Robotics category: 587 books
New Trends in Mechanism and Machine Science
Theory and Applications in Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
This book contains the papers of the European Conference on Mechanisms Science (EUCOMES 2012 Conference). The book presents the most recent research developments in the mechanism and machine science field and their applications.
Topics addressed are theoretical kinematics, computational kinematics,...
Vehicular-2-X Communication
State-of-the-Art and Research in Mobile Vehicular Ad hoc Networks
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Universal vehicular communication promises many improvements in terms of ac- dent avoidance and mitigation, better utilization of roads and resources such as time and fuel, and new opportunities for infotainment applications. However, before widespread acceptance, vehicular communication must meet...
Cable-Driven Parallel Robots
Theory and Application
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Cable-driven parallel robots are a new kind of lightweight manipulators with excellent scalability in terms of size, payload, and dynamics capacities. For the first time, a comprehensive compendium is presented of the field of cable-driven parallel robots. A thorough theory of cable robots is setup...
Parallel and Distributed Map Merging and Localization
Algorithms, Tools and Strategies for Robotic Networks
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
This work examines the challenges of distributed map merging and localization in multi-robot systems, which enables robots to acquire the knowledge of their surroundings needed to carry out coordinated tasks. After identifying the main issues associated with this problem, each chapter introduces a...
Robotic Sailing 2017
Proceedings of the 10th International Robotic Sailing Conference
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
Robotic Sailing 2017. This book contains the peer-reviewed papers presented at the 10th International Robotic Sailing Conference which was organized in conjunction with the 10th World Robotic Sailing Championship held in Horten, Norway the 4th-9th of September 2017. The seven papers cover topics of...
Bin-Picking
New Approaches for a Classical Problem
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2015
This book is devoted to one of the most famous examples of automation handling tasks – the “bin-picking” problem. To pick up objects, scrambled in a box is an easy task for humans, but its automation is very complex. In this book three different approaches to solve the bin-picking problem are...
Controller Design for Industrial Robots and Machine Tools
Applications to Manufacturing Processes
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Advanced manufacturing systems are vital to the manufacturing industry. It is well known that if a target work piece has a curved surface, then automation of the polishing process is difficult. Controller design for industrial robots and machine tools presents results where industrial robots have...
by Marcin Szuster, Zenon Hendzel
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
The book deals with intelligent control of mobile robots, presenting the state-of-the-art in the field, and introducing new control algorithms developed and tested by the authors. It also discusses the use of artificial intelligent methods like neural networks and neuraldynamic programming, including...
by Jinkun Liu, Wei He
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
The book investigates fundamental issues in flexible manipulator systems, including distributed parameter modeling and boundary controller design. It presents theoretical explorations of several fundamental problems concerning the dynamics and control of these systems. By integrating fresh concepts...
by Shiping Yang, Jian-Xin Xu, Xuefang Li
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
A timely guide using iterative learning control (ILC) as a solution for multi-agent systems (MAS) challenges, showcasing recent advances and industrially relevant applications
Explores the synergy between the important topics of iterative learning control (ILC) and multi-agent systems (MAS)
Concisely...
by Timothy Everhart
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014
This book should be useful to the owner, buyer, or potential buyer of a welding robot as well to the programmers of the welding robots. Both of these groups have a need for a book that doesn’t seem to exist and it just seemed to make more sense for me to write one book instead of two.
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Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
The book presents the proceedings of Rob/Arch 2016, the third international conference on robotic fabrication in architecture, art, and design. The work contains a wide range of contemporary topics, from methodologies for incorporating dynamic material feedback into existing fabrication processes,...
Ambient Assisted Living
8. AAL-Kongress 2015,Frankfurt/M, April 29-30. April, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2016
In this book, leading authors in the field discuss developments of Ambient Assisted Living. The contributions have been chosen and invited at the 8th AAL Congress, Frankfurt/M. The meeting presents new technological developments which support the autonomy and independence of individuals with special...
Bipedal Robots
Modeling, Design and Walking Synthesis
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
This book presents various techniques to carry out the gait modeling, the gait patterns synthesis, and the control of biped robots. Some general information on the human walking, a presentation of the current experimental biped robots, and the application of walking bipeds are given. The modeling...