Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Published in November 1995
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-85296-853-6 (ISBN)
Description
The term 'advanced robotics' came in the 1980s to describe the application of advanced sensors and new developments in cognitive science and artificial intelligence to the traditional robot. Today, advanced robots have come far beyond the limitations of the crude 'pick-and-place' machines of the 1980s assembly line, and have a vast range of applications in manufacturing, construction and health care, as well as hostile environments such as space, underwater and nuclear applications.
This book provides an essential overview of developments in the basic technologies, looking at recent applications and highlighting a number of advanced concepts and procedures that may influence future developments. The emphasis is on developments in Europe, although the book is also relevant to activities in the USA, Japan and elsewhere. With such a wide and dynamic field, it does not attempt to provide a comprehensive guide; rather, it addresses many key elements of the technology to furnish a complete introduction for both postgraduate students and practising engineers attracted to the challenges of the domain.
This book provides an essential overview of developments in the basic technologies, looking at recent applications and highlighting a number of advanced concepts and procedures that may influence future developments. The emphasis is on developments in Europe, although the book is also relevant to activities in the USA, Japan and elsewhere. With such a wide and dynamic field, it does not attempt to provide a comprehensive guide; rather, it addresses many key elements of the technology to furnish a complete introduction for both postgraduate students and practising engineers attracted to the challenges of the domain.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Stevenage
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
765 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85296-853-6 (9780852968536)
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John Gray is Professor of Control and Systems Engineering, Chairman of the Department of Electronic Engineering and Director of the Telford Research Institute at the University of Salford. In 1986 he took part in forming a five-year research programme on advanced robotics, in association with 12 industrial partners who collaborated in the government-sponsored National Advanced Robotics Research Centre (ARRC) at Salford. He served as Research Director of the ARRC, chaired its technical committee and was the main board member of its industrial consortium, Advanced Robotics Research Ltd. He is a member of the permanent international committee of the International Conference on Advanced Robotics and a Fellow of the IEE.
Darwin Caldwell is a Lecturer in Advanced Robotics at the University of Salford. His research interests cover all aspects of robotics, with particular emphasis on dextronus manipulator design, multi-functional tactile sensing and feedback and novel actuator design, with primary applications in the field of tele-presence. He has authored over 50 publications and is an Associate Member of the IEE.
Darwin Caldwell is a Lecturer in Advanced Robotics at the University of Salford. His research interests cover all aspects of robotics, with particular emphasis on dextronus manipulator design, multi-functional tactile sensing and feedback and novel actuator design, with primary applications in the field of tele-presence. He has authored over 50 publications and is an Associate Member of the IEE.
Content
Section 1: Technologies for advanced robotics
Chapter 1: Recent developments in advanced robotics & intelligent systems
Chapter 2: Machine intelligence: architectures, controllers and applications
Chapter 3: Advanced control systems for robotic arms
Chapter 4: Intelligent gripping systems
Chapter 5: Force feedback control in robots and its application to decommissioning
Chapter 6: Tele-presence control of robots
Chapter 7: Sensing and sensor management for planning
Section 2: Applications
Chapter 8: Robotics in the nuclear industry
Chapter 9: Robots in surgery: a survey
Chapter 10: Intelligent autonomous systems for cars
Chapter 11: Walking machine technology: designing the control system of an advanced six-legged machine
Chapter 12: Handling of flexible materials in automation
Chapter 13: Robotics in food manufacturing
Chapter 14: Robotic milking
Section 3: Advanced concepts and procedures
Chapter 15: Intelligent sensing as a means to error free semiconductor wafer handling
Chapter 16: The concept of robot society and its utilisation in future robotics
Chapter 17: Miniature and micro robotics: technologies and applications
Chapter 18: Characteristics of robot behaviour
Chapter 19: A behaviour synthesis architecture for co-operant mobile robots
Chapter 20: Co-operant behaviour in multiple manipulators
Chapter 21: Neural networks in automation procedures
Chapter 22: Parallel processing, neural networks and genetic algorithms for real-time robot control
Chapter 1: Recent developments in advanced robotics & intelligent systems
Chapter 2: Machine intelligence: architectures, controllers and applications
Chapter 3: Advanced control systems for robotic arms
Chapter 4: Intelligent gripping systems
Chapter 5: Force feedback control in robots and its application to decommissioning
Chapter 6: Tele-presence control of robots
Chapter 7: Sensing and sensor management for planning
Section 2: Applications
Chapter 8: Robotics in the nuclear industry
Chapter 9: Robots in surgery: a survey
Chapter 10: Intelligent autonomous systems for cars
Chapter 11: Walking machine technology: designing the control system of an advanced six-legged machine
Chapter 12: Handling of flexible materials in automation
Chapter 13: Robotics in food manufacturing
Chapter 14: Robotic milking
Section 3: Advanced concepts and procedures
Chapter 15: Intelligent sensing as a means to error free semiconductor wafer handling
Chapter 16: The concept of robot society and its utilisation in future robotics
Chapter 17: Miniature and micro robotics: technologies and applications
Chapter 18: Characteristics of robot behaviour
Chapter 19: A behaviour synthesis architecture for co-operant mobile robots
Chapter 20: Co-operant behaviour in multiple manipulators
Chapter 21: Neural networks in automation procedures
Chapter 22: Parallel processing, neural networks and genetic algorithms for real-time robot control