Automatic control engineering Books

The theory of linear functional observers, which is the subject of this book, is increasingly becoming a popular researched topic because of the many advantages it presents in state observation and control system design. This book presents recent...

Musical robotics is a multi- and trans-disciplinary research area involving a wide range of different domains that contribute to its development, including: computer science, multimodal interfaces and processing, artificial intelligence, electronics,...

The material of this book encompasses many disciplines, including visible,infrared, far infrared, millimeter wave, microwave, radar, synthetic aperture radar, andelectro-optical sensors as well as the very dynamic topics of image processing,...

The monograph written by John Mullane, Ba-Ngu Vo, Martin Adams and Ba-Tuong Vo is devoted to the field of autonomous robot systems, which have been receiving a great deal of attention by the research community in the latest few years. The contents are...

Soft computing, as a collection of techniques exploiting approximation and tolerance for imprecision and uncertainty in traditionally intractable problems, has become very effective and popular especially because of the synergy...

To describe the true behavior of most real-world systems with sufficient accuracy, engineers have to overcome difficulties arising from their lack of knowledge about certain parts of a process or from the impossibility of characterizing it with absolute...

The book is devoted to mathematical foundations providing synthesis and analysis of control and adaptation algorithms targeting modern telecommunication systems (TCS). These algorithms are finding more and more applications in modern telecommunication...

Reinforcement learning has developed as a successful learning approach for domains that are not fully understood and that are too complex to be described in closed form. However, reinforcement learning does not scale well to large and continuous problems...

Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) now provide mature optimization tools that have successfully been applied to many problems, from designing antennas to complete robots, and provided many human-competitive results. In robotics, the integration of EAs within...

From an engineering standpoint, the increasing complexity of robotic systems and the increasing demand for more autonomously learning robots, has become essential. This book is largely based on the successful workshop "From...

A large 2008 ISECS International Colloquium on Computing, Communication, Control, and Management (CCCM 2008), was held in Guangzhou, August 2008, China. Just like the name of the Colloquium, the theme for this conference is...

By the dawn of the new millennium, robotics has undergone a major tra- formation in scope and dimensions. This expansion has been brought about bythematurityofthe?eldandtheadvancesinitsrelatedtechnologies.From a largely dominant industrial focus,...

to Neural Networks.- Principles of Sensitivity Analysis.- Hyper-Rectangle Model.- Sensitivity Analysis with Parameterized Activation Function.- Localized Generalization Error Model.- Critical Vector Learning for RBF Networks.- Sensitivity Analysis of...

In recent yearswe haveseen considerableadvances in the development of - manoid robots, that is robots with an anthropomorphic design. Such robots should be capable of autonomously performing tasks for their human users in...

Hardwired Interpretation of Control Algorithms.- Matrix Realization of Control Units.- Evolution of Programmable Logic.- Optimization for Logic Circuit of Mealy FSM.- Optimization for Logic Circuit of Moore FSM.- FSM Synthesis with Transformation of GSA...

Algebraically Approximate and Noisy Realization of Discrete-Time Dynamical Systems.- Input/Output Map and Additive Noises.- Algebraically Approximate and Noisy Realization of Linear Systems.- Algebraically Approximate and Noisy Realization of So-called...

Through the past 20 years, the framework of Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV) systems has become a promising system theoretical approach to h- dle the controlof mildly nonlinear and especially position dependent systems which are...

Roboticsis undergoingamajortransformationinscopeanddimension.From a largelydominantindustrialfocus,roboticsis rapidly expandinginto human environments and vigorouslyengaged in its new challenges. Interacting with, assisting,...

This book presents the various design methods of a state-feedback control law and of an observer. The considered systems are of continuous-time and of discrete-time nature, monovariable or multivariable, the last ones being of main consideration. Three...

During the last century, we have witnessed the birth and evolution of sport as an economic activity, which has created jobs on the one hand, but also problems of management on the other. This process has not been immune from the parti- lar...

In this book, a generic model in as far as possible mathematical closed-formis developed that predicts the behavior of large self-organizing robot groups (robot swarms) based on their control algorithm. In addition, an...

The rapid advances in performance and miniaturisation in microtechnology are constantly opening up new markets for the programmable logic controller (PLC). Specially designed controller hardware or PC-based controllers,...

It is our pleasure to contribute the forewordto this book on symbiotic mul- robot organisms, which is largely based on the scienti?c ?ndings and exp- rations of two major EU research projects, Symbrion and Replicator, funded...

In this edited collection we commemorate the 60th birthday of Prof. Christopher Byrnes and the retirement of Prof. Anders Lindquist from the Chair of Optimization and Systems Theory at KTH. These papers were presented in part...

During the last years there has been an increasing interest in the area of service robots. Under this category we find robots working in tasks such as elderly care, guiding, office and domestic assistance, inspection, and many more. Service robots...

Internal combustion engines (ICE) still have potential for substantial improvements, particularly with regard to fuel efficiency and environmental compatibility. In order to fully exploit the remaining margins, increasingly sophisticated control systems...

Driven by the need to achieve superior control performances for robots with hyper degrees of freedom, the virtual decomposition control approach is thoroughly presented in this book. This approach uses subsystem (such as links...

Fault Tolerant Control and Hybrid Systems.- Hybrid Systems with Time-Dependent Switching.- Hybrid Systems with State-Dependent Switching.- Hybrid Systems with Impulsive and Stochastic Switching.- Hybrid Systems with Discrete Specifications.- Hybrid...

Human Centered Robotic Systems must be able to interact with humans such that the burden of adaptation lies with the machine and not with the human. This book collates a set of prominent papers presented during a two-day conference on "Human Centered...

It is widely anticipated that autonomous vehicles will have a transformational impact on military forces and will play a key role in many future force structures. As a result, many tasks have already been identified that...

With the increasing applications of intelligent robotic systems in various ?elds, the - sign and control of these systems have increasingly attracted interest from researchers. This edited book entitled "Design and Control of...

Perceiving 3D Range Data.- State of the Art.- 3D Range Image Registration.- Globally Consistent Range Image Registration.- Experiments and Results.- 3D Maps with Semantics.- Conclusions and Outlook.

I: Systems.- The Co-Opticon System: Interface, System Architecture, and Implementation of a Collaboratively Controlled Robotic Webcam.- The Tele-Actor System: Collaborative Teleoperation Using Networked Spatial Dynamic Voting.- II: Algorithms.- Exact...

Basic Motion Profiles.- Analytic Expressions of Elementary Trajectories.- Composition of Elementary Trajectories.- Multipoint Trajectories.- Elaboration and Analysis of Trajectories.- Operations on Trajectories.- Trajectories and Actuators.- Dynamic...

"Sense of Touch and its Rendering" presents a unique and interdisciplinary approach highlighting the field of haptic research from a neuropsychological as well as a technological point of view. This edited book is the outcome...

The book deals with the problem area of the vector control of the three-phase AC machines like that one of the induction motor with squirrel-cage rotor (IMSR), the permanentmagnet excited synchronous motor (PMSM) and that one...

Invited Papers.- Intelligent Vehicle Systems:Applications and New Trends.- Symbiosis of Human and Communication Robots.- Wave-based Control of Flexible Mechanical Systems.- What is Networked Robotics?.- Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization.-...

Mapping and Navigation.- Robotic Mapping Methods.- Biological Navigation Systems.- Emulating Nature: Models of Hippocampus.- Robotic or Bio-inspired: A Comparison.- Pilot Study of a Hippocampal Model.- RatSLAM: An Extended Hippocampal Model.- Goal...

Grasping vs. Manipulating.- Kinetostatic Analysis of Robotic Fingers.- Grasp Stability of Underactuated Fingers.- Optimal Design of Underactuated Fingers.- Underactuation between the Fingers.- Design and Control of the Laval Underactuated Hands.-...

The SOLERO Rover.- 3D-Odometry.- Control in Rough-Terrain.- Position Tracking in Rough-Terrain.- Conclusion.- Kinematic and Quasi-static Model of SOLERO.- Linearized Models.- The Gauss-Markov Process.- Visual Motion Estimation.

The Evolution of Self-Organization.- Embodied Cognitive Science.- Multi-Robot Systems, Swarm Robotics and Self-Organisation.- Evolutionary Robotics for Self-Organising Behaviours.- Experiments with Simulated and Real Robots.- A Self-Organising Artefact:...

Highly automated production and logistics facilities require mechatronic drive solutions. This book describes in which way the industrial production and logistics work and shows the structure of the drive solutions required for...

Tra?c Flow Theory for 1-D.- CrowdModels for 2-D.- Numerical Methods.- Feedback Linearization (1-D Patches).- Intelligent Evacuation Systems.- Discretized Feedback Control.- Discretized Optimal Control.- Distributed Feedback Control 1-D.- Distributed...

This important work is an attempt to synthesize two areas that need to be treated in tandem. The book brings together the fields of robot spatial mapping and cognitive spatial mapping, which share some common core problems. One...

Literature Survey.- Design and Development of an FPGA-based Robot.- Hardware-Efficient Robotic Exploration.- Hardware-Efficient Landmark Determination.- The Road Ahead.

New concept of cooperation.- Needs of improved assistant systems.- Adaptive cooperation between driver and assistant system.- Executive level as vehicle platform.- Requirements for the executive level.- Road-tire ? friction coefficient estimation.-...