Advanced Engineering and Computational
Methodologies for Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics
Shahin Sirouspour McMaster University, Canada
REFERENCE
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Open Loop Force Control of Piezo-Actuated Stick-Slip Drives Christoph Edeler, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Sergej Fatikow, University of Oldenburg, Germany Chapter 2 Planning with Cellular Neural Network
Robot Path
Optimal
Yongmin Zhong, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Bijan Shirinzadeh,
Monash
University, Australia
Xiaobu Yuan, University of Windsor, Canada
Chapter 3 Impedance Control of a Spherical Parallel Platform Luca Carbonari, Polytechnic University ofMarche, Italy Luca Bruzzone, Massimo
University of Genova, Italy
Callegari, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy
Chapter 4 Stiffness
Compliant
Analysis of Passive Positioning Stage
Parallel
X. Jia,
Four-Bar
Parallelogram
in
Fully
Tianjin University, China
Y. Tian, D.
and
Modeling
Tianjin University,
China
Zhang, Tianjin University, China
J. Liu, Hebei
University of Technology,
China
Chapter 5
Computation a
of the
Output Torque, Power and Work of the Driving Motor for
Redundant Parallel
Yongjie
Manipulator
Zhao, Shantou University, China
Chapter Random
6
Estimation of One-Sided Confidence Intervals in Discrete Distributions
Weighting
Yalin Jiao, Northwestern
Yongmin Zhong,
Shesheng Gao,
RMIT
92
Polytechnical University, China
University, Australia
Northwestern
Polytechnical University,
China
Bijan Shirinzadeh, Monash University, Australia Chapter 7 Dynamic Modeling, Simulation and Velocity Control of Rocker-Bogie Rover for
Space Exploration
103
Pushpendra Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Pushparaj Mani Pathak, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Chapter
India
8
Processing of 3D Unstructured Measurement Data for Reverse Engineering
Yongmin Zhong,
RMIT
University,
118
Australia
Chapter 9 128
Modeling and Simulation of Digital Systems Using Bond Graphs
Majid Habibi, Alireza B.
K. N. Toosi
University of Technology,
Iran
Novinzadeh, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran
Chapter 10
Modeling, Simulation for
and Motion Cues Visualization of a Six-DOF Motion Platform 137
Micro-Manipulations Umar Asif,
National University of Sciences &
Javaid Iqbal,
College
Technology- Islamabad,
Pakistan
of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering- Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Chapter 11 Bond
Graph Modeling and Computational
Space
Robot in Work
Control
of a
Rigid-Flexible 152
Space
Amit Kumar, Indian Institute
Pushparaj Mani
Analysis
Roorkee, India
of Technology Pathak, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
N. Sukavanam, Indian Institute
of Technology Roorkee, India
Chapter 12
Experimental Study
of Laser
Interferometry
Based Motion
Flexure-Based Mechanism Umesh
Bhagat, Monash University, Australia
Bijan Shirinzadeh, Monash University, Australia Yanling Tian, Tianjian University, China
Tracking of a 165
Chapter 13 Analysis and Implementation for a Walking Support System for Visually Impaired People Eklas Hossain, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA Md Raisuddin Khan, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Malaysia Riza
Muhida, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Malaysia
AhadAli,
Chapter
Lawrence
Technological University,
USA
14
Which is Better? A Natural Kazi
179
or an
Mostafa, National
196
Manipulator
206
University, Taiwan
Sun Yat-sen
National Sun Yat-sen
University, Taiwan
Jonathan M. Her, National Taiwan
University, Taiwan
Innchyn Her,
Hexapods
Artificial Surefooted Gait for
Chapter 15 Design and Validation of Force Control Loops for
a
Parallel
Giuseppe Carbone, University ofCassino, Italy Enrique Villegas, University of Cassino, Italy Marco Ceccarelli,
University of Cassino, Italy
Chapter 16 High Performance Control of Stewart Platform Manipulator Using Sliding Mode 225 Synchronization Error Dereje Shiferaw, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India & Graphic Era University, India
Control with
Anamika Jain,
Graphic
Era
R. Mitra, Indian Institute
University, India
of Technology Roorkee, India
Chapter 17
Dynamics Modeling of a New 4-DOF Cable-Driven Parallel Manipulator Hamoon Hadian, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran
Kinematics and
Yasser Amooshahi,
Isfahan University of Technology, Iran
Abbas Fattah, University
Chapter
of Delaware,
Isotropic Configuration of Spatial Cable-Driven Parallel Robots
Hamoon Hadian, Isfahan Abbas Fattah,
266
University of Technology, Iran
University of Delaware,
USA
19
Experimental Investigations
on
the Contour Generation of a
G. Satheesh Kumar, Indian Institute T.
USA
18
Kinematic
Chapter
249
Nagarajan,
Universiti
Teknologi
Reconfigurable Stewart Platform
of Technology Madras,
Petronas (UTP),
India
Malaysia
291
Chapter 20 Parallel Architecture
Manipulators for
Madusudanan Sathia Narayanan,
Use in
Masticatory Studies
University University at Buffalo, USA Xiaobo Zhou, University at Buffalo, USA Frank Mendel, University at Buffalo, USA Venkat Krovi, University at Buffalo, USA
at
Buffalo,
302
USA
Srikanth Kannan,
Compilation of References
324
About the Contributors
352
Index
360
