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D-Index
61
Citations
10982
World Ranking
1577
National Ranking
32

Overview

Kok Kiong Tan is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research spans a range of fields primarily focused on engineering and medicine, with notable contributions in control and systems engineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering. Their work also touches on computer vision and pattern recognition as well as surgery.

The scientist has contributed to several main topics, including:

  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Iterative Learning Control Systems
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Piezoelectric Actuators and Control
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology

Kok Kiong Tan has published numerous research papers in various scientific venues. Recent publications include:

  • Integral terminal sliding-mode-based adaptive integral backstepping control for precision motion of a piezoelectric ultrasonic motor, 2020, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • Three Dimensional Collision Avoidance for Multi Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Velocity Obstacle, 2020, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems
  • Path planning of collision avoidance for unmanned ground vehicles: A nonlinear model predictive control approach, 2020, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I Journal of Systems and Control Engineering
  • Machine learning approach to needle insertion site identification for spinal anesthesia in obese patients, 2021, BMC Anesthesiology
  • Signal-Transformation-Based Repetitive Control of Spiral Trajectory for Piezoelectric Nanopositioning Stages, 2020, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Kok Kiong Tan include:

  • Wenyu Liang
  • Tong Heng Lee
  • Clarence W. de Silva
  • Zhao Feng
  • Jie Ling

Among the preferred publication venues respected by this scientist are:

  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems
  • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I Journal of Systems and Control Engineering
  • BMC Anesthesiology

In addition to articles, Kok Kiong Tan has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Springer Nature:

  • Force and Position Control of Mechatronic Systems, 2020

Best Publications

  • Robust adaptive numerical compensation for friction and force ripple in permanent-magnet linear motors

    K.K. Tan;S.N. Huang;T.H. Lee

  • Collision avoidance of multi unmanned aerial vehicles: A review

    Sunan Huang;Rodney Swee Huat Teo;Kok Kiong Tan

  • Development of a Genetic-Algorithm-Based Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Scheme on Velocity and Steering of Autonomous Vehicles

    Xinxin Du;Kyaw Ko Ko Htet;Kok Kiong Tan

  • Precision motion control with disturbance observer for pulsewidth-modulated-driven permanent-magnet linear motors

    Kok Kiong Tan;Tong Heng Lee;Hui Fang Dou;Shok Jun Chin

  • Decentralized control design for large-scale systems with strong interconnections using neural networks

    Sunan Huang;Kok Kiong Tan;Tong Heng Lee

  • New interpolation method for quadrature encoder signals

    K.K. Tan;H.X. Zhou;Tong Heng Lee

  • Multistability of discrete-time recurrent neural networks with unsaturating piecewise linear activation functions

    Zhang Yi;Kok Kiong Tan

  • Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control in Linear Drives Using the Kalman Filter

    Sunan Huang;Kok Kiong Tan;Tong Heng Lee

  • High precision linear motor control via relay-tuning and iterative learning based on zero-phase filtering

    Kok Kiong Tan;Huifang Dou;Yangquan Chen;Tong Heng Lee

  • Micro-positioning of linear-piezoelectric motors based on a learning nonlinear PID controller

    K.K. Tan;Tong Heng Lee;H.X. Zhou

  • Vision-Servo System for Automated Cell Injection

    Yi Zhang;Kok Kiong Tan;Sunan Huang

  • Adaptive feedforward compensation of force ripples in linear motors

    S. Zhao;K.K. Tan

  • Finite-Spectrum Assignment for Time-Delay Systems

    Qing-Guo Wang;Tong Heng Lee;Kok Kiong Tan

  • Tool wear detection and fault diagnosis based on cutting force monitoring

    S.N. Huang;K.K. Tan;Y.S. Wong;C.W. de Silva

  • Adaptive Friction Compensation With a Dynamical Friction Model

    Tong Heng Lee;Kok Kiong Tan;Sunan Huang

  • Adaptive-predictive control of a class of SISO nonlinear systems

    K. K. Tan;T. H. Lee;S. N. Huang;F. M. Leu

  • Non-Imaging, Focusing Heliostat

    Y.T. Chen;K.K. Chong;T.P. Bligh;L.C. Chen

  • Robust self-tuning PID controller for nonlinear systems

    K.K. Tan;S. Huang;R. Ferdous

  • Adaptive friction compensation using neural network approximations

    S.N. Huang;K.K. Tan;T.H. Lee

  • Modeling and Compensation of Ripples and Friction in Permanent-Magnet Linear Motor Using a Hysteretic Relay

    Si-Lu Chen;Kok Kiong Tan;Sunan Huang;Chek Sing Teo

Frequent Co-Authors

Sunan Huang
Sunan Huang National University of Singapore
Tong Heng Lee
Tong Heng Lee National University of Singapore
Qing-Guo Wang
Qing-Guo Wang University of Johannesburg
Qingsong Xu
Qingsong Xu University of Macau
Sanjib Kumar Panda
Sanjib Kumar Panda National University of Singapore
Zidong Wang
Zidong Wang Brunel University London
Guilin Yang
Guilin Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
YangQuan Chen
YangQuan Chen University of California, Merced
Lihua Xie
Lihua Xie Nanyang Technological University
Wenjian Cai
Wenjian Cai Nanyang Technological University

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