Proceedings of '83 International Conference on Advanced Robotics
Author: Robotics Society of Japan
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 494
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Towards Third Generation Robotics
Author: Bernard Espiau
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 632
ISBN-13: 9780948507755
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe aim of this conference was to constitute a platform of international information exchange on advanced robotics. The topics of the conference cover, as well as basic research, applications in control, modelling, vision, mobile robots, sensing, programming and teleoperation. In addition the conference provides an opportunity for the exchange of information on the progress of various national and international research and development projects.
RAMSETE
Author: Salvatore Nicosia
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2003-07-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 3540450009
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobotics applications, initially developed for industrial and manufacturing contexts, are now strongly present in several elds. Besides well-known space and high-technology applications, robotics for every day life and medical s- vices is becoming more and more popular. As an example, robotic manipu- tors are particularly useful in surgery and radiation treatments, they could be employed for civil demining, for helping disabled people, and ultimately for domestic tasks, entertainment and education. Such a kind of robotic app- cations require the integration of many di erent skills. Autonomous vehicles and mobile robots in general must be integrated with articulated manipu- tors. Many robotic technologies (sensors, actuators and computing systems) must be properly used with speci c technologies (localisation, planning and control technologies). The task of designing robots for these applications is a hard challenge: a speci c competence in each area is demanded, in the e ort of a truly integrated multidisciplinary design.
The World Yearbook of Robotics Research and Development
Author: Sbornik Statei
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-04-17
Total Pages: 566
ISBN-13: 9401197083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow quickly the technological 'flavour of the month' changes. At the beginning of the 1980's many saw 'robotics' as being something of a pana cea for those problems in the manufacturing industries which had been exacerbated by the world recession. Those working at the time in the field of robotics stressed that robots themselves were only part of the solution. Yet in many quarters the 'hype' for the new technology apparently knew few bounds, resulting, inexorably, in many industries painfully discover ing for themselves a new realism, closely followed by disillusionment. In its wider sense the term 'robotics' covers an extremely broad spec trum of technologies ranging from extremely flexible, highly sensory and integrated systems capable of handling a very diverse product range, through to comparatively inflexible, high volume systems which can merely handle slightly different variations of the same basic product. As a result of the one 'buzzword' referring to such a variety of actual system types, the disillusionment which started to become apparent during the early 1980's acted as something of a double edged sword. A given com pany might consider a particular robotics-based technological solution to its production problems, find that it was unsuitable, and so renounce all robotics approaches as inappropriate. Yet just because one position on that spectrum of technological solutions was unsuitable for the company should not have led them to assume that there was no other robotics solu tion that was appropriate.
Robotics Technology Abstracts
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 470
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBipedal Robots
Author: Christine Chevallereau
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013-03-01
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1118622979
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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 is based on the decomposition on a walking step into different sub-phases depending on the way each foot stands into contact on the ground. The robot design is dealt with according to the mass repartition and the choice of the actuators. Different ways to generate walking patterns are considered, such as passive walking and gait synthesis performed using optimization technique. Control based on the robot modeling, neural network methods, or intuitive approaches are presented. The unilaterality of contact is dealt with using on-line adaptation of the desired motion.
Field and Service Robotics
Author: David S. Wettergreen
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-03-15
Total Pages: 646
ISBN-13: 3319277022
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book contains the proceedings of the 10th FSR, (Field and Service Robotics) which is the leading single-track conference on applications of robotics in challenging environments. The 10th FSR was held in Toronto, Canada from 23-26 June 2015. The book contains 42 full-length, peer-reviewed papers organized into a variety of topics: Aquatic, Vision, Planetary, Aerial, Underground, and Systems. The goal of the book and the conference is to report and encourage the development and experimental evaluation of field and service robots, and to generate a vibrant exchange and discussion in the community. Field robots are non-factory robots, typically mobile, that operate in complex and dynamic environments: on the ground (Earth or other planets), under the ground, underwater, in the air or in space. Service robots are those that work closely with humans to help them with their lives. The first FSR was held in Canberra, Australia, in 1997. Since that first meeting, FSR has been held roughly every two years, cycling through Asia, Americas, Europe.
Fractional Modeling and Controller Design of Robotic Manipulators
Author: Abhaya Pal Singh
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-10-15
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 3030582477
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book at hand is an appropriate addition to the field of fractional calculus applied to control systems. If an engineer or a researcher wishes to delve into fractional-order systems, then this book has many collections of such systems to work upon, and this book also tells the reader about how one can convert an integer-order system into an appropriate fractional-order one through an efficient and simple algorithm. If the reader further wants to explore the controller design for the fractional-order systems, then for them, this book provides a variety of controller design strategies. The use of fractional-order derivatives and integrals in control theory leads to better results than integer-order approaches and hence provides solid motivation for further development of control theory. Fractional-order models are more useful than the integer-order models when accuracy is of paramount importance. Real-time experimental validation of controller design strategies for the fractional-order plants is available. This book is beneficial to the academic institutes for postgraduate and advanced research-level that need a specific textbook on fractional control and its applications in srobotic manipulators. The book is also a valuable teaching and learning resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Advanced Robotics & Intelligent Machines
Author: J. O. Gray
Publisher: IET
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780852968536
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdvanced robotics describes the use of sensor-based robotic devices which exploit powerful computers to achieve the high levels of functionality that begin to mimic intelligent human behaviour. The object of this book is to summarise developments in the base technologies, survey recent applications and highlight new advanced concepts which will influence future progress.
