US nuke silos get $140 billion upgrade. Are they a liability or asset?

America's 450 nuclear missile silos exist, at least in part, to be destroyed in a nuclear attack. USA TODAY breaks down the ...
IEEE

Self Learning Fuzzy Logic-Based Robust Control of Robotic Manipulators Driven With BLDC Motors: A Task Space Control Approach

Abstract: The primary objective of this study is to enable the end effector of robot manipulators driven by brushless DC motors (BLDC), subjected to model uncertainties, to track the desired ...
IEEE

An Improved Sliding Model Observer Sensorless Control for PMSM Based on Fuzzy Logic Controller and DSOGI-FLL

Abstract: The conventional sliding mode observer (SMO) employed in the sensorless control for the permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) has the problems of chattering phenomena and phase delay, ...
MD&M East

Designing Safe Control Logic for Surgical Laser Systems

Imagine a potential situation in a busy operating room: a laser system still has a wireless footswitch paired to it and sitting elsewhere, while a wired footswitch is also plugged into the same system ...