Download or read book Intelligent Robotics and Applications written by Honghai Liu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The market demand for skills, knowledge and adaptability have positioned robotics to be an important field in both engineering and science. One of the most highly visible applications of robotics has been the robotic automation of many industrial tasks in factories. In the future, a new era will come in which we will see a greater success for robotics in non-industrial environments. In order to anticipate a wider deployment of intelligent and autonomous robots for tasks such as manufacturing, healthcare, ent- tainment, search and rescue, surveillance, exploration, and security missions, it is essential to push the frontier of robotics into a new dimension, one in which motion and intelligence play equally important roles. The 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2010) was held in Shanghai, China, November 10–12, 2010. The theme of the c- ference was “Robotics Harmonizing Life,” a theme that reflects the ever-growing interest in research, development and applications in the dynamic and exciting areas of intelligent robotics. These volumes of Springer’s Lecture Notes in Artificial Intel- gence and Lecture Notes in Computer Science contain 140 high-quality papers, which were selected at least for the papers in general sessions, with a 62% acceptance rate Traditionally, ICIRA 2010 holds a series of plenary talks, and we were fortunate to have two such keynote speakers who shared their expertise with us in diverse topic areas spanning the rang of intelligent robotics and application activities.
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Download or read book Smart Materials Based Actuators at the Micro Nano Scale written by Micky Rakotondrabe and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart Materials-Based Actuators at the Micro/Nano-Scale: Characterization, Control, and Applications gives a state of the art of emerging techniques to the characterization and control of actuators based on smart materials working at the micro/nano scale. The book aims to characterize some commonly used structures based on piezoelectric and electroactive polymeric actuators and also focuses on various and emerging techniques employed to control them. This book also includes two of the most emerging topics and applications: nanorobotics and cells micro/nano-manipulation.
Download or read book Piezoelectric MEMS written by Ulrich Schmid and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Piezoelectric MEMS" that was published in Micromachines
Download or read book Advances in Manufacturing written by Adam Hamrol and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 949 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers a variety of topics in material, mechanical, and management engineering, especially in the area of machine design, product assembly, measurement systems, process planning and quality control. It describes cutting-edge methods and applications, together with exemplary case studies. The content is based on papers presented at the 5th International Scientific-Technical Conference (MANUFACTURING 2017) held in Poznan, Poland on 24-26 October 2017. The book brings together engineering and economic topics, is intended as an extensive, timely and practice-oriented reference guide for researchers and practitioners, and is expected to foster better communication and closer cooperation between universities and their business and industry partners.
Download or read book Smart Material Systems written by Ralph C. Smith and published by SIAM. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes several novel applications currently under investigation that exploit the unique actuator and sensor capabilities of smart material compounds. In addition to present and projected applications, this book provides comprehensive coverage of both linear and nonlinear modeling techniques necessary to characterize materials in a manner that facilitates transducer design and control development. The author focuses on ferroelectric, magnetic, and shape memory compounds and also addresses applications exploiting amorphous and ionic polymers, magnetorheological compounds, and fiber optic sensors. By providing a unified treatment of both linear and nonlinear characterization frameworks, Smart Material Systems: Model Development encompasses both low to moderate drive levels, which constitute the primary focus of most present texts, and the high drive regimes dictated by present and future applications. This will significantly enhance the design of transducers and control systems which exploit the unique actuator and sensor capabilities provided by smart material compounds.
Download or read book State of the Art Sensors Technology in Spain 2017 Volume 2 written by Gonzalo Pajares Martinsanz and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "State-of-the-Art Sensors Technology in Spain 2017" that was published in Sensors
Download or read book Hysteresis and Phase Transitions written by Martin Brokate and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hysteresis is an exciting and mathematically challenging phenomenon that oc curs in rather different situations: jt, can be a byproduct offundamental physical mechanisms (such as phase transitions) or the consequence of a degradation or imperfection (like the play in a mechanical system), or it is built deliberately into a system in order to monitor its behaviour, as in the case of the heat control via thermostats. The delicate interplay between memory effects and the occurrence of hys teresis loops has the effect that hysteresis is a genuinely nonlinear phenomenon which is usually non-smooth and thus not easy to treat mathematically. Hence it was only in the early seventies that the group of Russian scientists around M. A. Krasnoselskii initiated a systematic mathematical investigation of the phenomenon of hysteresis which culminated in the fundamental monograph Krasnoselskii-Pokrovskii (1983). In the meantime, many mathematicians have contributed to the mathematical theory, and the important monographs of 1. Mayergoyz (1991) and A. Visintin (1994a) have appeared. We came into contact with the notion of hysteresis around the year 1980.
Download or read book Differential Models of Hysteresis written by Augusto Visintin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hysteresis effects occur in science and engineering: plasticity, ferromagnetism, ferroelectricity are well-known examples. This volume provides a self-contained and comprehensive introduction to the analysis of hysteresis models, and illustrates several new results in this field.
Download or read book Fluid Power Transmission And Control written by A. Alavudeen and published by CHAROTARPUBLISHINGHOUSEP.LTD. This book was released on 2007 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text-book provides an in-depth background in the field of Fluid Power, It covers Design, Analysis, Operation and Maintenance. The reader will find this book useful for a clear understanding of the subject and also to assist in the selection and troubleshooting of fluid power components and systems used in manufacturing operations, providing a systematic summary of the fundamentals of hydraulic power transmission. This book discusses the main characteristics of hydraulic drives and their most important types in a manner comprehensible even to newcomers of the subject. This book covers a broad range of topics in the field, including: physical properties of hydraulic fluids; energy and power in hydraulic systems; frictional losses in hydraulic pipelines; hydraulic pumps, cylinders, cushioning devices, motors, valves, circuit design, conductors and fittings; hydraulic system maintenance; pneumatic air preparation and its components; and electrical controls for fluid power systems. It provides everything you need to understand the fundamental operating principles as well as the latest maintenance, repair and reconditioning techniques for industrial oil hydraulic systems. Better understanding of the material is promoted by the sample solutions to various mathematical problems given in each chapter. A number of photographs and illustration have been attached to reflect current "Fluid Power system".
Download or read book MEMS Mirrors written by Huikai Xie and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "MEMS Mirrors" that was published in Micromachines
Download or read book Control and Measurement Applications for Smart Grid written by Sathans Suhag and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains select proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Grid Energy Systems and Control (SGESC 2021). The proceedings is divided into 03 volumes, and this volume focuses on adaptive control and intelligent sensors, wide-area measurements, and applications in the smart grid. This book includes papers on topics such as SMART sensors, vision sensors, sensor fusion, wireless sensors, and the internet of things, MEMS, Mechatronics, Remote sensing, telemetry, and its applications in automated vehicle control. This book is a unique collection of chapters from different areas with a common theme and will be immensely useful to academic researchers and practitioners in the industry.
Download or read book Systems with Hysteresis written by Mark A. Krasnosel'skii and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hysteresis phenomena are common in numerous physical, mechanical, ecological and biological systems. They reflect memory effects and process irreversibility. The use of hysteresis operators (hysterons) offers an approach to macroscopic modelling of the dynamics of phase transitions and rheological systems. The applications cover processes in electromagnetism, elastoplasticity and population dynamics in particular. Hysterons are also typical elements of control systems where they represent thermostats and other discontinuous controllers with memory. The book offers the first systematic mathematical treatment of hysteresis nonlinearities. Construction procedures are set up for hysterons in various function spaces, in continuous and discontinuous cases. A general theory of variable hysterons is developed, including identification and stability questions. Both deterministic and non-deterministic hysterons are considered, with applications to the study of feedback systems. Many of the results presented - mostly obtained by the authors and their scientific group - have not been published before. The book is essentially self contained and is addressed both to researchers and advanced students.
Download or read book Actuators written by Hartmut Janocha and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authored by a team of acknowledged experts, this book presents a multidisciplinary view of the state of the art in the field of actuators. The goal of the book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the properties, applications, and potential applications of traditional and unconventional actuators, together with their corresponding power electronics. Special attention is paid to the objective assessment of competing actuator principles. The book is written primarily for designers and engineers in research and development, but will also be valuable as a textbook for students of automation engineering, mechatronics and adaptronics.
Download or read book Signal Measurement and Estimation Techniques for Micro and Nanotechnology written by Cédric Clévy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Signal Measurement and Estimation Techniques for Micro and Nanotechnology discusses micro, nano and robotic cells and gives a state-of-the-art presentation of the different techniques and solutions to measure and estimate signals at the micro and nano scale. New technologies and applications such as micromanipulation (artificial components, biological objects), micro-assembly (MEMS, MOEMS, NEMS) and material and surface force characterization are covered. The importance of sensing at the micro and nano scale is presented as a key issue in control systems, as well as for understanding the physical phenomena of these systems. The book also: Explains issues that make signal measurement and estimation techniques difficult at the micro-nano-scale and offers solutions Discusses automated micro-assembly, and control of micro-nano robotic devices Presents and links signal measurement and estimation techniques for micro-nano scale systems with microfabrication methods, sensors integration and control schemes Signal Measurement and Estimation Techniques for Micro and Nanotechnology is a must-read for researchers and engineers working in MEMS and control systems.
Download or read book Mathematical Models of Hysteresis and their Applications written by Isaak D. Mayergoyz and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition has been significantly revised and updated to reflect advances in the field since the publication of the first edition, such as the systematic experimental testing of Preisach models of hysteresis. The author has, however, retained the two most salient features of the original, the emphasis on the universal nature of mathematical models of hysteresis and their applicability to the description of hysteresis phenomena in various areas of science, technology and economics and its accessibility to a broad audience of researchers, engineers, and students.·Provides a unique emphasis on the development of universal mathematical models of hysteresis·Accessibility to a broad audience, using simple and complex mathematical tools, application to various areas of science.·Presents new theoretical and experimental results
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