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Springer Handbook of Robotics
Bruno Siciliano,Oussama Khatib +1 more
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The contents have been restructured to achieve four main objectives: the enlargement of foundational topics for robotics, the enlightenment of design of various types of robotic systems, the extension of the treatment on robots moving in the environment, and the enrichment of advanced robotics applications.Abstract:
The second edition of this handbook provides a state-of-the-art cover view on the various aspects in the rapidly developing field of robotics. Reaching for the human frontier, robotics is vigorously engaged in the growing challenges of new emerging domains. Interacting, exploring, and working with humans, the new generation of robots will increasingly touch people and their lives. The credible prospect of practical robots among humans is the result of the scientific endeavour of a half a century of robotic developments that established robotics as a modern scientific discipline. The ongoing vibrant expansion and strong growth of the field during the last decade has fueled this second edition of the Springer Handbook of Robotics. The first edition of the handbook soon became a landmark in robotics publishing and won the American Association of Publishers PROSE Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & Mathematics as well as the organizations Award for Engineering & Technology. The second edition of the handbook, edited by two internationally renowned scientists with the support of an outstanding team of seven part editors and more than 200 authors, continues to be an authoritative reference for robotics researchers, newcomers to the field, and scholars from related disciplines. The contents have been restructured to achieve four main objectives: the enlargement of foundational topics for robotics, the enlightenment of design of various types of robotic systems, the extension of the treatment on robots moving in the environment, and the enrichment of advanced robotics applications. Further to an extensive update, fifteen new chapters have been introduced on emerging topics, and a new generation of authors have joined the handbooks team. A novel addition to the second edition is a comprehensive collection of multimedia references to more than 700 videos, which bring valuable insight into the contents. The videos can be viewed directly augmented into the text with a smartphone or tablet using a unique and specially designed app.read more
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A Brief History of Industrial Robotics in the 20th Century
TL;DR: A brief history of industrial robotics in the 20th century will be presented, and a proposal for classifying the evolution of industrial robots into four generations is set forward.
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Programming System for Efficient Use of Industrial Robots for Deburring in SME Environments
Thomas Dietz,Ulrich Schneider,Marc Barho,Susanne Oberer-Treitz,Manuel Drust,Rebecca Hollmann,Martin Hägele +6 more
TL;DR: The presented programming concept featuring hand-guided robot operation for intuitive robot instruction, use of work piece CAD-models to retrieve nominal model information and a triangulation sensor for detection of workpiece contours features combination of all three sources of information and promises efficient robot programing for deburring applications in SME production.
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Feedback control framework for car-like robots using the unicycle controllers
TL;DR: A novel general feedback control framework, which allows applying the motion controllers originally dedicated for the unicycle model to the motion task realization for the car-like kinematics, is introduced.
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Modeling, Simulation and Control of a Redundant SCARA-Type Manipulator Robot
Claudio Urrea,John Kern +1 more
TL;DR: Three controllers are proposed - hyperbolic sine-cosine, sliding mode, and calculated torque - which are applied to the discussed model of a redundant SCARA-type manipulator robot with five degrees of freedom.
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Design and Characterization of a Fabric-Based Softness Display
Matteo Bianchi,Alessandro Serio +1 more
TL;DR: FYD-2 is shown to be able to accurately reproduce force-area curves of typical objects and to enable a reliable softness discrimination in human users and a psychophysical characterization is reported.