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Modelling of modular soft robots: From a single to multiple building blocks (2024)
Journal Article
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.

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.

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. (2023). A Robust Human–Robot Collaborative Control Approach Based on Model Predictive Control. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 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.

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.

Continuum Robots: An Overview (2023)
Journal Article
Russo, M., Sadati, S. H., Dong, X., Mohammad, A., Walker, I. D., Bergeles, C., …Axinte, D. A. (2023). Continuum Robots: An Overview. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 5(5), Article 2200367. https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202200367

In this paper, we discuss recent advances, current limitations, and open challenges in the design, modeling, and control of continuum robots. Thanks to their lean bodies, these robots achieve a long reach through narrow and tortuous environments, ena... Read More about Continuum Robots: An Overview.

Design and Control of a Multiple-Section Continuum Robot With a Hybrid Sensing System (2023)
Journal Article
Fang, Y., Dong, X., Mohammad, A., & Axinte, D. (2023). Design and Control of a Multiple-Section Continuum Robot With a Hybrid Sensing System. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 28(3), 1522-1533. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2022.3229188

After decades of development, the technology of continuum robots continues to mature gradually and is used for various applications, e.g., inspection and repair in high-value-added industries such as aerospace & nuclear. However, such robots are inva... Read More about Design and Control of a Multiple-Section Continuum Robot With a Hybrid Sensing System.

Tasering Twin Soft Robot: A Multimodal Soft Robot Capable of Passive Flight and Wall Climbing (2022)
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Sriratanasak, N., Axinte, D., Dong, X., Mohammad, A., Russo, M., & Raimondi, L. (2022). Tasering Twin Soft Robot: A Multimodal Soft Robot Capable of Passive Flight and Wall Climbing. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 4(12), Article 2200223. https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202200223

The application of Soft Crawling Robots (SCRs) to real-world scenarios remains a grand challenge due to their limited deployment time to reach the target and accessibility to difficult-to-reach environments by any obstacles. To overcome these limitat... Read More about Tasering Twin Soft Robot: A Multimodal Soft Robot Capable of Passive Flight and Wall Climbing.

Reconfigurable Soft Robots by Building Blocks (2022)
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Atia, M. G., Mohammad, A., Gameros, A., Axinte, D., & Wright, I. (2022). Reconfigurable Soft Robots by Building Blocks. Advanced Science, Article 2203217. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202203217

Soft robots are of increasing interest as they can cope with challenges that are poorly addressed by conventional rigid-body robots (e.g., limited flexibility). However, due to their flexible nature, the soft robots can be particularly prone to explo... Read More about Reconfigurable Soft Robots by Building Blocks.

Continuum Robots Collaborate for Safe Manipulation of High-Temperature Flame to Enable Repairs in Challenging Environments (2022)
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Dong, X., Wang, M., Mohammad, A. E. K., Ba, W., Russo, M., Norton, A., …Axinte, D. (2022). Continuum Robots Collaborate for Safe Manipulation of High-Temperature Flame to Enable Repairs in Challenging Environments. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 27(5), 4217-4220. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2021.3138222

This letter presents two long continuum robots, inserted through small holes, and working collaboratively in a crammed space to manipulate an extreme-temperature (>2000 °C) flame for coating repair on aeroengines without the need of their disassembly... Read More about Continuum Robots Collaborate for Safe Manipulation of High-Temperature Flame to Enable Repairs in Challenging Environments.

Cooperative continuum robots: Enhancing individual continuum arms by reconfiguring into a parallel manipulator (2021)
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Russo, M., Sriratanasak, N., Ba, W., Dong, X., Mohammad, A., & Axinte, D. (2022). Cooperative continuum robots: Enhancing individual continuum arms by reconfiguring into a parallel manipulator. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(2), 1558-1565. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2021.3139371

Continuum robots are able of in-situ inspection tasks in cluttered environments and narrow passages, where conventional robots and human operators cannot intervene. However, such intervention often requires the robot to interact with the environment,... Read More about Cooperative continuum robots: Enhancing individual continuum arms by reconfiguring into a parallel manipulator.

An efficient follow-the-leader strategy for continuum robot navigation and coiling (2021)
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Mohammad, A., Russo, M., Fang, Y., Dong, X., Axinte, D., & Kell, J. (2021). An efficient follow-the-leader strategy for continuum robot navigation and coiling. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(4), 7493 - 7500. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2021.3097265

Efficient path planning for hyper-redundant continuum and snake-like robots is a challenging task due to limited sensing capabilities, high computational loads, multiple possible solutions, and non-linear models. This paper presents a new approach to... Read More about An efficient follow-the-leader strategy for continuum robot navigation and coiling.

Design and Validation of a Novel Fuzzy-Logic-Based Static Feedback Controller for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots (2021)
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Ba, W., Dong, X., Mohammad, A., Wang, M., Axinte, D., & Norton, A. (2021). Design and Validation of a Novel Fuzzy-Logic-Based Static Feedback Controller for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 26(6), 3010-3021. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2021.3050263

IEEE Continuum robots (CRs) outperform the conventional rigid-link manipulators in aspects of hyper-redundant and compliant features. They provide universal and efficient solutions to access to constrained environments, e.g., aero-engines and industr... Read More about Design and Validation of a Novel Fuzzy-Logic-Based Static Feedback Controller for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots.

Synergistic integrated design of an electrochemical mechanical polishing end-effector for robotic polishing applications (2018)
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Mohammad, A. E. K., Hong, J., Wang, D., & Guan, Y. (2019). Synergistic integrated design of an electrochemical mechanical polishing end-effector for robotic polishing applications. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 55(Part A), 65-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2018.07.005

In this paper, we present a novel design of a robotic electrochemical mechanical polishing (ECMP) process. Firstly, the process is presented to replace the conventional ECMP process by a robotic-based one. The advantage of using industrial robots lie... Read More about Synergistic integrated design of an electrochemical mechanical polishing end-effector for robotic polishing applications.

Design of a force-controlled end-effector with low-inertia effect for robotic polishing using macro-mini robot approach (2018)
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Mohammad, A. E. K., Hong, J., & Wang, D. (2018). Design of a force-controlled end-effector with low-inertia effect for robotic polishing using macro-mini robot approach. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 49, 54-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2017.05.011

In this paper, the novel design of a force-controlled end-effector for automated polishing processes is presented. The proposed end-effector is to be integrated into a macro-mini robot polishing cell. The macro robot (in this study, it is a six-axis... Read More about Design of a force-controlled end-effector with low-inertia effect for robotic polishing using macro-mini robot approach.

Polishing of uneven surfaces using industrial robots based on neural network and genetic algorithm (2017)
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Khalick Mohammad, A. E., Hong, J., & Wang, D. (2017). Polishing of uneven surfaces using industrial robots based on neural network and genetic algorithm. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 93(1-4), 1463-1471. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-0524-6

In conventional polishing processes, the polishing parameters are constant along the surface. Hence, if the desired material to be removed from the surface is not equally distributed, an over-polishing may occur for the areas with small material remo... Read More about Polishing of uneven surfaces using industrial robots based on neural network and genetic algorithm.

Electrochemical mechanical polishing technology: recent developments and future research and industrial needs (2016)
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El Khalick Mohammad, A., & Wang, D. (2016). Electrochemical mechanical polishing technology: recent developments and future research and industrial needs. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 86, 1909-1924. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-015-8119-6

Electrochemical mechanical (ECM) polishing processes are widely used in various industries such as die and mould manufacturing, turbine blades, and components with complex surfaces. They are used to improve the surface quality and get glossy surfaces... Read More about Electrochemical mechanical polishing technology: recent developments and future research and industrial needs.

Energy Saving in Five-Axis Machine Tools Using Synchronous and Contouring Control and Verification by Machining Experiment (2015)
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Uchiyama, N., Ogawa, Y., El Khalick M., A., & Sano, S. (2015). Energy Saving in Five-Axis Machine Tools Using Synchronous and Contouring Control and Verification by Machining Experiment. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 62(9), 5608-5618. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2015.2437354

This paper deals with a controller design for five-axis machine tools, which typically consist of three translational and two rotary axes. The flexibility to change the relative orientation between a tool and the workpiece in a five-axis machine tool... Read More about Energy Saving in Five-Axis Machine Tools Using Synchronous and Contouring Control and Verification by Machining Experiment.

Sliding Mode Contouring Control for Biaxial Feed Drive Systems with a Nonlinear Sliding Surface (2014)
Journal Article
El Khalick M., A., Uchiyama, N., & Sano, S. (2014). Sliding Mode Contouring Control for Biaxial Feed Drive Systems with a Nonlinear Sliding Surface. Procedia CIRP, 14, 506-510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2014.03.071

Control input variance is one of the important criteria in machining because it affects the surface roughness, machining precisions and consumed energy. This paper presents a nonlinear controller design for biaxial feed drive systems for reducing the... Read More about Sliding Mode Contouring Control for Biaxial Feed Drive Systems with a Nonlinear Sliding Surface.

Energy Saving in Feed Drive Systems Using Sliding-Mode-Based Contouring Control With a Nonlinear Sliding Surface (2014)
Journal Article
Mohammad, A., Uchiyama, N., & Sano, S. (2015). Energy Saving in Feed Drive Systems Using Sliding-Mode-Based Contouring Control With a Nonlinear Sliding Surface. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 20(2), 572-579. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmech.2013.2296698

Reduction of contour error, which is defined as the shortest distance between the actual position of the cutting tool and the reference trajectory, is an essential requirement in machining by multiaxis feed drive systems. In addition, because these m... Read More about Energy Saving in Feed Drive Systems Using Sliding-Mode-Based Contouring Control With a Nonlinear Sliding Surface.

Reduction of Electrical Energy Consumed by Feed-Drive Systems Using Sliding-Mode Control With a Nonlinear Sliding Surface (2013)
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Mohammad, A. E. K., Uchiyama, N., & Sano, S. (2014). Reduction of Electrical Energy Consumed by Feed-Drive Systems Using Sliding-Mode Control With a Nonlinear Sliding Surface. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 61(6), 2875-2882. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2013.2275975

The large amount of energy consumed in machining by feed-drive systems has become an important issue in recent years because machine tools are extensively used worldwide. This paper presents a novel sliding-mode controller with a nonlinear sliding su... Read More about Reduction of Electrical Energy Consumed by Feed-Drive Systems Using Sliding-Mode Control With a Nonlinear Sliding Surface.