Springer London: 1778 books
by Zhijun Li, Chenguang Yang, Liping Fan
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
Advanced Control o**f Wheeled Inverted Pendulum Systems is an orderly presentation of recent ideas for overcoming the complications inherent in the control of wheeled inverted pendulum (WIP) systems, in the presence of uncertain dynamics, nonholonomic kinematic constraints as well as underactuated...
by Halim Alwi, Christopher Edwards, Chee Pin Tan
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Fault Detection and Fault-tolerant Control Using Sliding Modes is the first text dedicated to showing the latest developments in the use of sliding-mode concepts for fault detection and isolation (FDI) and fault-tolerant control in dynamical engineering systems. It begins with an introduction to the...
Model Predictive Vibration Control
Efficient Constrained MPC Vibration Control for Lightly Damped Mechanical Structures
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Real-time model predictive controller (MPC) implementation in active vibration control (AVC) is often rendered difficult by fast sampling speeds and extensive actuator-deformation asymmetry. If the control of lightly damped mechanical structures is assumed, the region of attraction containing the...
Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with Incomplete Information
Filtering and Control
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2013
Nonlinear Stochastic Processes addresses the frequently-encountered problem of incomplete information. The causes of this problem considered here include: missing measurements; sensor delays and saturation; quantization effects; and signal sampling.
Divided into three parts, the text begins with a...
Stochastic Analysis of Offshore Steel Structures
An Analytical Appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Stochastic Analysis of Offshore Steel Structures provides a clear and detailed guide to advanced analysis methods of fixed offshore steel structures using 3D beam finite elements under random wave and earthquake loadings. Advanced and up-to-date research results are coupled with modern analysis methods...
by Lőrinc Márton, Béla Lantos
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Nonlinear Control of Vehicles and Robots develops a unified approach to the dynamic modeling of robots in terrestrial, aerial and marine environments. The main classes of nonlinear systems and stability methods are summarized and basic nonlinear control methods, useful in manipulator and vehicle control,...
Quad Rotorcraft Control
Vision-Based Hovering and Navigation
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2012
Quad Rotorcraft Control develops original control methods for the navigation and hovering flight of an autonomous mini-quad-rotor robotic helicopter. These methods use an imaging system and a combination of inertial and altitude sensors to localize and guide the movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle...
Composite Materials
A Vision for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Composite Materials presents recent developments and state-of-the-art achievements in the science and technology of composites. It identifies and discusses key and emerging issues for future progress in the multidisciplinary field of composites.
By bringing together leading experts and promising...
Multisensory Softness
Perceived Compliance from Multiple Sources of Information
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Offers a unique multidisciplinary overview of how humans interact with soft objects and how multiple sensory signals are used to perceive material properties, with an emphasis on object deformability. The authors describe a range of setups that have been employed to study and exploit sensory signals...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Grasping in Robotics contains original contributions in the field of grasping in robotics with a broad multidisciplinary approach. This gives the possibility of addressing all the major issues related to robotized grasping, including milestones in grasping through the centuries, mechanical design...
Autonomous Intelligent Vehicles
Theory, Algorithms, and Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
This important text/reference presents state-of-the-art research on intelligent vehicles, covering not only topics of object/obstacle detection and recognition, but also aspects of vehicle motion control. With an emphasis on both high-level concepts, and practical detail, the text links theory, algorithms,...
Electrical, Information Engineering and Mechatronics 2011
Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Electrical, Information Engineering and Mechatronics (EIEM 2011)
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
As future generation electrical, information engineering and mechatronics become specialized and fragmented, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that many topics in these areas have common threads and, because of this, advances in one discipline may be transmitted to others. The 2011 International...
Finite Element Analysis for Satellite Structures
Applications to Their Design, Manufacture and Testing
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Designing satellite structures poses an ongoing challenge as the interaction between analysis, experimental testing, and manufacturing phases is underdeveloped. Finite Element Analysis for Satellite Structures: Applications to Their Design, Manufacture and Testing explains the theoretical and practical...
Analysis, Control and Optimal Operations in Hybrid Power Systems
Advanced Techniques and Applications for Linear and Nonlinear Systems
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
The book’s text focuses on explaining and analyzing the dynamic performance of linear and nonlinear systems, in particular for Power Systems (PS) including Hybrid Power Sources (HPS). The system stability is important for both PS operation and planning. Placing emphasis on understanding the underlying...