Ball screw feed-drive system (BSFDS) is the precision transmission mechanism widely used
in micron-scale positioning or motion trajectory control. Its desired specifications including …

In real-world applications, industrial cranes commonly suffer from effects caused by the so-
called double-pendulum phenomenon in many situations. However, at present, the double …

This paper provides a survey of results in linear parameter-varying (LPV) control that have
been validated by experiments and/or high-fidelity simulations. The LPV controller synthesis …

Tower cranes are a class of important and useful tools for the transportation of large
cargoes, especially in high building construction. Moreover, the combination of jibs' …

As a class of underactuated systems, cooperative dual rotary crane systems (DRCSs) are
widely used to complete the task of large payload transportation in complex environments …

In this paper, a robust finite-time antisway (ie, antiswing and antiskew) tracking control
method is developed for three-dimensional (3-D) overhead crane systems using a sliding …

Using three actuators, in this article, we construct a control system for rubber-tired gantry
(RTG) cranes to track three actuated outputs and stabilize two unactuated outputs. The …

As a powerful large-scale construction tool, a tower crane is a strongly nonlinear
underactuated system presenting complicated dynamical characteristics. Existing control …

In this paper, we propose a novel offline minimum-time trajectory planning (MTTP) approach
for underactuated overhead cranes. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first optimal …

The transient and residual vibrations in flexible underactuated mechatronic systems
adversely affect the effectiveness and accuracy of performed tasks and movements …