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Automatic Landing of Small Helicopters on 4 DOF Moving Platforms

In this research, an automatic control system is designed for landing of a small helicopter on a 4 DOF moving platform. The platform has three translational and one directional degree of freedom. The controller design approach is based on development of helicopter nonlinear dynamic model into the SDC (State Dependent Coefficient) form and real time solving of state dependent Riccati equation (S...

Small Mobile Agent Platforms

Small animal radiotherapy research platforms.

Advances in conformal radiation therapy and advancements in pre-clinical radiotherapy research have recently stimulated the development of precise micro-irradiators for small animals such as mice and rats. These devices are often kilovolt x-ray radiation sources combined with high-resolution CT imaging equipment for image guidance, as the latter allows precise and accurate beam positioning. Thi...

Octasubstituted biphenylenes: is there a favoured conformation?

Octakis(pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)biphenylene ethanol solvate, C(44)H(40)N(16) x C(2)H(6)O, has two independent centrosymmetric molecules, one of which is hydrogen bonded to the solvent molecule. One molecule adopts an arrangement with three arms up and one down in each benzene ring, whilst the other molecule has a conformation with two adjacent arms on the same side of the ring. In neither case is th...

Design space exploration in Multi-Processor System-on-Chip platforms

This paper gives an insight into heterogeneous multi-processor embedded systems design process and key issues related to achieving time and cost efficient improvements. After giving an overview of existing design methodologies linked to various levels of abstraction at which design process can be viewed, system modelling process is discussed in a more detailed manner. Special accent is put on m...