From the contents: Algorithmic Challenges in Structural Molecular Biology and Proteomics -- Networked Robots: Ten Years of Experiments -- Algorithmic Foundation of the Clockwork Orange Robot Soccer Team -- Uniform Coverage of Simple Surfaces Embedded in R3 for Auto-Body Painting -- Stealth Tracking of an Unpredictable Target among Obstacles -- Multi-Step Motion Planning for Free-Climbing Robots…
Multi-modal Robot Interfaces -- Perception, Interpretation and Interaction -- Learning, Programming and Instructing -- Co-existence: Physical Interaction and Coordinated Motion -- Safety and Dependability -- Architecture -- Systems and Applications."Advances in Human-Robot Interaction" provides a unique collection of recent research in human-robot interaction. It covers the basic important rese…
Turbomachinery Flow Physics -- Introduction, Turbomachinery, Applications, Types -- Kinematics of Turbomachinery Fluid Motion -- Differential Balances in Turbomachinery -- Integral Balances in Turbomachinery -- Theory of Turbomachinery Stages -- Turbine and Compressor Cascade Flow Forces -- Turbomachinery Losses, Efficiencies, Blades -- Losses in Turbine and Compressor Cascades -- Efficiency of…
Keynote Lectures -- Sessions Organised by the ONR (Office of Naval Research, U.S. Navy, Program Manager Dr. Y. Rajapakse) -- Modelling, Analysis and Design -- Fracture and Damage Tolerance -- Dynamics, Vibration and Sound -- Impact -- Processing and Fabrication -- NDE and Environmental Degradation -- New Materials and Materials Characterisation -- Applications and Design Solutions.Sandwich stru…
Motion Planning -- Path Planning -- Medical Robotics -- Human-Robot Interaction -- Multiple Robots -- Robot Navigation -- Vision -- Humanoids -- SLAM -- Robot Perception -- Design -- Bio-Robotics.ISRR, the "International Symposium on Robotics Research," is one of robotics pioneering Symposia, which has established over the past two decades some of the field's most fundamental and lasting contri…
Handling: The Underrated Process -- Evolution or Revolution? -- Getting To Grips With Handling Tasks -- Movement Adds Value -- Practical Applications.Automated gripping and handling tasks offer a great rationalization potential but they are still difficult to realize. This book shows you how to ensure process reliability on the basis of combining the right components with advanced application k…
Preliminaries -- to Part I -- What Does “Control of Robots” Involve? -- Mathematical Preliminaries -- Robot Dynamics -- Properties of the Dynamic Model -- Case Study: The Pelican Prototype Robot -- Position Control -- to Part II -- Proportional Control plus Velocity Feedback and PD Control -- PD Control with Gravity Compensation -- PD Control with Desired Gravity Compensation -- PID Control…
Computer Simulation of Welding Processes -- Thermal Analysis of Welds -- Evolution of Microstructure Depending on Temperature -- Evolution of Microstructure Depending on Deformations -- Carburized and Hydrogen Diffusion Analysis -- Welded Structures and Applications of Welding in Industrial Fields -- Fracture Mechanics -- Input Data for Computational Welding Mechanics.Computational Welding Mech…
the Main Features of Cavitating Flows -- Nuclei and Cavitation -- The Dynamics of Spherical Bubbles -- Bubbles in a Non-Symmetrical Environment -- Further Insights into Bubble Physics -- Supercavitation -- Partial Cavities -- Bubbles and Cavities on Two-Dimensional Foils -- Ventilated Supercavities -- Vortex Cavitation -- Shear Cavitation -- Cavitation Erosion.This book treats cavitation, which…
Integrated Mechanical Electronic Systems -- Fundamentals of Theoretical Modeling of Technical Processes -- Fundamental Equations of the Dynamics of Mechanical Systems with Mobile Masses -- Mechanical Elements -- Electrical Drives -- Machines and Drivetrains -- Identification of Dynamic Systems -- Models of Oscillations and their Identification -- Sensors -- Actuators -- Microcomputers -- Exampl…