Journal Publication

• Il-Seok park, Joonsoo Lee, Kwang Kim, Jae-Do Nam, Woosoon Yim, " Mechanical and Dielectric Properties of the Silicon Elastomer with Multi-Walled Carbon nanotubes as a Nanofiler," Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol. 47., pp. 1396-1405, 2007.
• W. Yim and K. J. Kim, "Dynamic Modeling of Segmented IPMC Actuator," Chapter 10, in Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications, edited by Kwang J. Kim and S. Tadokoro, Springer, 2007.
• R. Samatham, K. J. Kim, D. Dogruer, H. R. Choi, M. Konyo, J. D. Madden, Y. Nakabo, J.-D. Nam, J. Su, S. Tadokoro, W. Yim, M. Yamakita, "Active Polymers: An Overview," Chapter 1, in Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications, edited by Kwang J. Kim and S. Tadokoro, Springer, 2007.
• Woosoon Yim, Joon S. Lee, Kwang J. Kim, "An Artificial Muscle Actuator for Biomimetic Underwater Propulsors," Journal of Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2(2007), pp S31-S41. D.
• Dogruer, J.S. Lee, W. Yim, K. J. Kim, and W. Yim, "Fluid Interaction of Segmented Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites under Water" Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 16, pp 220-226, 2007.
• S. Mani, S.N.Singh, S. Parimi, W. Yim, "Adaptive Servoregulation of a Projectile Fin using Piezoelectric Actuator," ASME Transaction Dynamic System, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 129, pp 100-104, January 2007.
• Kwang J. Kim, Woosoon Yim, Jason W. Paquette and Doyeon Kim, "Ionic Polymer-metal Composite for Underwater Operation," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structure (JIMSS), May, 2006.
• J. W. Paquette, K. J. Kim, D. Kim, and W. Yim, "The Behavior of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites in a Multi-Layer Configuration," Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 14, 881-888, 2005.
• Sahjendra N. Singh and Woosoon Yim, "Nonlinear Adaptive Spacecraft Attitude Control Using Solar Radiation Pressure," IEEE Transaction on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 41, No. 3, July 2005.
• S. Gujjula, S.N. Singh, W. Yim, "Adaptive and Neural Control of a Wing Section using Leading and Trailing Edge Surface," Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 9, pp 161-171, March 2005.
• S. Mani, S.N. Singh, W. Yim, and M. Trabia, "Adaptive Rotation of a Smart Projectile Fin Using a Piezoelectric Flexible Beam Actuator, " Journal of Vibration and Control, Vol. 11(8): pp 1085-1102, 2005.
• S. Gujjula, S.N. Singh, W. Yim, "Adaptive and Neural Control of a Wing Section using Leading and Trailing Edge Surface," Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 9, pp 161-171, March 2005.
• Sahjendra N. Singh and Woosoon Yim, "Nonlinear Adaptive Spacecraft Attitude Control Using Solar Radiation Pressure," IEEE Transaction on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 41, No. 3, July 2005.
• J. Paquette1, K. Kim, D. Kim, and W. Yim, "The Behavior of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites in a Multi-layer Configuration," Smart Materials and Structures , Vol. 14, 881-888, 2005.
• S. Mani, S. Singh, S.K. Parimi, W. Yim, M. Trabia, "Adaptive Rotation of a Smart Projectile Fin Using a Piezoelectrica Flexible Beam Actuator," Journal of Vibration and Control, 11(8): 1085-1102, 2005.
• S. Gujjula, S.N. Singh, W. Yim, "Limit Cycles and Domain of Stability in Unsteady Aeroelastic System," AIAA Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, Vol 27, No 4, July-Aug, 2004. 728-732
• W. Yim and S. N. Singh, “Adaptive Output Feedback Force Control of Cantilever Beam Using Piezoelectric Actuator,” Journal of Vibration and Control , 9, pp 567-581, 2003.
• S. N. Singh and W. Yim, “State feedback control of an aeroelastic system with structural nonlinearity,” Aerospace Science and Technology, 7, pp 23-31, 2003.
• W. Yim, S.N. Singh, " Variable structure adaptive control of a cantilever beam using piezoelectric actuator," Journal of Vibration and Control, Vol. 6, pp 1029-1043, 2000.
• W. Yim, M. Selvarajan, and W. Wells, "Sliding Mode Cooperative Control of Dual Arm Manipulators," Journal of Artificial Life and Robotics (Springer- Verlag) vol.3, No.3, pp 166-169, 1999.
• de Rivals-Mazeres, Yim, W., Mora-Camino, F., and Singh, S.N., "Inverse Control and Stabilization of Free-flying Flexible Robots" ROBOTICA, vol 17, pp 343-350, 1999.
• W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "Trajectory Control of Flexible Manipulator using Rigid Micro Manipulator System," International Journal of Robotics and Automation, pp 93-99, Vol.12, No.3, 1997.
• Yim, W. and Singh, S.N., "Nonlinear Inverse and Predictive End Point Trajectory Control of Flexible Macro-Micro Manipulators," Vol. 119, No 3, Transactions of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, pp412-420, September 1997.
• Yim, W. and Singh, S.N., "Trajectory Control of Flexible Manipulator using Rigid Micro Manipulator System," Vol. 12, International Journal of Robotics and Automation, pp 93-99, issue 3, 1997.
• W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "Predictive End Point Trajectory Control of Elastic Manipulator," Journal of Robotic Systems, Vol. 13, No.9, September 1996, pp 561-569.
• S.N. Singh and W. Yim, "Feedback Linearization and Solar Pressure Satellite Attitude Control," IEEE Transaction on Aerospace and Electronics, vol. 32, No.2, April 1996, pp 732-741.
• W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "Force and Motion Control of Constrained Elastic Robots," Transactions of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 117, No. 3, pp 374-383, September, 1995.
• W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "Sliding Mode Force and Motion Control and Stabilization of Elastic Manipulator in The Presence of Uncertainties," Journal of Robotic Systems, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 315-330, May 1995.
• S.N. Singh and W. Yim, and W.R. Wells, "Direct Adaptive and Neural Control of Wing-Rock Motion of Slender Delta Wings," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 25-30, January-February 1995.
• S.N. Singh and W. Yim, "Sliding Mode Velocity Estimation and Control of Mechanical Manipulators," Journal of Robotics and Automation , vol. 8(4), 1994, pp. 188-198.
• W. Yim, "Inverse Cartesian Trajectory Control and Stabilization of a Three-Link Flexible Manipulator," Journal of Robotic Systems, vol. 11(4), 1994, pp. 311-326, 1994.
• W. Yim, "Cartesian Trajectory Control of a Flexible Manipulator using Sliding Mode," International Journal of Mechatronics. Vol.4, No.6, 1994, pp. 635-652.
• W. Yim, J. Zuang, and S.N. Singh, "Experimental Two-Axis Vibration Suppression and Control of a Flexible Robot Arm," Journal of Robotic Systems, vol. 10(3), 1993, pp. 321-343.
• W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "Feedback Linearization of Differential-Algebraic Systems and Force and Position Control of Manipulators," Journal of Dynamics and Control, vol. 3(4), Oct., 1993, pp. 323-352.
• W. Yim, J. Zuang, and S.N. Singh, "Experimental Dual Mode Control of a Flexible Robotic Arm," ROBOTICA, vol. 10, 1992, pp. 135-145.
• M. Trabia, W. Yim, "Dynamic Simulation of a Three Degrees of Freedom Hydraulically Activated Robotic Arm with Flexible Links," SME Transactions on Robotics Research, vol.1, 1990, pp. 8-17 to 8-40.
• W. Yim and A.A. Seireg, "Tracking Moving Objects in Three Dimensional Space," Journal of Computers in Mechanical Engineering (CIME), September/October 1988, pp. 8-17.

Conference Proceedings

V. Mudupu, M. Trabia, W. Yim, and P. Weinacht, "Design and validation of fuzzy logic control for a smart projectile fin," Proceedings of ASME 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), IMECE2007-43012, Nov. 10-16, Seattle, Wa., USA.

S. Opie and W. Yim, "A tunable vibration isolator using a magnetorheological elastomer with a field induced modulus bias," Proceedings of ASME 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), IMECE2007-41505, Nov. 10-16, Seattle, Wa., USA.

V. Mudupu, S.N. Singh, and W. Yim, "Adaptive control of a smart projectile fin with unknown high-frequency gain by piezoelectric actuation," Proceedings of ASME 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), IMECE2007-41216, Nov. 10-16, Seattle, Wa., USA.

J. Lee, S. Gutta, and W. Yim, "Open-loop control of ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) based underwater actuator using a network of neural oscillator," Proceedings of 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Systems (IROS), WeC3.1, Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2007, San Diego, Ca., USA.

V. Mudupu, M. Trabia, W. Yim, and P. Weinacht, "GA-based fuzzy logic control for a smart fin of a projectile," Proceedings of the ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2007), DETC2007-34159, September 4-7, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada.

M. Trabia, W. Yim, P. Weinacht, and V. Mudupu, "Control of a projectile smart fin using inverse dynamics-based fuzzy logic controller," Proceedings of the ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2007), DETC2007-34160, September 4-7, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada.

J.S. Lee, W. Yim, and K.J. Kim, "Motion planning and control of artificial muscle actuated underwater vehicle using nonlinear neural oscillator," Proceedings of the ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2007), DETC2007/VIB-34572, September 4-7, 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Joon S. Lee, Jian Ma, Xiuju Tan, Woosoon Yim, Ning Li, Saiatoslav Ignatiev, "Disturbance Observer based Thermal Hydraulic Control of the Lead Bismuth Eutectic Loop", The Eighth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Application and Utilization of Accelerators (AccApp 07), July 30 - August 2, Pocatello, Idaho, 2007.

Q. Liu, B. O'Toole, W. Yim, and P. Stubberud, "Performance Evaluation for Shock Sensors at Resonance Frequency," Proceedings of the SAVIAC 78th Shock & Vibration Symposium, Philadelphia, Pa., USA.

D. Dogruer, K. J. Kim, and W. Yim, "Fluid Interaction of Segmented Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites under Water," Proceeding of the SPIE Smart Materials and Structures Conf., #6168-34 (March 2006).

R. Hurt, W. Yim, and R. Boehm, R. Gee, M.J. Hale, "A facility to evaluate new design of trough-type solar collectors," POWER-GEN Renewable Energy," Las Vegas, NV, April 10-12, 2006.

R. Hurt, W. Yim, and R. Boehm, R. Gee, M.J. Hale, "ADVANCED PARABOLIC TROUGH PILOT PROJECT - REAL-TIME DATA COLLECTION, ARCHIVING, AND ANALYSIS FOR THE SOLARGENIX ADVANCED PARABOLIC TROUGH," ASME INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE, JULY 8-13, 2006, DENVER, CO. (ISEC 2006-99078 )

K. J. Kim, W. Yim, D. Dogruer, and D. Kim, "Underwater Operation of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Artificial Muscle Actuators," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST05) (August 2005).

W. Yim, J. Paquette, S. Heo, and K. J. Kim, "Operation of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites in Water," Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Structures and Materials 2005: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD), Vol. #5759-6, pp22-33, San Diego, Ca., March, 2005.

S. Mani, S.N. Singh, S. Parimi, W. Yim, M. Trabia, "Robust Adaptive Control of a Projectile Fin-Elastic Beam System by Piezoelectric Actuation," Proceedings of 2005 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) conference, San Francisco, Ca., Aug., 2005.

S. Mani, S.N.Singh, S. Parimi, and W. Yim, "Adaptive Servoregulation of a Projectile Fin Using Piezoelectric Actuator," Proceedings of ASME Int. Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE'05), Nov. 5-11, 2005, Orlando, Florida.

G. Maganti, S.N. Singh, and W. Yim, "Absolute Stability of Semi-active Control of Magnetorheological Damper based Vibration Suppression System," Proceedings of the International Conference on System Engineering, Las Vegas, NV., Aug 2005

Ganesh B. Maganti, V. Subramanian, S.N. Singh, and Woosoon Yim, "Modeling and semi-active predictive control of a magnetorheological fluid shock isolation system," Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Structures and Materials 2T005: Damping and Isolation, Vol. #5760, pp. 596-606, San Diego, Ca., March 2005

Smitha Mani, Sahjendra N. Singh, Surya K. Parimi, Woosoon Yim, and Mohamed Trabia, "Direct adaptive control of a smart projectile fin by piezoelectric flexible beam actuator," Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Structures and Materials 2005: Smart Structure and Integrated Systems, Vol. #5764, pp. 690-702, San Diego, Ca., March 2005

Mohamed B. Trabia, Surya K. Parimi, Woosoon Yim, "Fuzzy Logic Control of Projectile Smart Fin," Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Reno, NV, September, 2005.

Mohamed B. Trabia, Surya K. Parimi, Woosoon Yim, "Inverse Dynamics-based Fuzzy Logic Control of a Projectile Fin, "Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering, Long Beach, Ca. September 2005.

Mohamed Trabia, Woosoon Yim, Surya Parimi, "Fuzzy Logic Control of Projectile Fin Using Piezoelectric Beam Actuator," Proc. 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition (IMECE) in Anaheim, Nov. 2004. 2.

Jamil Renno, Woosoon Yim, "End Point Position Control of Multi-link Link Flexible Manipulators using SDRE Method," Proc. 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition (IMECE) in Anaheim, Nov. 2004. 3.

W. Yim, S.N.Singh, M. Minnicino, "Semi-active control of magnetorheological damper system: Lyapunov approach, SPIE 11th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials," March 2004, San Diego, Ca.

W. Yim, S.N.Singh, M. Trabia, W. Drysdale, "Adaptive control of smart fin angle using piezoelectric beam actuator," Smart Structures and Materials 2004: Modeling, Signal Processing, and Control edited by Ralph C. Smith, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5383, pp 343-352 4. SPIE 11th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, March 2004, San Diego, Ca.

Kwang J. Kim1,*, Doyeon Kim1, Jason Paquette1, Seok Heo1, and Woosoon Yim2, "Self-Oscillatory Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites," SECOND WORLD CONGRESS ON BIOMIMETICS, ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES & NANO-BIO, JULY 25 - 28, 2004

J. W. Paquette, K. J. Kim and W. Yim, "Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Aquatic Robotic Propulsion Potential," Proceedings of 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sendai, Japan, TP2-H2 Oct, 2004.

J. W. Paquette, K. J. Kim, D. Kim, and W. Yim, "The Behavior of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites in a Multilayer Configuration," Proceedings of SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, California, #5385-26, March, 2004

Sushma Gujjula, Sahjendra N. Singh, and Woosoon Yim, "Limit Cycle Oscillation and Domain of Stability in Prototypical Wing Sections with Unsteady Aerodynamics," Proceedings of AIAA Int. Conference on Guidance, Navigation, and Control, Providence, Rhode Island, 2004.

S. Parimi, S. Mani, W. Yim, S. Singh, "Adaptive trajectory control of a smart projectile fin by piezoelectric flexible beam actuator," Proc. of International Symposium on Robotics and Automation, pp. 307-312, Queretaro, Mexico, Aug 25-27, 2004.

X. Wu, R. Sivaraman, N. Li, W. Hang, Y. Jiang, B.Fu, W. Yim, "Calibration of YSZ sensors for the measurement of oxygen concentration in liquid Pb-Bi eutectic," 10th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Conference, March, 2003, Las Vegas, NV.

W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "End point control of nonlinear flexible manipulator with control constraint using SDRE method," Proc. of 2002 International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition (IMECE) in New Orleans, Nov. 2002.

S.N. Singh and W. Yim, "Nonlinear adaptive spacecraft attitude control using solar radiation pressure," Proc. of the 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Las Vegas, NV, 2002

W. Yim, S.N.Singh, W. Wells, "Nonlinear control of prototypical aeroelastic wing section: State-dependent Riccati equation method," Proc. of ICNPAA (International Conference on Non-linear Problems in Aviation and Aerospace), Daytona Beach, FL, USA, 2002

W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "End point control of nonlinear flexible manipulator with control constraint using SDRE method," Proc of 2002 International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition (IMECE) in New Orleans, Nov. 2002.

W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "Adaptive Output Feedback Force Control of Cantilever Beam Using Piezoelectric Actuator," Proc. of 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), New York, NY., 2001.

W. Yim, "Adaptive Control of Flexible Joint Manipulator," Proc of 2001 IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 21-26, Seoul, Korea.

W. Yim, "Adaptive Contact Force Control of a Flexible Beam using Output Feedback," Proc of the 2000 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Orlando, FL.

W. Yim, S.N. Singh, and W.R. Wells, "Variable Structure Adaptive Wing-Store Flutter Control by Output Feedback," Proc. of 3rd International Conference on Non-Linear Problems in Aviation and Aerospace, Dayona Beach, FL, May 10-12, 2000

K. Pavan and W. Yim, "Adaptive Output Feedback Control of a Flexible Joint Manipulator," Proceedings of the World Automation Congress (WAC) 2000, Maui, Hawaii, June 11-15, 2000

W. Yim and W.R. Wells, "Grasping impact control of a flexible robotic gripper using piezoelectric actuator," Proceedings. of 1999 Conf on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB), Beppu, Japan, Jan. 2000.

W. Yim and M. Selvarajan, "Cooperative Motion Control of Dual Arm Manipulators without Velocity Measurement," Proc. of 1998 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ohtsu, Japan, July, 1998.

W. Yim, M. Selvarajan, and W.R. Wells, "Sliding Mode Cooperative Control of Dual Arm Manipulators," Proc. of 1998 Conf on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB), Beppu, Japan, Jan. 1999.

W. Yim, S.N. Singh, " Variable structure adaptive control of a cantilever beam using piezoelectric actuator," Proceedings of the 1998 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Anaheim, CA, Nov. 1998.

W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "Dynamic feedback linerizing force/position control of robot manipulators without velocity measurement," Proc of 1997 IEEE/ASME Conf. on Advanced Mechatronics (AIM97), Tokyo,Japan, June 15-19, 1997.

de Rivals-Mazeres, W. Yim, F. Mora-Camino, and S.N.Singh, "Dual mode inverse control and stabilization of flexible space robots" Proceedings of 1997 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, Aug., 1997

W. Yim, "Modified Nonlinear Predictive Control of Elastic Manipulator," Proceedings of 1996 IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 22-28, 1996.

W. Yim, T.R. Venkatesh, and M. Trabia, "Control of Multiple Teleoperated Robotic Bridge Transporters for Remote Handling," 4th IASTED Int. Conf. on Robotics and Manufacturing, Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 19-22, 1996

W. Yim, T.R. Venkatesh, and M. Trabia, "A Mminimum-Time Collision-Free Path Planning for Two Teleoperated Robotic Bridge Transporters" 4th IASTED Int. Conf. on Robotics and Manufacturing, Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 19-22, 1996

R. Conn and W. Yim, "Hybrid Force and Position Control of a Manipulator with an Elastic Link," Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Systems Engineering, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 9-11, 1996

W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "Nonlinear Inverse and Predictive End Point Control of Flexible Macro-micro Manipulators," Proceedings of 1996 Triennial World Congress, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), San Francisco, California, June30-July 5, 1996.

W. Yim and S.N.Singh, "Trajectory Control of Flexible Manipulator using Macro-micro Manipulator System," Proceedings of 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, Louisiana, pp 2841-2946, Dec. 13-15, 1995.

W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "Predictive End Point Trajectory Control of Elastic Manipulator," Proceedings of 1995 American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, pp 3316-3320, June 21-23, 1995

S.N. Singh and W. Yim, "Dynamic Feedback Linearization and Large Pitch Attitude Control of Satellite using Solar Radiation Pressure," Proceedings of 1995 American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington, pp 3131-3135, June 21-23, 1995

W. Yim, Y. Zeng, and S.N. Singh, "Time Varying Trajectory Control with Bounded Elastic Modes of Flexible Manipulator," Proceedings of 1995 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, pp 1503-1509, Baltimore, Maryland, Aug. 1995.

S.N. Singh, W. Yim, and W.R. Wells, "Adaptive Feedback Linearizing Control of Wing Rock Motion of Slender Delta Wing," International Conference of Advances in Communication and Control, Greece, July, 1995.

W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "Sliding Mode Force and Motion Control and Stabilization of Elastic Manipulator in The Presence of Uncertainties," Proc. of the 1994 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pp 2113-2118, San Diego, Ca., May 1994.

S.N. Singh, W. Yim, and W.R. Wells, "Adaptive and Neural Control of Wing-Rock Motion of Slender Delta Wing," Proc. of the 1994 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, pp 1250-1258, Scottsdale, Az., Aug., 1994

W. Yim, "End-Point Trajectory Control, Stabilization, and Zero Dynamics of a Three-Link Flexible Manipulator," Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol.2, pp 468-473, May, 1993, Atlanta, Ga..

W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "Feedback Linearization of Differential-Algebraic Systems and Force and Position Control of Manipulators," Proc. of the 1993 American Automatic Control Conf., Vol. 3, pp 2279-2283, June, 1993, San Francisco, Ca..

W. Yim and S.N. Singh, "Inverse Force/End-Point Control, Zero Dynamics and Stabilization of Constrained Elastic Robots," Proceedings of the 1993 American Automatic Control Conf., Vol. 3, pp 2873-2877, June, 1993, San Francisco, Ca.

R. McFarland and W. Yim, "Design and Optimization of 3-D Scanning Laser Range Finder," Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on System Engineering, pp 41-50, July 1993, Las Vegas, NV.

W. Yim, "Cartesian Trajectory Control of a Flexible Manipulator using Sliding Mode," Proc. of the 1993 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, DSC-Vol.49, pp 191-198, New Orleans, La., Nov., 1993.

S.N. Singh and W. Yim, "Sliding Observer and Adaptive Control of Robot Manipulators Using Joint Position Feedback," Proc. of the 32nd IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, San Antonio, Tx., Dec., 1993.

S.N. Singh and W. Yim, "Sliding Mode Velocity Estimation and Control of Mechanical Manipulators," Proceedings of the 1992 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, DSC-Vol. 42, pp 207-215, Nov. 1992, Anaheim, Ca..

W. Yim, J. Zuang, and S.N. Singh, "Control of Flexible Robotic Arm using PD and Linear Stabilizer," Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advanced Robotics(ICAR), Vol.1, pp 156-161, June 1991, Pisa, Italy.

W. Yim, J. Zuang, and S.N. Singh, "Experimental Two-Axis Vibration Control of a Flexible Robot Arm," Proceedings of the 1991 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, DSC-Vol. 31, pp 171-178, Nov. 1991, Atlanta, Georgia.

M. Trabia and W. Yim, "Optimal Joint Trajectory Planning of a Single Link Elastic Robot," Proceedings of 1990 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, DSC-Vol. 26, pp 59-66, Nov. 1990, Dallas, Texas.

M. Trabia, W. Yim,"Dynamic Simulation of a Three Degrees of Freedom Hydraulically Activated Robotic Arm with Flexible Links," Proc. of 1989 World Conf. on Robotics Research: The Next Five Years and Beyond, May, 1989, Gaithersburg, MD

W. Yim, "End-Point Deflection and Slope Measurements of a Flexible Robot Arm," Proceedings of the SPIE's 33rd Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical & Optoelectronic Applied Science & Engineering, Vol. 1167, pp 194-203, Aug., 1989, San Diego, Ca.

W. Yim and D. Joo, "Surface Contour Mapping Using Cross-Shaped Structured Light Beam," Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernatics, Vol. 3, pp 1048-1050, Nov. 1989, Cambridge, MA.

W. Yim and M. Trabia, "Control of a Robot with Elastic Links using Nonlinear Feedback and Dynamic Joint Angle Modification," Proceedings of the 1988 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Sensors and Controls for Manufacturing, pp 163-173, Nov. 1988, Chicago, Ill.