Industrial Robotics, Theory, Modelling and Control ISBN 3-86611-285-8 hard cover, 964 pages Edited by: Sam Cubero Publisher: Pro Literatur Verlag, Germany / ARS, Austria Publication date: December 2006 Price: 80 Euro incl. package & postage |Download the full text of this book|

About the Book This book covers a wide range of topics relating to advanced industrial robotics, sensors and automation technologies. Although being highly technical and complex in nature, the papers presented in this book represent some of the latest cutting edge technologies and advancements in industrial robotics technology. This book covers topics such as networking, properties of manipulators, forward and inverse robot arm kinematics, motion path-planning, machine vision and many other practical topics too numerous to list here. The authors and editor of this book wish to inspire people, especially young ones, to get involved with robotic and mechatronic engineering technology and to develop new and exciting practical applications, perhaps using the ideas and concepts presented herein.

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Table of Contents

01Robotic Body-Mind Integration: Next Grand Challenge in Robotics
K. Kawamura, S. M. Gordon and P. Ratanaswasd

02Automatic modeling for modular reconfigurable robotic systems – theory and practice
I-M. Chen, G. Yang and S. H. Yeo

03Kinematic design and description of industrial robotic chains
P. Mitrouchev

04Robot Kinematics: Forward and Inverse Kinematics
S. Kucuk and Z. Bingul

05Structure Based Classification and Kinematic Analysis of Six-Joint Industrial Robotic Manipulators
T. Balkan, M. K. Özgören and M. A. S. Arıkan

06Inverse Position Procedure for Manipulators with Rotary Joints
I. A. Sultan

07Cable-based Robot Manipulators with Translational Degrees of Freedom
S. Behzadipour and A. Khajepour

08A Complete Family of Kinematically-Simple Joint Layouts: Layout Models, Associated Displacement Problem Solutions and Applications
S. Nokleby and R. Podhorodeski

09On the Analysis and Kinematic Design of a Novel 2-DOF Translational Parallel Robot
J. Wang, X-J. Liu and C. Wu

10Industrial and Mobile Robot Collision–Free Motion Planning Using Fuzzy Logic Algorithms
S.G. Tzafestas and P. Zavlangas

11Trajectory Planning and Control of Industrial Robot Manipulators
S. R. Munasinghe and M. Nakamura

12Collision free Path Planning for Multi-DoF Manipulators
S . Lahouar, S. Zeghloul and L. Romdhane

13Determination of Location and Path Planning Algorithms for Industrial Robot
Y Ting. and H.-C. Jar

14Homogeneous Approach for Output Feedback Tracking Control of Robot Manipulators
Luis T. Aguilar

15Design and Implementation of Fuzzy Control for Industrial Robot
Muhammad Suzuri Hitam

16Modelling of Parameter and Bound Estimation Laws for Adaptive-Robust Control of Mechanical Manipulators Using Variable Function Approach
Recep Burkan

17Soft Computing Based Mobile Manipulator Controller Design
Abdessemed Foudil and Benmahammed Khier

18Control of redundant robotic manipulators with state constraints
Mirosław Galicki

19Model-Based Control for Industrial Robots: Uniform Approaches for Serial and Parallel Structures
Houssem Abdellatif and Bodo Heimann

20Parallel Manipulators with Lower Mobility
Raffaele Di Gregorio

21Error Modeling and Accuracy of Parallel Industrial Robots
Hongliang Cui and Zhenqi Zhu

22Networking Multiple Robots for Cooperative Manipulation
M. Moallem

23Web-Based Remote Manipulation of Parallel Robot in Advanced Manufacturing Systems
D. Zhang , L. Wang and E. Esmailzadeh

24Human-Robot Interaction Control for Industrial Robot Arm through Software Platform for Agents and Knowledge Management
T. Zhang , V. Ampornaramveth and H. Ueno

25Spatial Vision-Based Control of High-Speed Robot Arms
F. Lange and G. Hirzinger

26Visual Control System for Robotic Welding
D. Xu, M. Tan and Y. Li

27Visual conveyor tracking in high-speed robotics tasks
T. Borangiu

28Learning-Based Visual Feedback Control of an Industrial Robot
X. Nan-Feng and S. Nahavandi

29Joystick Teaching System for Industrial Robots Using Fuzzy Compliance Control
F. Nagata , K. Watanabe and K. Kiguchi

30Forcefree Control for Flexible Motion of Industrial Articulated Robot Arms
S. Goto

31Predictive force control of robot manipulators in nonrigid environments
L.F. Baptista, J.M.C. Sousa and J.M.G. Sá da Costa

32Friction compensation in hybrid force/velocity control for contour tracking tasks
A. Visioli, G. Ziliani and G. Legnani

33Industrial robot control system parametric design on the base of methods for uncertain systems robustness
A. A. Nesenchuk and V. A. Nesenchuk

34Stochastic Analysis of a System containing One Robot and (n-1) Standby Safety Units with an Imperfect Switch
B. S. Dhillon and S. Cheng