“Navigare necesse est”, ie, the ship must be navigated, said the Romans in
Antiquity.“Controlare necesse est”, ie systems must be controlled, we have been saying …

Sažetak The main contribution of this paper is to present the state-space model of an
omnidirectional drivetrain (Kiwi drive) for mobile robots. Holonomy or omnidirectional …

The design of control system can be divided into two steps. First the process or plant have to
be convert into mathematical model form, so that its behavior can be analyzed. Then an …

TP Model Transformation Based Sliding Mode Control and Friction Compensation Page 1 TP
Model Transformation Based Sliding Mode Control and Friction Compensation Ph.D …

In the world history, the economic growth has always been accompanied by the
development of the transportation. Consequently, since the middle of the 20th century the …

This thesis represents a synthesis of the research results of the author in the time period
2002-2007 in the frame of PhD studies at the''Politehnica" University of Tinnişoara. During …

Abstract Motivation and Aim: Even the simplest limb model exhibits strongly nonlinear
dynamic behavior that calls for applying the results of nonlinear systems and control theory …

Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) have
gained significant attention and their integration to everyday life is one of the most actively …

This dissertation deals with a mechatronic protection valve that is a part of the new
generation air management systems applied in pneumatic brake systems of commercial …

An autonomous robot with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability could be useful for
many applications including search and rescue, exploration in hazardous environments …