analyze various thermal management options for robotic systems. ... -
Reducing operational cost of an autonomous robot using combined data-driven and navigational algorithms
She, Xu Ting (Pamela) (2021-04-01)Autonomous mobile robots have become an important presence in various fields of work, but are restricted by short operation times due to the limitations of their onboard energy sources. This factor bottlenecks applications ... -
Semi-direct visual SLAM for stereo cameras: system design and validation
Gao, Boyu (2021-11-01)Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) requires an autonomous vehicle in an unknown environment to learn about the environment, generates a map and localize itself at the same time. To solve this problem, various ... -
Towards computer-automated mechatronic design and optimization using linear graphs and evolutionary computing
McCormick, Eric (2020-04-01)A comparison of literature between the linear graph (LG) and bond graph (BG) approaches shows that the surpassing of BGs to LGs in applications related to the modeling of mechatronic systems is driven primarily by a lack ...