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The Special Issue book focuses on highlighting current research and developments in the automation and control field for autonomous systems as well as showcasing state-of-the-art control strategy approaches for autonomous platforms. The book is co-edited by distinguished international control system experts currently based in Sweden, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom, with contributions from reputable researchers from China, Austria, France, the United States of America, Poland, and Hungary, among many others. The editors believe the ten articles published within this Special Issue will be highly appealing to control-systems-related researchers in applications typified in the fields of ground, aerial, maritime vehicles, and robotics as well as industrial audiences.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- neuron PID --- Kalman filtering --- omnidirectional mobile robot --- implementations --- anti-windup --- fault tolerance --- reconfigurable control --- Maglev --- neural networks --- artificial intelligence --- unmanned tracked vehicle --- inertial parameters --- vehicle-terrain interaction --- identification --- recursive least square with exponential forgetting --- generalized Newton–Raphson --- Unscented Kalman Filter --- lane keeping control (LKC) --- non-smooth finite-time control --- previewed tracking --- error weight superposition --- electric vehicle (EV) --- ODD-based AD function design --- path tracking --- path planning --- software architecture --- interface design --- autonomous vehicle --- advanced driver-assistance system --- LPV approach --- robust control --- cruise control --- semi-active suspension control --- passenger comfort --- automated vehicles --- ADAS/AD functions --- C-ITS --- IVIM --- infrastructure assistance --- routing recommendations --- autonomous driving --- active learning --- formal methods --- model-based engineering --- automata learning --- unmanned vehicle --- nonlinear model prediction controller --- trajectory tracking --- outdoor field test --- vehicle following --- path following --- splines --- spline approximation --- n/a --- generalized Newton-Raphson

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This book disseminates the latest research achievements, findings, and ideas in the robotics field, with particular attention to the Italian scenario. Book coverage includes topics that are related to the theory, design, practice, and applications of robots, such as robot design and kinematics, dynamics of robots and multi-body systems, linkages and manipulators, control of robotic systems, trajectory planning and optimization, innovative robots and applications, industrial robotics, collaborative robotics, medical robotics, assistive robotics, and service robotics. Book contributions include, but are not limited to, revised and substantially extended versions of selected papers that have been presented at the 2nd International Conference of IFToMM Italy (IFIT 2018).

robotic hands --- grasping --- electric power quality --- voltage dips effects --- parallel kinematic architecture --- agonist-antagonist variable-stiffness actuator --- tendon-driven mechanism --- stiffness analysis --- planar movements --- mobile robot --- climbing robot --- wheeled robot --- magnetic adhesion --- tactile sensors --- manipulation task --- assembly robot --- social robots --- behavioral models --- assistive robotics --- cognitive architectures --- empathy --- human-robot interaction --- industrial exoskeleton design --- industrial exoskeleton control --- human-robot collaboration --- optimal control --- empowering fuzzy control --- hopper --- optimization --- sequencing --- kitting --- H-FAS --- robot --- compliance --- machining --- modal testing --- Mozzi axis --- biped robotics --- exoskeletons --- postural equilibrium --- zero moment point --- inverted pendulum --- robust control --- exoskeleton --- haptics --- rehabilitation --- postural control --- postural balance --- multi-chain dynamical systems --- ankle impedance --- kinematic performance --- pediAnklebot --- robotics --- measurements --- collaborative robotics --- cobots --- human–robot interaction --- literature review --- robot motion --- redundancy --- trajectory optimization --- Dijkstra algorithm --- graph --- wearable robots --- underactuated robots --- robotic manipulation --- n/a

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This book disseminates the latest research achievements, findings, and ideas in the robotics field, with particular attention to the Italian scenario. Book coverage includes topics that are related to the theory, design, practice, and applications of robots, such as robot design and kinematics, dynamics of robots and multi-body systems, linkages and manipulators, control of robotic systems, trajectory planning and optimization, innovative robots and applications, industrial robotics, collaborative robotics, medical robotics, assistive robotics, and service robotics. Book contributions include, but are not limited to, revised and substantially extended versions of selected papers that have been presented at the 2nd International Conference of IFToMM Italy (IFIT 2018).

History of engineering & technology --- robotic hands --- grasping --- electric power quality --- voltage dips effects --- parallel kinematic architecture --- agonist-antagonist variable-stiffness actuator --- tendon-driven mechanism --- stiffness analysis --- planar movements --- mobile robot --- climbing robot --- wheeled robot --- magnetic adhesion --- tactile sensors --- manipulation task --- assembly robot --- social robots --- behavioral models --- assistive robotics --- cognitive architectures --- empathy --- human-robot interaction --- industrial exoskeleton design --- industrial exoskeleton control --- human-robot collaboration --- optimal control --- empowering fuzzy control --- hopper --- optimization --- sequencing --- kitting --- H-FAS --- robot --- compliance --- machining --- modal testing --- Mozzi axis --- biped robotics --- exoskeletons --- postural equilibrium --- zero moment point --- inverted pendulum --- robust control --- exoskeleton --- haptics --- rehabilitation --- postural control --- postural balance --- multi-chain dynamical systems --- ankle impedance --- kinematic performance --- pediAnklebot --- robotics --- measurements --- collaborative robotics --- cobots --- human-robot interaction --- literature review --- robot motion --- redundancy --- trajectory optimization --- Dijkstra algorithm --- graph --- wearable robots --- underactuated robots --- robotic manipulation --- robotic hands --- grasping --- electric power quality --- voltage dips effects --- parallel kinematic architecture --- agonist-antagonist variable-stiffness actuator --- tendon-driven mechanism --- stiffness analysis --- planar movements --- mobile robot --- climbing robot --- wheeled robot --- magnetic adhesion --- tactile sensors --- manipulation task --- assembly robot --- social robots --- behavioral models --- assistive robotics --- cognitive architectures --- empathy --- human-robot interaction --- industrial exoskeleton design --- industrial exoskeleton control --- human-robot collaboration --- optimal control --- empowering fuzzy control --- hopper --- optimization --- sequencing --- kitting --- H-FAS --- robot --- compliance --- machining --- modal testing --- Mozzi axis --- biped robotics --- exoskeletons --- postural equilibrium --- zero moment point --- inverted pendulum --- robust control --- exoskeleton --- haptics --- rehabilitation --- postural control --- postural balance --- multi-chain dynamical systems --- ankle impedance --- kinematic performance --- pediAnklebot --- robotics --- measurements --- collaborative robotics --- cobots --- human-robot interaction --- literature review --- robot motion --- redundancy --- trajectory optimization --- Dijkstra algorithm --- graph --- wearable robots --- underactuated robots --- robotic manipulation

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In recent years, rapid development in robotics, mobile, and communication technologies has encouraged many studies in the field of localization and navigation in indoor environments. An accurate localization system that can operate in an indoor environment has considerable practical value, because it can be built into autonomous mobile systems or a personal navigation system on a smartphone for guiding people through airports, shopping malls, museums and other public institutions, etc. Such a system would be particularly useful for blind people. Modern smartphones are equipped with numerous sensors (such as inertial sensors, cameras, and barometers) and communication modules (such as WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, LTE/5G, and UWB capabilities), which enable the implementation of various localization algorithms, namely, visual localization, inertial navigation system, and radio localization. For the mapping of indoor environments and localization of autonomous mobile sysems, LIDAR sensors are also frequently used in addition to smartphone sensors. Visual localization and inertial navigation systems are sensitive to external disturbances; therefore, sensor fusion approaches can be used for the implementation of robust localization algorithms. These have to be optimized in order to be computationally efficient, which is essential for real-time processing and low energy consumption on a smartphone or robot.

Technology: general issues --- Energy industries & utilities --- dynamic objects identification and localization --- laser cluster --- radial velocity similarity --- Pearson correlation coefficient --- particle filter --- trilateral indoor positioning --- RSSI filter --- RSSI classification --- stability --- accuracy --- inertial navigation system --- artificial neural network --- motion tracking --- sensor fusion --- indoor navigation system --- indoor positioning --- indoor navigation --- radiating cable --- leaky feeder --- augmented reality --- Bluetooth --- indoor positioning system --- smart hospital --- indoor --- positioning --- visually impaired --- deep learning --- multi-layered perceptron --- inertial sensor --- smartphone --- multi-variational message passing (M-VMP) --- factor graph (FG) --- second-order Taylor expansion --- cooperative localization --- joint estimation of position and clock --- RTLS --- indoor positioning system (IPS) --- position data --- industry 4.0 --- traceability --- product tracking --- fingerprinting localization --- Bluetooth low energy --- Wi-Fi --- performance metrics --- positioning algorithms --- location source optimization --- fuzzy comprehensive evaluation --- DCPCRLB --- UAV --- unmanned aerial vehicles --- NWPS --- indoor positioning systems --- GPS denied --- GNSS denied --- autonomous vehicles --- visible light positioning --- mobile robot --- calibration --- appearance-based localization --- computer vision --- Gaussian processes --- manifold learning --- robot vision systems --- image manifold --- descriptor manifold --- indoor fingerprinting localization --- Gaussian filter --- Kalman filter --- received signal strength indicator --- channel state information --- indoor localization --- visual-inertial SLAM --- constrained optimization --- path loss model --- particle swarm optimization --- beacon --- absolute position system --- cooperative algorithm --- intercepting vehicles --- robot framework --- UWB sensors --- Internet of Things (IoT) --- wireless sensor network (WSN) --- switched-beam antenna --- electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna --- received signal strength (RSS) --- fingerprinting --- down-conversion --- GPS --- navigation --- RF repeaters --- up-conversion --- dynamic objects identification and localization --- laser cluster --- radial velocity similarity --- Pearson correlation coefficient --- particle filter --- trilateral indoor positioning --- RSSI filter --- RSSI classification --- stability --- accuracy --- inertial navigation system --- artificial neural network --- motion tracking --- sensor fusion --- indoor navigation system --- indoor positioning --- indoor navigation --- radiating cable --- leaky feeder --- augmented reality --- Bluetooth --- indoor positioning system --- smart hospital --- indoor --- positioning --- visually impaired --- deep learning --- multi-layered perceptron --- inertial sensor --- smartphone --- multi-variational message passing (M-VMP) --- factor graph (FG) --- second-order Taylor expansion --- cooperative localization --- joint estimation of position and clock --- RTLS --- indoor positioning system (IPS) --- position data --- industry 4.0 --- traceability --- product tracking --- fingerprinting localization --- Bluetooth low energy --- Wi-Fi --- performance metrics --- positioning algorithms --- location source optimization --- fuzzy comprehensive evaluation --- DCPCRLB --- UAV --- unmanned aerial vehicles --- NWPS --- indoor positioning systems --- GPS denied --- GNSS denied --- autonomous vehicles --- visible light positioning --- mobile robot --- calibration --- appearance-based localization --- computer vision --- Gaussian processes --- manifold learning --- robot vision systems --- image manifold --- descriptor manifold --- indoor fingerprinting localization --- Gaussian filter --- Kalman filter --- received signal strength indicator --- channel state information --- indoor localization --- visual-inertial SLAM --- constrained optimization --- path loss model --- particle swarm optimization --- beacon --- absolute position system --- cooperative algorithm --- intercepting vehicles --- robot framework --- UWB sensors --- Internet of Things (IoT) --- wireless sensor network (WSN) --- switched-beam antenna --- electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna --- received signal strength (RSS) --- fingerprinting --- down-conversion --- GPS --- navigation --- RF repeaters --- up-conversion

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This book presents interesting samples of theoretical and practical advances of symmetry in multidisciplinary engineering applications. It covers several applications, such as accessibility and traffic congestion management, path planning for mobile robots, analysis of shipment service networks, fault diagnosis methods in electrical circuits and electrical machines, geometrical issues in architecture, geometric modeling and virtual reconstruction, design of noise detectors, filters, and segmentation methods for image processing, and cyclic symmetric structures in turbomachinery applications, to name but a few. The contributions included in this book depict the state of the art in this field and lay the foundation for the possibilities that the study of symmetry has in multidisciplinary applications in the field of engineering.

edge preserving --- fault diagnosis --- accessibility --- urban traffic planning --- sensitivity analysis --- graphic modelling --- Coalbrookdale (Shropshire) --- mobile robot --- asymmetry --- convexity/concavity --- flying buttresses --- vibration --- time-space network --- linearization technique --- friction damping --- adaptive threshold --- ring damper --- broad learning model --- Hilbert transform --- express shipment --- symmetry --- traffic control --- railcar flow distribution --- optimization --- industrial archaeology --- high order urban hospitals (HOUHs) --- thin-walled gear --- rampant arch --- traffic congestion --- railway transportation --- robots --- virtual reconstruction --- feature selection --- geometric modeling --- path search --- industrial heritage --- weighted mean filter --- topology --- A* algorithm --- traffic forecasting --- feature interaction --- classification --- peaks distribution --- rolling bearings --- noise detector --- 3D slicer --- inclined plane --- computing applications --- environmental modeling --- extension --- service network design --- evaluation model --- anomaly detection --- random forest --- local preserving projection --- complex networks --- computer engineering --- electronic devices --- BP neural network --- mechanical structures --- segmentation --- lifting wavelet --- semi-supervised random forest --- railway network --- cathedral --- local monotonicity --- aged --- optimum --- path planning --- local data features --- local inflection --- conditional mutual information --- energy dissipation --- support vector machine --- variational mode decomposition --- Agustín de Betancourt --- optimization criteria --- tumor --- trip impedance based on public transportation --- Fisher linear discriminant analysis --- synchronization --- clustering --- geometry --- electrical circuits --- random value impulse noise