Control Systems Design of Bio-Robotics and Bio-Mechatronics with Advanced Applications
Control Systems Design of Bio-Robotics and Bio-Mechatronics with Advanced Applications

Author: Ahmad Taher Azar

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2019-11-30

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 0128174641

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Control Systems Design of Bio-Robotics and Bio-Mechatronics with Advanced Applications delivers essential and advanced bioengineering information on the application of control and robotics technologies in the life sciences. Judging by what we have witnessed so far, this exciting field of control systems and robotics in bioengineering is likely to produce revolutionary breakthroughs over the next decade. While this book is intended for senior undergraduate or graduate students in both control engineering and biomedical engineering programs, it will also appeal to medical researchers and practitioners who want to enhance their quantitative understanding of physiological processes. - Focuses on the engineering and scientific principles underlying the extraordinary performance of biomedical robotics and bio-mechatronics - Demonstrates the application of principles for designing corresponding algorithms - Presents the latest innovative approaches to medical diagnostics and procedures, as well as clinical rehabilitation from the point-of-view of dynamic modeling, system analysis and control

An Introduction to Hybrid Dynamical Systems
An Introduction to Hybrid Dynamical Systems

Author: Arjan J. van der Schaft

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-10-03

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1846285429

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This book is about dynamical systems that are "hybrid" in the sense that they contain both continuous and discrete state variables. Recently there has been increased research interest in the study of the interaction between discrete and continuous dynamics. The present volume provides a first attempt in book form to bring together concepts and methods dealing with hybrid systems from various areas, and to look at these from a unified perspective. The authors have chosen a mode of exposition that is largely based on illustrative examples rather than on the abstract theorem-proof format because the systematic study of hybrid systems is still in its infancy. The examples are taken from many different application areas, ranging from power converters to communication protocols and from chaos to mathematical finance. Subjects covered include the following: definition of hybrid systems; description formats; existence and uniqueness of solutions; special subclasses (variable-structure systems, complementarity systems); reachability and verification; stability and stabilizability; control design methods. The book will be of interest to scientists from a wide range of disciplines including: computer science, control theory, dynamical system theory, systems modeling and simulation, and operations research.

Motion in Games
Motion in Games

Author: Arjan Egges

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-11-05

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 3642103464

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Motion in Games, held in Zeist, The Netherlands, in November 2009. The 23 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected. The topics covered are avoidance behaviour, behaviour and affect, crowd simulation, motion analysis and synthesis, navigation and steering, physics, rendering and video.

Experimental Robotics VI
Experimental Robotics VI

Author: Peter I. Corke

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1999-10-22

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9781852332105

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This book presents the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics held in Sydney in March 1999. The editors and contributors represent the leading robotics research efforts from around the world. Micro-machines, interplanetary exploration, minimally invasive surgery and emerging humanoid robots are among the most obvious attainments of leading robotics research teams reported in this volume. Less obvious but equally significant are the fundamental advances in robot map-building and methods of communication between humans and machines that are demonstrated through experimental results. This collection of papers will provide the reader with a concise report on the current achievements and future trends in robotics research across the world.

Variable Structure Systems: Towards the 21st Century
Variable Structure Systems: Towards the 21st Century

Author: Xinghuo Yu

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2003-07-01

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 354045666X

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The book is a collection of contributions concerning the theories, applications and perspectives of Variable Structure Systems (VSS). Variable Structure Systems have been a major control design methodology for many decades. The term Variable Structure Systems was introduced in the late 1950’s, and the fundamental concepts were developed for its main branch Sliding Mode Control by Russian researchers Emelyanov and Utkin. The 20th Century has seen the formation and consolidation of VSS theory and its applications. It has also seen an emerging trend of cross-fertilization and integration of VSS with other control and non-control techniques such as feedback linearization, ?atness, passivity based control, adaptive and learning ? control, system identi?cation, pulse width modulation, H geometric and algebraic methods, arti?cial intelligence, modeling and optimization, neural networks, fuzzy logic, to name just a few. This trend will continue and ?ourish in the new millennium. To re?ect these major developments in the 20th Century, this book - cludes 16 specially invited contributions from well-known experts in VSS theory and applications, covering a wide range of topics. The ?rst chapter, “First Stage of VSS: People and Events” written by Vadim Utkin, the founder of VSS, oversees and documents the historical developments of VSS in the 20th Century, including many interesting events not known to the West until now. The second chapter, “An Integrated Learning Variable Structure Control Method” written by Jian-Xin Xu, addresses an important issue regarding control integration between variable structure control and learning control.

State-space Realisations of Linear 2-D Systems with Extensions to the General ND (n > 2) Case
State-space Realisations of Linear 2-D Systems with Extensions to the General ND (n > 2) Case

Author: Krzysztof Galkowski

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2001-01-29

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781852334109

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This book demonstrates the newly developed Elementary Operations Algorithm (EOA). This is a systematic method for constructing a range of state-space realizations for 2-D systems. The key achievements of the monograph are as follows: - It provides a research-level introduction to the general area and undertakes a comparative critical review of previous approaches. - It gives a thorough coverage of the theoretical basis of the EOA algorithm. - It demonstrates the effectiveness of the EOA algorithm, for example, through the use of algebraic symbolic computing (using MAPLE), as well as by comparing this method with common alternatives.

Stability and Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems
Stability and Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems

Author: Dirk Aeyels

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-01-26

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1846285771

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These papers were presented at the first EC-TMR Nonlinear Control Network Workshop, on Stability and Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems, that took place in March 1999, Ghent, Belgium. The TMR programme offers a unique opportunity for the academic community to expand their knowledge, share their experience and identify and discuss strategic issues in aspects of nonlinear control engineering. The aim is to create a resource centre of available expertise and research interests. This outstanding reference volume presents current and emerging research directions, including: Stability analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems and converse Lyapunov theorems; Stabilization and regulation of nonlinear dynamical control systems; Control of physical systems using physics-based Lyapunov functions and passivity, as well as bifurcation analysis and optimal control. This collection of peer-reviewed papers provides a comprehensive overview of this field of research for graduate students and researchers in engineering and applied mathematics.

Mechatronic Systems and Materials IV
Mechatronic Systems and Materials IV

Author: Zdzisław Gosiewski

Publisher: Trans Tech Publications Ltd

Published: 2013-03-11

Total Pages: 711

ISBN-13: 3038260185

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Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS). The 121 peer reviewed papers on Mechatronic Systems and Materials are grouped as follows: I. Robotics: Industrial Robots, Microrobotics; II. Mobile Robots; III. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; IV. Teleoperation, Telerobotics, Teleoperated Semi-Autonomous Systems; V. Sensors and Actuators in Mechatronics; VI. Control of Mechatronic Systems; VII. Analysis of Vibration and Deformation.

Linear Time Varying Systems and Sampled-data Systems
Linear Time Varying Systems and Sampled-data Systems

Author: Akira Ichikawa

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2001-02-26

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9781852334390

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This monograph considers linear optimal regulators, differential games and develops the theory for time-varying systems and jump systems.

Quantitative Feedback Theory
Quantitative Feedback Theory

Author: Constantine H. Houpis

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-10-03

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 1317663098

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The first edition of Quantitative Feedback Theory gained enormous popularity by successfully bridging the gap between theory and real-world engineering practice. Avoiding mathematical theorems, lemmas, proofs, and correlaries, it boiled down to the essential elements of quantitative feedback theory (QFT) necessary to readily analyze, develop, and implement robust control systems. Thoroughly updated and expanded, Quantitative Feedback Theory: Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition continues to provide a platform for intelligent decision making and design based on knowledge of the characteristics and operating scenario of the plant. Beginning with the fundamentals, the authors build a background in analog and discrete-time multiple-input-single-output (MISO) and multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) feedback control systems along with the fundamentals of the QFT technique. The remainder of the book links these concepts to practical applications. Among the many enhancements to this edition are a new section on large wind turbine control system, four new chapters, and five new appendices. The new chapters cover non-diagonal compensator design for MIMO systems, QFT design involving Smith predictors for time delay systems with uncertainty, weighting matrices and control authority, and QFT design techniques applied to real-world industrial systems. Quantitative Feedback Theory: Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition includes new and revised examples and end-of-chapter problems and offers a companion CD that supplies MIMO QFT computer-aided design (CAD) software. It is the perfect guide to effectively and intuitively implementing QFT control.