Crane-lift operations are critical in construction. With the advancement of information and
communications technologies, crane-lift automation (CLA) has been increasingly explored …

With the ongoing advancements in sensor networks and data acquisition technologies
across various systems like manufacturing, aviation, and healthcare, the data driven …

This paper proposes an adaptive input shaper for swing control of a five degrees of freedom
tower crane under various parameter uncertainties together with payload hoisting and …

Crane swing & relevant vibration are critical safety and efficiency issues to be addressed in
construction automation, involving various disturbance and uncertainties. This paper …

This paper presents a passivity-based adaptive control method for a 5 degree-of-freedom
(DOF) tower crane that guarantees robust payload trajectory tracking. The 5-DOF tower …

Underactuated systems are widely used in practice. Due to actuator saturation and transient
performance requirements, it is necessary to keep the control inputs and system states …

In this paper, we consider the application of the disturbance observer technique and
interconnection and dam** assignment passivity-based control to the disturbance …

The on-orbit assembly is an appealing method to build large space structures. To improve
the assembly efficiency, each module trends towards a flexible one. How to account for the …

In this paper, a novel periodic sliding mode control method is designed for 4-DOF tower
crane systems with unmatched disturbances as well as unknown/time-varying control …

Considering the increasing popularity of tower cranes in buildings, there is gradually more
research on them. However, because tower cranes are underactuated and highly complex …