Automation category: 777 books
Controls and Art
Inquiries at the Intersection of the Subjective and the Objective
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Dancing humanoids, robotic art installations, and music generated by mathematically precise methods are no longer science fiction; in fact they are the subject of this book. This first-of-its-kind anthology assembles technical research that makes such creations possible. In order to mechanize something...
Type-2 Fuzzy Logic and Systems
Dedicated to Professor Jerry Mendel for his Pioneering Contribution
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
This book explores recent perspectives on type-2 fuzzy sets. Written as a tribute to Professor Jerry Mendel for his pioneering works on type-2 fuzzy sets and systems, it covers a wide range of topics, including applications to the Go game, machine learning and pattern recognition, as well as type-2...
by Yazdan Bavafa-Toosi
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Introduction to Linear Control Systems is designed as a standard introduction to linear control systems for all those who one way or another deal with control systems. It can be used as a comprehensive up-to-date textbook for a one-semester 3-credit undergraduate course on linear control systems as...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Proceedings of the International Conference on Cybernetics and Informatics (ICCI 2012) covers the hybridization in control, computer, information, communications and applications. ICCI 2012 held on September 21-23, 2012, in Chongqing, China, is organized by Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing University,...
by Andrew J. Fleming, Kam K. Leang
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Covering the complete design cycle of nanopositioning systems, this is the first comprehensive text on the topic. The book first introduces concepts associated with nanopositioning stages and outlines their application in such tasks as scanning probe microscopy, nanofabrication, data storage, cell...
Increasing Perceptual Skills of Robots Through Proximal Force/Torque Sensors
A Study for the Implementation of Active Compliance on the iCub Humanoid Robot
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
This thesis proposes an effective methodology for enhancing the perceptual capabilities and achieving interaction control of the iCub humanoid robot. The method is based on the integration of measurements from different sensors (force/torque, inertial and tactile sensors) distributed along the robot’s...
by Martin Braae
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
This engineering monograph describes a novel mathematical framework for the abstraction and analysis of large-scale interconnected dynamic systems. The proposal has been acknowledged through peer-review as being a contribution to the theory of such systems. Following a brief review of signals and...
CAN System Engineering
From Theory to Practical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
This book addresses the various challenges and open questions relating to CAN communication networks. Opening with a short introduction into the fundamentals of CAN, the book then examines the problems and solutions for the physical layout of networks, including EMC issues and topology layout. Additionally,...
by Wai Hou (Alan) Lio
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
This thesis investigates the use of blade-pitch control and real-time wind measurements to reduce the structural loads on the rotors and blades of wind turbines. The first part of the thesis studies the main similarities between the various classes of current blade-pitch control strategies, which...
Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications
Applied Mechanics, Vibration Control, and Numerical Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
This book focuses on the latest applications of nonlinear approaches in different disciplines of engineering and to a range of scientific problems. For each selected topic, detailed concept development, derivations and relevant knowledge are provided for the convenience of the readers. The topics...
Bayesian Prediction and Adaptive Sampling Algorithms for Mobile Sensor Networks
Online Environmental Field Reconstruction in Space and Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
This brief introduces a class of problems and models for the prediction of the scalar field of interest from noisy observations collected by mobile sensor networks. It also introduces the problem of optimal coordination of robotic sensors to maximize the prediction quality subject to communication...
Fuzzy Sets Theory Preliminary
Can a Washing Machine Think?
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
This basic book has been used at the middle schools in Shanghai, China for more than 10 years. The book presents carefully-selected contents in order to achieve the roles of enlightenment and popularization. It mainly includes: Chapter 1: Human Brains, Computers and Fuzzy Mathematics; Chapter 2:...
Wavelets
Theory and Applications for Manufacturing
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Wavelets: Theory and Applications for Manufacturing presents a systematic description of the fundamentals of wavelet transform and its applications. Given the widespread utilization of rotating machines in modern manufacturing and the increasing need for condition-based, as opposed to fix-interval,...
Transdisciplinary Systems Engineering
Exploiting Convergence in a Hyper-Connected World
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
This book explores the ways that disciplinary convergence and technological advance are transforming systems engineering to address gaps in complex systems engineering: Transdisciplinary Systems Engineering (TSE). TSE reaches beyond traditional disciplines to find connections—and this book examines...