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Autonomous underwater vehicle motion tracking using a Kalman filter for sensor fusion

Author: Holtzhausen, S ; Matsebe, O ; Tlale, NS ; Bright, G Date: Nov 2008 AUVs are ideal platforms for search and rescue operations. They can also be used for inspection of underwater terrains. These vehicles need to be autonomous and robust to cope with unpredictable current and high pressures. In this paper it ... Read more
Autonomous underwater vehicle motion tracking using a Kalman Filter for sensor fusion

Author: Holtzhausen, S ; Matsebe, O ; Tlale, NS Date: 2008 AUVs are ideal platforms for search and rescue operations. They can also be used for inspection of underwater terrains. These vehicles need to be autonomous and robust to cope with unpredictable current and high pressures. In this paper it ... Read more
Design and application of reconfigurable manufacturing systems in agile mass customization manufacturing environment.

Author: Xing, B ; Gao, W ; Tlale, NS ; Bright, G Date: May 2007 Manufacturing companies are faced with the challenge of unpredictable, high frequency market changes in both local and international markets. There is a need for greater, more effective responsiveness by manufacturers to change their manufacturing ... Read more
Design of a novel parallel reconfigurable machine tool

Author: Modungwa, D ; Tlale, NS ; Kumile, CM Date: Jun 2008 The manufacturing of moulds and dies is achieved through expensive and complicated manufacturing processes. There is a need in the mould and die tool industry for technologically advanced systems/machinery that will be able to facilitate ... Read more
Design of a real-time open architecture controller for a reconfigurable machine tool

Author: Masekamela, I ; Tlale, NS ; Kumile, CM Date: Nov 2008 The paper presents the design and the development of a real-time, open architecture controller that is used for control of reconfigurable manufacturing tools (RMTs) in reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS). The controller that is presented ... Read more
Design of a real-time open architecture controller for reconfigurable machine tool

Author: Masekamela, I ; Tlale, NS ; Kumile, CM Date: Jun 2008 Unprecedented and abrupt changes in market demands represent new conditions that manufactures of consumer goods need to operate within. Several factors are simultaneously contributing to these market changes, including globalisation of the ... Read more
Development and implementation of algorithms in a population of cooperative autonomous mobile robots

Author: Namoshe, M ; Kumile, CM ; Tlale, NS Date: Oct 2007 An increase in the number of mobile robot users has lead to the design and implementation of cooperative autonomous mobile robots. Autonomous robots require the ability to build maps of an unknown environment while simultaneously using these ... Read more
Development of a control model for a four wheel mecanum vehicle

Author: De Villiers, M ; Tlale, NS Date: Jan 2012 In this paper, a refined control model for a Mecanum-wheeled mobile robot is developed and presented. Available control models in literature for Mecanum-wheeled mobile robots are based on a simplification which defines the contact point of ... Read more
Distributed mechatronics controller for modular wall climbing robot

Author: Tlale, NS ; Bright, G Date: Jul 2006 Practical wall climbing robots that are used for applications requiring them to be fitted with task specific tools should be large enough to carry the additional tool payload. As size of robot is increased, inflexible body frame of wall-climbing ... Read more
Kinematics and dynamics modelling of a mecanum wheeled mobile platform

Author: Tlale, NS ; De Villiers, M Date: Dec 2008 Omni-directional mobile platforms have the ability to move instantaneously in any direction from any configuration. As such, it is important to have a mathematical model of the platform, especially if the platform is to be used as an autonomous ... Read more
Mechatronic design of a reconfigurable machining machine

Author: Xing, B ; Tlale, NS ; Bright, G Date: Oct 2008 The paper deals with the integration of mechanical and control aspects involved in the design of a novel 4-DOF reconfigurable machining machine (RMM). Its modular mechanical structure and control system are conceived in order to obtain the ... Read more
Mechatronic sensory system for computer integrated manufacturing

Author: Kumile, CM ; Tlale, NS ; Bright, G Date: May 2007 Changing manufacturing environment is characterised by aggressive competition on a global scale and rapid changes in process technology requires to create manufacturing systems that are be able to quickly adapt to new products, processes as ... Read more
Mobile materials handling platform interface architecture for mass production environments

Author: Walker, A ; Butler, L ; Bright, G ; Tlale, NS ; Kumile, C Date: 2008 Industrial manufacturing systems achieve production stability due to near constant production processes e.g. mass production. Passive methods such as production flow analysis can produce plant layouts which optimise material flow within the ... Read more
Mobility and kinematics analysis of a novel 5-DOF hybrid manipulator for reconditioning of mould and die tools: Part 1

Author: Modungwa, D ; Bolele, K ; Tlale, NS ; Kumile, CM ; Shaik, A Date: Dec 2008 In this paper, the requirements for a mechanical manipulator for achieving reconditioning of mould and die tools are determined. Reconditioning of mould and die tools involves the following manufacturing processes; identification of defects, ... Read more
Mobility and kinematics analysis of a novel 5DOF hybrid manipulator for reconditioning of mould and die tools: Part 2

Author: Bolele, K ; Modungwa, D ; Tlale, NS ; Kumile, CM Date: Dec 2008 Two novel hybrib manipulators that can be used for reconditioning of mould and die tools are presented in this paper. These designs have been developed using the knowledge of the different manufacturing process and defects that occur in mould ... Read more
Modeling the kinematics of an autonomous underwater vehicle for range-bearing Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

Author: Matsebe, O ; Holtzhausen, S ; Kumile, CM ; Tlale, NS Date: Dec 2008 The “solution” of the Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) problem has been one of the notable successes of the robotics community. SLAM has been formulated and solved as a theoretical problem in a number of different forms. SLAM has ... Read more
Modular mechatronic control of reconfigurable manufacturing system for mass customization manufacturing

Author: Xing, B ; Bright, G ; Tlale, NS Date: Jan 2007 Manufacturing companies are faced with the challenge of unpredictable, high frequency market changes in both local and international markets. There is a need for greater, more effective responsiveness by manufacturers to change their manufacturing ... Read more
Modular reconfigurable machines incorporating modular open architecture control

Author: Padayachee, J ; Masekamela, I ; Bright, G ; Tlale, NS ; Kumile, CM Date: 2008 The Reconfigurable Manufacturing System (RMS) paradigm has been formulated to encapsulate methodologies that enable manufacturing systems to display a variability of system functionality and capacity in response to constantly changing production ... Read more
A new hybrid machine design for a 6 DOF industrial robot arm

Author: Shaik, AA ; Tlale, NS ; Bright, G Date: May 2012 Industrial robot arms are an essential part of automated manufacturing. They automate tasks such as component assembly, welding, light machining and spray painting due to their repeatability, speed and accuracy. The serial industrial robot ... Read more
On Open- source Multi-robot simulators

Author: Namoshe, M ; Tlale, NS ; Kumile, CM Date: Jul 2008 Open source software simulators play a major role in robotics design and research as platforms for developing, testing and improving architectures, concepts and algorithms for cooperative/multi-robot systems. Simulation environment enables ... Read more

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