Over the last few decades, extensive use of flexible manipulators in various robotic
applications has made it as one of the research interests for many scholars over the world …

Mathematical modelling plays an important role for robotic manipulators in order to design
their particular controllers. Also, it is hard challenge to obtain an accurate mathematical …

With distributed orthogonal fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor arrays used as modular
detection units, an implementation method for deformation detection and spatial shape …

In this study, a two-link manipulator with flexible members is considered. The end point
vibration signals are simulated by developing a MatLAB code based on the finite element …

Surface wave electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs) are becoming preferred
sensors of automatic inspection systems for the detection of surface-layer defects in hostile …

An inline fiber structure formed by a silica tube spliced between single-mode fibers has been
developed and tested for curvature measurement based on anti-resonant reflecting …

This paper presents some experiments not only for depiction of hysteresis property but also
for vibration suppression by designing an adaptive controller to a smart system consisted of …

In this paper, the motion equations of n-flexible-link robotic manipulators constructed of
functionally graded materials, whose properties vary continuously along the axial direction …

This paper mainly focuses on designing a distributed observer-based controller for a flexible-
link manipulator bonded with piezoelectric actuators. The dynamic model of the link can be …

Steel strands are widely used in cable stay or suspension bridges. The safety and stability of
steel strands are important issues during their operation period. Steel strand is subjected to …