We present a suite of algorithms and tools for model-predictive control of sensor/actuator systems with embedded microcontroller units (MCU). These MCUs can be colocated with sensors and actuators, ...

The need to create more viable soft sensors is increasing in tandem with the growing interest in soft robots. Several sensing methods, like capacitive stretch sensing and intrinsic capacitive ...

In this chapter, I will present a few useful “cookbook” applications for real-time control circuits designed to perform some specific low-level task and interface with a master controller for ...

Sensors are an indispensable tool to inform utility managers of the state of the electricity grid and the occurrence of ...

Industry 4.0 is the next generation of the manufacturing industry. A factory composed of smart devices is referred to as a Smart Factory. This concept is composed of many different physical and ...

As you accelerate down the road and use your gas pedal to throttle in the appropriate amount of energy, you expect a smooth implementation from your foot to the motor. The electronic throttle control ...

Let the Apple Car rumors roll on. Apple has been granted a patent (number 11,046,330) for a “redundant vehicle actuator system.” Vehicle actuators are controllable systems that cause or affect motion ...

The use of highly precise and continuously modulating actuators – in power stations for example – increases the efficiency of plants and reduces power consumption. The capacity of current new-build ...