Research
Research Interest
Modelling and Control of Flexible Dynamic, Under-actuated, Mechatronic and Robotic Systems.
Command shaping control of flexible robot manipulators.
Command shaping control of various crane systems (overhead crane, rotary crane, double-pendulum crane, etc).
Advanced control of flexible manipulators and cranes.
Development of robust and adaptive command shaping techniques for control of under-actuated systems.
Control of quadrotors with sling load.
Control of robotics, mechatronics and autonomous systems.
Digital twin modelling of mechatronic systems.
Two-link flexible robot manipulator
Double-pendulum crane
Tower/Rotary crane
Quadrotor with a sling load
PhD Research Students (Main Supervisor)
M. Khairuddin, Linear Matrix Inequality based robust control of a two-link flexible manipulator, 2009-2012, Graduated.
Mostafa Sayahkarajy, Finite element modelling and robust control of a two-link flexible manipulator, 2011-2014, Graduated.
M. Javad Maghsoudi, Input shaping-based control of a 3D gantry crane, 2012-2015, Graduated.
Auwalu Muhammad Abdullahi, Adaptive input shaping and integral sliding mode control of a 3D overhead crane, 2014-2017, Graduated.
Ado Haruna, Adaptive integral back-stepping control of a twin rotor MIMO system, 2015-2018, Graduated.
Liyana Ramli, Swing control of an overhead crane system with simultaneous payload hoisting and external disturbances, 2016 -2019, Graduated.
Hazriq Izzuan Jaafar, Model reference command shaping for control of a double-pendulum overhead crane, 2016-2019, Graduated.
Syed Fasih ur Rehman, Payload swing control of a tower crane with parameter uncertainties using neural network-based input shaping, 2018-2022, Graduated.
Balogun Wasiu Adebayo, A dual-mode distributed-delay input shaper for swing control of a double-pendulum overhead crane, 2020-2024, Graduated.
Reza Izuan Samin, 2020 - .
Musa Muhammad Bello, 2022 -.
Haszuraidah Ishak, 2022 -.
Keynote/Invited Speech
Keynote Speaker, Input Shaping for Control of Flexible Dynamic Systems, International Conference on Structural Dynamics and Vibrations, Islamabad, Pakistan, 18-19 November 2014
Keynote Speaker, Input Shaping Control of Flexible Dynamic Systems, Symposium on Control Systems and Signal Processing, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 1-2 April 2019.
Keynote Speaker (Industrial Talk), Automation and its Impact to Industry, Starlite Packaging Conference 2019, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 18 October 2019.
Invited Speaker, Input Shaping Control, 8th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Control & Robotics (EECR 2022), China, 13-15 Januari 2022.
Invited Speaker, Command Shaping Control, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia, 24 May 2022.
Invited Speaker, International Forum on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Nankai University, China, 21 June 2022.