ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS have been in use since the early 1960s, but in the last few years, faster microprocessors and lower cost computer memory have dramatically increased the benefits that come ...

A DC-DC Converter with fixed compensation parameters cannot perform well if load dynamics vary widely. A better approach is adaptive control, which can handle a broad range of parameter variations ...

Innovations in embedded computing, sensors and batteries enabled the introduction of robotic prostheses designed to help restore locomotion to individuals with disabilities. Such prostheses are moved ...

Adam Kollin and John Keem of RHK Technology explain how their firm is helping physicists get the most from scanning probe microscopy What do robotic manufacturing, global positioning systems and ...

Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) are used around the world to conduct difficult environmental, remote, oceanic, defense and rescue missions in often unpredictable and harsh conditions. A new study ...