Brian Armstrong - Professor


Contact Information

Office Address:
EMS 995
Phone: 414-229-6916 or 414-229-6910
Fax: 414-229-6958
Email: bsra@uwm.edu
WWW: http://www.uwm.edu/~bsra

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 784
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201

 Brian Armstrong
Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering/Robotics, Stanford University, 1988
M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1984
B.Sc., Physics, MIT, 1980
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, MIT, 1980

Research Interests

Image metrology and 6 degree of freedom spatial sensing from images; Medical imaging applications of spatial sensing from images; Human motion analysis applications of spatial sensing from images

Selected Publications
  • Brian Armstrong, Jose A. Gutierrez, Bruce Wade, and Ralph Joseph. Stability of phase-based gain modulation with designer-chosen switch functions. International Journal of Robotics Research, 25(8):781–796, 2006.
  • Brian Armstrong, Istvan Lauko, and Bruce Wade. Optimal NPID stabilization of Linear Systems Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 124(2):307-322, 2005.
  • Luis R. Pereira, Brian S. R. Armstrong, and Carlos H. Rentel. Grenada. In "Proceedings, IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Workshop on Wireless Networks in Harsh Environments Propagation and Coexistence". IEEE: Long Beach, CA, 2007.
  • Brian S. R. Armstrong and Qinghui Yuan. Multi-level control of hydraulic gerotor motors and pumps. In Proc. 2006 American Control Conference, pages 4620–4627. IEEE: Minneapolis, 2006.
  • Brian Armstrong. A single state elasto-plastic friction model. In Committee on Identification and Control of Complex systems (ICCoS) Seminar. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Leuven, Belgium, December 2003.
  • ADHA:02 Brian Armstrong, Pierre Dupont, Vincent Hayward, and Friedhelm Altpeter. A single state elasto-plastic friction model. In Workshop on Friction: Modelling, Dynamics & Control. PATO Eindhoven University of Technology: Eindhoven, NL, February 2002.
  • Brian Armstrong, Jose A. Gutierrez, Ralph Joseph, and Bruce Wade. The stability of nonlinear PID control with arbitrary partial-state knowledge. In Proc. 2002 Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation.  IEEE: Washington, 2002.
  • Brian Armstrong, Thomas Verron, Lee Heppe, Jim Reynolds, and Karl Schmidt. RGR-3D: Simple, cheap detection of 6-DOF pose for tele-operation, and robot programming and calibration. In Proc. 2002 Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation. IEEE: Washington, 2002.
  • Pierre Dupont, Vincent Hayward, and Brian Armstrong. Single state elasto-plastic models for friction compensation. IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control. Under Review.
  • Brian Armstrong and Ron Perez. A controls laboratory program with an accent on system identification. IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 21(1):14-20, February, 2001.
  • B. Armstrong, D. Neevel, and T. Kusik. New results in NPID control: Tracking, integral control, friction compensation and experimental results. IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, 9(1):399-406, 2001.
  • Brian Armstrong and Bruce Wade. Nonlinear PID control with partial state knowledge: damping without derivatives. Inter. Journal of Robotics Research, 19(8):715-731, 2000. Invited Paper.
  • Brian Armstrong and Brad S. Holeman. Target tracking with a network of Doppler radars. IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 34(1):33-48, 1998.
  • Brian Armstrong, Joseph McPherson, and Yonggang Li. Stability of Nonlinear PD control. Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, 7(2):101-20, 1997. Invited Paper.
  • B. Armstrong and C. Canudas de Wit. CRC Controls Handbook, chapter Friction Compensation. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1995. Invited Book Chapter.