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Vertex Cover Kernelization
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Sphere Packing Problem
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Vertex Cover Search Trees
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Incentive Compatible Selection
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Non-approximability of Bimatrix Nash Equilibria
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Complexity of Bimatrix Nash Equilibria
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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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Complexity of Bimatrix Nash Equilibria
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Incentive Compatible Selection
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Trial and Error Algorithms
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Robustness in Self-Assembly
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Matching Market Equilibrium Algorithms