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A New Chaotic Attractor From General Lorenz System Family And Its Electronic Experimental Implementation, İhsan Pehli̇van, Yilmaz Uyaroğlu Jan 2010

A New Chaotic Attractor From General Lorenz System Family And Its Electronic Experimental Implementation, İhsan Pehli̇van, Yilmaz Uyaroğlu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This article introduces a novel three-dimensional continuous autonomous chaotic system with six terms and two quadratic nonlinearities. The new system contains two variational parameters and exhibits Lorenz-like attractors in numerical simulations and experimental measurements. The basic dynamical properties of the new system are analyzed by means of equilibrium points, eigenvalue structures, and Lyapunov exponents. The new system examined in Matlab-Simulink^{\textregistered} and Orcad-PSpice^{\textregistered}. An electronic circuit realization of the proposed system is presented using analog electronic elements such as capacitors, resistors, operational amplifiers and multipliers. The behaviour of the realized system is evaluated with computer simulations.


Stator Resistance Estimation Using Ann In Dtc Im Drives, Mustafa Aktaş, H. İbrahi̇m Okumuş Jan 2010

Stator Resistance Estimation Using Ann In Dtc Im Drives, Mustafa Aktaş, H. İbrahi̇m Okumuş

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Torque control of induction motors (IM) requires accurate estimation of the flux in the motor. But the flux estimate, when estimated from the stator circuit variables, is highly dependent on the stator resistance of the IM. As a result, the flux estimate is prone to errors due to variation in the stator resistance, especially at low stator frequencies. In this paper, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is used to adjust the stator resistance of an IM. A back propagation training algorithm was used in training the neural network for the simulation. The proposed ANN resistance estimator has shown good performance …


Stochastic Stability Of The Discrete-Time Constrained Extended Kalman Filter, Levent Özbek, Esi̇n Köksal Babacan, Murat Efe Jan 2010

Stochastic Stability Of The Discrete-Time Constrained Extended Kalman Filter, Levent Özbek, Esi̇n Köksal Babacan, Murat Efe

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, stability of the projection-based constrained discrete-time extended Kalman filter (EKF) as applied to nonlinear systems in a stochastic framework has been studied. It has been shown that like the unconstrained EKF, the estimation error of the EKF with known constraints on the states remains bounded when the initial error and noise terms are small, and the solution of the Riccati difference equation remains positive definite and bounded. Stability results are verified and performance of the constrained EKF is demonstrated through simulations on a nonlinear engineering example.


Artificial Neural Network Based Chaotic Generator For Cryptology, İlker Dalkiran, Kenan Danişman Jan 2010

Artificial Neural Network Based Chaotic Generator For Cryptology, İlker Dalkiran, Kenan Danişman

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Chaotic systems are sensitive to initial conditions, system parameters and topological transitivity and these properties are also remarkable for cryptanalysts. Noise like behavior of chaotic systems is the main reason of using these systems in cryptology. However some properties of chaotic systems such as synchronization, fewness of parameters etc. cause serious problems for cryptology. In this paper, to overcome disadvantages of chaotic systems, the dynamics of Chua's circuit namely x, y and z were modeled using Artificial Neural Network (ANN). ANNs have some distinctive capabilities like learning from experiences, generalizing from a few data and nonlinear relationship between inputs and …


K-Anonymity Based Framework For Privacy Preserving Data Collection In Wireless Sensor Networks, Hayretdi̇n Bahşi̇, Albert Levi̇ Jan 2010

K-Anonymity Based Framework For Privacy Preserving Data Collection In Wireless Sensor Networks, Hayretdi̇n Bahşi̇, Albert Levi̇

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this paper, k-anonymity notion is adopted to be used in wireless sensor networks (WSN) as a security framework with two levels of privacy. A base level of privacy is provided for the data shared with semi-trusted sink and a deeper level of privacy is provided against eavesdroppers. In the proposed method, some portions of data are encrypted and the rest is generalized. Generalization shortens the size of the data transmitted in the network causing energy saving at the cost of information loss. On the other hand, encryption provides anonymization with no information loss and without saving energy. Thus, there …


The Effect Of The Channel Reliability Factor In The Map Algorithm On Turbo Code Performance In Bluetooth Systems, Sali̇m Kahveci̇, İsmai̇l Kaya Jan 2010

The Effect Of The Channel Reliability Factor In The Map Algorithm On Turbo Code Performance In Bluetooth Systems, Sali̇m Kahveci̇, İsmai̇l Kaya

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The effects of the channel reliability factor on the performance of turbo decoders that use a maximum a posteriori probability algorithm are investigated for wireless communication fading channels, such as Bluetooth systems. The channel reliability factor is related to the channel signal-to-noise ratio. For various values of the channel reliability factor, the obtained performance curves of the maximum a posteriori probability algorithm are given for the case of DMx Bluetooth data packets. When the channel reliability factor increases, the bit-error-rate performance of the DMx Bluetooth data packets also increases over fading channels.


Relativistic Electromagnetism In Rotating Media, Pierre Hillion Jan 2010

Relativistic Electromagnetism In Rotating Media, Pierre Hillion

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This work concerns relativistic electromagnetism in a cylindrical Frenet-Serret frame. The tensor formalism of Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic fields in a vacuum is first developed in terms of cylindrical coordinates and afterwards applied to a rotating frame using the relativistic Trocheris-Takeno description of rotations. The metric ds^2 = g_{\mu \nu} dx^{\mu} dx^{\nu} of this frame is then obtained to find the determinant g of the g_{\mu \nu} matrix intervening in the relativistic Maxwell's equations, where the Greek indices take on the values 1,2,3,4. The propagation of harmonic cylindrical waves in rotating media is analyzed and it is shown that these …


The Effect Of Heat On The Metallurgical Structure And B-H Characteristic Of (Stator) Armature With Iron-Silicon Alloy In Electric Machines, Fevzi̇ Kentli̇, Ümi̇t Kemaletti̇n Terzi̇ Jan 2010

The Effect Of Heat On The Metallurgical Structure And B-H Characteristic Of (Stator) Armature With Iron-Silicon Alloy In Electric Machines, Fevzi̇ Kentli̇, Ümi̇t Kemaletti̇n Terzi̇

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Coils in electric machines are varnished for insulation after winding. These varnished coils are formed in stiff construction in slots. Under heavy-duty operating conditions, all or part of some coils may be burnt or broken. Thermal method is one of several ways to remove the defective coils. In this method, current is passed through the defective coils by an autotransformer (variac) until all the varnish of the coils is burned. If all the coils are out of order, the varnish is burned by replacing the stator or armature in a burning room. Consequently, defective coils in the stator (armature) slots …


A Power Quality Monitoring System Based On Matlab Server Pages, Bülent Vural, Ali̇ Kizil, Mehmet Uzunoğlu Jan 2010

A Power Quality Monitoring System Based On Matlab Server Pages, Bülent Vural, Ali̇ Kizil, Mehmet Uzunoğlu

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The power quality (PQ) requirement is one of the most important issues for power companies and their customers. Continuously monitoring the PQ from remote and distributed centers will help to improve the PQ. In this study, a remote power quality monitoring system for low voltage sub-networks is developed using MATLAB Server Pages (MSP). MATLAB Server Pages, which is an open source technical web programming language, combines MATLAB with integrated J2EE specifications. The proposed PQ monitoring system uses the MATLAB HTML tag library and the data captured by the DAQ hardware to evaluate the Power Quality parameters. The proposed system can …


Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis Of Mitral Valve Doppler Signals: Surrogate Data Analysis, Esma Uzunhi̇sarcikli Jan 2010

Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis Of Mitral Valve Doppler Signals: Surrogate Data Analysis, Esma Uzunhi̇sarcikli

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In our study, the nonlinear dynamics of mitral valve Doppler signals from 32 healthy and 28 patients with mitral valve stenosis was evaluated using by the computation of Lyapunov exponents, correlation dimension values and surrogate data analysis. Two chaotic features are compared for healthy and patient subjects. It was found that the largest Lyapunov exponent and correlation dimension values derived from patient subjects were larger than that of healthy subjects (\rho < 0.005). Surrogate data analysis was performed to determine the chaotic dynamics of Doppler signals. It was observed that the original and surrogate data have similar spectral features. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to evaluate the nonlinearity character Area Under the curve (AUC) values were obtained as 0.99 and 0.978 for the largest Lyapunov exponent and correlation dimension values, respectively. According to these results, Doppler signals have a nonlinear dynamic property and the largest Lyapunov exponent. Correlation dimension features can be used to detect the change in blood flow velocity of patients with mitral valve stenosis.


Remote Sensing Applications Of Hf Skywave Radar: The Australian Experience, Stuart Anderson Jan 2010

Remote Sensing Applications Of Hf Skywave Radar: The Australian Experience, Stuart Anderson

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Australia has conducted research into over-the-horizon radar (OTHR) for almost sixty years. Early programs focused exclusively on military capabilities, such as the detection of aircraft, missiles and ships, but in 1974 a team was formed to design a new OTHR for which a remote sensing mission was proposed. Oceanic wind mapping experiments in 1977-78 yielded promising results so remote sensing became a recognised mission assigned to the new radar, known as Jindalee Stage B. This capability was progressively expanded over the period 1982-87 to include mapping of wave height and other oceanographic variables. A real-time data link to the Australian …


Dual-Use Of Compact Hf Radars For The Detection Of Mid- And Large-Size Vessels, Hugh Roarty, Don Barrick, Josh Kohut, Scott Glenn Jan 2010

Dual-Use Of Compact Hf Radars For The Detection Of Mid- And Large-Size Vessels, Hugh Roarty, Don Barrick, Josh Kohut, Scott Glenn

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper describes the development of the SeaSonde High Frequency Radar system into a dual-use application for the mapping of ocean surface currents and detection of ships at sea. This development entailed the creation of a new radar waveform that would permit this dual-use as well as a detection algorithm to identify the ships in the radar spectra. The detection algorithm utilizes two methods for calculating a background signal level: an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter and a two-dimensional median filter. These two methods are employed simultaneously with multiple length averaging times to maximize the number of detections. The initial …


A Review Of High Frequency Surface Wave Radar For Detection And Tracking Of Ships, Tony Ponsford, Jian Wang Jan 2010

A Review Of High Frequency Surface Wave Radar For Detection And Tracking Of Ships, Tony Ponsford, Jian Wang

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In today's resource-driven economy, maritime nations are claiming economic borders that extend beyond the continental shelf or the 200 nautical mile (nm) Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). However, claiming such large economic area places responsibilities on the parent nation to exercise jurisdiction through surveillance and enforcement. The requirement to see beyond the horizon has long been a goal of maritime security forces. Today, this is largely dependent on cooperative vessels voluntarily communicating their intentions to local shore-side authorities, as well as on those vessel sightings reported by patrollers. Recent advances in technology provide maritime nations with options to provide more systematic …


Nonlinear Scattering At Hf: Prospects For Exploitation In Oth Radar Systems, Stuart Anderson Jan 2010

Nonlinear Scattering At Hf: Prospects For Exploitation In Oth Radar Systems, Stuart Anderson

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

HF skywave `over-the-horizon' radars experience exceptionally high levels of clutter from the earth's surface as a consequence of their `look-down' propagation geometry. While Doppler processing is effective in separating aircraft echoes from the clutter, thereby enabling detection, the same does not always hold for slow moving targets. In particular, ship echoes occupy the same region of Doppler space as the sea clutter, so the likelihood of target echo obscuration is high. By exploiting the known dependence of the characteristic spectral form of the clutter Doppler spectrum on radar frequency and other parameters, HF radars can maximise the prospects for detectability …


Radar Cross-Section (Rcs) Analysis Of High Frequency Surface Wave Radar Targets, Gonca Çakir, Levent Sevgi̇ Jan 2010

Radar Cross-Section (Rcs) Analysis Of High Frequency Surface Wave Radar Targets, Gonca Çakir, Levent Sevgi̇

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Realistic high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) targets are investigated numerically in terms of electromagnetic wave -- target interactions. Radar cross sections (RCS) of these targets are simulated via both the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method and the Method of Moments (MoM). The virtual RCS prediction tool that was introduced in previous work is used for these investigations. The virtual tool automatically creates the discrete FDTD model of the target under investigation and performs the FDTD RCS analysis. It also automatically constructs a MoM wire grid model of the target; therefore, it is also possible to compare FDTD results against the …


Propagation Modeling And Path Loss Prediction Tools For High Frequency Surface Wave Radars, Gökhan Apaydin, Levent Sevgi̇ Jan 2010

Propagation Modeling And Path Loss Prediction Tools For High Frequency Surface Wave Radars, Gökhan Apaydin, Levent Sevgi̇

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Propagation modeling and simulation approaches for the use of High Frequency Surface Wave Radar (HFSWR) are discussed. HFSWR uses vertically polarized surface waves along multi-mixed paths in the lower HF band (3 MHz - 15 MHz). Various numerical propagators are reviewed with an early analytical model. Split Step Fast Fourier Transformation, finite- difference, and finite-element solutions of the well-known one-way, forward propagation Parabolic Equation (PE) model are presented. MATLAB-based numerical propagation prediction tools based on these models are listed. Tests and comparisons among these analytical and numerical tools are given for some canonical surface wave propagation scenarios. The Millington effect …


Antenna Systems With Beam Forming And Beam Steering Capabilities For Hf Skywave Radars, Çağatay Uluişik Jan 2010

Antenna Systems With Beam Forming And Beam Steering Capabilities For Hf Skywave Radars, Çağatay Uluişik

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Radiation characteristics of linearly phased, periodic, planar dipole arrays, which can be used as transmitting/receiving antenna systems for HF skywave radars, are investigated. Rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal arrays are proposed in obtaining different beam shapes in the desired directions. Beam steering is achieved by adjusting the inter-element phase increments coherently. The effects of vertical array-tilt with a desired take-off angle (TOA) \alpha are presented by a number of radiation pattern examples. The ground effect is investigated using the image theory by assuming the Earth's surface as perfectly electric conductor (PEC). Radiated fields are obtained using Floquet wave representations plus the …


New Approach Fpga-Based Implementation Of Discontinuous Svpwm}, Tole Sutikno, Auzani Jidin, Nik Rumzi Nik Idris Jan 2010

New Approach Fpga-Based Implementation Of Discontinuous Svpwm}, Tole Sutikno, Auzani Jidin, Nik Rumzi Nik Idris

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

The discontinuous space vector pulse-width modulation (DSVPWM) is a well-known technique offering lower switching losses than continuous SVPWM. At the same, average switching frequency, or a switching frequency 1.5 times higher than utilized in continuous SVPWM, the discontinuous SVPWM results in lower current harmonic distortions than that obtained in continuous SVPWM at high modulation indices. This paper is concerned with the design and realization of new FPGA approach based a 5-segment discontinuous SVPWM operated at 40 kHz switching frequency. It will be shown that the implementation of the discontinuous SVPWM utilized in FPGA, to execute some complex tasks, is simplified …


Hierarchical Fuzzy Controller Applied To Multi-Input Power System Stabilizer, Ebrahim Rasooli Anarmarzi, Mohammad Reza Feyzi, Mehrdad Tarafdar Hagh Jan 2010

Hierarchical Fuzzy Controller Applied To Multi-Input Power System Stabilizer, Ebrahim Rasooli Anarmarzi, Mohammad Reza Feyzi, Mehrdad Tarafdar Hagh

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper proposes the application of a hierarchical fuzzy system (HFS) based on multi-input power system stabilizer (MPSS) in multi-machine environment. The number of rules increases exponentially with the number of variables in a standard fuzzy system. This problem is solved in the proposed HFS method. In this method, the total number of rules increases only linearly with the number of input variables. HFS consists of a number of low-dimensional fuzzy systems in a hierarchical form. In the MPSS, the deviation of reactive power \Delta Q is added to a \Delta P+ \Delta \omega input type Power System Stabilizer (PSS) …


Washout Filter Based Control For The Hodgkin-Huxley Nerve Cell Dynamics, Reşat Özgür Doruk Jan 2010

Washout Filter Based Control For The Hodgkin-Huxley Nerve Cell Dynamics, Reşat Özgür Doruk

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this work we present a washout filter based control approach for stabilizing the oscillations in Hodgkin-Huxley type neurons. The oscillations occur due to the bifurcations that arise from the potassium and sodium channel conductance deviations. The MATCONT toolbox software environment was used for analysis of the bifurcation points in conjunction with MATLAB. The simulations of the Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) model at those points are provided to validate the results obtained from the MATCONT software. Then a washout filter is proposed to stabilize the oscillations occur at the Hopf bifurcation points where the external current injection is used to provide the …


A Robust Method For State Estimation Of Power System With Upfc, Mehrdad Tarafdar Hagh, Mehdi Ahmadi Jirdehi Jan 2010

A Robust Method For State Estimation Of Power System With Upfc, Mehrdad Tarafdar Hagh, Mehdi Ahmadi Jirdehi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper presents a Least Absolute Value (LAV) state estimator for power system using a new method called Recursive Least Squares (RLS). Also, a suitable model is used for state estimation of power system that includes a Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC). The IEEE 14-bus test system is used to show the validity of the proposed algorithm in estimation of power system states as well as the states of controllable parameters of UPFC.


A Small Scale Education Experiment Kit With Wind Generator-Pem Electrolyser System And Modelling, Özcan Atlam Jan 2010

A Small Scale Education Experiment Kit With Wind Generator-Pem Electrolyser System And Modelling, Özcan Atlam

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

A small scale experiment wind energy kit is prepared in order to introduce renewable energy applications. The kit consists of a wind turbine with horizontal axis, a direct current (dc) motor as generator and variable wind excitation system. Performance characteristics of the wind system are defined for different wind speeds. It is found that at the highest 10 m/s wind excitation, the maximum turbine mechanical power from wind is about 0.30 W at 5.3 V., maximum output power of the generator is about 0.18 W and maximum electrical efficiency is about 7% at 4.27 V., wind turbine power coefficients C_p …


A Novel Method For Lung Segmentation On Chest Ct Images: Complex-Valued Artificial Neural Network With Complex Wavelet Transform, Murat Ceylan, Yüksel Özbay, Osman Nuri̇ Uçan, Erkan Yildirim Jan 2010

A Novel Method For Lung Segmentation On Chest Ct Images: Complex-Valued Artificial Neural Network With Complex Wavelet Transform, Murat Ceylan, Yüksel Özbay, Osman Nuri̇ Uçan, Erkan Yildirim

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Image segmentation is an important step in many computer vision algorithms. The objective of segmentation is to obtained an optimal region of convergences (ROC). Error in this stage will impact all higher level activities. This paper focuses on a new efficient method denoted as Complex-Valued Artificial Neural Network with Complex Wavelet Transform (CWT-CVANN) for the segmentation of lung region on chest CT images. In this combined architecture is composed of two cascade stages: feature extraction with various levels of complex wavelet transform and segmentation with complex-valued artificial neural network. Here, 32 CT images of 6 female and 26 male patients …


Programmable Design And Implementation Of A Chaotic System Utilizing Multiple Nonlinear Functions, Recai̇ Kiliç, Fatma Yildirim Dalkiran Jan 2010

Programmable Design And Implementation Of A Chaotic System Utilizing Multiple Nonlinear Functions, Recai̇ Kiliç, Fatma Yildirim Dalkiran

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In addition to exhibiting a rich variety of bifurcation and chaos via tuning parameters, a chaotic system introduced by Sprott can be modeled and realized with a fixed main system block and many different changeable nonlinear function blocks such as piecewise-linear function, cubic function and other trigonometric functions. This system is very suitable for implementing a programmable chaos generator according to its changeable nonlinearity. This paper presents a FPAA (Field Programmable Analog Array)-based programmable implementation of this system. Nonlinear function blocks used in this chaotic system are modeled with FPAA programming and a model is rapidly changed for realizing other …


Fault Detection And Identification For Voltage Sag State Estimation In Power Systems, Jamal Beiza, Seyed Hossein Hosseinian, Behrooz Vahidi Jan 2010

Fault Detection And Identification For Voltage Sag State Estimation In Power Systems, Jamal Beiza, Seyed Hossein Hosseinian, Behrooz Vahidi

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper presents a novel approach for fault detection and identification in order to estimate voltage sag during a fault. One of the best approaches for voltage sag estimation is instantaneous voltage estimation. The approach uses traditional state estimation where redundant measurements are available. The proposed method is used to estimate voltage sag performance during a fault. At the fault duration, the grid topology is changed. In such a case the measurement matrix must be re-determined at the fault duration. The proposed approach is an efficient method for fault detection and identification which is based on residual analysis and topology …


Active Illumination And Appearance Model For Face Alignment, Muhi̇tti̇n Gökmen, Fati̇h Kahraman, Sune Darkner, Rasmus Larsen Jan 2010

Active Illumination And Appearance Model For Face Alignment, Muhi̇tti̇n Gökmen, Fati̇h Kahraman, Sune Darkner, Rasmus Larsen

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Illumination conditions have an explicit effect on the performance of face recognition systems. In particular, varying the illumination upon the face imposes such complex effects that the identification often fails to provide a stable performance level. In this paper, we propose an approach integrating face identity and illumination models in order to reach acceptable and stable face recognition rates. For this purpose, Active Appearance Model (AAM) and illumination model of faces are combined in order to obtain an illumination invariant face localization. The proposed method is an integrated Active Illumination and Appearance Model (AIA) which combines identity, illumination and shape …


Robust Feedback Design For Nonlinear Systems: A Survey, Alberto Isidori Jan 2010

Robust Feedback Design For Nonlinear Systems: A Survey, Alberto Isidori

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

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Sdre Optimal Control Of Drug Administration In Cancer Treatment, Mehmet İti̇k, Meti̇n Uymaz Salamci̇, Stephen Paul Banks Jan 2010

Sdre Optimal Control Of Drug Administration In Cancer Treatment, Mehmet İti̇k, Meti̇n Uymaz Salamci̇, Stephen Paul Banks

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

In this study, we apply State Dependent Riccati Equation (SDRE) based optimal control technique to a nonlinear tumor growth model. The model consists of three biological cells which are normal tissue, tumor and immune cells. The effect of chemotherapy treatment is also included in the model. Chemotherapy administration is considered as a control input to the nonlinear cancer dynamics and the amount of administered drug is determined by using SDRE optimal control. The optimal control is applied to the model in order not only to drive the tumor cells to the healthy equilibrium state but also to minimize the amount …


Formation Control Of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots Using Implicit Polynomials And Elliptic Fourier Descriptors, Yeşi̇m Hümay Esi̇n, Mustafa Ünel Jan 2010

Formation Control Of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots Using Implicit Polynomials And Elliptic Fourier Descriptors, Yeşi̇m Hümay Esi̇n, Mustafa Ünel

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

This paper presents a novel method for the formation control of a group of nonholonomic mobile robots using implicit and parametric descriptions of the desired formation shape. The formation control strategy employs implicit polynomial (IP) representations to generate potential fields for achieving the desired formation and the elliptical Fourier descriptors (EFD) to maintain the formation once achieved. Coordination of the robots is modeled by linear springs between each robot and its two nearest neighbors. Advantages of this new method are increased flexibility in the formation shape, scalability to different swarm sizes and easy implementation. The shape formation control is first …


A Model Based Nonlinear Adaptive Controller For The Passive Bilateral Telerobotic System, Ufuk Özbay, Erkan Zergeroğlu, İlyas Kandemi̇r Jan 2010

A Model Based Nonlinear Adaptive Controller For The Passive Bilateral Telerobotic System, Ufuk Özbay, Erkan Zergeroğlu, İlyas Kandemi̇r

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

IIn this paper, we propose a new adaptive controller scheme for the bilateral telerobotic/teleoperation systems. The proposed controller achieves asymptotic tracking despite the parametric uncertainties associated with both master and slave robots while ensuring the passivity of the closed loop system. Extensive simulation studies are presented to illustrate the feasibility and efficiency of the proposed adaptive controller.