This paper presents the design and analysis of a novel variable-stiffness robotic gripper, RobInLab VS gripper. The purpose is to have gripper that strong reliable as rigid grippers but adaptable soft grippers. achieved by designing modular fingers combine jamming material core with an external structure, made flexible materials. allows finger softly adapt object shapes when capsule not active,...

State-trace analysis is a non-parametric method that can identify the number of latent variables (dimensionality) required to explain the effect of two or more experimental factors on performance. Heathcote, Brown, and Prince (submitted) recently proposed a Bayes Factor method for estimating the evidence favoring one or more than one latent variable in a state-trace experiment, known as Bayesia...

this work proposes a neural-fuzzy sliding mode control scheme for a hydro-turbine speed governor system. considering the assumption of elastic water hammer, a nonlinear mode of the hydro-turbine governor system is established. by linearizing this mode, a sliding mode controller is designed. the linearized mode is subject to uncertainties. the uncertainties are generated in the process of linear...

in conventional tillage systems, uniform depth tillage is applied over the entire field; however, the depth of hardpan layer varies greatly within the field. site-specific tillage, which modifies physical properties of soil only where the tillage is needed for crop growth, could achieve significant savings in fuel consumption and drawbar power requirements. site-specific tillage can be implemen...