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 ...

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 ...

The concept of cruise control in cars has been around for decades, but it's only been in the last 10 to 20 years or so that it's really come into its own as a vital feature. The overall goal of basic ...

Glenn R. Widmann, Michele K. Daniels, Lisa Hamilton, Lawrence Humm, Bryan Riley, Jan K. Schiffmann, David E. Schnelker and William H. Wishon Since the late 1980s, Delphi Automotive Systems has been ...

SAE Transactions, Vol. 101, SECTION 2: JOURNAL OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES (1992), pp. 276-280 (5 pages) An implicit recursive pole placement self-tuning control algorithm is used for the adaptive control ...