The contributions for this book have been gathered over several years from conferences held in the series of Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, the latest of which was held in Ankara, Turkey. The essential aspect is that they concern practical applications rather than the derivation of mere theory, though simulations and visualization are important components.
The topics range from mining, with its heavy engineering, to the delicate machining of holes in the human skull or robots for surgery on human flesh. Mobile robots continue to be a hot topic, both from the need for navigation and for the task of stabilization of unmanned aerial vehicles. The swinging of a spray rig is damped, while machine vision is used for the control of heating in an asphalt-laying machine. Manipulators are featured, both for general tasks and in the form of grasping fingers. A robot arm is proposed for adding to the mobility scooter of the elderly. Can EEG signals be a means to control a robot? Can face recognition be achieved in varying illumination?"
Author(s): John Billingsley, Peter Brett (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 350
Tags: Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
Front Matter....Pages 1-8
Control of Automated Mining Machinery Using Aided Inertial Navigation....Pages 1-9
Scanning Radar System for Machine Guidance....Pages 11-21
Comparison of Scanning Laser Range-Finders and Millimeter-Wave Radar for Creating a Digital Terrain Map....Pages 23-38
Distributed Collaborative Immersive Virtual Reality Framework for the Mining Industry....Pages 39-48
Longwall Shearer Automation: From Research to Reality....Pages 49-57
Robotic Orthopaedic Surgery: From Research to Spin-Off to Acquisition....Pages 59-66
Innovative Mechatronic Techniques for Contrasting Pressure Disturbances in the Closed Space of Cochlea....Pages 67-76
A QBall UAV and Open TLD Integration for Autonomous Recognition of Stationary and Moving Targets....Pages 77-89
Disturbance Rejection Control of a Quadrotor Equipped with a 2 DOF Manipulator....Pages 91-103
Experimental Investigation of a Magneto-Rheological Fluid Damper with Permanent Magnet for Haptic Finger Grasping....Pages 105-112
Game Development Tools for Simulating Robots and Creating Interactive Learning Experiences....Pages 113-134
A Mobile Manipulator Arm for Assisting the Frail Elderly and Infirm....Pages 135-147
Dynamic Modeling and Control of a Novel Parallel Manipulator Using Supervisory Approach....Pages 149-163
Trajectory Control and Sway Suppression of a Rotary Crane System....Pages 165-175
Holistic Control System Design for Large Mobile Irrigation Machines....Pages 177-184
Controlled Damping of a 48-Metre Wide Spray Rig....Pages 185-196
Machine Vision Aided Locating for Microwave Heating Control of the Asphalt Pavement Maintenance Vehicle....Pages 197-207
Design Concepts for an Energy-Efficient Amphibious Unmanned Underwater Vehicle....Pages 209-223
Advanced Dynamic Path Control of a 3-DOF Spatial Parallel Robot Using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System....Pages 225-237
Low-Cost, Non-centralized, Vehicle Collision Prevention System....Pages 239-255
Encoding/Decoding Expressive EEG Signal Variability Using IAF/ASDM Technique towards EEG-Controlled Robotic System Development....Pages 257-267
Illumination Invariant Face Recognition Using Principal Component Analysis – An Overview....Pages 269-285
Developing the Creativity and Design Skills of Mechatronic Engineering Students with Labs and Robot Competitions....Pages 287-307
An Open Architecture Control System for Reconfigurable Numerically Controlled Machinery....Pages 309-322
Desktop Scanner Metrology....Pages 323-335
A Soft Starting Application with Fuzzy Type II for Hub Motors....Pages 337-348
Back Matter....Pages 349-350
