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Experiments to identify precision grip dynamics between the index finger and thumb have been performed using a ball-drop experiment. A subject holds a device with a small receptacle into which an object is dropped, and the response is measured (Fagergren, 2000). Assuming a step input, it has been found that the response of the motor subsystem together with the sensory system is of the form
Convert this transfer function to a state-space representation.
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- Harmonic oscillators. One of the simplest yet most important second-order, linear, constant- coefficient differential equations is the equation for a harmonic oscilator. This equation models the motion of a mass attached to a spring. The spring is attached to a vertical wall and the mass is allowed to slide along a horizontal track. We let z denote the displacement of the mass from its natural resting place (with x > 0 if the spring is stretched and x 0 is the damping constant, and k> 0 is the spring constant. Newton's law states that the force acting on the oscillator is equal to mass times acceleration. Therefore the differential equation for the damped harmonic oscillator is mx" + bx' + kr = 0. (1) k Lui Assume the mass m = 1. (a) Transform Equation (1) into a system of first-order equations. (b) For which values of k, b does this system have complex eigenvalues? Repeated eigenvalues? Real and distinct eigenvalues? (c) Find the general solution of this system in each case. (d)…arrow_forwardanswer completely pleasearrow_forwardPlease try to give type solution fast i will rate for surearrow_forward
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