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Motion Control
This Chapter will focus on the motion control of robotic rigid manipulators. In other words, this Chapter does not treat the motion control of mobile robots, flexible manipulators, and manipulat...
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Nanometric Cutting of Crystal Surfaces Modified by Ion Implantation
Single-crystal materials are widely used in optics and electronics field and are essential in condensed matter physics and materials science researches. However, the hard and brittle nature of the materials pr...
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High-Energy Beam Welding Processes in Manufacturing
Today, high-energy beams , such as laser and electron beams, have been increasingly adopted in the industry for welding, cladding, and additive manufacturing. Due to the high-energy density and small beam size...
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Grippers and End Effectors
Grippers and end effectors are devices through which the robot interacts with the environment around it. This chapter introduces basic concepts, mechanisms, and actuation of grippers used in industrial applica...
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Modular Robots
Modularity is an important design concept in engineering to cope with complex systems. For robots used in the industrial environment, the complexity resides in the robot system as well as the tasks given to th...
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Machining Process Monitoring
In the modern manufacturing industry, monitoring the machining process and tool condition is becoming increasingly important in order to achieve better product quality, higher productivity, higher process auto...
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Robotic Assembly
At the present time, industrial robots for assembly tasks only constitute a small portion of the annual robot sales. One of the main reasons is that it is difficult for conventional industrial robots to adapt ...
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Compliant Manipulators
Compliant manipulators are advanced robotic systems articulated by the flexure joints to deliver highly repeatable motion. Using the advantage of elastic deflection, these flexure joints overcome the limitatio...
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High Energy Beam Welding Processes in Manufacturing
Today, high-energy beams , such as laser and electron beams, have been increasingly adopted in the industry for welding, cladding, and additive manufacturing. Due to the high-energy density and small beam size...
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Cyber-Physical Systems Enabled by Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are tightly coupled systems of hardware and software providing large-scale, closed-loop control or management of high-level, complex dynamical systems. Effective cyber-physical sys...
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Robotic Assembly
At the present time, industrial robots for assembly tasks only constitute a small portion of the annual robot sales. One of the main reasons is that it is difficult for conventional industrial robots to adapt ...
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Systematic Design Methodology and Construction of Micro Aerial Quadrotor Vehicles
This chapter presents a guideline to systematically design and construct an ultralight micro aerial quadrotor vehicle, capable of autonomous flight. The guideline details the steps to design a stable quadrotor...
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Grippers and End-Effectors
Grippers and end effectors are devices through which the robot interacts with the environment around it. This chapter introduces basic concepts, mechanisms, and actuation of grippers used in industrial applica...
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Modular Robots
Modularity is an important design concept in engineering to cope with complex systems. For robots used in the industrial environment, the complexity resides in the robot system as well as the tasks given to th...
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Concept of Operations of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems: Basis for Airworthiness Towards Personal Remote Sensing
Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) have rapidly grown into a significant application for civilian operations. However, regulations and guidelines have lagged, leading to uncertainty for domestic development. Withi...
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Compliant Manipulators
Compliant manipulators are advanced robotic systems articulated by the flexure joints to deliver highly repeatable motion. Using the advantage of elastic deflection, these flexure joints overcome the limitatio...
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Flight Dynamics Modeling of Coaxial Rotorcraft UAVs
In many unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs)-related engineering projects, flight dynamics modeling of the controlled platform usually forms the foundation of the whole project development. An accurate mathematical ...
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Machining Process Monitoring
In the modern manufacturing industry, monitoring the machining process and tool condition is becoming increasingly important in order to achieve better product quality, higher productivity, higher process auto...
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Nanometric Cutting of Crystal Surfaces Modified by Ion Implantation
Single-crystal materials are widely used in optics and electronics field and are essential in condensed matter physics and materials science researches. However, the hard and brittle nature of the materials pr...
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Versatile Binary-Level Concolic Testing
Computing systems are experiencing an explosive growth, both in complexities and diversities, ushered in by the proliferation of cloud computing, mobile computing, and Internet of Things. This growth has also ...
