The first IEEE CSS Video Clip Contest 2014 was organized recently. Everybody from within and from outside the controls community was invited to participate. Participants were asked to prepare a video clip on a subject related to control theory or automatic control. The video could focus on a particular topic or on the field in general, but was required to … Continue reading
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A new control solution for Haptics
Next week (tuesday feb 4, 16:00) our PhD student Ilhan Polat will defend his thesis on the use of Robust Control Theory to have a better control system for Haptic devices, such as master/slave medical robotics. Here is the teaser video of his work! To explain a little more about the subject, I use some … Continue reading
A pacemaker for nuclear fusion plasmas.
Originally posted on Active Science:
By Menno Lauret (in collaboration with Gert Witvoet, Federico Felici, Tim Goodman, Oliver Sauter, Gerd Vandersteen, Marco de Baar and the TCV team) Increasing energy demands and depleting resources is one of the major challenges that humanity has to face. Moreover, the waste products of energy plants like CO2 or long…
A novel ball handling mechanism for the RoboCup middle size league
This paper presents the hardware design and control design of a novel ball handling mechanism in the RoboCup Middle Size League used by team Tech United Eindhoven. The ball handling mechanism consist of two levers with two actively driven wheels attached to it, to exert forces on the ball in order to control its position … Continue reading
Design, implementation, and experimental validation of optimal power split control for hybrid electric trucks
Hybrid electric vehicles require an algorithm that controls the power split between the internal combustion engine and electric machine(s), and the opening and closing of the clutch. Optimal control theory is applied to derive a methodology for a real-time optimal-control-based power split algorithm. The presented strategy is adaptive for vehicle mass and road elevation, and … Continue reading
Pieter en het avontuur met de Phase Locked Loop
Originally posted on Active Science:
Twee jaar geleden wilden we ons (tot dan toe ultieme) experiment doen om macroscopische plasmaturbulentie te onderdrukken. Onze experimenten vonden plaats op de Duitse tokamak TEXTOR, op het Forschungszentrum Jülich, 40 km ten noorden van Aken. Van april 2007 tot juni 2009 hadden we systematisch alle hard,- en software opgezet…
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