Abstract: Almost all industrial processes exhibit nonlinear dynamics, however most model predictive control (MPC) applications are based on linear models. Linear models do not always give a ...

Russia plans to repair and upgrade more than 800 T-72 tanks to the T-72B3M standard over the next 10 years — a figure that matches the number of remaining T-72s in storage and at tank factories. The ...

Model making is a great hobby, but knowing how and where to start is another story. It can be overwhelming for novices: Injection-molded plastic models have been on the market for close to a century, ...

The basic meal kit model has not changed much since it first emerged in the early 2010s. Customers sign up for a subscription, choose their meals and get a box of ingredients on their doorstep every ...

There’s a natural progression for most young gearheads, anxious to get their hands on totemic representation of the cars and trucks they covet, but are still too young to legally own. It usually ...

Did you know that Bandai Namco made Umamusume: Pretty Derby model kits that let you make figures of Special Week, Silence Suzuka, and Tokai Teio? Yup! They’re all part of the Figure-Rise Standard ...

He turned his family’s lumber business into a manufacturer of model kits that won global popularity for their quality and historical accuracy. By Martin Fackler and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from Tokyo ...

Any visitor to the city of Shizuoka, a medium-sized city in the belly of Japan’s main island of Honshu, might turn a corner at random and instantly feel a smile on their face. With its clean, bustling ...

The Grim ISU-152 Heavy Tank is a new gothic sci-fi tank kit from 3D sculptor Grim Prints, based on the colossally oversized Soviet ISU-152 self propelled gun that entered service during WW2. This kit ...