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This book is  of interest to researchers inquiring about modern topics and methods in the kinematics, control and design of robotic manipulators. It considers the full range of robotic systems, including serial, parallel and cable driven manipulators, both planar and spatial. The systems range from being less than fully mobile to kinematically redundant to overconstrained. In addition to recognized areas, this book also presents recent advances in emerging areas such as the design and control of humanoids and humanoid subsystems, and the analysis, modeling and simulation of human body motions, as well as the mobility analysis of protein molecules and the development of machines which incorporate man.

Robots -- Motion -- Congresses. --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Robots --- Kinematics. --- Kinematics of robots --- Robot kinematics --- Engineering. --- Computer mathematics. --- Vibration. --- Dynamical systems. --- Dynamics. --- Control engineering. --- Robotics. --- Mechatronics. --- Control, Robotics, Mechatronics. --- Computational Science and Engineering. --- Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control. --- Machinery, Kinematics of --- Computer science. --- Cycles --- Mechanics --- Sound --- Informatics --- Science --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Physics --- Statics --- Computer mathematics --- Electronic data processing --- Mechanical engineering --- Microelectronics --- Microelectromechanical systems --- Automation --- Machine theory --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Programmable controllers

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This book presents the singular configurations associated with a robot mechanism, together with robust methods for their computation, interpretation, and avoidance path planning. Having such methods is essential as singularities generally pose problems to the normal operation of a robot, but also determine the workspaces and motion impediments of its underlying mechanical structure. A distinctive feature of this volume is that the methods are applicable to nonredundant mechanisms of general architecture, defined by planar or spatial kinematic chains interconnected in an arbitrary way. Moreover, singularities are interpreted as silhouettes of the configuration space when seen from the input or output spaces. This leads to a powerful image that explains the consequences of traversing singular configurations, and all the rich information that can be extracted from them. The problems are solved by means of effective branch-and-prune and numerical continuation methods that are of independent interest in themselves. The theory can be put into practice as well: a companion web page gives open access to implementations of the algorithms and the corresponding input files. Using them, the reader can gain hands-on experience on the topic, or analyse new mechanisms beyond those examined in the text. Overall, the book contributes new tools for robot design, and constitutes a single reference source of knowledge that is otherwise dispersed in the literature. .

Engineering. --- Numerical analysis. --- Applied mathematics. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Vibration. --- Dynamical systems. --- Dynamics. --- Robotics. --- Automation. --- Robotics and Automation. --- Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control. --- Numerical Analysis. --- Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering. --- Mechanical movements. --- Robots --- Kinematics. --- Automation --- Machine theory --- Kinematics of robots --- Robot kinematics --- Machinery, Kinematics of --- Mechanisms (Machinery) --- Kinematics --- Mechanical engineering --- Mechanics --- Motion --- Gearing --- Mathematical and Computational Engineering. --- Engineering --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis --- Cycles --- Sound --- Mathematics --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Physics --- Statics --- Automatic factories --- Automatic production --- Computer control --- Engineering cybernetics --- Factories --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanization --- Assembly-line methods --- Automatic control --- Automatic machinery --- CAD/CAM systems --- Robotics

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The knowledge of how to solve advanced dynamic concepts is vitally important in such areas as robotics, spacecraft, and multibody systems. Mechanisms and Robots Analysis with MATLAB® enables the reader to understand the mechanical behavior of complex engineering structures, mechanisms, and robots by discussing how to formulate the necessary mathematical equations and how to solve them using MATLAB®. This straightforward introduction to kinematics and dynamics using MATLAB® is complemented by a range of learning techniques that will benefit instructors, students, and researchers. The explanations of sample problems provide a model for student problem-solving through analytical and numerical techniques. By reading the theory and solving the accompanying problems the reader will acquire a solid working knowledge of basic theories in mechanics and in MATLAB®. Theory, computational aspects, and applications of mechanisms and robots are covered from both mathematical and physical perspectives, and topics are presented clearly and simply. This allows fundamental principles to emerge through applications solved with MATLAB® and emphasizes concepts, derivations, and interpretations of the general principles. Mechanisms and Robots Analysis with MATLAB® will allow students to build on their knowledge of mechanics and calculus to develop an interest in the classical principles of robotics and mechanism systems. Instructors will find this a useful teaching tool and even experts will be able to appreciate its clear, informative approach.

Electronic books. -- local. --- Mechanical movements. --- Robots -- Kinematics. --- Robots --- Mechanical movements --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Kinematics --- Kinematics. --- Mechanisms (Machinery) --- Kinematics of robots --- Robot kinematics --- Engineering. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Vibration. --- Dynamical systems. --- Dynamics. --- Control engineering. --- Robotics. --- Mechatronics. --- Control, Robotics, Mechatronics. --- Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Machinery, Kinematics of --- Mechanical engineering --- Mechanics --- Motion --- Gearing --- Artificial Intelligence. --- 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 --- Cycles --- Sound --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Physics --- Statics --- Microelectronics --- Microelectromechanical systems --- Automation --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Programmable controllers

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MEDER 2018, the IFToMM International Symposium on Mechanism Design for Robotics, was the fourth event in a series that was started in 2010 as a specific conference activity on mechanisms for robots. The aim of the MEDER Symposium is to bring researchers, industry professionals, and students together from a broad range of disciplines dealing with mechanisms for robots, in an intimate, collegial, and stimulating environment. In the 2018 MEDER event, we received significant attention regarding this initiative, as can be seen by the fact that the Proceedings contain contributions by authors from all around the world.The Proceedings of the MEDER 2018 Symposium have been published within the Springer book series on MMS, and the book contains 52 papers that have been selected after review for oral presentation. These papers cover several aspects of the wide field of robotics dealing with mechanism aspects in theory, design, numerical evaluations, and applications.This Special Issue of Robotics (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/MDR) has been obtained as a result of a second review process and selection, but all the papers that have been accepted for MEDER 2018 are of very good quality with interesting contents that are suitable for journal publication, and the selection process has been difficult.

n/a --- robot control --- cylindrical --- V2SOM --- 3-UPU parallel mechanism --- McKibben muscle --- compliance control --- gait planning --- grasp stability --- robot singularity --- safety mechanism --- robot --- exercising device --- hexapod walking robot --- inadvertent braking --- energy efficiency --- robotic cell --- humanoid robots --- collaborative robot --- robot wrists --- humanoid robotic hands --- stability --- cable-driven robots --- image processing --- fail-safe operation --- VSA --- graphical user interface --- computer-aided design --- robotic legs --- human-robot-interaction --- shape changing --- painting robot --- shape memory alloy --- velocity control --- underactuated fingers --- safe physical human–robot interaction (pHRI) --- human-machine interaction --- compliant mechanism --- iCub --- robot-assisted Doppler sonography --- pHRI --- spherical parallel mechanism --- mobile manipulation --- economic locomotion --- haptic glove --- learning by demonstration --- robot kinematics --- variable stiffness actuator (VSA) --- workspace analysis --- singularity analysis --- collaborative robots --- parallel mechanisms --- rolling --- SMA actuator --- elliptical --- cable-driven parallel robots --- non-photorealistic rendering --- redundancy --- kinematic redundancy --- variable stiffness actuator --- trajectory planning --- kinematics --- pneumatic artificial muscle --- artistic rendering --- force reflection --- safe physical human–robot interaction --- orientational mechanisms --- teleoperation --- actuation burden --- cobot --- hand exoskeleton --- safe physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) --- safe physical human-robot interaction