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This volume collects the papers published on the Special Issue “Kinematics and Robot Design I, KaRD2018” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KARD), which is the first issue of the KaRD Special Issue series, hosted by the open access journal “MDPI Robotics”. The KaRD series aims at creating an open environment where researchers can present their works and discuss all the topics focused on the many aspects that involve kinematics in the design of robotic/automatic systems. Kinematics is so intimately related to the design of robotic/automatic systems that the admitted topics of the KaRD series practically cover all the subjects normally present in well-established international conferences on “mechanisms and robotics”. KaRD2018 received 22 papers and, after the peer-review process, accepted only 14 papers. The accepted papers cover some theoretical and many design/applicative aspects.

Technology: general issues --- cable driven robot --- performance index --- Wrench Exertion Capability --- snake robot --- snake scale --- scale geometry --- friction ratio --- serpentine motion --- hexapod --- self-motion --- spatial symmetric rolling --- plane-symmetric motion --- Duporcq manipulator --- accuracy analysis --- optimal design --- multi-objective evolutionary algorithms --- NSGA-II --- 6-UCU kind Gough-Stewart platform --- parallel kinematic machine --- kinematic optimisation --- hardware in the loop --- mechatronic design --- manipulators --- trajectory planning --- kinematic constraints --- optimization --- viability --- inverse kinematics --- parallel robot --- reconfigurable joint --- flexible robotics --- mechanism --- kinematics --- Shoenflies-motion generator --- dimensional synthesis --- kinetostatic performances --- conditioning index --- projective angles --- spherical PKM --- direct kinematics --- nonlinear flexible beams --- discrete modeling --- underactuated robots --- optimal preshaping input --- spacecraft --- robotics --- dual quaternions --- aerial robotics --- quadcopters --- UAVs --- dual-tilting --- tilting rotors --- over-actuation --- flight control --- rotorcraft --- adaptive --- balancing --- counterweight --- mechatronic system --- robot --- timing belt --- belt stiffness --- dynamic system modeling --- mechatronic systems --- 3D printers

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This volume collects the papers published on the Special Issue “Kinematics and Robot Design I, KaRD2018” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KARD), which is the first issue of the KaRD Special Issue series, hosted by the open access journal “MDPI Robotics”. The KaRD series aims at creating an open environment where researchers can present their works and discuss all the topics focused on the many aspects that involve kinematics in the design of robotic/automatic systems. Kinematics is so intimately related to the design of robotic/automatic systems that the admitted topics of the KaRD series practically cover all the subjects normally present in well-established international conferences on “mechanisms and robotics”. KaRD2018 received 22 papers and, after the peer-review process, accepted only 14 papers. The accepted papers cover some theoretical and many design/applicative aspects.

Technology: general issues --- cable driven robot --- performance index --- Wrench Exertion Capability --- snake robot --- snake scale --- scale geometry --- friction ratio --- serpentine motion --- hexapod --- self-motion --- spatial symmetric rolling --- plane-symmetric motion --- Duporcq manipulator --- accuracy analysis --- optimal design --- multi-objective evolutionary algorithms --- NSGA-II --- 6-UCU kind Gough-Stewart platform --- parallel kinematic machine --- kinematic optimisation --- hardware in the loop --- mechatronic design --- manipulators --- trajectory planning --- kinematic constraints --- optimization --- viability --- inverse kinematics --- parallel robot --- reconfigurable joint --- flexible robotics --- mechanism --- kinematics --- Shoenflies-motion generator --- dimensional synthesis --- kinetostatic performances --- conditioning index --- projective angles --- spherical PKM --- direct kinematics --- nonlinear flexible beams --- discrete modeling --- underactuated robots --- optimal preshaping input --- spacecraft --- robotics --- dual quaternions --- aerial robotics --- quadcopters --- UAVs --- dual-tilting --- tilting rotors --- over-actuation --- flight control --- rotorcraft --- adaptive --- balancing --- counterweight --- mechatronic system --- robot --- timing belt --- belt stiffness --- dynamic system modeling --- mechatronic systems --- 3D printers --- cable driven robot --- performance index --- Wrench Exertion Capability --- snake robot --- snake scale --- scale geometry --- friction ratio --- serpentine motion --- hexapod --- self-motion --- spatial symmetric rolling --- plane-symmetric motion --- Duporcq manipulator --- accuracy analysis --- optimal design --- multi-objective evolutionary algorithms --- NSGA-II --- 6-UCU kind Gough-Stewart platform --- parallel kinematic machine --- kinematic optimisation --- hardware in the loop --- mechatronic design --- manipulators --- trajectory planning --- kinematic constraints --- optimization --- viability --- inverse kinematics --- parallel robot --- reconfigurable joint --- flexible robotics --- mechanism --- kinematics --- Shoenflies-motion generator --- dimensional synthesis --- kinetostatic performances --- conditioning index --- projective angles --- spherical PKM --- direct kinematics --- nonlinear flexible beams --- discrete modeling --- underactuated robots --- optimal preshaping input --- spacecraft --- robotics --- dual quaternions --- aerial robotics --- quadcopters --- UAVs --- dual-tilting --- tilting rotors --- over-actuation --- flight control --- rotorcraft --- adaptive --- balancing --- counterweight --- mechatronic system --- robot --- timing belt --- belt stiffness --- dynamic system modeling --- mechatronic systems --- 3D printers

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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

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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 --- 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