Professor DRAGOS AXINTE's Outputs (123)

Teaching robots to weld by leveraging human expertise (2025)
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Zhou, J., Mohammad, A., Zeng, T., Axinte, D., Wright, I., & March, R. (2025). Teaching robots to weld by leveraging human expertise. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 95, Article 103027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2025.103027

Robotic welding systems are pivotal in various manufacturing sectors, such as aerospace, construction, automotive, and maritime industries, due to their ability to operate in challenging environments with fewer physical constraints compared to human... Read More about Teaching robots to weld by leveraging human expertise.

Development of a Continuum Robot with inflatable Stiffness-adjustable Elements for In-situ Repair of Aeroengines (2025)
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Chang, J.-C., Dai, H., Wang, X., Axinte, D., & Dong, X. (2025). Development of a Continuum Robot with inflatable Stiffness-adjustable Elements for In-situ Repair of Aeroengines. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 95, Article 103018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2025.103018

Continuum robots, with their slender configuration and high redundancy, gain increasing interest in industrial applications such as intervention within confined spaces. However, when the robot end effector is required to travel a long distance, the e... Read More about Development of a Continuum Robot with inflatable Stiffness-adjustable Elements for In-situ Repair of Aeroengines.

Design, Modeling, and Experimental Validation of a Novel 3D-Bendable Modular Electromagnetic Flexible Linear Actuator (2025)
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Elbanna, M. A., Mohammad, A., Dong, X., & Axinte, D. A. (2025). Design, Modeling, and Experimental Validation of a Novel 3D-Bendable Modular Electromagnetic Flexible Linear Actuator. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmech.2025.3536536

While linear actuators have many applications, the majority of them are rigid and straight, limiting their applications and the work environment. This article presents a novel design for an electromagnetic flexible linear actuator (FLA) that can over... Read More about Design, Modeling, and Experimental Validation of a Novel 3D-Bendable Modular Electromagnetic Flexible Linear Actuator.

Macro-mini collaborative manipulator system for welding in confined environments (2025)
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Sun, E., Camacho-Arreguin, J., Zhou, J., Liebenschutz-Jones, M., Zeng, T., Keedwell, M., Axinte, D., Norton, A., & Mohammad, A. (2025). Macro-mini collaborative manipulator system for welding in confined environments. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 94, Article 102975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2025.102975

Welding plays an important role in a wide range of industries, including aviation, aerospace, automobile manufacturing, and nuclear and chemical plants, all of which contain critical industrial assets. However, confined spaces and complex structures... Read More about Macro-mini collaborative manipulator system for welding in confined environments.

Decoding physical sensor signals to reveal chip formation and surface deformation: An example in machining nickel-based superalloys (2025)
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Mypati, O., Robles-Linares, J. A., Zan, S., Axinte, D., & Liao, Z. (2025). Decoding physical sensor signals to reveal chip formation and surface deformation: An example in machining nickel-based superalloys. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 225, Article 112297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2024.112297

The current research aims to provide a basic understanding of decoding sensor signals with chip formation and surface integrity during the machining of Ni-based superalloys. Force signal analysis provides cutting energy information, offering insight... Read More about Decoding physical sensor signals to reveal chip formation and surface deformation: An example in machining nickel-based superalloys.

Investigation on a Class of 2D Profile Amplified Stroke Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (2024)
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Wang, X., Raimondi, L., Axinte, D., & Dong, X. (2025). Investigation on a Class of 2D Profile Amplified Stroke Dielectric Elastomer Actuators. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 17(3), Article 031008. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4066131

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have been widely studied in soft robotics due to their muscle-like movements. Linear DEAs are typically tensioned using compression springs with positive stiffness or weights directly attached to the flexible fil... Read More about Investigation on a Class of 2D Profile Amplified Stroke Dielectric Elastomer Actuators.

Multimodal locomotion ultra-thin soft robots for exploration of narrow spaces (2024)
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Wang, X., Li, S., Chang, J.-C., Liu, J., Axinte, D., & Dong, X. (2024). Multimodal locomotion ultra-thin soft robots for exploration of narrow spaces. Nature Communications, 15, Article 6296. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50598-1

From power plants on land to bridges over the sea, safety-critical built environments require periodic inspections for detecting issues to avoid functional discontinuities of these installations. However, navigation paths in these environments are us... Read More about Multimodal locomotion ultra-thin soft robots for exploration of narrow spaces.

Machining SiC fibre reinforced metal matrix composites – How do different matrix materials affect the cutting performance? (2024)
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Zan, S., Liao, Z., Mypati, O., Axinte, D., M'Saoubi, R., Walsh, M., & Robles-Linares, J. A. (2024). Machining SiC fibre reinforced metal matrix composites – How do different matrix materials affect the cutting performance?. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 73(1), 53-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2024.04.060

SiC fibre reinforced metal matrix composites find widespread application but show major machining difficulties due to significant variations in constituents' properties. In this sense, while the SiC fibre plays significant strengthening effects, the... Read More about Machining SiC fibre reinforced metal matrix composites – How do different matrix materials affect the cutting performance?.

Modelling of modular soft robots: From a single to multiple building blocks (2024)
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Atia, M. G., Mohammad, A., Gameros, A., Axinte, D., & Wright, I. (2024). Modelling of modular soft robots: From a single to multiple building blocks. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 174, Article 104622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2024.104622

Despite the advances in soft robots, their modelling is still one of the research challenges due to the complexity and non-linearity of their soft nature. A novel design of reconfigurable soft robots was recently introduced to bring more maturity to... Read More about Modelling of modular soft robots: From a single to multiple building blocks.

Modelling and experimental study of laser-assisted milling of fibre reinforced SiC/Ti-6Al-4V metal matrix composite (2023)
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Mypati, O., Panzer, J., Robles-Linares, J. A., Zan, S., Liao, Z., & Axinte, D. (2024). Modelling and experimental study of laser-assisted milling of fibre reinforced SiC/Ti-6Al-4V metal matrix composite. Materials and Design, 237, Article 112552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112552

Metal matrix composites (MMCs) offer unique advantageous mechanical properties by strengthening a ductile metal matrix with a ceramic reinforcement (e.g., Ti6Al-4 V/SiCf). However, their heterogeneous composition poses machining challenges including... Read More about Modelling and experimental study of laser-assisted milling of fibre reinforced SiC/Ti-6Al-4V metal matrix composite.

An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots (2023)
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Ba, W., Chang, J.-C., Liu, J., Wang, X., Dong, X., & Axinte, D. (2024). An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 171, Article 104562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2023.104562

Generic and high-performance feedback control is still challenging for tendon-driven continuum robots. Conventional model-based controllers, based on the piecewise constant curvature (PCC) assumption, explicitly require the arc parameters (bending an... Read More about An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots.

Efficient and Scalable Inverse Kinematics for Continuum Robots (2023)
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Wild, S., Zeng, T., Mohammad, A., Billingham, J., Axinte, D., & Dong, X. (2024). Efficient and Scalable Inverse Kinematics for Continuum Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9(1), 375 - 381. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2023.3331291

With their flexible nature, continuum robots offer hyper-redundancy regarding their workspace; their backbone can take many shapes upon a single tip position and orientation. Deciphering which backbone shape to use under certain conditions is crucial... Read More about Efficient and Scalable Inverse Kinematics for Continuum Robots.

An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots (2023)
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Ba, W., Chang, J. C., Liu, J., Wang, X., Dong, X., & Axinte, D. (2024). An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 171, Article 104562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2023.104562

Generic and high-performance feedback control is still challenging for tendon-driven continuum robots. Conventional model-based controllers, based on the piecewise constant curvature (PCC) assumption, explicitly require the arc parameters (bending an... Read More about An analytical differential kinematics-based method for controlling tendon-driven continuum robots.

A Robust Human–Robot Collaborative Control Approach Based on Model Predictive Control (2023)
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Zeng, T., Mohammad, A., Madrigal, A. G., Axinte, D., & Keedwell, M. (2024). A Robust Human–Robot Collaborative Control Approach Based on Model Predictive Control. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 71(7), 7360-7369. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2023.3299046

Human skill-based robotic control to perform critical manufacturing operations (e.g., repair and inspection for high-value assets) can reduce scrap rates and increase overall profitability in the industrial community. In this study, a human–robotic c... Read More about A Robust Human–Robot Collaborative Control Approach Based on Model Predictive Control.

Investigation of the grain deformation to orthogonal cutting process of the textured Alloy 718 fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (2023)
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Li, L., Chen, H., Liao, Z., Yang, Y., & Axinte, D. (2023). Investigation of the grain deformation to orthogonal cutting process of the textured Alloy 718 fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 190, Article 104050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2023.104050

In the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), the grains grow in preferential directions depending on the scanning strategies, which results in layer-by-layer builds of particular crystallographic textures. The unique microstructure formed by LPBF results i... Read More about Investigation of the grain deformation to orthogonal cutting process of the textured Alloy 718 fabricated by laser powder bed fusion.

Modeling and simulation of surface generation in manufacturing (2023)
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Tosello, G., Bissacco, G., Cao, J., & Axinte, D. (2023). Modeling and simulation of surface generation in manufacturing. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 72(2), 753-779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2023.05.002

The paper describes the state-of-the-art in modeling and simulation of surface texture and topography generation at micro and nano dimensional scales. Three main classes of manufacturing processes used for the generation of engineering surfaces are... Read More about Modeling and simulation of surface generation in manufacturing.

Synergistic integration of vibration absorption and damping into 3D-printed fixtures for thin-wall machining (2023)
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Picavea, J., Mohammad, A., Gameros, A., Yang, J., & Axinte, D. (2023). Synergistic integration of vibration absorption and damping into 3D-printed fixtures for thin-wall machining. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 72(1), 357-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2023.04.085

To reduce vibration during machining and to avoid re-manufacture or scrap parts, two main methods have been proposed, vibration damping and absorption. In this paper, a novel synergistic integration between both techniques using pillar elements known... Read More about Synergistic integration of vibration absorption and damping into 3D-printed fixtures for thin-wall machining.

Inverse size effect and deformation mechanism in Ti-6Al-4V cutting process – investigation on effect of bimodal microstructure on machining (2023)
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Zan, S., Liu, G., Liao, Z., Axinte, D., & Fang, F. (2023). Inverse size effect and deformation mechanism in Ti-6Al-4V cutting process – investigation on effect of bimodal microstructure on machining. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2023.04.042

Ti-6Al-4 V finds wide applications in industrial areas due to its unique properties. Though, how its special microstructure (i.e., properties mismatch between different phases) could influence the surface/chip formation mechanism when machining (e.g.... Read More about Inverse size effect and deformation mechanism in Ti-6Al-4V cutting process – investigation on effect of bimodal microstructure on machining.

The effect of high strain rate impact in Yttria stabilized zirconia (2023)
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Sanchez, I., Axinte, D., Liao, Z., Gavalda-Diaz, O., & Smith, R. (2023). The effect of high strain rate impact in Yttria stabilized zirconia. Materials and Design, 229, Article 111908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.111908

Yttria stabilized zirconia (6-8YSZ) is widely used as a top coat in Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs) to protect metallic substrates. These coatings are exposed to severe high strain rate fields along their life, for example during the impact of debris... Read More about The effect of high strain rate impact in Yttria stabilized zirconia.

Asymmetric Continuum Robots (2023)
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Barrientos-Diez, J., Russo, M., Dong, X., Axinte, D., & Kell, J. (2023). Asymmetric Continuum Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(3), 1279-1286. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2023.3238890

Continuum robots are flexible mechanisms that enable tasks in cluttered environments where conventional robots cannot operate. However, their few design parameters and task/manufacturing constraints leave small margins for optimization. In this paper... Read More about Asymmetric Continuum Robots.