The position control algorithm for a beltdriven servomechanism of the laser cutting machine is described. High-accuracy position tracking control procedure for system with inherent elasticity due to the low-cost belt-driven servomechanism is derived based on continuos sliding mode technique. The proposed robust position tracking control algorithm was tested by simulations and used in the indust...

Model-based vision allows the recovery and tracking of the 3D position and orientation of a known object from a sequence of images. A Kalman filter can be used to improve the tracking stability with three main benefits. Firstly it is an optimal filter in the least squares sense, with the added advantage that the physical dynamics and constraints of the tracking problem can easily be built into ...

Accurate estimation of the axial position of a molecule using a single lateral image remains a challenge in fluorescent single particle tracking. Here, a principled algorithm for the Bayesian estimation of the axial position of a molecule in three-dimensional astigmatism-based particle tracking is proposed. This technique uses the data from a calibration image set to derive the position without...

Abstract This paper deals with the coarse-fine composite closed-loop control method of position of the manipulator’s end-effectors. A fine position tracking mechanism of the manipulator’s end-effectors is proposed, which consists of three independent prismatic joints and is fixed at the traditional manipulator’s end-link. The traditional manipulator is used in the coarse tracking of the end-eff...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate whether position sense acuity of the upper extremity and tracking performance, pen pressure and muscle activity in a tracking task are affected in subjects with neck and upper extremity pain. METHODS Twenty-three subjects with neck and upper extremity pain and 26 healthy controls participated in the study. Position sense acuity of the upper extremity was meas...

In this paper, the effects of time delay and packet loss incurred in communication channel, are examined on the performance of bilaterally controlled hydraulic actuators under various control schemes. The controllers are force reflection (FR), position error (PE), combined force reflection and position error (FP), and four channels (FC). The performance of each control scheme is evaluated by pe...

This paper presents the development of a real time tracking algorithm that runs on a 1.2 GHz PC/104 computer onboard a small UAV. The algorithm uses zero mean normalized cross correlation to detect and locate an object in the image. A Kalman filter is used to make the tracking algorithm computationally efficient. Object position in an image frame is predicted using the motion model and a search...

This paper presents a novel teleoperation controller for a nonlinear master–slave robotic system with constant time delay in communication channel. The proposed controller enables the teleoperation system to compensate human and environmental disturbances, while achieving master and slave position coordination in both free motion and contact situation. The current work basically extends the pas...

This paper examines the problem of link position tracking control of robot manipulators with bounded torque inputs. An adaptive, full-state feedback controller and an exact model knowledge, output feedback controller are designed to produce semi-global asymptotic link position tracking errors. Simulation results are provided to validate the theoretical concepts, and a comparative analysis demon...

This paper presents a cross-coupled control approach to the tracking control of parallel manipulators in a synchronous manner. Based on the synchronization goal, the position synchronization error is investigated by considering motion synchronization between each actuator joint and its adjacent ones. A decentralized trajectory tracking controller is then developed with feedback of both position...