Force and Position Control of Mechatronic Systems

Introduction.- Force Sensorless Estimation via Disturbance Observer.- Force-Based Supervisory Control.- Stabilization System Based on Vision-Assisted Force Feedback.- Optimal and Robust Contact Force Control on Soft Membrane.- Hybrid Force/Position Control for Fast Tube Insertion.- Robust Impedance Control of Constrained Piezoelectric Actuator-Based Manipulation.- Advanced Disturbance Observer-Based Failure Detection for Force Sensor.- Conclusion.

Professor Lee Tong Heng's research interests are in the areas of adaptive systems; knowledge-based control; intelligent mechatronics and computational intelligence. He currently holds Associate Editor appointments in the IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics; Control Engineering Practice (an IFAC journal); and the International Journal of Systems Science (Taylor and Francis, London). In addition, he is the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IFAC Mechatronics journal. He has also co-authored more than five research monographs (books), and holds four patents. He was an Invited Panellist, an Invited Keynote Speaker for many international conferences. He was a recipient of the Cambridge University Charles Baker Prize in Engineering and several best conference paper prizes. He was also a multiple winner of the National University of Singapore FoE Engineering Educator Award, and is now on the Engineering Educator Honour Roll.

 

Dr Liang Wenyu's research interests are in the areas of robotics; mechatronics and automation; precision motion control and force control with applications in industrial and medical technologies. He has authored or co-authored over 70 publications, including are two book chapters and more than 30 journal papers. He has received several prizes and awards such as the IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards 2016, Young Creators; Merit Award, Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors' Award 2016: Open Section, etc. He has organized Special Sessions related to intelligent control and motion planning in the 44th (2018) and the 45th (2019) Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON).

 

Professor Clarence W. De Silva's research interests are in the areas of multi-robot systems and applications including homecare; process automation; mechatronics: integrated and automated design; control sensors and actuators; automated machine monitoring, diagnosis and repair;