List of Refereed Conference Papers Published in Proceedings
C246. Chu, H., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L.,”Auotmatic Micropart Re-orientation
Through Visiual Tracking for Automated Micro-assembly”, Proc. of ASME
Int. Mechanical Engimeering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2010, Nov.
12-18, 2010, Vancouver, BC.
C245. Markin, S., Mills, J. K., Perez, R., “Multiple Specification Longitudinal
Control of a Mini-Flying Wing”, submitted to Canadian Society for
Mechanical Engineering Forum 2010, Victoria, BC, CSME Forum June 76, 2010.
C244. Huang, H., Sun, D., Mills, J.K., “A New Piezo-driven Ultrasonic Cell
Microinjection System”, Proc. IEEE Information and Automation (ICIA
2009) Conf., Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, June 20 -June 23, 2010.
(Nominated for Best Conference Paper (one of 4 nominees).
C243. Chu, H., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Dynamic tracking of Moving Objects
in Microassembly Thorugh Visual Servoing”, IEEE ICMA International
Conf. on Mechatronics and Automation, August 4-7, 2010, Xi'an, China.
C241. Li, B., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Vibration Suppression of a 3-PRR
Flexible Parallel manipulator Using Input Shaping”, IEEE ICMA
International Conf. on Mechatronics and Automation Changun, Jilian,
China, August 9-12, 2009.
C240. Wang, L., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Robotic manipulation of Adhesive
Droplets for Application in Microassembly”, Proc. IEEE Information and
Automation (ICIA 2009) Conf., Zhuhai, Macau, China, June 22-25, 2009.
C239. Zhang, X., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, “Experimental Investigation on the
Vibration Control of a Paralle manipulator With Multiple Smart Flexible
Links”, 2009 CCToMM Symposium on Mechanisms, Machines and
Mechatronics, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada May 28-29, 2009.
C238. Wang, L., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Micro-assembly of threedimensional rotary MEMS mirrors ”, SPIE Symposium on MOEMSMEMS: Micro and Nanofabrication, Proceedings of SPIE - The
International Society for Optical Engineering, v6464, January 20-25, 2009,
San Jose, California, USA.
C237. Farahani, H., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Design and Fabrication of a
Micromachined High Sensitivity Capacitive Sensor, Accepted Proc. 22nd
Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, CANCAM ’09, Halifax, NS,
Canada, May 31, - June 4, 2009.
C236. Rebello, J., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Design and Analysis of MEMS
Vibration Sensor, Accepted Auto’21 Conference, Hamilton, ON, Canada,
Proc. 22nd Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, CANCAM ’09,
Halifax, NS, Canada, May 31, - June 4, 2009.
C235. Song, B., Fan., C., Liu, Y.H., Mills, J.K. , Cai, X.,”Nonlinear System and
Control of the Model-scale Helicopter”, Proc. 7th IEEE International
Conference on Control and Automation, Dec. 9-11, 2009, Christchurch,
New Zealand.
C234. Chu, H., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Microgripper Design for Use in
Parallel Microassembly Process”,
CMC Annual Symposium, 13-14
October, 2009, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
C233. Hassanpour, P., Cleghorn, W.L., Esmailzadeh, E, Mills, J.K.,
“Experimental Analysis of Vibration of Micromachined Resonators”, Proc.
2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and
Exposition, IMECE 2008, Nov. 1-6, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
C232. Hassanpour, P., Cleghorn, W.L., Esmailzadeh, E, Mills, J.K., “Nonlinear
Vibration
of
Micromachined
Resonators
With
Attached
Excitation/Detection Electrostatic Comb Drives”, Proc. 2008 ASME
International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE
2008, Nov. 1-6, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
C231. Wang, L., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Assembly of Three-Dimensional
Microsystems Using a Hybrid Manipulation Strategy”, IEEE ICMA
International Conf. on Mechatronics and Automation, Takamatsu,
Kagawa, Japan, August 5-8, 2008.
C230. Zhang, X., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Active Vibration Control of a 3-PRR
Parallel Manipulator With PZT Actuators and Sensors”, 2007 ASME
International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), 32nd
Annual Mechanisms and Robotics Conf., New York, NY., August 3-6,
2008. (Presented by Ms. Wenjing Wang, Dept of Mech. Eng., Beijing
University of Technology)
C229. Chu, H., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., presented by Dr. Xiaoyun Wang,
“MEMS Capacitive Force Sensor For Use in Microassembly”, Proc.
IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent
Mechatronics, AIM ’08, Sofitel on Renmin Square, Xi’an, Xi’an China, July
2-5, 2008.
C228. Zhang, X., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Dynamic Modelling and Active
Vibration Control of a 3-PRR Flexible Parallel Manipulator With PZT
Transducers”, Proc. 7th World Congress on Intelligent Control and
Automation, WCICA 2008, Chongqing China, June 25-27, 2008.
C227. Zhang, X., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Effect of Axial Forces on Lateral
Stiffness of a Flexible 3-PRR Parallel manipulator Moving With High
Speed”, Proc. IEEE Information and Automation (ICIA 2008) Conf.,
ZhangJiaJie City, Hunan, China, June 20-23, 2008.
C226. Rebello, J., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Design and Analysis of MEMS
Based Vibration Sensors, Auto’21 2008 Conference, London Convention
Centre, London Ontario, Canada, June 2-4, 2008.
C225. Wang, L., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Adhesive Mechanical Fastener
Design For Use In Microassembly”, Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada,
May 4-7, 2008.
C224. Huang, H., Sun, D., Mills, J.K., Cheng, S.H., “Integrated Vision and Force
Control in Suspended Cell Injection System: Towards Automatic Batch
Biomanipulation”, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. On Robotics and Automation,
Pasadena Conference Centre, Pasadena, CA, May 18-23, 2008.
C223. Ren, L., Wang, L., Mills, J.K., Sun, D., “Automatic Microassembly by
Vision-Based Control”, Proc. 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Diego, Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2007.
C222. Zhang, X., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., ”Investigation on the Effect of
Elastic Deformations on Rigid Body Motions of 3-PRR Flexible Parallel
Manipulators”, Proc. 2007 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics
and Automation (ICMA 2007), Harbin, Heilongjiang, China August 5-8,
2007. Nominated for Best Paper Award
C221. Chu, H., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Design of a High Sensitivity
Capacitive Force Sensor”, Proc. 7th IEEE International Conference on
Nanotechnology, Hong Kong SAR, China, August 2-5, 2007.
C220. Anis, Y., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Automated Microassembly Task
Execution Using Vision Based Feedback” Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Information Acquisition, ICIA ’07, Jeju Island, Korea, July
7-9, 2007. Best Conference Paper Award.
C219. Wang, L., Ren, L., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Automatic 3D Joining in
Microassembly”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Information
Acquisition, ICIA ’07, Jeju Island, Korea, July 7-9, 2007.
C218. Zhang, X., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Study on Structural Vibration of a
3-PRR Flexible Parallel Manipulator”, 21st Canadian Congress of Applied
Mechanics (CANCAM –07), Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, June 3-7, 2007.
C217. Hassanpour, P., Cleghorn, W.L., Esmailzadeh, E, Mills, J.K., “Vibration of
an Euler Bernoulli Beam with a Guided Mass”, Proc. 21st Canadian
Congress of Applied Mechanics (CANCAM), Ryerson University, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, June 3-7, 2007.
C216. Zhang, X., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Structural Vibration Response
Analysis of a 3-PRR Flexible Parallel Manipulator Moving With High
Speed”, Ninth IASTED International Conference on Control and
Applications, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 30-June 1, 2007.
C215. Zhang, X., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L.,” Structural Vibration Control of a
Moving 3-PRR Flexible Parallel Manipulator with Multiple PZT Actuators
and Sensors”, 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical
Conferences (IDETC), Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada,
September 4-7, 2007.
C214. Huang, H., Sun, D., Mills, J.K., Cheng, S.H., “Automatic Suspended Cell
Injection Under Vision and Force Control Biomanipulation”, Proc. IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (IEEE ROBIO
2007), Sanya, China, December 15-18, 2007. (Nominated for Best
Paper Award)
C213. Hassanpour, P., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., Esmailzadeh, E., ”Vibration
Analysis of Axially Loaded Euler-Bernoulli Beams With Guided Masses”,
Proc. 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical
Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference,
IDETC/CIE 2007, September 4-7, 2007, Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las
Vegas, Nevada.
C212. Hassanpour, P., Cleghorn, W.L., Esmailzadeh, E, Mills, J.K., “Analytical
Model of Single Stage Compliant Mechanism With Flexible Lever Beam”,
Proceedings of SPIE Reliability, Packaging, Testing, and Characterization
of MEMS/MOEMS VI, v6464, January 20-25, 2007, San Jose, California,
USA.
C211. Ren, L, Wang, L., Mills, J. K., Sun, D., “2-D Automatic Grasping Tasks
Performed by Visual Servo Control”, International Symposium on
Industrial Electronics, (ISIE07), pp. 2119-2124, June 4-7, Centro Cultural
and Centro Social, Caixanaova, Vigo, Spain.
C210. Chu, H.K., Mills, J.K., and Cleghorn, W.L., "Stereolithography as a MesoStructure For Input Force Reduction to a Capacitive Force MEMS
Sensor," Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical
Engineering, v6464, 60640Q-1 – 60640Q-10, January 20-25, 2007, San
Jose, California, USA.
C209. Huang, H., Sun, D., Mills, J.K., Li, W., “Visual-based Impedance Force
Control of Three-Dimensional Cell Injection Forces, Proc. IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Rome, Italy, April
10-14, 2007.
C208. Wang, L., Wang, X., Mills, J. K., Guo, S., “Visual Servo Control of IPMC
Actuator Based Micro-Robot”, Proceedings of International CANSMART
Workshop, Smart Materials and Structures, pp.119-128, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, October 12-13, 2006.
C207. Huang, H., Sun, D., Mills, J.K., and Li, W.J., “A Visual Impedance Force
Control of A Robotic Cell Injection System”, Proc. International
Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, (ROBIO) Dec. 17-20, 2006,
Kunming, China. Nominated for Best Paper.
C206. Ren, L., Mills, J. K., “Comparison of Control approaches on tracking
Control of a 3 DOF Parallel Robot: Experimental Results”, ”, Proc. 9th
International Conference on Control, Automation and Vision, (ICARV ‘06)
2006, pp. 576-581, Grand Hyatt, Singapore, December 5-8, 2006.
C205. Wang, X., Mills, J. K., “Modal Control Design of Configuration Dependent
Linkage Vibration in a Parallel Robot Through Experimental Identification”,
Proc. 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and
Systems, Beijing, China, October 9-15, 2006.
C204. Ren, L, Mills, J. K., Sun, D., “Performance Improvement of Tracking
Control for a Planar Parallel Robot Using Synchronized Control”, Proc.
2006-2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and
Systems, pp. 2539-2544, Beijing, China, October 9-15, 2006.
C203. Bahadur, I., Mills, J.K., Towards Development of a One-Port Resonant
Sensor For Robotic-based Microassembly Force Measurement”, Proc.
IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, (ICMA
2006), HeNan University of Science and Technology, LouYang, HeNan,
China, June 25-28, 2006.
C202. Liu, W., Mills, J.K., “MEMS Remote Centre of Compliance Design”, Proc.
IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, (ICMA
2006), HeNan University of Science and Technology, LouYang, HeNan,
China, June 25-28, 2006.
C201. Ren, L., Feng, Z., Mills, J. K., “A Self-Tuning Iterative calculation Approach
for the Forward Kinematics of a Stewart Platform”, Proc. IEEE
International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, (ICMA 2006),
pp. 2018-2023, HeNan University of Science and Technology, LouYang,
HeNan, China, June 25-28, 2006.
C200. Wang, X., Wang, L., Guo, S., Mills, J.K., “A Test-bed for Visual Servo
Control of Artificial Muscle MicroRobot With Parallel Architecture”, Proc.
IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, (ICMA
2006), HeNan University of Science and Technology, LouYang, HeNan,
China, June 25-28, 2006.
C199. Wang, X., Mills, J. K., “Modal Control of Configuration Dependent Linkage
Vibration in Closed-Loop Flexible-Link Mechanisms”, pp. 57-62, Proc. 17th
IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, May 24-26, 2006.
C198. Hassampour, P. Cleghorn, W.L., Esmailzadeh, E., Mills, J.K., “Modelling
and Analysis of Resonant Sensor Actuated by Bent Beam Thermal
Actuator” Proc. 17th IASTED International Conference on Modelling and
Simulation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 24-26, 2006.
C197. Anis, Y., Mills, J. K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Active Microgripper Interface Used
in the Microassembly of MEMS”, Proc. IEEE Canadian Conference on
Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2006) , Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada, May 7-10, 2006.
C196. Chu, H, Mills, J. K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Design of a capacitive MEMS Sensor
for Automotive Circuit Disconnect”, Proc. Canadian Society of Mechanical
Engineering (CSME) Forum 2006, 62:1-8, Kananaskis, Alberta, May 2124, 2006.
C195. Shao, X., Sun, D., Mills, J. K., “A New Motion Control Hardware
Architecture With FPGA-Based IC Design for Robotic Hardware”, Proc.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL,
U.S.A., May 15-19, 2006.
C194. Anis, Y., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L.,” Measurement of MEMS
Microassembly Forces Using Computer Vision”, Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, U.S.A., May 15-19,
2006.
C193. Ren, L., Mills, J.K., Sun, D., “Convex Synchronized Control for a 3-DOF
Planar Parallel Manipulator”, Proc. IEEE International Conference on
Robotics and Automation, pp. 1129-1134, Orlando, FL, U.S.A., May 1519, 2006.
C192. Dechev, N., Ren, L., Liu, W., Cleghorn, W.L., Mills, J.K., “Development of
a 6 Degree of Freedom Robotic Micromanipulator For Use in 3D MEMS
Microassembly”, “ Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Automation, pp. 281-288, Orlando, FL, U.S.A., May 15-19, 2006.
C191. Wang, X., Mills, J.K.,” Dual-Modal Control of Configuration-Dependent
Linkage Vibration in a Smart Parallel Manipulator“ Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, U.S.A., May 15-19,
2006.
C190. Wang, X., Mills, J.K., “Modal Control of Configuration-Dependent Linkage
Vibration in a Smart Parallel Manipulator”, Eighth IASTED International
Conference on Control and Applications, Montreal, Quebec, May 24-26,
2006.
C189. Hassanpoor, P., Cleghorn, W.L., Esmailzadeh, E., Mills, J.K., “ Modeling
and Analysis of MEMS –based Resonant Beam Sensor Actuated by Bent
Beam Thermal Actuator”, International Symposium on MOEMS-MEEMS
2006 Micro and Nanofabrication , Proceedings of SPIE Reliability,
Packaging, Testing, and Characterization of MEMS/MOEMS V, January
21-27, 2006, San Jose, California, USA.
C188. Bahadur., I., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Machined Resonant Force
Sensor for Passive Microgripping Applications: 3D Microassembl”,
International Symposium on MOEMS-MEMS 2006 Micro and
Nanofabrication, San Jose, CA, U.S., January 21-27, 2006.
C187. Anis, Y., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Visual Force Measurement in
Assembly of MEMS Devices”, International Symposium on MOEMSMEMS 2006 Micro and Nanofabrication, San Jose, CA, U.S., January 2127, 2006.
C186. Anis, Y., Mills, J. K., Cleghorn, W.L., (Presented by Zhe Lu) “Modal
Analysis of Thermally Actuated Microgrippers used in Assembly of MEMS
Devices”, Proc. 3rd International Conference on Computattional
Intelligence, CIRAS 2005, December 14-16, 2005, Singapore.
C185. Bahadur, I., Mills, J. K., (Presented by Zhe Lu) “Design and Modeling of
an Electrostatic, Passive Microgripper for 3-D Microassembly”, Proc. 3rd
International Conference on Computattional Intelligence, CIRAS 2005,
December 14-16, 2005, Singapore.
C.184. Wang, X., Mills, J.K., “Modal Control of Configuration-Dependent Linkage
Vibration in a Smart Parallel Manipulator”, International CANSMART
Workshop, Smart Materials and Structures, October 13, 2005, pp. 33-42,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
C183. Bahadur, I.B., Anis, Y.H., Hassanpour, P., Cleghorn, W.L., Mills, J. K.,
Automated Cell Manipulation Using an Electrostatic Microgripper and
Resonant Force Sensor for Cell Manipulation”, Proc. 4th Canadian
Workshop on MEMS and Microfluidics, August 16-19, 2005, Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada.
C182. Fu, K., Mills, J.K., “A Planar Parallel Manipulator – Dynamics Revisited
and Controller Design, Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Intelligent Robots and Systems, August 2-6, 2005, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada.
C181. Anis, Y., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Modal Analysis of Microgrippers
Used in Assembly of MEMS Devices”, Proceedings of the 2005
International Conference on MEMS, NANO and Smart Systems,
(ICMENS’05), pp. 28 1-286, July 24-27, 2005, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
C180. Bahadur, I., Mills, J. K., Sun, Y., “A Micromachined Resonant Force
Sensor for a Compliant Passive Microgripper”, Proc. IEEE Int. Conference
on Mechatronics and Automation, (ICMA 05), July 29-August 1, 2005,
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. (nominated for Best Paper (one of 10
finalists of 400 papers)
C179. Huang, H., Sun, D., Chen, W., Mills, J.K., “A Vision based Position Control
Methodology to Drive Mobile Robots Towards Target Positions”, Proc.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetrics – Robio
2005, June 29-July 3, 2005, Hong Kong and Macau SAR.
C178. Kim, J., Mills, J. K., Popovic, M., “The Inverse Dynamics Solution of ArmFree Standing for Paraplegics”, Proc. 10th Annual Conference of the
International FES Society, July 5-9, 2005, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
C177. Dechev, N., Mills, J. K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Design of Grasping Interface for
Microgrippers and Micro-Parts Used in the Microassembly of MEMS”,
Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Information Acquisition, (ICIA) June 27-July 3,
2005, Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Macau, Hong
Kong SAR. (nominated for Best Paper (one of 10 finalists of 160
papers)
C176. Wang, X., Mills, J.K., “Experimental Modal Identification of ConfigurationDependent Vibration of Using Smart Material Transducers With
Application to a Planar Parallel Robot”, To Appear, Proc. IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetrics – Robio 2005,
June 29-July 3, 2005, Hong Kong and Macau SAR
C175. Anis, Y., Mills, J. K., Cleghorn, W.L., Poster session: “Design of MEMS
microgripepr for 3D MEMS assembly”, Auto’21 Highly Qualifies People
(HQP) Conf., University Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario, May
10-12, 2005.
C174. Su, Y.X., Sun, D., Ren, L., Wang, X.Y., Mills, J.K., Nonlinear PD
Synchronized Control for Parallel Manipulators, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on
Robotics and Automation, pp. 1386-1391, Barcelona, Spain, May, 2005.
C173. Ren, L, Sun, D., Mills, J. K., “Controller Design Applied to Planar Parallel
Manipulators For Trajectory Tracking Control“, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on
Robotics and Automation, pp. 980-985, Barcelona, Spain, May, 2005.
C172. Wang, X., Mills. J.K., “Active Control of Configuration Dependent Linkage
Vibration With Applications to a Planar Parallel Platform, Proc. IEEE Int.
Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, May, 2005.
C171. Dechev, N., Mills, J. K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Mechanical Fastener Designs for
Use in Microassembly of 3D Microstructures”, Proc. IMECE 2004, 2004 in
ASME
International
Mechanical
Engineering
Congress
and
Exposition 2004, November 13–19, 2004, Anaheim, California, USA.
C170. Wang, X., Mills, J. K., “Substructuring Dynamic Modeling and Active
Vibration Control of a Smart Parallel Platform”, Proc. International
Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control, (ARDC) 2004
in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and
Exposition 2004, Paper Number: 2004-60411 November 13–19, 2004,
Anaheim, California, USA.
C169. Wang, X., Mills, J. K., Yan, G., Lin, R., “An Active Vibration Control
Scheme Based on Primary Response Reconstruction Algorithm, 15th Int.
Conf. On Adaptive Structures and Technologies, October 24-27, 2004,
Atlantic-Oakes-By-The-Sea, Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.A.
C168. Wang., X., Mills., J. K., “Experimental Modal Analysis of Flexible Linkages
in a “Smart Parallel Platform”, Proc. Int. CANSMART Workshop, Smart
Materials and Structures, Thursday, October 21, 2004, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada.
C167. Fu, K., Mills, J. K., Chen, W., Wang, Q., “Convex Integrated Design (CID)
Method in the Integrated Design of a Semi-Active Suspension Systems”,
Proc. Int. Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation,
Chengdu, China, August 26-31, 2004.
C166. Ren, L., Mills, J. K., Sun, D., “Adaptive Synchronization Control of a Planar
Parallel Manipulator”, Proceedings of the 2004 American Control
Conference , Volume 5, 30 June-2 July 2004 Page(s):3980 - 3985 vol.5,
June 30-July 2, 2004, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
C165. Ren, L., Mills, J. K., “Adaptive Synchronization Control For a Planar
Parallel Manipulator, To Appear Proc. 14th Int. Conference on Flexible
Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), pp. 326-333, Toronto,
Canada, July 12-14, 2004.
C164. Wang, X., Zhu, S., Mills, J. K., “DSP-Based Hierarchical Control
Implementation of a “Smart Parallel Platform” for Electronics
Manufacturing”, Proc. 14th Int. Conference on Flexible Automation and
Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), pp. 376-383, Toronto, Canada, July 1214, 2004.
C163. Cleghorn, W.L., Mills, J.K., “Linkages of Undergraduate Students With
Industry: The MMO Connections Program at the University of Toronto”,
2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference,
May, June 20-23, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
C162. Ren, L., Mills, J. K., Sun, D., “Trajectory Tracking Control of a Planar
Parallel Manipulator: Synchronization Control”, Proc. CSME FORUM, pp.
299-306, June 1-4, 2004, London, Ontario, Canada.
C161. Wang, X., Mills, J. K., “Craig-Brampton Modal Set Based Substructuring
Modelling of a Flexible Link Planar Parallel Platform”, Proc. CSME
FORUM, June 1-4, 2004, London, Ontario, Canada.
C160. Wang, X., Mills, J. K., “FEM-Based Active Vibration Control Design of
Flexible Linkages in a Planar Parallel Platform”, Proc. CSME FORUM,
June 1-4, 2004, London, Ontario, Canada.
C159. Iu, H.,S., Cleghorn, W.L., Mills, J. K., “Computational Fluid Dynamics
Applications: Slosh Analysis of an Automotive Fuel Tank Model”, Proc.
12th Annual Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, May 9-11,
2004, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
C158. Wang, X., Mills, J. K., “A FEM Model For Active Vibration Control of
Flexible Linkages”, Proc. 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics
and Automation , Volume 5, 26 April-1 May 2004, pp. 4308 – 4313, April
26 – May 1, 2004, New Orleans, U.S.A.
C157. Fu, K., Mills, J. K., Sun, D., “Convex Integrated Design (CID) Method:
Application to the Integrated Design of a Linear Positioning System”, Proc.
IEEE Int. Conf. On Robotics and Automation, April 26 – May 1, 2004, New
Orleans, U.S.A.
C156. Iu, S., Cleghorn , W.L. Mills, J. K., “Design and Analysis of Fuel Tank
Baffles to Reduce the Noise generated From Fuel Sloshing”, SAE World
Congress, 2004.
C155. Dechev, N., Cleghorn, W.L., Mills, J.K., Tether and Joint Design for MicroComponents used in Microassembly of 3D Microstructures”, Proceedings
SPIE Micromachining and Microfabrication, Photonics West 2004, San
Jose, CA, Jan 25-29, 2004.
C154. N. Dechev, W. L. Cleghorn, James K. Mills, “Construction of a 3D MEMS
Microcoil Using Sequential Robotic Microassembly Operations”, Proc.
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and R&D Expo
2003, Washington, D.C, Nov 15-21, 2003.
C153. Dechev, N., Cleghorn, W.L., Mills, J.K., “Construction of 3D MEMS
Microstructures Using Robotic Microassembly”, Workshop Notes, Proc.
IEEE/RSJ International Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Las
Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A., October 27-31, 2003.
C152b.N. Dechev, W.L. Cleghorn, and J. K. Mills, “Microassembly of Micro-Parts
into 3D Microstructures using a Passive, Compliant Microgripper”, Poster
presented at Canadian Workshop on Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Aug 22nd, 2003.
C152. Wang, X., Mills, J. K., “Active Vibration Control of Parallel Platform Using
Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators”, Proc. 6th CANSMART Int.
Workshop and Smart Materials and Structures, pp. 159-168, Montreal,
Canada, October 16-17, 2003.
C151. Fu, K., Mills, J.K., “The Convex Integrated Design (CID) Method:
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions For Existence of Solution”, Proc.
IEEE Conf. on Robotics, Intelligent Systems and Signal Processing,
Changsha, Hunan, China October 6-10, 2003.
C150.Golmakani, H., Mills, J. K., Benhabib, B., “Deadlock-free Optimal Routing
in Flexible Manufacturing Cells via Supervisory Control T2003,
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
C149. Park, E., Li, G., Mills, J.K., “Development of a Smart Robotic Gripper For
Shape and Vibration Control of Flexible Payloads: Theory and
Experiments”, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pp.
2418-2423, Taipei, Taiwan, Sept. 14-19, 2003.
C148. Golmakani, H.,, Benhabib, B., Mills, J. K., “Development of a Supervisory
Control for an Automated Manufacturing System, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on
Robotics and Automation, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 169-174, Sept. 14-19, 2003.
C147. Dechev, N., Cleghorn, W.L., Mills, J. K., “Microassembly of 3-D MEMS
Structures Utilizing a MEMS Microgripper With a Robotic Manipulator”,
Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3193-3199, Taipei,
Taiwan, Sept. 14-18, 2003.
C146. Arzanpour, S., Mills, J. K., Cleghorn, W.L., “Three Fingered Flexible
Fixture Design”, Proc. Of ASME Design Engineering Technical
Conferences, Computer and Information Conference, Chicago, Illinois,
U.S.A., September 2-6, 2003.
C145. Kang, B.S., Mills, J. K., “Study on Piezoelectric Actuators in Vibration
Control of a Planar Parallel Manipulator”, Proc. IEEE/ASME Int. Conf. On
Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Kobe, Japan, pp. 1268-1273, July 2024, 2003.
C144. Park, E., Mills, J.K., “Integrated Closed-loop Modal Truncation and
Balanced LQG Control Synthesis For Vibration Control of Flexible
Payloads”, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Control and Automation, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, pp. 301-305, June 9-12, 2003.
C143. Dechev, N., Cleghorn, W.L., Mills, J.K., “Microassembly of MEMS Into 3D
Microstructures”, Proc. 19th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics
(CANCAM 2003), Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 1 - 6, 2003.
C142. Piras, G., Cleghorn, W.L., Mills, J. K., “Finite Element Analysis of High
Speed Parallel Planar Manipulator With Flexible Joints”, ”, Proc. 19th
Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics (CANCAM 2003), Calgary,
Alberta, Canada, June 1 - 6, 2003.
C141. B. Kang, and J.K. Mills, "Two-Time Scale Control of a High Speed Planar
Parallel Manipulator With Structural Flexibility", Proc. 4th Asian Control
Conference, Singapore, Sept. 25-27, 2002.
C140. Dong, H., Sun, D., Mills, J. K., A New Method for Synchronized Tracking
Control of Differential Mobile Robots and its Experimental Analysis", Proc.
2002 IEEE Int. Symposium on Intelligent Control, Vancouver, British
Columbia, 27-30, October, 2002.
C139. I. Heerah, I., B. Kang, J. K. Mills, B. Benhabib, "Architecture Selection and
Singularity Analysis of a 3-Degree of Freedom Planar Parallel
Manipulator", Proc. 27th Biennial Mechanisms and Robotics Conference,
Montreal, Quebec, Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2002.
C138. K. Fu and J. K. Mills, "Theoretical Evaluation of the Integrated Structure
and Control Design Approach by Optimization Theory", Proc. Design
Automation Conference, Montreal, Quebec, September, 2002.
C137. K. Fu, D. Sun, and J. K. Mills, "Simultaneous mechanical Structure and
Control System Design: Optimization and Convex Approaches", Proc.
2002 IEEE Int. Symposium on Intelligent Control, Vancouver, British
Columbia, 27-30, October, 2002.
C136. Zhu J., Sun D., Tso S. K., and Mills S. K., “Vision guidance for a climbing
cleaning robot.” Proc. of 9th IEEE International Conference on
Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, Chiang Mai, Thailand, pp.
126-131, September 2002.
C135. Yeung, B., Mills, J. K., Development of a Six Degree-of-Freedom
Reconfigureable Gripper for Flexible Fixtureless Assembly, Proc. IEEE
Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation, Washington, D.C., May 1115, 2002.
C134. Sun D., and Mills J. K., “Adaptive synchronized control for coordination of
two robot manipulators.” Proc. of IEEE International Conference on
Robotics and Automation, Washington DC, VA, pp. 976-981, May 2002.
C133. Park, E., Kang, B.S., Mills, J.K., "Two Time Scale Shape Control of
Flexible Payloads Grasped by Actuated Grippers", Proc. IEEE Int.
Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2449-2454, Washington,
D.C., May 11-15, 2002.
C132. Park, E., Mills, J.K., "Dynamic Modelling of Flexible Payloads by
Actuated Grippers Using Component Mode Synthesis", Proc. IEEE Int.
Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2443-2448, Washington,
D.C., May 11-15, 2002.
C131. Sun, D., Mills, J. K., "Adaptive Synchronized Control For Coordination of
Two Robot Manipulators", Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and
Automation, Washington, D.C., May 11-15, 2002.
C130d. Park, E.J., Mills, J.K., "Control of flexible payloads grasped by actuated
grippers Undergoing Large Rigid-Body Motions, Part I: Dynamics”, Proc.
ASME Int. Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Symposium
on Dynamics, Acoustics and Sound, IMECE 2002, Paper No. 2-32407,
New Orleans, LA, U.S.A., Nov. 17-22, 2002.
C130c. Park, E.J., Mills, J.K., "Control Of Flexible Payloads Grasped By
Actuated Grippers Undergoing Large Rigid-Body Motions, Part II:
Controllability And Observability”, Proc. ASME Int. Mechanical
Engineering Congress & Exposition, Symposium on Dynamics, Acoustics
and Sound, IMECE 2002, Paper No. 2-32408, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.,
Nov. 17-22, 2002.
C130b. Dechev, N., Mills, J.K., Cleghorn, “Assembly of Micro-components Into
MEMS”, Poster – presented at Canadian Workshop on MicroElectromechanical Systems, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2001.
C130. Chen, W., Mills, J. K., Chu, J., Sun, D., "A Fuzzy Dynamic Uncertainty
Compensator For Industrial Robots During Trajectory Tracking Tasks",
Proc. IFAC Conference on New Technologies for Computer Control
2001, Hong Kong, Nov. 19-22, 2001.
C129. Kang, B., Mills, J. K., "Dynamic Modelling and Vibration Control of High
Speed Planar Parallel Manipulators", Proc. IEEE/RSJ International
Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Maui, Hawaii,
Sept. 21-24, 2001.
C128. Lee, S.-J., Mills, J. K., Sun, D., "Multiple Simultaneous Specification
Control Design Method For High Speed AC Induction Motor With
Applications to High Speed Manufacturing", Proc. 2001 IEEE
International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision In
Practice, (M2VIP), pp. 36-41, August 27-29, 2001, Hong Kong.
C127b.Yu, E.C.K., Mills, J.K., Ng , W.T., "On-Chip Monitoring for Smart Power
Integrated Circuits," ISIC-2001 Tech. Dig., pp. 446-449, Singapore, Sept.
4-5, 2001.
C127. Sun D., and Mills J. K., “Torque Control of Sinusoidal PMAC Motors for
Direct-Drive Robots.” Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on
Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, Alberta, Canada,
pp. 53-58, July-August 2001 (invited paper).
C126. Sun, D., Mills, J. K., "A Discrete Approach to Inner Current Loop Control
Design af PMAC Motor Control Systems", Proc. 2001 American Control
Conference, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A., pp. 2156-2160, June 25-27,
2001.
C125. Chen, W., Mills, J. K., Chu, J., Sun, D., "A Fuzzy Compensator For
Uncertainty of Industrial Robots", Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics
and Automation, Seoul, Korea, , pp. 2968-2973, May 21-25, 2001.
C124. Kang, B., Chu, J., Mills, J. K., "Design of High Speed Planar Parallel
Manipuator and Multiple Simultaneous Specification Control", Proc. IEEE
Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 21-25,
2001.
C123.
Sun D., and Mills J. K., “Advanced Torque Control of Robot Manipulators
Driven by AC Induction Motors”, Proc. of IEEE International Conference
on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, California, pp. 3537-3542,
April 2000.
C122.
Sun D., and Mills J. K., “Control of a Two-Manipulator System
Manipulating a Flexible Beam.” Proc. of The Sixth International
Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV),
Singapore, December 2000 (invited paper).
C121. Dechev, N, Cleghorn, W.L., Mills, J.K., “Techniques for Assembly of
MEMS Devices", Proc. International Symposium on Robotics and
Automation", ISRA '2000, Monterrey, Mexico, November 10-12, 2000.
C120. Wang, M., and Mills, J.K., "Performance Variation of Neural Network
Controlled Systems Caused by Link Mass Uncertainty", Proc. Int.
Conference on Neural Networks, Venice, Italy, July 25-27, 2000.
C119. Chen, W., Mills, J.K., Xu, Z., "Adaptive Neural Network Control For SemiActive Suspensions", Proc. 2000 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible
Manufacturing, Ann Arbor, MI, July 23-26, 2000.
C118. Sun, D. and Mills, J.K., " Control of Sinusoidal PMAC Motors in High
Speed Motions", Proc. 3rd World Congress on Intelligent Control and
Automation, University of Science and Technology, Hefei, P.R. China, pp.
3126-3131, June 28-July 2, 2000
C117. Park, E., and Mills, J.K., "Six DOF Localization of Sheet Metal Parts in
Fixtureless Assembly, Proc. 31st Int. Symposium on Robotics, (ISR 2000),
Montreal, Canada, May 14-17, 2000.
C116. Liu, H. and Mills, J.K., " Robot Tracking Control For Multiple Performance
Specifications Under System Uncertainty", Proc. IASTED Int. Conf. On
Applied Simulation and Modelling, Banff, Canada, July 24-26, 2000.
C115. Cho, D. and Mills, J.K., "Multiple Simultaneous Specification Control of a
High-Speed Linear positioning System Driven by a DC Brushless Motor",
Proc. 3rd Asian Control Conference, Shanghai, P.R. China, July 4-7,
2000.
C114. Liu, H. and Mills, J.K., "Multiple Specification Design in Flight Control
Systems", Proc. American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, June 28-30,
2000.
C113. Sun, D. and Mills, J.K., "AC Induction Motor Control Using an Advanced
Flux Observer Design", Proc. American Control Conference, Chicago, IL,
pp. 4430-4434, June 28-30, 2000.
C112. Chen, W., Mills, J.K., and Wu, L., "Neurofuzzy Adaptive Control For SemiActive Vehicle Suspension", Proc. IASTED Int. Conf. On Control and
Applications, Cancun, Mexico, May 24-26, 2000.
C111. Sun, D., and Mills, J.K., "Advanced Torque Control of Robot Manipulators
Driven by AC Induction Motors", Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. On Robotics and
Automation, San Francisco, CA, April 24-28, 2000.
C110. Sun D., and Mills J. K., “High-Accuracy Trajectory Tracking of Industrial
Robot Manipulator Using Adaptive-Learning Scheme.” Proc. of American
Control Conference, San Diego, pp. 1935-1939, June 1999.
C109. Sun D., and Mills J. K., “PZT Actuator Placement For Structural Vibration
Damping Of High Speed Manufacturing Equipment.” Proc. of American
Control Conference, San Diego, pp.1107-1111, June 1999.
C108. Park, E., and Mills, J.K., “An Automatic Part Localization System for
Automotive Sheet Metal Parts”, Proc. Workshop on Manipulation for
Intelligent Automation, pp. 33-38, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong, September 11, 1999.
C107. Wang, M., and Mills, J.K., “Performance Analysis of Neural Network
Control Scheme During Repetitive Task Execution, Proc. Int. Association
of Management 17th Annual Int. Conference, San Diego, CA, August 6-8,
1999.
C106. Sun, D., and Mills, J.K., “Study on Piezoelectric Actuators in Control of a
Single Link Flexible Manipulator”, Proc. of 1999 IEEE Int. Conf. on
Robotics and Automation, Detroit, MI, pp. 849-854, May, 1999.
C105. Xu, W., Yuen, Y.K. and Mills, J.K., "Application of Nonlinear
Transformations to A/F Ratio and Speed Control in an IC Engine", Proc.
1999 SAE Int. Congress and Exposition, Cobo-Center, Detroit, MI, March
1-4, 1999.
C104. Xu, W. and Mills, J.K., "A New Approach to the Position and Orientation
Calibration of Robots", Proc. 1999 International Symposium on Assembly
and Task Planning (ISATP'99), July 21-24, 1999, Porto, Portugal.
C103. Chen, C.Y.P, Mills, J.K., “Generalization and System Sensitivity in
Feedback Control Systems”, Proc. Of 12th International Symposium on
Intelligent Control, pp. 233-238, Istanbul, Turkey, July 16-18, 1997.
C102. Sun, D. and Mills, J.K., "Application of Smart Material Actuator for Control
of a Single Link Flexible Manipulator", Proc. 1999 International Federation
of Automatic Control Congress (IFAC), Beijing, P.R.C., July 15-20, 1999.
C101. Clark, C., Chen, P.C.Y. and Mills, J.K., "Robotic System Sensitivity to
Neural Network Learning Rate", Proc. IEEE Hong Kong Symposium on
Robotics and Control, Hong Kong, July 2,3, 1999.
C100. Clark, C. and Mills, J.K., "Comparison of Performance of Neural Network
Controller Architectures: Error Back-Propagation, Mixture of Expert, and
'Move' Neural Network Architectures on Industrial Robot Trajectory
Following Tasks", Proc. of International Conference on Advanced
Manufacturing Technology, Xi'an, P.R.C., June 16-18, 1999.
C99. Sun, D. and Mills, J.K., "High Accuracy Trajectory Tracking of Industrial
Robot Manipulator Using Adaptive-Learning Scheme", Proc. of American
Control Conference, San Diego, U.S.A., June, 1999.
C98. Sun, D. and Mills, J.K., "Study on Piezoelectric Actuators in Control of a
Single Flexible Link Manipulator", Proc. of American Control Conference,
San Diego, U.S.A., June, 1999.
C97. Liu, H.T. and Mills, J.K., "Multiple performance Analysis of Robot Task
Space Control, Proc. of International Conference on Modelling,
Identification and Control, Innsbruck, Austria, Feb. 15-18, 1999.
C96.
Sun D., Mills J. K., and Liu Y. H., “Hybrid position and force control of two
industrial robots manipulating a flexible sheet: Theory and Experiment.”
Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation,
Leuven, Belgium, pp. 1835-1840, 1998.
C95.
Sun D., and Mills J. K., “Adaptive learning control of robotic systems with
model uncertainties.” Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Robotics
and Automation, Leuven, Belgium, pp. 1847-1852, 1998.
C94. Sun, D. and Mills, J.K., "Position Control of Multiple Robots Manipulating a
Flexible Payload", Proc. American Control Conference, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, pp. 456-460, June, 1998.
C93. Sun, D. and Mills, J.K., "Combined PD feedback and Distributed
Piezoelectric-Polymer Vibration Control of a Single Link Flexible
Manipulator", Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent
Robots and Systems (IROS), Victoria, B.C., Canada, pp. 667-672,
September, 1998.
C92. Sun, D. and Mills, J.K., "An Approach to Multi-Robot Control Using
Structural Flexibility in Gripper Design", Proc. 1998 Japan-USA
Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ohtsu, Japan, pp.1039-1047, July
13-15, 1998.
C91. Sun, D. and Mills, J.K. and Liu, Y.H., "Performance Improvement of
Industrial Robot Trajectory Tracking Using Adaptive-Learning Scheme",
Proc. 1998 Symposium on Image, Speech, Signal Processing and
Robotics, Hong Kong, Vol. 1, pp. 261-266, May, 1998.
C90. Sun, D., Mills, J.K. and Liu, Y., "Position Control of Multiple Robots
Manipulating a Flexible Payload", Proc. of American Control Conference,
Philadelphia, PA., June 24-26, 1998.
C89. Liu, H.T. and Mills, J.K., "Multiple Simultaneous Specifications Control
Problem and Its Application", Proc. of American Control Conference,
Philadelphia, PA., June 24-26, 1998.
C88. Liu, H.T. and Mills, J.K., "Robustness of Robot Tracking Control With
Feedback Linearization", IASTED International Conference Intelligent
Systems and Control, Halifax, N.S., June 1-4, 1998.
C87. Liu, H.T. and Mills, J.K., "Robotool: A Simulation Software For Robot
Performance Analysis", Proc. CSME FORUM, Toronto, Ontario, May 1922, 1998.
C86. Clark, C. and Mills, J.K., "Increasing Production of Robot Manipulators
with Neural Networks", Proc. CSME FORUM, Toronto, Ontario, May 1922, 1998.
C85. Ogilvie, A. and Mills, J.K., "Real Time Neural Network Control:
Implementation and Experimentation", Proc. CSME FORUM, Toronto,
Ontario, May 19-22, 1998.
C84. Wu, G., Mills, J.K., Benhabib, B., "Controllability and Observability of
Flexible Payloads Manipulated by Rigid Arm Robots", Proc. CSME
FORUM, Toronto, Ontario, May 19-22, 1998.
C83. Sun, D., Mills, J.K., Liu, Y., "Hybrid Position and Force Control of Two
Industrial Robots Manipulating a Flexible Sheet: Theory and Experiment ",
Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation,
Leuven, Belgium, May 16-21, 1998.
C82. Sun, D., Mills, J.K., "Adaptive Learning Control of Robotic Systems With
Model Uncertainties", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics
and Automation, Leuven, Belgium, May 16-21, 1998.
C81. Chen, P.C.Y., Ogilvie, A., Clark, C., Zhou, K., Mills, J.K., "Development of
a Neural Network Module for Improving the Performance of a Commercial
Robot", Proceeding of World Automation Congress, Anchorage, Alaska,
May 9-14, 1998.
C80. Sun, D., Liu, Y., Mills, J.K., "Position and Force Tracking of a TwoManipulator System Handling a Flexible Beam", Third ECPD Int.
Conference on Advanced Robotics, Intelligent Automation and Active
Systems, Bremen, Germany, September 15-17, 1997.
C79. Sun, D., Liu, Y., Mills, J.K "Cooperative Control of a Two-Manipulator
System Handling a Flexible Object", Proc. IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on
Intelligent Robots and Systems, Innovative Robotics for Real World
Applications", Grenoble, France, September 7-11, 1997.
C78. Chen, P.C.Y., Mills, J.K., "Modeling of Neural Networks in Feedback
Systems Using Describing Functions", Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Neural Networks, Houston, TX, June 9-12, pp. 733-738,
1997.
C77. Liu, H.T, Mills, J.K., "Controller design For Multiple Simultaneous
Specifications With Applications to Robotic Systems", Proc. IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Albuquerque, MN,
May 12-16, 1997.
C76. Chen, P.C.Y., Mills, J.K., "A Methodology For Analysis of Neural Network
Generalization in Control Systems", Proc. of American Control
Conference, Albuquerque, MN, June 4-6, pp. 1091-1095, 1997.
C75. Laliberte, M. and Mills, J.K., "Payload Alignment Control Using Task
Moment Feedback for Multi-Robot Assembly Operations", Proc. of
International Conference on Manufacturing Automation, Hong Kong, April
28-30, 1997.
C74. Fielding, T. and Mills, J.K., "Force Control Using Virtual Trajectory
Generation", To appear, Proc. of International Conference on
Manufacturing Automation, Hong Kong, April 28-30, 1997.
C73. Lauzon, S., Mills, J.K. and Benhabib, B., "Implementation of a ControlledAutomata Based Manufacturing Supervisory Controller", Proc. of Robotics,
CAD/CAM and Factories of the Future Conference, London, England,
August 14-16, 1996.
C72. Liu, H. and Mills, J.K., "Robot Control System Design: Performance
Oriented Approach", Proc. ASME International 1996 Japan-U.S.A.
Symposium on Flexible Automation, Boston, Massachusetts, July 8-10,
1996.
C71.† Chen, P.C.Y. and Mills, J.K., "Synthesis of Neural Networks and PID
Controllers: Experiments on Motor and Robot Trajectory Tracking", Proc.
IEEE-SMC 1996 IMACS Multi-conference on Computational Engineering
in Systems Applications, Lille, France, July 9-12, 1996.
C70. Nguyen, W. and Mills, J.K., "Robotic Assembly of Automotive Bodies
Without Fixtures: Flexible Fixtureless Assembly", Proc. of the International
Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation, Florence, Italy,
June 3-6, 1996.
C69.† Nguyen, W. and Mills, J.K., "Fixtureless Assembly: Multi-Robot
Manipulation of Flexible Payloads", Proc. Sixth International Symposium
on Robots and Manufacturing at Second World Automation Congress,
Montpellier, France, May 27-30, 1996.
C68.† Chen, P.C.Y. Smith, K.C. and Mills, J.K., "Neural Network Learning
Control For Position and Force Regulation of Multi-Manipulator Systems",
Proc. Sixth International Symposium on Robots and Manufacturing at
Second World Automation Congress, Montpellier, France, May 27-30,
1996.
C67.† Chen, P.C.Y., Mills, J.K. and Vukovich, G., "Neural Network Learning and
Generalization for Performance Improvement of Industrial Robots", Proc.
of the 1996 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Calgary, May 26-29, 1996.
C66. Nguyen, W. and Mills, J. K., "Multi-Robot Control For Flexible Fixtureless
Assembly With Applications to Automotive Assembly", Proc. of the 1996
Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering FORUM, May 7-9, 1996,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
C65. Fielding, T. and Mills, J.K., "Force Control Using Virtual Trajectory
Generation", Proc. of the 1996 Canadian Society of Mechanical
Engineering FORUM, May 7-9, 1996, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
C64. Chen, P.C.Y., Mills, J.K. and Vukovich, G., "Real Time Neural Network
Learning Control of DC Motors For Industrial Processes", Proc. of the
1996 Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering FORUM, May 7-9,
1996, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
C63. Hujic, D., Croft, E.A. Mills, J.K. and Benhabib, B., "An APPE Tracker
Hybrid System for Vision Based Grasping of Moving Objects", Proc. of the
1996 Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering FORUM, May 7-9,
1996, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
C62. Liu, H.T. and Mills, J.K., "A New Controller Design Methodology and Its
Application to Robot Control Systems", Proc. of the 1996 Canadian
Society of Mechanical Engineering FORUM, May 7-9, 1996, Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada.
C61. Nguyen, W.H. and Mills, J.K., "Multi-Robot Control For Flexible Fixtureless
Assembly of Flexible Sheet Metal Auto Body Parts", Proc. IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, April 22-28,1996.
C60. He. D., Hujic, D., Mills, J.K. and Benhabib, B., "Moving Object Recognition
Using Premarking and Active Vision", Proc. IEEE International Conference
on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, pp. 1980-1985,
April 22-28,1996.
C59. Hujic, D., Zak, G., Croft, E., Fenton, R.G., Mills, J.K. and Benhabib, B.,
"An Active Prediction, Planning and Execution System for Interception of
Moving Objects", Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and
Task Planning, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pp. 347-352, August 10-11,
1995.
C58. Mills, J.K. and Ing, J., "Robotic Fixturless Assembly of Sheet Metal Parts
Using Dynamic Finite Element Models: Modelling and Simulation", Proc.
IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nagoya, Japan, May
21-27, 1995.
C57. Mills, J.K. and Nguyen, W., "Automatic Generation of Nonlinear TaskBased Transformations for Robot Contact Control Implementation", Proc.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nagoya,
Japan, May 21-27, 1995.
C56. Baines, P. and Mills, J.K., "Feedback Linearized Joint Torque Control of a
Geared, DC Motor Driven Industrial Robot", Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nagoya, Japan, May 21-27,
1995.
C55. Lauzon, S., , Ma, A.K.L., Mills, J.K. and Benhabib, B., "On Implementing a
Discrete-Event-System Based Supervisory Controller for a Flexible
Manufacturing System", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics
and Automation, Nagoya, Japan, pp. 1429-1434, May 21-27, 1995.
C54. Chen, P.C., Mills, J.K. and Smith K.C., "An Approach to Uncertainty
Compensation Using a Neural Network For Multi-Manipulator System
Control", Proc. International Conference on Intelligent Robots and
Systems, Munich, Germany, Sept. 12-16, 1994.
C53.† Mills, J.K. and Lawryshyn, Y., "Robot Link and Contact Surface Dynamic
Interaction: An Experimental Study of Contact Task Instability", Proc. Fifth
International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing, Wailea, Hawaii,
U.S.A., August 15-17, 1994.
C52.† Chen, P.C., Mills, J.K. and Smith, K.C., "Neural Networks for Performance
Improvement in Robot Control During General Task Execution", Proc.
AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, Aug.
1-3, 1994.
C51. Chen, P.C., Mills, J.K. and Smith, K.C., "Experimental Implementation of
an Approach to Robot Compliant Motion Control Using a Neural Network",
Proc. of Conference on Data, Knowledge and Systems, Hong Kong, May
2-4, 1994.
C50. Kapitanovsky, A., Goldenberg, A.A. and Mills, J.K., "An Approach to
Classification, Analysis and Feedback Control of Kinematic Drift in Freefloating Manipulators", Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and
Automation, San Diego, CA, pp.83-88, May 8-13, 1994.
C49.† Chen, P.C., Mills, J.K. and Smith, K.C., "Parameter Uncertainty
Compensation in Compliant Motion Control of a Robotic Manipulator
Using Neural Networks", Proc. Third Guangdong-Hong Kong Symposium
on the Application of Mechatronics, Hong Kong, April 26-27, 1994
C48. Kapitanovsky, A., Goldenberg, A.A. and Mills, J.K., "Design of Smooth
Dynamic Feedback for Stabilization of Non-holonomic Systems", Proc. of
the 32nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 965-970, San
Antonio, 1993.
C47. Kapitanovsky, A., Goldenberg, A.A. and Mills, J.K., "Smooth Dynamic
Feedback Design for Non-holonomic Systems, with Application to Freeflying Manipulators", Abstract and poster for IRIS-PRECARN Conference,
Ottawa, 1993.
C46.† Chen, C.Y.P., Mills, J.K. and Smith, K.C., "Parameter Uncertainty
Compensation in Robot Trajectory Tracking:
A Neural Network
Approach", Proc. International IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Conference 1993, Le Touquet, France, October 17-20, 1993.
C45. Goldenberg, A.A., Strassberg, S. and Mills, J.K., "Experimental Evaluation
of a New Control Method for Bilateral Teleoperating Systems", Proc. IEEE
Systems, Man and Cybernetics Conference 1993, Le Touquet, France,
October 17-20, 1993.
C44. Kapitanovsky, A., Mills, J.K. and Goldenberg, A.A., "Nonlinear Dynamic
Feedback Technique for Motion Control In Holonomic Robotic Systems",
Proc. of the 8th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control,
Chicago, Illinois, pp, 28-33, August 25-27, 1993.
C43. Kapitanovsky, A., Mills, J.K. and Goldenberg, A.A., "Unified Control of
Contact and Joint Space Drift In Multifingered Robot Hands", Proc. of the
8th International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Chicago, Illinois, pp.
113-118, August 25-27, 1993.
C42. Chen, C.Y.P., Mills, J.K., and Smith, K.C., "On the Dynamics of a Neural
Network For Robot Trajectory Tracking", Proc. 1993 IEEE/RST
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Yokohama,
Japan, July 26-30, 1993.
C41. Tsang, R. and Mills, J.K., "Experimental Results of Integral Manifold
Control of Rubbertuator Actuated Manipulator", Proc. ICAM'93 2nd
International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics, Tokyo, Japan,
August 2-4, 1993.
C40. Kapitanovsky, A., Goldenberg, A.A. and Mills, J.K., "Dynamic Control
Technique for Non-holonomic Systems", Proc. International Federation of
Automatic Control Congress, Vol. 4, pp. 98-102, Sydney, Australia, July
18-23, 1993.
C39. Kapitanovsky, A., Goldenberg, A.A. and Mills, J.K., "Unified Control of
Contact and Joint Space Drift in Multifingered Robot Hands", Proc.
International Conference CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future,
(CARS & FOF '93), St. Petersburgh, Russia, May 17-20, 1993.
C38. Kapitanovsky, A., Mills, J.K. and Goldenberg, A.A., "Systematic Synthesis
of Motion Controllers for Non-holonomic Systems with Applications to
Space Based Manipulators", Proc. Fourth Conference on Intelligent
Robotic Systems for Space Exploration, Troy, New York, 1992.
C37. Chen, P.C.-Y., Mills, J.K. and Smith, K.C., "On the Performance of a
Neural-Network Based Uncertainty Compensation Scheme for Robot
Trajectory Tracking", Proc. 1992 International Joint Conference on Neural
Networks, Beijing, China, November 3-6, 1992.
C36. Kapitanovsky, A., Goldenberg, A.A. and Mills, J.K., "Dynamic Control of
Non-holonomic Motion in Spacecraft/Manipulator Systems", Proc. 1992
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, pp.
1419-1424, Chicago, IL, October, 1992.
C35. Kapitanovsky, A., Mills, J.K. and Goldenberg, A.A., "Kinematic Control of
Non-holonomic Drift and Its Application to 3-D Rolling Manipulation: Task
Gradient Technique", Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent
Control, pp. 293-298, Glasgow, Scotland, October, 1992.
C34.† Mills, J.K., "Fixtureless Assembly: Multi-robot Manipulation of Distributed
Parameter Payloads", IMAC/SICE International Symposium on Robotics,
Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems '92, Kobe, Japan, September
16-20, 1992.
C33.† Chen, P.C.Y., Mills, J.K. and Smith, K.C., "Uncertainty Compensation in
the Control of Robotic Systems: A Neural Network Approach", Proc.
Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering
(CCECE-92), Toronto, Ontario, September 13-16, 1992.
C32.† Mills, J.K., "Robotic Manipulator Control of Generalized Force and
Position", Proc. International Conference on Manufacturing Automation,
Hong Kong, August 10-12, 1992.
C31. Kapitanovsky, A., Goldenberg, A.A. and Mills, J.K., "Drift Spaces in
Multifingered Robot Hands and Methods for Drift Compensation", Proc.
Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, pp. 813-820, San
Francisco, CA, July 11-13, 1992.
C30. Mills, J.K., "Multi-Manipulator Control for Fixtureless Assembly of
Elastically Deformable Parts", 1992 Japan - U.S.A. Symposium on
Flexible Automation, San Francisco, CA, July 11-13, 1992.
C29. Strassberg, Y, Goldenberg, A.A. and Mills, J.K., "A New Control Scheme
for Bilateral Teleoperating Systems: Performance Evaluation and
Comparison", Proc. Fifth International Workshop on "Intelligent Robots
and Systems", Rayleigh, NC, July 7-10, 1992.
C28. Yanovski, G., Davison, E.J., Lokhorst, D.M. and Mills, J.K., "Experiment
Analysis of a Robust Centralized/Decentralized Controller for Robotic
Manipulators", Proc. 1992 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent
Robots and Systems, Raleigh, N.C., July 7-10, 1992.
C27. Strassberg, S., Goldenberg, A.A. and Mills, J.K., "A New Control Scheme
for Bilateral Teleoperating Systems: Lyapunov Stability Analysis", Proc.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nice, France,
May 8-10, 1992. Automation, San Francisco, CA, July 11-13, 1992.
C26. Notash, L., Fenton, R.G. and Mills, J.K., "Sensitivity Analysis of System
Coefficients to Aid the Design of Cam Mechanisms", Proc. Second
National Applied Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Cincinatti, Ohio,
November 3-6, 1991.
C25. Mills, J.K. and Liu, G.J., "Robotic Manipulator Control of Generalized
Contact Force and Position", Proc. Fourth International Workshop on
"Intelligent Robots and Systems", Osaka, 1991.
C24. Notash, L., Fenton, R.G. and Mills, J.K., "Optimum Design of Flexible Cam
Systems", Eighth Annual World Congress on the Theory of Machines and
Mechanisms, Prague, Checkoslovakia, August 1991.
C23. Mills, J.K. and Lokhorst, D.M., "Experimental Results in Manipulator
Contact Task Control", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Automation, Sacramento, California, 1991.
C22. Vukovich, G. and Mills, J.K., "Dynamics, Stability and Control Issues of
Elastic Joint Manipulators During Contact With a Stiff Environment", IEEE
Conference on Decision and Control, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 5-7,
1990.
C21. Strassberg, S., Goldenberg, A.A. and Mills, J.K., "A New Decoupled
Control Scheme For Teleoperator Systems", ASME Winter Annual
Meeting Dallas, TX, November 25-30, 1990.
C20. Mills, J.K., "Hybrid Actuation of Robotic Manipulators: An Integral Manifold
Control Approach", 5th International Symposium on Intelligent Control,
Philadelphia, Sept. 5-7, 1990.
C19. Mills, J.K., "A Generalized Lyapunov Approach to Robotic Manipulator
Stability During Transition To and From Contact Tasks", Japan-U.S.A.
Symposium on Flexible Manufacturing, July 9-11, Kyoto, Japan, 1990.
C18. Lokhorst, D., Mills, J.K. and Kuzan, P., "A Facility For Experiments in
Robot Task Control", Proc. CSME FORUM 1990, Toronto, June 4-9, 1990.
C17. Mills, J.K., "Stability and Control of Robotic Manipulators During Collision
and Contact/Noncontact Task Transition", Proc. CSME FORUM 1990,
Toronto, June 4-9, 1990.
C16. Mills, J.K., "Hybrid Actuator For Robot Manipulators: Design, Control and
Performance", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Automation, Cincinatti, May 13-18, 1990.
C15. Lokhorst, D. and Mills, J.K., "Implementation of a Discontinuous Control
Law on a Robotic Manipulator During Collision With a Stiff Environment",
Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation,
Cincinatti, May 13-18, 1990.
C14. Mills, J.K., "Manipulator Transition To and From Contact Tasks: A
Discontinuous Control Approach", Proc. IEEE International Conference on
Robotics and Automation, Cincinatti, May 13-18, 1990.
C13. Mills, J.K., "Control of Robotic Manipulators With Flexible Joints During
Constrained Motion Task Execution", Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision
and Control, Tampa, Florida, pp. 1676-1681, December 13-15, 1989.
C12. Mills, J.K.,
"Systemic Properties of Robotic Manipulators During
Compliant Motion Task Execution and Their Impact on Controller Design",
Proc. Fourth International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Albany, New
York, pp. 160-165, September 25-27, 1989.
C11.† Mills, J.K., "Local Asymptotic Stability of a General Class of Robot
Manipulator Control Laws During Free and Compliant Motion", 2nd
International Conference on Robotics, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, June 26-28,
1989.
C10. Mills, J.K., "Joint Asymptotic Stability of Robotic Manipulators During
Compliant and Free Motion", Proc. 1989 IEEE International Conference on
Control and Applications, Jerusalem, Israel, pp. TP3-3 - TP 3-4, April 3-6,
1989.
C9.
Mills, J.K., "Dynamic Modeling of Robotic Manipulators with a
Force-Torque Sensor During Compliant Motion", Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1672-1677, May 14-19,
Scottsdale, Arizona, 1989.
C8.
Mills, J.K.,
"Constrained Manipulator Dynamic Models and Hybrid
Control", Proc. 1988 IEEE Int. Symp. on Intelligent Control, Arlington,
Virginia, pp. 424-429, August, 1988.
C7.† Mills, J.K. and Goldenberg, A.A., "Constrained Motion Control of Robotic
Manipulators", Proc. International Conference on the Robotics, Dubrovnik,
Yugoslavia, August, 1987.
C6.
Mills, J.K. and Goldenberg, A.A., "Connective Stability of a Class of
Robotic Manipulators", Proc. IFAC World Congress, pp. 185-289, Munich,
West Germany, August 1987.
C5.
Mills, J.K. and Goldenberg, A.A., "Force and Position Control of
Constrained Manipulators", Proc. 1987 IEEE International Symposium on
Intelligent Control, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January
1987.
C4.
Mills, J.K. and Goldenberg, A.A., "Robust Control of Robotic Manipulators
with Task Space Feedback", Proc. 1986 Conference on Decision and
Control, pp. 423-428, Athens, Greece, December 1986.
C3.† Mills, J.K. and Goldenberg, A.A., "Robust Control of Robotic Manipulators
with Joint Feedback", ASME-Robotics: Theory and Applications, pp.
43-50, Anaheim, December 1986.
C2.
C1.
Mills, J.K. and Goldenberg, A.A., "Further Results on a New Robust
Robot Controller", Recent Trends in Robotics: Modelling, Control and
Applications, North Holland, pp. 435-440, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
November 1986.
Mills, J.K. and Goldenberg, A.A., "A New Robust Robot Controller", Proc.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San
Francisco, California, pp. 740-745, April 1986.
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† Invited Paper