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This volume collects papers published in two Special Issues “Kinematics and Robot Design II, KaRD2019” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KRD2019) and “Kinematics and Robot Design III, KaRD2020” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KaRD2020), which are the second and third issues of the KaRD Special Issue series hosted by the open access journal robotics.The KaRD series is an open environment where researchers present their works and discuss all topics focused on the many aspects that involve kinematics in the design of robotic/automatic systems. It aims at being an established reference for researchers in the field as other serial international conferences/publications are. Even though the KaRD series publishes one Special Issue per year, all the received papers are peer-reviewed as soon as they are submitted and, if accepted, they are immediately published in MDPI Robotics. 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”.KaRD2019 together with KaRD2020 received 22 papers and, after the peer-review process, accepted only 17 papers. The accepted papers cover problems related to theoretical/computational kinematics, to biomedical engineering and to other design/applicative aspects.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- synthesis of mechanisms --- theoretical and computational kinematics --- robot modeling and simulation --- kinematics in robot control --- position analysis --- mobility and singularity analysis --- performance measures --- accuracy analysis --- novel manipulator architectures --- synthesis of mechanisms --- theoretical and computational kinematics --- robot modeling and simulation --- kinematics in robot control --- position analysis --- mobility and singularity analysis --- performance measures --- accuracy analysis --- novel manipulator architectures

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This book celebrates the ten-year anniversary of the Barcelona Expert Center by presenting recent contributions related to the topics on which the team has been working during these years. The Barcelona Expert Center expertise covers a wide variety of remote sensing fields, but the main focus of the research is on the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) data processing and its ocean, land, and ice applications. This book contains 14 scientific papers addressing topics that range from the description of the new data processing algorithms that are implemented in the last version of the operational SMOS Level 1 processor, to scientific applications derived from SMOS: results on the sea surface salinity assimilation in coastal models; synergies of the sea surface salinity with temperature and chlorophyll, and their impact on the better retrieval of ocean surface currents; quality assessment of SMOS derived sea ice thickness; sea surface salinity; and soil moisture products, among others. Moreover, one of the papers verifies the potential of the future CIMR mission within the CMEMS SSS operational production after the SMOS era.

Research & information: general --- Geography --- soil moisture --- root zone --- SMAP --- SMOS --- MODIS --- climatology --- trends --- signal decomposition --- interferometric radiometry --- image reconstruction --- error correction --- surface currents --- mediterranean sea --- satellite altimetry --- sea surface temperature --- sea surface salinity --- BEC SMOS products --- Mediterranean Sea --- Algerian Basin --- ABACUS gliders --- microwave remote sensing --- CIMR --- copernicus marine service --- satellite observations --- tidal currents --- internal tides --- data assimilation --- 4D-Var --- Congo River plume --- satellite salinity --- Angola Basin --- ROMS --- moisture variability --- temporal dynamics --- moisture patterns --- spatial disaggregation --- Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) --- Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) --- REMEDHUS --- L-band radiometry --- Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission --- sea ice thickness --- retrieval model validation --- upward looking sonar --- Arctic --- altimetry --- surface quasi-geostrophic equations --- remote sensing --- ocean color --- data fusion --- data merging --- physical oceanography --- singularity analysis --- faraday rotation angle (FRA) --- vertical total electron content (VTEC) --- L-band --- radiometry --- Interferometry --- ocean salinity (SMOS) --- calibration --- reprocessing --- BEC --- oceanography --- cryosphere --- processing --- sensor calibration

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This book celebrates the ten-year anniversary of the Barcelona Expert Center by presenting recent contributions related to the topics on which the team has been working during these years. The Barcelona Expert Center expertise covers a wide variety of remote sensing fields, but the main focus of the research is on the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) data processing and its ocean, land, and ice applications. This book contains 14 scientific papers addressing topics that range from the description of the new data processing algorithms that are implemented in the last version of the operational SMOS Level 1 processor, to scientific applications derived from SMOS: results on the sea surface salinity assimilation in coastal models; synergies of the sea surface salinity with temperature and chlorophyll, and their impact on the better retrieval of ocean surface currents; quality assessment of SMOS derived sea ice thickness; sea surface salinity; and soil moisture products, among others. Moreover, one of the papers verifies the potential of the future CIMR mission within the CMEMS SSS operational production after the SMOS era.

Research & information: general --- Geography --- soil moisture --- root zone --- SMAP --- SMOS --- MODIS --- climatology --- trends --- signal decomposition --- interferometric radiometry --- image reconstruction --- error correction --- surface currents --- mediterranean sea --- satellite altimetry --- sea surface temperature --- sea surface salinity --- BEC SMOS products --- Mediterranean Sea --- Algerian Basin --- ABACUS gliders --- microwave remote sensing --- CIMR --- copernicus marine service --- satellite observations --- tidal currents --- internal tides --- data assimilation --- 4D-Var --- Congo River plume --- satellite salinity --- Angola Basin --- ROMS --- moisture variability --- temporal dynamics --- moisture patterns --- spatial disaggregation --- Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) --- Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) --- REMEDHUS --- L-band radiometry --- Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission --- sea ice thickness --- retrieval model validation --- upward looking sonar --- Arctic --- altimetry --- surface quasi-geostrophic equations --- remote sensing --- ocean color --- data fusion --- data merging --- physical oceanography --- singularity analysis --- faraday rotation angle (FRA) --- vertical total electron content (VTEC) --- L-band --- radiometry --- Interferometry --- ocean salinity (SMOS) --- calibration --- reprocessing --- BEC --- oceanography --- cryosphere --- processing --- sensor calibration --- soil moisture --- root zone --- SMAP --- SMOS --- MODIS --- climatology --- trends --- signal decomposition --- interferometric radiometry --- image reconstruction --- error correction --- surface currents --- mediterranean sea --- satellite altimetry --- sea surface temperature --- sea surface salinity --- BEC SMOS products --- Mediterranean Sea --- Algerian Basin --- ABACUS gliders --- microwave remote sensing --- CIMR --- copernicus marine service --- satellite observations --- tidal currents --- internal tides --- data assimilation --- 4D-Var --- Congo River plume --- satellite salinity --- Angola Basin --- ROMS --- moisture variability --- temporal dynamics --- moisture patterns --- spatial disaggregation --- Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) --- Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) --- REMEDHUS --- L-band radiometry --- Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission --- sea ice thickness --- retrieval model validation --- upward looking sonar --- Arctic --- altimetry --- surface quasi-geostrophic equations --- remote sensing --- ocean color --- data fusion --- data merging --- physical oceanography --- singularity analysis --- faraday rotation angle (FRA) --- vertical total electron content (VTEC) --- L-band --- radiometry --- Interferometry --- ocean salinity (SMOS) --- calibration --- reprocessing --- BEC --- oceanography --- cryosphere --- processing --- sensor calibration