2026 American Control Conference Offers Workshops Covering Methods for Control Systems,Hands-On Distributed Control and More

The American Control Conference (ACC), the annual conference of the American Automatic Control Council (AACC), will offer ...

Angstrom-scale plasmonic gap boosts nonlinear light output by 2,000% per volt

Researchers at the Institute for Molecular Science (NINS, Japan) and SOKENDAI have demonstrated a more than 2000% voltage-induced enhancement of near-field nonlinear optical responses. To achieve this ...
IEEE

Prescribed-Time Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Nonlinear Systems With Mismatched Uncertainties: A Non-Separation Principle Approach

Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of prescribed-time output feedback stabilization for a class of nonlinear uncertain systems with both external disturbances and mismatched uncertainties. By ...
IEEE

Flying Vines: Design, Modeling, and Control of a Soft Aerial Robotic Arm

Abstract: Aerial robotic arms aim to enable inspection and interaction in otherwise hard-to-reach areas from the air. However, many aerial manipulators feature bulky or heavy robot manipulators ...
Machine Design

Mechanical & Motion Systems

Machine Design distills the cutting-edge landscape of advanced manufacturing through the eyes of multidisciplinary engineers, covering technical insights on the foundational and emerging principles of ...