The Kalman filter (KF) has received a huge interest from the industrial electronics community
and has played a key role in many engineering fields since the 1970s, ranging, without …

This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the application of Variable Structure
Systems (VSSs) with Sliding Mode (SM) methods in motion control systems. Our aim is to …

This paper presents a practical nonsingular terminal sliding-mode (TSM) tracking control
design for robot manipulators using time-delay estimation (TDE). The proposed control …

Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that convert the chemical energy of a gaseous fuel
directly into electricity. They are widely regarded as potential future stationary and mobile …

The issue of space debris capture and removal has become extremely urgent, due to the
huge amounts of passive (or active) space debris along operational orbits. As a promising …

The problem of determining an interaction control strategy, allowing a manipulator to reach a
goal point even in the presence of unknown obstacles, is faced in this paper. To this end, on …

In this study, we show that tasks can be realized by appropriate coordinate transformation.
This approach, oblique coordinate control, decouples tasks. Even though a system is large …

This paper presents a new approach to design a sliding mode controller for a class of
mismatched uncertain systems. A method is proposed for the design of a switching surface …

Prof. Fumio Harashima had driven the 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE) Program for
human-adaptive mechatronics as a subleader from 2003 to 2008, when he was the …

This paper presents a modified sliding-mode structure implemented for the speed control of
a two-mass drive. A characteristic feature of the presented control method is the higher rank …