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This is the ?rst volume of a series of edited books whose aim is to collect contributed papers in a framework that can serve as a dictionary of names of individuals who have made contributions to the discipline of MMS (Me- anism and Machine Science). This dictionary project has the peculiarity that, through descriptions of the ideas and work of these individuals, the papers will illustrate mainly technical developments in the historical evolution of the individual ?elds that today de?ne the scope of MMS. Thus the core of each contribution will be a survey of biographical notes describing the efforts and experiences of these people. Finding appropriate technical experts as authors for such papers and - couraging them to write them has been a challenge; it is a demanding and time-consuming effort to produce such in-depth articles that delve deeply into the historical background of their topics of expertise. This ?rst volume of the dictionary project has been possible thanks to the invited authors who have enthusiastically shared the initiative and have spent time and effort in prep- ing papers that have the novel characteristics of survey and historical notes. The papers in this volume cover the wide ?eld of the History of Mechanical Engineering with speci?c focus on MMS. I believe that a reader who takes advantage of the papers in this book, as well as future ones, will ?nd further satisfaction and motivation for her or his work (historical or not).

Production management --- Machine elements --- Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) --- DFMA (design for manufacture and assembly) --- Materials sciences --- wetenschapsgeschiedenis --- machines --- Mechanical engineering --- Mechanical engineers --- History. --- Engineers --- Engineering design. --- Engineering. --- Engineering Design. --- Machinery and Machine Elements. --- History of Science. --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Design --- Machinery. --- Machinery --- Machines --- Manufactures --- Power (Mechanics) --- Motors --- Power transmission --- Curious devices

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Dynamic loads and undesired oscillations increase with higher speed of machines. At the same time, industrial safety standards require better vibration reduction. This book covers model generation, parameter identification, balancing of mechanisms, torsional and bending vibrations, vibration isolation, and the dynamic behavior of drives and machine frames as complex systems. Typical dynamic effects, such as the gyroscopic effect, damping and absorption, shocks, resonances of higher order, nonlinear and self-excited vibrations are explained using practical examples. These include manipulators, flywheels, gears, mechanisms, motors, rotors, hammers, block foundations, presses, high speed spindles, cranes, and belts. Various design features, which influence the dynamic behavior, are described. The book includes 60 exercises with detailed solutions. The substantial benefit of this "Dynamics of Machinery" lies in the combination of theory and practical applications and the numerous descriptive examples based on real-world data. T the book addresses graduate students as well as engineers.

Engineering. --- Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control. --- Control, Robotics, Mechatronics. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Acoustics. --- Vibration. --- Ingénierie --- Acoustique --- Vibration --- trilling --- oscillator --- machine --- dynamica --- Contains audio-visual material --- Machinery, Dynamics of --- Dynamics

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FSR, the International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, is a robotics Symposium which has established over the past ten years the latest research and practical results towards the use of field and service robotics in the community with particular focus on proven technology. The first meeting was held in Canberra, Australia, in 1997. Since then the meeting has been held every two years in the pattern Asia, America, Europe. Field robots are non-factory robots, typically mobile, that operate in complex, and dynamic environments: on the ground (of Earth or 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. This book presents the results of the sixth edition of Field and Service Robotics, FSR07, held in Chamonix, France, on 9th - 12th July 2007. The conference provided a forum for researchers, professionals and robot manufacturers to exchange up-to-date technical knowledge and experience. This book offers a collection of a broad range of topics including: Underwater Robots and Systems, Autonomous Navigation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping, Climbing Robotics, Sensor Fusion.

Machine elements --- robots --- automatisering --- systeemtheorie --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- systeembeheer --- regeltechniek --- machines --- procesautomatisering --- Artificial intelligence. --- Engineering. --- System theory. --- Systems, Theory of --- Systems science --- Science --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Philosophy --- Robotics. --- Automation. --- Control engineering. --- Mechatronics. --- Machinery. --- Robotics and Automation. --- Control, Robotics, Mechatronics. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Machinery and Machine Elements. --- Systems Theory, Control. --- Machinery --- Machines --- Manufactures --- Power (Mechanics) --- Mechanical engineering --- Motors --- Power transmission --- Microelectronics --- Microelectromechanical systems --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Automation --- Programmable controllers --- Automatic factories --- Automatic production --- Computer control --- Engineering cybernetics --- Factories --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanization --- Assembly-line methods --- Automatic control --- Automatic machinery --- CAD/CAM systems --- Robotics --- Curious devices --- Robots, Industrial

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This book deals with the problems related to planning motion laws and trajectories for the actuation system of automatic machines, in particular for those based on electric drives, and robots. The problem of planning suitable trajectories is relevant not only for the proper use of these machines, in order to avoid undesired effects such as vibrations or even damages on the mechanical structure, but also in some phases of their design and in the choice and sizing of the actuators. This is particularly true now that the concept of “electronic cams” has replaced, in the design of automatic machines, the classical approach based on “mechanical cams”. The choice of a particular trajectory has direct and relevant implications on several aspects of the design and use of an automatic machine, like the dimensioning of the actuators and of the reduction gears, the vibrations and efforts generated on the machine and on the load, the tracking errors during the motion execution. For these reasons, in order to understand and appreciate the peculiarities of the different techniques available for trajectory planning, besides the mathematical aspects of their implementation also a detailed analysis in the time and frequency domains, a comparison of their main properties under different points of view, and general considerations related to their practical use are reported.

Engineering. --- Automation and Robotics. --- Control Engineering. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Machinery. --- Ingénierie --- Intelligence artificielle --- Machines --- Automatic control. --- Robots -- Control systems. --- Robots. --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Information Technology --- Artificial Intelligence --- Trajectories (Mechanics) --- Automatic machinery. --- Robots --- Actuators. --- Control systems. --- Robot control --- Machinery, Automatic --- Control engineering. --- Robotics. --- Mechatronics. --- Automation. --- Manufacturing industries. --- Machines. --- Tools. --- Robotics and Automation. --- Control, Robotics, Mechatronics. --- Automatic control --- Robotics --- Machinery --- Automation --- Curves --- Mechanics --- Manufactures. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes. --- Manufactured goods --- Manufactured products --- Products --- Products, Manufactured --- Commercial products --- Manufacturing industries --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Mechanical engineering --- Microelectronics --- Microelectromechanical systems --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Programmable controllers --- Automatic factories --- Automatic production --- Computer control --- Engineering cybernetics --- Factories --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanization --- Assembly-line methods --- Automatic machinery --- CAD/CAM systems

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Many processes and systems manifest an increasing integration of mechanical and electronic components with information processing capacity. The development of such mechatronic systems opens the way to many innovative solutions not possible with mechanics or electronics alone. Mechatronic Systems introduces these developments by considering the dynamic modelling of components together with their interactions. The whole range of elements is presented from actuators, through different kinds of processes, to sensors. Structured tutorial style takes learning from the basics of unified theoretical modelling, through information processing to examples of system development. End-of-chapter exercises provide ready-made homework or self-tests. Offers practical advice for engineering derived from experience with real systems and application-oriented research. Written by one of the World's leading experts in this progressive field, Mechatronic Systems will be of great value to advanced students working in control, electrical and mechanical engineering and in areas where such definitions are being superseded. It will also prove useful to practising engineers wanting an in-depth understanding of how these disciplines and that of information processing are becoming interlinked.

Engineering. --- Machinery and Machine Elements. --- Automation and Robotics. --- Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation. --- Engineering Design. --- Simulation and Modeling. --- Control Engineering. --- Computer simulation. --- Engineering design. --- Electronics. --- Ingénierie --- Simulation par ordinateur --- Conception technique --- Electronique --- 621-187.4 --- Precision engineering. Precision technology --- Mechatronics. --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Machinery. --- Control engineering. --- Robotics. --- Microelectronics. --- Control, Robotics, Mechatronics. --- Electrical engineering --- Physical sciences --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Computer modeling --- Computer models --- Modeling, Computer --- Models, Computer --- Simulation, Computer --- Electromechanical analogies --- Mathematical models --- Simulation methods --- Model-integrated computing --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Design --- Electronics --- Applied physical engineering --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- Mechanical engineering --- Microelectronics --- Microelectromechanical systems --- Microminiature electronic equipment --- Microminiaturization (Electronics) --- Microtechnology --- Semiconductors --- Miniature electronic equipment --- Automation --- Machine theory --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Programmable controllers --- Machinery --- Machines --- Manufactures --- Power (Mechanics) --- Motors --- Power transmission --- Curious devices