[HTML][HTML] Construction Robotics in Extreme Environments: From Earth to Space

K You, C Zhou, L Ding, Y Wang - Engineering, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Extreme environments are unstructured and change rapidly, making human exploration in
unfamiliar areas difficult. Construction robotics can help reduce risks to human safety and …

[HTML][HTML] Vision-based assisted tele-operation of a dual-arm hydraulically actuated robot for pipe cutting and gras** in nuclear environments

M Bandala, C West, S Monk, A Montazeri, CJ Taylor - Robotics, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
This article investigates visual servoing for a hydraulically actuated dual-arm robot, in which
the user selects the object of interest from an on-screen image, whilst the computer control …

Resilient event-triggered terminal sliding mode control design for a robot manipulator

M Saeedi, J Zarei, M Saif, D Shanahan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel non-singular terminal sliding mode controller (NTSMC) has been developed for the
purpose of tracking and stabilizing tasks in uncertain electro-hydraulic robot manipulators. It …

Unmanned aerial systems: autonomy, cognition, and control

A Montazeri, A Can, IH Imran - Unmanned aerial systems, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The increasing trend towards a higher level of autonomy in unmanned aerial systems
(UASs) had led to lower requirements for control by the human operator and to an …

Robotics and artificial intelligence in the nuclear industry: from teleoperation to cyber physical systems

D Shanahan, Z Wang, A Montazeri - Artificial Intelligence for Robotics and …, 2023‏ - Springer
This book chapter looks to address how upcoming technology can be used to improve the
efficiency of decommissioning processes within the nuclear industry. Challenges associated …

Saturated output-feedback hybrid reinforcement learning controller for submersible vehicles guaranteeing output constraints

O Elhaki, K Shojaei, D Shanahan, A Montazeri - IEEE Access, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this brief, we propose a new neuro-fuzzy reinforcement learning-based control (NFRLC)
structure that allows autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to follow a desired trajectory …

A closed loop inverse kinematics solver intended for offline calculation optimized with GA

ED Bjoerlykhaug - Robotics, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
This paper presents a simple approach to building a robotic control system. Instead of a
conventional control system which solves the inverse kinematics in real-time as the robot …

Desing of a Chattering-Free Sliding Mode Control System for Robust Position Control of a Quadrotor

A Can, H Efstathiades… - … , Information and Robotics …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the major components of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), including the
flight control system, mechanical design, as well as the embedded electronic systems are …

[HTML][HTML] Improving teleoperator efficiency using position–rate hybrid controllers and task decomposition

JW Han, GH Yang - Applied Sciences, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
In hazardous environments where direct human operation of machinery is not possible, such
as in a nuclear power plant (NPP), teleoperation may be utilized to complete tasks safely …

Singularity-robust inverse kinematics solver for tele-manipulation

V Ortenzi, N Marturi, V Rajasekaran… - 2019 IEEE 15th …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the effect of inverse kinematics (IK) on operator performance during
the telemanipulation of an industrial robot. Robotic teleoperation is often preferred when …