TY - BOOK ID - 8358779 TI - Advances in reconfigurable mechanisms and robots I AU - Dai, Jian S. AU - Zoppi, Matteo. AU - Kong, Xianwen. AU - ASME/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots PY - 2012 SN - 1447141407 9786613767967 1447141415 1280996358 PB - London : Springer-Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Automation -- Congresses. KW - Computer engineering -- Congresses. KW - Industrial electronics -- Congresses. KW - Adaptive control systems KW - Robots KW - Mechanical Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Mechanical Engineering - General KW - Robotics. KW - Mechanics. KW - Classical mechanics KW - Newtonian mechanics KW - Engineering. KW - Automation. KW - Manufacturing industries. KW - Machines. KW - Tools. KW - Power electronics. KW - Robotics and Automation. KW - Manufacturing, Machines, Tools. KW - Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks. KW - Automation KW - Machine theory KW - Physics KW - Dynamics KW - Quantum theory KW - Manufactures. KW - Production of electric energy or. KW - Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes. KW - Manufactured goods KW - Manufactured products KW - Products KW - Products, Manufactured KW - Commercial products KW - Manufacturing industries KW - Electronics, Power KW - Electric power KW - Electronics KW - Automatic factories KW - Automatic production KW - Computer control KW - Engineering cybernetics KW - Factories KW - Industrial engineering KW - Mechanization KW - Assembly-line methods KW - Automatic control KW - Automatic machinery KW - CAD/CAM systems KW - Robotics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8358779 AB - Advances in Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots I provides a selection of key papers presented in The Second ASME/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR 2012) held on 9th -11th July 2012 in Tianjin, China. This ongoing series of conferences will be covered in this ongoing collection of books. A total of seventy-eight papers are divided into seven parts to cover the topology, kinematics and design of reconfigurable mechanisms with the reconfiguration theory, analysis and synthesis, and present the current research and development in the field of reconfigurable mechanisms including reconfigurable parallel mechanisms. In this aspect, the recent study and development of reconfigurable robots are further presented with the analysis and design and with their control and development. The bio-inspired mechanisms and subsequent reconfiguration are explored in the challenging fields of rehabilitation and minimally invasive surgery. Advances in Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots I further extends the study to deployable mechanisms and foldable devices and introduces applications of reconfigurable mechanisms and robots. The rich-content of Advances in Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots I brings together new developments in reconfigurable mechanisms and robots and presents a new horizon for future development in the field of reconfigurable mechanisms and robots. ER -