This paper poses a number of questions related to the performance and structure of closed-loop visual control, or visual servo, systems. While the fundamentals of visual servo control are well known and systems have been demonstrated for many years, the achieved performance is far less than could be expected. In particular the questions discussed relate to fundamental control system structure, ...

Adaptive controllers for robot positioning and tracking using direct visual feedback with camera-in-hand configuration are proposed in this paper. The controllers are designed to compensate for full robot dynamics. Adaptation is introduced to reduce the design sensitivity due to robot and payload dynamics uncertainties. It is proved that the control system achieves the motion control objective ...

Fluid pumping losses are one of the major sources of torque loss in modern Continuously Variable Transmissions (CVTs) due to the high pressures and flow rates required in the hydraulic control system. To reduce the magnitude of these losses, researchers at UC Davis have developed a servo-pump control system for CVTs designed for improved pressure and ratio controllability with minimal power con...

The development of an automated bio-micromanipulation system provides high manipulation rates with optimal reproducibility and makes quantitative bio-micromanipulation possible. Visual-servo control is necessary for realizing automated bio-micromanipulation and increasing accuracy of micromanipulator. We have developed a dual-hand bio-micromanipulation system with micro-visual-servo control to ...

This project aims to develop a novel large stroke asymmetric pneumatic servo system of a hardware-in-the-loop for path tracking control under variable loads based on the MATLAB Simulink real-time system. High pressure compressed air provided by the air compressor is utilized for the pneumatic proportional servo valve to drive the large stroke asymmetric rod-less pneumatic actuator. Due to the p...