To effectively improve the tire grounding behaviors of wheelchair robots, an analytical method is proposed to analyze and optimize the tire grounding safety. Firstly, taking the cushion and tires as the vibration isolation elements with stiffness and damping, the vertical vibration model of the human-wheelchair robot is established. Then, taking the random excitation as the typical input, the f...

The maximum a posteriori (MAP) configuration of binary variable models with submodular graph-structured energy functions can be found efficiently and exactly by graph cuts. Max-product belief propagation (MP) has been shown to be suboptimal on this class of energy functions by a canonical counterexample where MP converges to a suboptimal fixed point (Kulesza & Pereira, 2008). In this work, we s...

Max-sum is a version of Belief Propagation, used for solving DCOPs. On tree-structured problems, Max-sum converges to the optimal solution in linear time. Unfortunately, on cyclic problems, Max-sum does not converge and explores low quality solutions. Damping is a method, often used for increasing the chances that Belief Propagation will converge. That been said, it was not mentioned in the stu...

This paper considers near time-optimal setpoint tracking of a second-order oscillator. First, the time-optimal setpoint tracking feedback law is derived by recasting the problem as a regulator problem in the error coordinates with shifted control limits. This result is used to construct a derated approximation of the optimal control, PTOSω. Initially, the PTOSω is derived for a regulator contro...

This paper presents a new optimization algorithm to design an optimal proportional, integral, derivative (PID) controller in hydro-turbine generator governor for damping output frequency oscillations. In this research, we utilize a stochastic and optimal based PID controller to control frequency-response of the hydro turbine. The proposed algorithm is employed to design an optimal PID controlle...

The maximum a posteriori (MAP) configuration of binary variable models with submodular graph-structured energy functions can be found efficiently and exactly by graph cuts. Max-product belief propagation (MP) has been shown to be suboptimal on this class of energy functions by a canonical counterexample where MP converges to a suboptimal fixed point (Kulesza & Pereira, 2008). In this work, we s...

Adopting the parallel mechanism as the main body of the seat and the active joints with spring damping elements as the vibration actuator, we established the damping seat model with the parallel mechanism of six degrees of freedom 3-PRPS. To achieve good damping effect, the damping space and flexibility of the mechanism were improved by affecting the velocity matrix with branched speed built by...

Novel nonlinear damping control is proposed for the second-order systems. The proportional output feedback combined with term which quadratic to derivative and inverse set-point distance. global asymptotic stability, passivity property, convergence time accuracy are demonstrated. Also saturation case explicitly analyzed. suggested denoted as optimal since requiring no additional design paramete...