Mechatronic Systems and Materials VIII

<ul><li>Preface, Committees, Sponsors and Organizers</li><li>Chapter 1: Methodologies for Design of Intelligent Technical Systems</li><li>Affect in Robots for Interaction and Control - Challenges for the Engineer</li><li>Comparison of Feed Drives with a Process Oriented Design Methodology</li><li>Intelligent Robot Systems for Manipulation of Non-Rigid Objects</li><li>Chapter 2: Mobile Robots</li><li>Comparison of Suspension Systems and Chassis of Selected Mars Rovers Analogs with a Focus on Introduced Improvement</li><li>Control of Mobile Robots with Bounded Inputs in a Rigid Formation</li><li>Differential Control of Six-Wheeled Robot Using a Mobile Application</li><li>Mobile Minirobot with Hybrid Locomotion</li><li>Versatile Soil Sampling System Capable of Collecting, Transporting, Storing and Preliminary Onboard Analysis for Mars Rover Analogue</li><li>Chapter 3: Designing of Mechatronic Systems</li><li>An Experimental Platform for Surface Embedded SMAs in Morphing Applications</li><li>Development of an Image Sensor for Dentistry - Fiber Connecting Technique with the Gradient Index (GRIN) Rod Lens</li><li>Implementation of a Hybrid Electro-Active Actuated Morphing Wing in Wind Tunnel</li><li>Fault Detection and Fault-Tolerant Control when Using SMA Actuators in Soft Robotics</li><li>Implementation of Different Gas Influence for Operation of Modified Atomic Force Microscope Sensor</li><li>FPGA Support in Hybrid Simulation Using Finite Element Method</li><li>Measurement and Control System for Analysis of the Operation of the Stepper Motor</li><li>Negative Resistance in Discrete Mechatronic Systems</li><li>Model of Energetic Efficient Redundant Actuation</li><li>The New Cash Register Design with Counterfeit Money Detection System</li><li>Chapter 4: Control in Mechatronic Systems</li><li>Comparison of Different Models of Positive Fractional Continuous-Time Linear Systems and Electrical Circuits Based on the Step Responses</li><li>On Stabilization of Non-Uniformly Sampled Control Systems - A Survey</li><li>Review of Chosen Control Algorithms Used for Small UAV Control</li><li>Chapter 5: Issues of Ensuring the Structural Reliability and Lifetime of the Mechatronic Systems</li><li>Influence of Electrode Layers on the Fracture Strength of PZT Ceramics</li><li>New Methodology for the Life Time Prediction of Wear Parts in the Mechatronic Systems</li><li>Theoretical Approach of Wear for Slide-Friction Pairs</li><li>Experimental Study of Welded Joints of Aluminium Alloy AW6082</li><li>The Effect of the Cutting Parameters on the Machined Surface Roughness</li><li>Measurement Accuracy Problems of the Surface Texture Parameters</li><li>Predictive Models for Transient Loads of Vertical Stabilizer of an Aircraft Using Canonical Correlation Analysis</li><li>An Endurance Test of Composite Panels</li><li>Identification of Parametric and Momentary Damages on the Basis of Lindeberg-Levy's Model</li><li>Operation-Related Failures of Aircraft Turbine Engines</li><li>Analysis of Thermal Damage in the High-Speed Foil Bearing</li><li>Electromagnetic Vibrations of Hydropower Generator Stator Core and Transformer Core at 100 Hz Frequency</li><li>Employment of Two New Methods for the Research of Interaction of Wheel with a Flat and Rail</li></ul>