Browsing Theses and Dissertations(library) by Author "Popa, Dan"

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    • 3D Interconnects For Die And Wafer Stacks 

      Dewan, Rachita (Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
      3D integration results from the ever demanding trend towards smaller and lower-profile, lighter and lower cost packaged devices requires further package miniaturization. With the present System-on-chip (SOC) technology ...

    • Adaptive Methods For Realistic And Intuitive Human-robot Interaction 

      Rajruangrabin, Jartuwat (Electrical Engineering, 2011-03-03)
      Due to the advancement in robotics and computer technology, having access to sophisticated robot hardware is becoming common. An increase in the number of robots allows one to achieve different kind of tasks by exploiting ...

    • Adaptive Sampling With Mobile WSN 

      Sreenath, Koushil (Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
      The spatiotemporally varying network topology of mobile sensor networks makes it very suitable for applications such as reconstruction of environmental fields through sampling at locations that maximally reduce the largest ...

    • Adaptive Torque Control of a Robotic Manipulator 

      Waller, Drew F; 0000-0002-2374-3419 (2016-09-02)
      In this thesis, I present the theory and application of enabling intuitive control and physical interaction between a human operator and a mobile manipulator. To do so, the model of the manipulator was estimated for its ...

    • ARRIBOT- An Enabler For Studying Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks 

      Ghadigaonkar, Jaymala Suresh (Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
      The objective of this thesis is to structure a mobile wireless sensor network using low cost, custom made robotic platforms. Over the years, several projects have proved that the performance of a static wireless sensor ...

    • Automated 3D Microassembly With Precision Adjusted Hybrid Supervisory Controller 

      Das, Choudhury Aditya Narayan (Electrical Engineering, 2010-03-03)
      Unlike semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs), newer microsystems combine sensors, actuators, mechanical structures, electronics, and optics on a single substrate. In such a diversified system, heterogeneous manipulation ...

    • Autonomous Robotic Landmine Detection, Mapping And Avoidance 

      Gowda, Sandesh
      The objective of this thesis is to develop detection algorithm to can solve socially challenging issue of Landmine mapping & removal. Landmines which used to be a safety measure during wars, play a dangerous role in civilian ...

    • COOPERATIVE CONTROL OF MULTIPLE UNTETHERED MAGNETIC MICROROBOTS FOR PRECISION MICROMANIPULATION 

      Torres, Nahum Arenas; 0000-0002-0023-3440 (2016-05-16)
      The field of untethered microrobotics has emerged within the last two decades for its applications potential in military surveillance, micro and nano manufacturing, as well as in health care for minimal invasive surgery ...

    • Design For Reliability In Microoptelectromechanical Systems (MOEMS) 

      Fasoro, Abiodun Adekunle (Mechanical Engineering, 2008-08-08)
      Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is an enabling technology for miniaturization. MEMS consist of micron sized moving mechanical structures and electronics fabricated on a suitable substrate such as silicon. MEMS has ...

    • Development, Testing and Characterization of Electronic Skins for Robots 

      Sahasrabuddhe, Ritvij; 0000-0003-3884-0040 (2015-12-09)
      The main purpose of this thesis is to test and characterize newly developed pressure sensors integrated into robot skin and understand their behavior for different testing parameters such as sensor and skin materials and ...

    • Experimental Testbed For Robot Skin Characterization And Interaction Control 

      Shook, Kyle (Mechanical Engineering, 2014-07-14)
      This thesis presents the research and work we conducted with an experimental testbed designed for testing and characterizing various types of robot skin with tactile sensing. The main goal of this research is to develop ...

    • Human Robot Interaction with 3D-Printed Whole Body Robotic Skin 

      Mirza, Fahad (2016-05-10)
      This thesis presents work of a newly developed pressure sensor for robot skin, from fabrication to application. Robot skin similar to human skin meant to have several sensing capabilities including pressure, temperature ...

    • Implantable Drug Delivery System With In-plane Micropump 

      Mhatre, Amit A (Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
      A MEMS based Implantable Drug Delivery System (IDDS) is discussed. The heart of the system is an in-plane MEMS micropump enables us to make a compact, inexpensive system. A conceptual IDDS design is proposed. This design ...

    • INTUITIVE HUMAN ROBOT INTERFACES FOR UPPER LIMB PROSTHETICS 

      Yetkin, Oguz; 0000-0001-8602-2339 (2016-08-19)
      Modern robotic prosthetic devices for upper limb amputees promise to alleviate an important disability, but are underutilized due to the inability to properly control them. Specifically, the devices afford more degrees of ...

    • Millimeter Scale Robots For The Nanofactory 

      Murthy, Rakesh (Electrical Engineering, 2010-03-03)
      The top down approach is a commonly employed miniaturization pathway into micro and nanomanufacturing. Its popularity is due to the fact that it adapts traditionally engineered macro scale positioning, manipulation and ...

    • Modeling And Identification Of Thermally Actuated Micro-robots 

      Yelike, Sai Kalyan (Electrical Engineering, 2013-03-20)
      This thesis explains the system identification of thermally actuated micro-robots and actuators developed at UTA-NGS (Next Generation Systems) and ARRI (Automation Robotics Research Institute). The energy used to power ...

    • Motion Learning And Control For Social Robots In Human-robot Interaction 

      Balakrishnan, Namrata
      In the domain of social robotics, robots have recently been used in conversational interaction with humans. In this thesis, research was conducted to help create a system for imitation learning. In this system, a trainer ...

    • MULTI-MODAL SENSORY INPUT AND NOVEL INTERFACES FOR ROBOTIC PROSTHETIC DEVICES 

      Sanford, Joseph; 0000-0002-0582-9657 (2016-08-15)
      Automated systems have progressed to begin allowing for Human-robot interaction and collaboration in the workplace and rehabilitation settings. Seamless collaboration between robotic systems and users requires intuitive ...

    • Multisensory Integration For Adaptive Physical Human-robot Interaction 

      Ranatunga, Isura
      Automated systems and have become increasingly prevalent in the 21st century. With their increased processing power, personal and home robotics has finally come within reach of the public. For robots to finally work with ...

    • Neptune: Mobile Manipulator With Advanced Human Robot Interaction 

      Kanajar, Pavan (Electrical Engineering, 2011-07-14)
      This thesis describes Neptune, a mobile manipulator designed as an assistive device for task-related activities and rehabilitation of children with special needs. Neptune consists of a mobile robot base and a 6DOF robotic ...