Designs and prototypes of mobile robots / Marco Ceccarelli, Emin Faruk Kececi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ceccarelli, Marco, author.

Kececi, Emin Faruk, author.

Series:

Automation and control collection.

Automation and control collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mobile robots.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Momentum Press, LLC, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Interdisciplinary work for engineering developments of mobile robots, in both old and new applications. This book and its companion can be used as a graduate level course books or guide books for the practicing engineer who is working on a specific problem which is described in one of the chapters.

Contents:

1. Linkages for leg mechanisms / Marco Ceccarelli

1.1 Walking issues for robots

1.2 A historical survey of mechanisms for walking machines

1.3 Modern solutions

1.4 Challenges for future developments

1.5 Conclusions

1.6 References

2. Exoskeletons and bipeds / Qiang Huang and Zhangguo Yu

2.1 Exoskeletons

2.1.1 History and overview

2.1.2 Mechanism design principles

2.1.3 Sensing and control algorithm

2.1.4 Actuators and portable power supply

2.2 Bipeds

2.2.1 History and overview

2.2.2 Mechanism design

2.2.3 Motion planning

2.2.4 Stability control

2.2.5 Control system

2.2.6 Biped walking

2.3 Conclusions

2.4 References

3. Mechanical design challenges in rescue robot prototyping / Emin Faruk Kececi

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Design challenges

3.3 Digital prototyping

3.4 Physical robot prototyping

3.5 Design process

3.6 Fault analyses

3.6.1 Functional conflicts

3.6.2 Materials and manufacturing methods

3.6.3 Testing

3.7 Conclusions and future directions

3.8 Acknowledgment

3.9 References

4. Networked control for mobile robots / Xilung Ding

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Applications of networked control mobile robots

4.3 Introduction of NOROs robots

4.4 Advantages and challenges

4.5 Control challenges and achievements

4.5.1 Overview of NCS

4.5.2 Major accomplishments

4.6 Communication challenges and achievements

4.6.1 Key problems

4.6.2 Major accomplishments

4.6.3 Dynamic lunar exploration robots routing protocol

4.6.4 Dynamic lunar exploration robots routing protocol

4.6.5 The optimal ad hoc routing protocols design for multi moon exploration robots system

4.6.6 Simulation and results

4.7 Perception challenges and achievements

4.7.1 Key problems

4.7.2 Major accomplishments

4.7.3 Dynamic CSS localization system for NOROS robots

4.8 Conclusions and future works

4.9 References

5. Human-machine interface of mobile robot for posture / I-Ming Chen

5.1 A survey of HMI for robots

5.1.1 Traditional input devices

5.1.2 Passive multi-axes manipulator

5.1.3 Touch screen

5.1.4 Human motion sensing devices

5.1.5 Bio-signal capture and speech recognition system

5.1.6 Challenges and open problems of HMI

5.2 Motion replication system

5.3 Visual and verbal feedback

5.3.1 Visual presentation and feedback

5.3.2 Visual presentation and feedback

5.4 System implementation

5.4.1 Hardware and system design

5.4.2 Kinematic model

5.4.3 Calibration procedure

5.4.4 Comparison method

5.5 Experiment

5.6 Results and discussion

5.6.1 Analysis of the questionnaire

5.6.2 Result of the performance

5.7 Conclusion

5.8 References

6. Robot education with mobile robots / Jorge Solis

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Mobile robot platforms for education

6.2.1 RoboDesigner

6.2.2 MiniWay

6.2.3 Learning outcomes

6.3 Research problems and trends

6.4 Closure

6.5 References.

Notes:

Co-published with ASME.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60650-824-5

OCLC:

911067681