Sensing tilt with MEMS accelerometers

S Luczak, W Oleksiuk, M Bodnicki - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A miniature tilt sensor made of standard microelectromechanical systems accelerometers
and with an accuracy of 0.3 deg over the full measurement range of pitch and roll is …

Increasing accuracy of tilt measurements

S Łuczak, W Oleksiuk - Engineering Mechanics: journal for …, 2007 - repo.pw.edu.pl
We have proposed few effective methods of increasing accuracy of tilt measurements to be
performed under quasi-static conditions by means of miniature tilt sensor (built of MEMS …

3-D grasping during serpentine motion with a snake-like robot

B Atakan - 2005 - search.proquest.com
In this thesis, we introduce our lasso-type grasping scheme. This 3-D lasso-type grasping
scheme, different from the previously performed grasping schemes which are either planar …

On improving performance of MEMS accelerometers in tilt sensing

S Łuczak - Machine Dynamics Problems, 2006 - infona.pl
The most significant methods of increasing accuracy of tilt measurements have been
presented in the paper. The measurements referred to are to be performed under quasi …

Self-reconfiguring modular robot

CI Nitu, BS Gramescu, SA Nitu… - … on Automation, Quality …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper presents the development of an autonomous modular robotic chain, with self-
reconfiguring skills and able to perform creeping/walking motion. The module design is …

Modeling of a Mobile Robot with Worm-like Movement

B Gramescu, C Nitu… - EUROCON 2005-The …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper presents the development of a multiple joint mobile minirobot, able to perform a
creeping motion. The main objective of the research activities was to determine the robot …

[PDF][PDF] Accuracy issues in experimental studies of tilt sensors

S Luczak - Engineering Mechanics, 2013 - researchgate.net
Problems related to accuracy of tilt measurements realized during experimental studies of
miniature tilt sensors (including MEMS devices) are minutely discussed. The measurements …

Implementation parallelized queueing network simulations using FORTRAN and data abstraction

KW Miller, DM Nicol - Proceedings of the 20th conference on Winter …, 1988 - dl.acm.org
Researchers experimenting with simulation on novel computers with parallel architectures
must contend with numerous disadvantages: limited availability of programming tools …

[PDF][PDF] Autonomous Modular Robotic Chain

C Nitu, B Gramescu, S Nitu… - Proc. 7th France-Japan …, 2008 - researchgate.net
The paper presents the development of an autonomous modular robotic chain, with self-
reconfiguring skills and able to perform creeping/walking motion. The module design is …

[PDF][PDF] The workspace of a planar continuous robotic manipulator-an optimal control approach

B Thomaschewski - 2000 - Citeseer
We consider a planar continuous robotic manipulator and determine the reachable set of its
end-e ector with and without prescribed terminal direction. To do so we use optimal control …