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This open access edited book provides new thinking on scientific identity formation. It thoroughly interrogates the concepts of community and identity, including both historical and contemporaneous analyses of several scientific fields. Chapters examine whether, and how, today’s scientific identities and communities are subject to fundamental changes, reacting to tangible shifts in research funding as well as more intangible transformations in our society’s understanding and expectations of technoscience. In so doing, this book reinvigorates the concept of scientific community. Readers will discover empirical analyses of newly emerging fields such as synthetic biology, systems biology and nanotechnology, and accounts of the evolution of theoretical conceptions of scientific identity and community. With inspiring examples of technoscientific identity work and community constellations, along with thought-provoking hypotheses and discussion, the work has a broad appeal. Those involved in science governance will benefit particularly from this book, and it has much to offer those in scholarly fields including sociology of science, science studies, philosophy of science and history of science, as well as teachers of science and scientists themselves. ; Reinvigorates the concept of scientific community Delineates ongoing changes across a range of epistemic cultures Elaborates on social, cultural and political aspects of contemporary technoscience Traces historical influences on technoscience, including in the European context Provides new thinking on scientific identity formation

Philosophy of science --- Sociology --- Cultural studies --- Teaching of a specific subject --- Political structure & processes --- Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Science --- Science and Technology Studies --- Cultural Theory --- Science Education --- Governance and Government --- Philosophy --- Open Access --- Community in the Technosciences --- Communities of Practice --- Contemporary Technosciences --- Emergence of Technoscience --- Epistemic Cultures --- Engineering Laboratory Communities --- Funding Regimes --- Scientific Community --- Scientific Identity --- Science Governance --- Synthetic Biology --- Shaping of Technoscience --- Steering European research --- Science in Public --- Science Communication --- Technoscience and Society --- Transdisciplinary Research --- Science: general issues

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Life below water is the 14th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) envisaged by the United Nations and is aimed at conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development. It is not difficult to argue that signals and image technologies may play an essential role in achieving the foreseen targets linked to SDG 14. Besides increasing the general knowledge of ocean health by means of data analysis, methodologies based on signal and image processing can be helpful in environmental monitoring, in protecting and restoring ecosystems, in finding new sensor technologies for green routing and eco-friendly ships, in providing tools for implementing best practices for sustainable fishing, as well as in defining frameworks and intelligent systems for enforcing sea law and making the sea a safer and more secure place. Imaging is also a key element for the exploration of the underwater world for various scopes, ranging from the predictive maintenance of sub-sea pipelines and other infrastructure projects, to the discovery, documentation, and protection of sunken cultural heritage. The scope of this Special Issue encompasses investigations into techniques and ICT approaches and, in particular, the study and application of signal- and image-based methods and, in turn, exploration of the advantages of their application in the previously mentioned areas.

passive sonar --- weak target detection --- robust Capon beamforming --- large DOA mismatch --- two-step steering vector estimation --- free surface recording --- waves --- bubbles --- PIV --- wave flume experiments --- Voronoi partition --- mobile sensor networks --- wireless sensor networks --- environmental monitoring --- marine environment --- oil spills --- ship --- navigation systems --- dynamic positioning --- signal filtering --- signal processing --- time-frequency representation --- Kalman filter --- estimation --- directional wave spectra --- distributed jamming technology --- layout strategy --- underwater acoustic sensor networks --- Cramér–Rao bound --- underwater image enhancement --- Multi-Scale Retinex --- parameter optimization --- no reference image quality assessment --- n/a --- Cramér-Rao bound

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Currently, the modelling and control of mechatronic and robotic systems is an open and challenging field of investigation in both industry and academia. The book encompasses the kinematic and dynamic modelling, analysis, design, and control of mechatronic and robotic systems, with the scope of improving their performance, as well as simulating and testing novel devices and control architectures. A broad range of disciplines and topics are included, such as robotic manipulation, mobile systems, cable-driven robots, wearable and rehabilitation devices, variable stiffness safety-oriented mechanisms, optimization of robot performance, and energy-saving systems.

Technology: general issues --- bionic mechanism design --- synthesis --- exoskeleton --- finger motion rehabilitation --- super-twisting control law --- robot manipulators --- fast terminal sliding mode control --- semi-active seat suspension --- integrated model --- control --- fuzzy logic-based self-tuning --- PID --- super-twisting --- sliding mode extended state observer --- saturation function --- fuzzy logic --- attenuate disturbance --- pHRI --- variable stiffness actuator --- V2SOM --- friendly cobots --- safety criteria --- human-robot collisions --- underwater vehicle-manipulator system --- motion planning --- coordinated motion control --- inertial delay control --- fuzzy compensator --- extended Kalman filter --- feedback linearization --- CPG --- self-growing network --- quadruped robot --- trot gait --- directional index --- serial robot --- performance evaluation --- kinematics --- hydraulic press --- energy saving --- energy efficiency --- installed power --- processing performance --- space robotics --- planetary surface exploration --- terrain awareness --- mechanics of vehicle-terrain interaction --- vehicle dynamics --- multi-support shaft system vibration control --- combined simulation --- transverse bending vibration --- Smart Spring --- adaptive control --- hydraulics --- differential cylinder --- feedforward --- motion control --- manipulator arm --- trajectory optimization --- "whip-lashing" method --- reduction of cycle time --- trajectory planning --- SolidWorks and MATLAB software applications --- dynamic modeling --- multibody simulation --- robotic lander --- variable radius drum --- impact analysis --- cable-driven parallel robots --- cable-suspended robots --- dynamic workspace --- throwing robots --- casting robot --- redesign --- slider-crank mechanism --- optimization --- synthesis problem --- rehabilitation devices --- six-wheel drive (6WD) --- skid steering --- electric unmanned ground vehicle (EUGV) --- driving force distribution --- vehicle motion control --- maneuverability and stability --- hexapod robot --- path planning --- energy consumption --- cost of transport --- heuristic optimization --- mobile robots --- tractor-trailer --- wheel slip compensation --- gait optimization --- genetic algorithm --- quadrupedal locomotion --- evolutionary programming --- optimal contact forces --- micro aerial vehicles --- visual-based control --- Kalman filter

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Currently, the modelling and control of mechatronic and robotic systems is an open and challenging field of investigation in both industry and academia. The book encompasses the kinematic and dynamic modelling, analysis, design, and control of mechatronic and robotic systems, with the scope of improving their performance, as well as simulating and testing novel devices and control architectures. A broad range of disciplines and topics are included, such as robotic manipulation, mobile systems, cable-driven robots, wearable and rehabilitation devices, variable stiffness safety-oriented mechanisms, optimization of robot performance, and energy-saving systems.

bionic mechanism design --- synthesis --- exoskeleton --- finger motion rehabilitation --- super-twisting control law --- robot manipulators --- fast terminal sliding mode control --- semi-active seat suspension --- integrated model --- control --- fuzzy logic-based self-tuning --- PID --- super-twisting --- sliding mode extended state observer --- saturation function --- fuzzy logic --- attenuate disturbance --- pHRI --- variable stiffness actuator --- V2SOM --- friendly cobots --- safety criteria --- human–robot collisions --- underwater vehicle-manipulator system --- motion planning --- coordinated motion control --- inertial delay control --- fuzzy compensator --- extended Kalman filter --- feedback linearization --- CPG --- self-growing network --- quadruped robot --- trot gait --- directional index --- serial robot --- performance evaluation --- kinematics --- hydraulic press --- energy saving --- energy efficiency --- installed power --- processing performance --- space robotics --- planetary surface exploration --- terrain awareness --- mechanics of vehicle–terrain interaction --- vehicle dynamics --- multi-support shaft system vibration control --- combined simulation --- transverse bending vibration --- Smart Spring --- adaptive control --- hydraulics --- differential cylinder --- feedforward --- motion control --- manipulator arm --- trajectory optimization --- “whip-lashing” method --- reduction of cycle time --- trajectory planning --- SolidWorks and MATLAB software applications --- dynamic modeling --- multibody simulation --- robotic lander --- variable radius drum --- impact analysis --- cable-driven parallel robots --- cable-suspended robots --- dynamic workspace --- throwing robots --- casting robot --- redesign --- slider-crank mechanism --- optimization --- synthesis problem --- rehabilitation devices --- six-wheel drive (6WD) --- skid steering --- electric unmanned ground vehicle (EUGV) --- driving force distribution --- vehicle motion control --- maneuverability and stability --- hexapod robot --- path planning --- energy consumption --- cost of transport --- heuristic optimization --- mobile robots --- tractor-trailer --- wheel slip compensation --- gait optimization --- genetic algorithm --- quadrupedal locomotion --- evolutionary programming --- optimal contact forces --- micro aerial vehicles --- visual-based control --- Kalman filter --- n/a --- human-robot collisions --- mechanics of vehicle-terrain interaction --- "whip-lashing" method