“Rapid Airborne Gas-plume Mapping and Source Localization with Feedforward Gas-sensor Dynamics Compensation” by K. C. Hoffman, J. A. Anderson and K. K. Leang, ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control, Published Online: September 11, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4066513 Abstract This paper focuses on improving the speed, accuracy, and robustness of […]
N. R. Olsen; S. M. McKee; O. S. Haddadin; S. M. Lyon; J. E. Campbell; K. K. Leang Information-Theoretic Bayesian Inference for Multi-Agent Localization and Tracking of an RF Target with Unknown Waveform ASME J. Dyn. Syst. Meas. and Cont., vol. 146, iss. 6, pp. 061104, 2024. ABSTRACT Information-theoretic motion planning […]
S. K. McKee, O. Haddadin and K. K. Leang. Feedforward Mutual-Information Anomaly Detection: Application to Autonomous Vehicles, ASME J. of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 041003 (7 pages), published online in Dec. 22, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064519 ABASTRACT: This paper describes a mutual-information (MI)-based approach […]
W. S. Nagel, O. Fakharian, M. Aureli, and K.K. Leang, Engineered IPMC sensors: modeling, characterization, and application towards wearable postural-tactile measurement, Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 33, pp. 015035 (12pp), 2024 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-665X/ad142b ABSTRACT: This paper focuses on the modeling and development of engineered ionic polymer-metal composite (eIPMC) […]
2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) paper entitled, “Design, Modeling, and Analysis of Inductive Resonant Coupling Wireless Power Transfer for Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs)” by Gregory M. Plaizier, Erik Andersen, Binh Truong, Xiang He, Shad Roundy and Kam K. Leang The video below summaries […]
Congratulations to Jim and Tom for publishing their 70-page review paper in the Special Issue on Active Materials and Soft Mechatronics, International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials! The paper is titled, “A comprehensive review of select smart polymeric and gel actuators for soft mechatronics and robotics […]
2017
Dejun Guo, Wins 2017 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC) Best Student Paper Award
DARC Lab Ph.D. student, Dejun Guo (pictured on the right), advised by associate professor Kam K. Leang (pictured on the left), won the 2017 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC) Best Student Paper Award, held October 11-13, 2017 in Tysons Corner, Virginia. This conference and competition represent […]
Congratulations to Ph.D. student Dejun Guo for publishing his work on visual-servo control for aerial robots in the special issue “Robotics: mechanics and control of locomotion” of the Journal of Nonlinear Science.
Jim Carrico’s and Dejun Guo’s ICRA 2017 papers were recently accepted. The papers are: J. D. Carrico, K. J. Kim and K. K. Leang, “3D-Printed Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Soft Crawling Robot”, IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation, 2017, to appear. D. Guo, H. Wang, W. Chen, […]
New article entitled, “On-board model-based automatic collision avoidance: application in remotely-piloted unmanned aerial vehicles”, by D. Bareiss, J. R. Bourne and K. K. Leang was recently published in Autonomous Robots. The article can be accessed by following this link: http://rdcu.be/oOIG An evaluation version of the article can […]
Recent work on automatic collision avoidance for UAVs presented at 2016 International Symposium on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2016): Daman Bareiss, Jur van den Berg, Jake Abbott, Kam K. Leang (2016): Study of Improved Pilot Performance using Automatic Collision Avoidance for Tele-operated Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. […]
William Nagel wins Best Session Presentation Award for paper entitled, “Master- Slave Control with Hysteresis Inversion for Dual-Stage Nanopositioning Systems”, at the American Control Conference in Boston, MA, July 6-8, 2016. ABSTRACT: This paper focuses on motion control of a piezo-based dual-stage nanopositioner where hysteresis and dynamic effects dominate […]
Chris Pratt and Prof. Kam Leang’s ICRA paper and video make the final cut of ICRA 2016 Video Trailer Episode I — Flying Robots! Paper is entitled, “Dynamic Underactuated Flying-Walking (DUCK) Robot”. The work will be presented at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), which […]
Congratulations to Jim Carrico and Nick Traeden, winners of 2015 ASME SMASIS (Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems) Conference Student Best Paper Award, held September 21-23, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Jim and Nick’s work describes a new 3D printing technique for fabricating ionic polymer-metal composite actuators […]
Nanothorn electrodes for ionic polymer-metal composite artificial muscles V. Palmre, D. Pugal, K. J. Kim, K. K. Leang, K. Asaka, A. Aabloo Scientific Reports, 4 : 6176, 2014. ABSTRACT Ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) have recently received tremendous interest as soft biomimetic actuators and sensors in various bioengineering […]
Joel J. Hubbard, Maxwell Fleming, Viljar Palmre, David Pugal, Kwang J. Kim, and Kam K. Leang* IEEE JOURNAL OF OCEANIC ENGINEERING, VOL. 39, NO. 3, JULY 2014 ABSTRACT: Emerging bioinspired underwater systems, such as autonomous ocean mapping and surveillance vehicles, that maneuver through their environment by mimicking […]
G. C. Clayton, C. J. Dudley, K. K. Leang (2014), Review of Scientific Instruments, 85 (4), pp. 045003 (6 pages). ABSTRACT: A novel dual-stage nanopositioner control framework is presented that considers range constraints. Dual-stage nanopositioners are becoming increasingly popular in applications such as scanning probe microscopy due to […]
