A computer model simulating the electrical activity of muscles of the upper
arm during elbow motion is presented. The output of the model is an
Electromyographic (EMG) signal. System identification is performed on the EMG
signals using autoregressive moving average (ARMA) modelling. The calculated
ARMA coefficients are then used as...
The effectiveness of linear control of a planar manipulator is presented for
robot operation markedly exceeding the limits of linearity assumed in the design of
the linear controller. Wolovich's frequency domain pole placement algorithm is
utilized to derive the linear controller. The control scheme must include state
estimation since only...
For the past six years a bacterial infection has been the cause
of large losses of adult, spawning, American shad (Alosa
sapidissima) in the Coos, Millicoma and Smith Rivers of Oregon.
There was a sizable commercial fishery for shad in these rivers
and losses of fish due to this infection...