Sensory Robotics For The Handling Of Limp Materials

Author : Paul M. Taylor
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642755330

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Sensory Robotics for the Handling of Limp Materials by Paul M. Taylor Pdf

Limp materials are used in many economically impo~tant industries such as garment manufacture, shoe manufacture, aerospace (composites) and automobiles (seats and trim). The use of sensors is essential for reliable robotic handling of these materials, which are often based on naturally occurring substances such as cotton and leather. The materials are limp and have non-homogeneous mechanical properties which are often impossible to predict accurately. The applications are very demanding for vision and tactile sensing and signal processing, adaptive control systems, planning and systems integration. This book comprises the collection of papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on 'Sensory Robotics for the Handling of Limp Materials', held in October 1988 at II Ciocco, Tuscany, Italy. The aim of the workshop was to examine the state of the art and determine what research is needed to provide the theoretical and technological tools for the successful application of sensory robotics to the handling of limp materials. The meeting also acted as the first-ever forum for the interchange of knowledge between applications-driven researchers and those researching into the provision of fundamental tools. The participants were drawn from academia (20), industry (5), and other non-university research organisations (5).

Author : John X. Liu
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1594545936

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New Developments in Robotics Research by John X. Liu Pdf

Robotics began as a science fiction creation which has become quite real, first in assembly line operations such as automobile manufacturing, aeroplane construction etc. They have now reached such areas as the Internet, ever-multiplying-medical uses and sophisticated military applications. Control of today's robots is often remote which requires even more advanced computer vision capabilities as well as sensors and interface techniques. Learning has become crucial for modern robotic systems as well. This new book brings together leading research in this exciting field.

Author : J. O. Gray,Darwin G. Caldwell
Publisher : IET
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0852968531

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Advanced Robotics & Intelligent Machines by J. O. Gray,Darwin G. Caldwell Pdf

Advanced robotics describes the use of sensor-based robotic devices which exploit powerful computers to achieve the high levels of functionality that begin to mimic intelligent human behaviour. The object of this book is to summarise developments in the base technologies, survey recent applications and highlight new advanced concepts which will influence future progress.

Author : Dominik Henrich,Heinz Wörn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781447107491

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Robot Manipulation of Deformable Objects by Dominik Henrich,Heinz Wörn Pdf

This book is about automatic handling of non-rigid or deformable objects like cables, fabric, or foam rubber. The automation by robots in industrial environments, is especially examined. It discusses several important automation aspects, such as material modelling and simulation, planning and control strategies, collaborative systems, and industrial applications. This book collects contributions from various countries and international projects and, therefore, provides a representative overview of the state of the art in this field. It is of particular interest for scientists and practitioners in the area of robotics and automation

Author : C.S.George Lee
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642755309

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Sensor-Based Robots: Algorithms and Architectures by C.S.George Lee Pdf

Most industrial robots today have little or no sensory capability. Feedback is limited to information about joint positions, combined with a few interlock and timing signals. These robots can function only in an environment where the objects to be manipulated are precisely located in the proper position for the robot to grasp (i. e. , in a structured environment). For many present industrial applications, this level of performance has been adequate. With the increasing demand for high performance sensor-based robot manipulators in assembly tasks, meeting this demand and challenge can only be achieved through the consideration of: 1) efficient acquisition and processing of intemaVextemal sensory information, 2) utilization and integration of sensory information from various sensors (tactile, force, and vision) to acquire knowledge in a changing environment, 3) exploitation of inherent robotic parallel algorithms and efficient VLSI architectures for robotic computations, and finally 4) system integration into a working and functioning robotic system. This is the intent of the Workshop on Sensor-Based Robots: Algorithms and Architectures - to study the fundamental research issues and problems associated with sensor-based robot manipulators and to propose approaches and solutions from various viewpoints in improving present day robot manipula tors in the areas of sensor fusion and integration, sensory information processing, and parallel algorithms and architectures for robotic computations.

Author : Thomas C. Henderson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642759840

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Traditional and Non-Traditional Robotic Sensors by Thomas C. Henderson Pdf

This book contains the written record of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Traditional and Non-Traditional Robotic Sensors held in the Hotel Villa del Mare, Maratea, Italy, August 28 - September 1, 1989. This workshop was organized under the auspicies of the NATO Special Program on Sensory Systems for Robotic Control. Professor Frans Groen from the University of Amsterdam and Dr. Gert Hirzinger from the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) served as members of the organizing committee for this workshop. Research in the area of robotic sensors is necessary in order to support a wide range of applications, including: industrial automation, space robotics, image analysis, microelectronics, and intelligent sensors. This workshop focused on the role of traditional and non-traditional sensors in robotics. In particular, the following three topics were explored: - Sensor development and technology, - Multisensor integration techniques, - Application area requirements which motivate sensor development directions. This workshop'brought together experts from NATO countries to discuss recent developments in these three areas. Many new directions (or new directions on old problems) were proposed. Existing sensors should be pushed into new application domains such as medical robotics and space robotics.

Author : Gene H. Golub,Paul Van Dooren
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642755361

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Numerical Linear Algebra, Digital Signal Processing and Parallel Algorithms by Gene H. Golub,Paul Van Dooren Pdf

Numerical linear algebra, digital signal processing, and parallel algorithms are three disciplines with a great deal of activity in the last few years. The interaction between them has been growing to a level that merits an Advanced Study Institute dedicated to the three areas together. This volume gives an account of the main results in this interdisciplinary field. The following topics emerged as major themes of the meeting: - Singular value and eigenvalue decompositions, including applications, - Toeplitz matrices, including special algorithms and architectures, - Recursive least squares in linear algebra, digital signal processing and control, - Updating and downdating techniques in linear algebra and signal processing, - Stability and sensitivity analysis of special recursive least squares problems, - Special architectures for linear algebra and signal processing. This book contains tutorials on these topics given by leading scientists in each of the three areas. A consider- able number of new research results are presented in contributed papers. The tutorials and papers will be of value to anyone interested in the three disciplines.

Author : Timothy Jordanides,Bruce Torby
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642764653

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Expert Systems and Robotics by Timothy Jordanides,Bruce Torby Pdf

The areas of intelligent machines or robotic systems is of enormous technological and economic interest as competition in productivity intensifies. This volume gives the proceedings of the 1990 Advanced Study Institute on Expert Systems and Robotics. It presents research work already accomplished in the analytical theory of intelligent machines, work in progress and of current interest and some specific examples for further research. The papers in the volume range from the most theoretical to some descriptions of very practical working robots. The papers are organized into sections on vision and image analysis, robotic sensory systems, software/hardware and system simulation, robot control, applications, and reports of group meetings.

Author : Jeschke Sabina,Honghai Liu,Daniel Schilberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642254857

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Intelligent Robotics and Applications by Jeschke Sabina,Honghai Liu,Daniel Schilberg Pdf

The two volume set LNAI 7101 and LNAI 7102 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2011, held in Aachen, Germany, in November 2011. The 122 revised full papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. They are organized in topical sections on progress in indoor UAV, robotics intelligence, industrial robots, rehabilitation robotics, mechanisms and their applications, multi robot systems, robot mechanism and design, parallel kinematics, parallel kinematics machines and parallel robotics, handling and manipulation, tangibility in human-machine interaction, navigation and localization of mobile robot, a body for the brain: embodied intelligence in bio-inspired robotics, intelligent visual systems, self-optimising production systems, computational intelligence, robot control systems, human-robot interaction, manipulators and applications, stability, dynamics and interpolation, evolutionary robotics, bio-inspired robotics, and image-processing applications.

Author : M. Acar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401102254

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Mechatronic Design in Textile Engineering by M. Acar Pdf

Mechatronic Design in Textile Engineering contains a selection of contributions to the NATO ASI which took place in April 1992, in Turkey. In addition to the introductory sections on the mechatronics concept and design methodology and the impact of advance in technology on the mechatronics concept; the importance of the mechatronic design in the textile industries is highlighted, together with many examples. These include: mechatronics in the design of textile machinery, such as 3-D braiding; weaving and LAN systems for weaving; yarn tension compensation; texturing; spinning: measurement automation and diagnosis, knowledge-based expert systems; automated garment manufacture and assembly; and apparel manufacture. The book is unique in that it brings together many applications of mechatronics in textile machinery and system design. In that respect it will serve as a reference book for designers as well as for students of textile technology and engineering.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : I-Tech
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Manufacturing processes
ISBN : 9783866112865

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Industrial Robotics by Anonim Pdf

Author : J. K. Aggarwal
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783662029572

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Multisensor Fusion for Computer Vision by J. K. Aggarwal Pdf

This volume contains revised papers based on contributions to the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Multisensor Fusion for Computer Vision, held in Grenoble, France, in June 1989. The 24 papers presented here cover a broad range of topics, including the principles and issues in multisensor fusion, information fusion for navigation, multisensor fusion for object recognition, network approaches to multisensor fusion, computer architectures for multi sensor fusion, and applications of multisensor fusion. The participants met in the beautiful surroundings of Mont Belledonne in Grenoble to discuss their current work in a setting conducive to interaction and the exchange of ideas. Each participant is a recognized leader in his or her area in the academic, governmental, or industrial research community. The workshop focused on techniques for the fusion or integration of sensor information to achieve the optimum interpretation of a scene. Several participants presented novel points of view on the integration of information. The 24 papers presented in this volume are based on those collected by the editor after the workshop, and reflect various aspects of our discussions. The papers are organized into five parts, as follows.

Author : James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park,Leonard Barolli,Fatos Xhafa,Hwa-Young Jeong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1052 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400769960

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Information Technology Convergence by James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park,Leonard Barolli,Fatos Xhafa,Hwa-Young Jeong Pdf

Information technology and its convergence issue is emerging rapidly as an exciting new paradigm with user-centric environment to provide computing and communication services. This area will be the most comprehensive topics with various aspects of advances in information technology and its convergence services. This book covers all topics as computational science and applications, electronics engineering, manufacturing technology, services, technical skill to control the robot, automatic operation and application, simulation and testing communication and many more.

Author : Louis F. Pau
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642842153

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Mapping and Spatial Modelling for Navigation by Louis F. Pau Pdf

The successful implementation of applications in spatial reasoning requires paying attention to the representation of spatial data. In particular, an integrated and uniform treatment of different spatial features is necessary in order to enable the reasoning to proceed quickly. Currently, the most prevalent features are points, rectangles, lines, regions, surfaces, and volumes. As an example of a reasoning task consider a query of the form "find all cities with population in excess of 5,000 in wheat growing regions within 10 miles of the Mississippi River. " Note that this query is quite complex. It requires- processing a line map (for the river), creating a corridor or buffer (to find the area within 10 miles of the river), a region map (for the wheat), and a point map (for the cities). Spatial reasoning is eased by spatially sorting the data (i. e. , a spatial index). In this paper we show how hierarchical data structures can be used to facilitate this process. They are based on the principle of recursive decomposition (similar to divide and conquer methods). In essence, they are used primarily as devices to sort data of more than one dimension and different spatial types. The term quadtree is often used to describe this class of data structures. In this paper, we focus on recent developments in the use of quadtree methods. We concentrate primarily on region data. For a more extensive treatment of this subject, see [SameS4a, SameSSa, SameSSb, SameSSc, SameSga, SameSgbj.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1801 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781466646087

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Robotics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

"This book explores some of the most recent developments in robotic motion, artificial intelligence, and human-machine interaction, providing insight into a wide variety of applications and functional areas"--Provided by publisher.