Mechanism, Machine, Robotics and Mechatronics Sciences

Preface.- Section I: temperature effects of the machinery.- 1. On the Validation of the Proper Generalized Decomposition Method with Finite Element Method: 3D Heat Problem Under Cyclic Loading, by A. Al Takash, M. Beringhier, and M. Hammoud.- 2. Qualification and validation of an in-situ measurement method of the machining temperature, by D. Kara Ali, N. Benhadji Serradj, M.E.A. Ghernaout.- Section II : Innovation in the engineering.- 3. Simple On-Line Single-View Video summarization for Machine-to-Machine Wireless Multimedia Sensor Network, by Thanaa Jbeily, Iyad Hatem, Mothanna Alkubeily, and Yacine Challal.- 4. Design and Development of a Pipeline Inspection Robot, by M. Roussialian, H. Al Zanbarakji, A. Khawand, A. Rahal, and M.Owayjan.- 5. Developing a sensorless sun tracker for PV panels, by B. Nehme, A. Fenianos, and T. Akiki.- Section III: Biomedical engineering.- 6. Modelling the Deformation of Biologically Inspired Flexible Structures forNeedle Steering, by T. Watts, R. Secoli, and F. Rodriguez y Baena.- 7. On control design for a lower limb orthosis: A comparative study in different operating conditions, by N.Roula, A.Chemori, R. Rizk, and Y.Zaatar.- 8. Robustness analysis of an upper limb exoskeleton controlled by sliding mode algorithm, by Sana Bembli, Nahla Khraief Haddad, and Safya Belghith.- Section IV: Vibrations.- 9. Coupled Magnetic and CFD Modelling of a Structural Magnetorheological Vibration Absorber with Experimental Validation, by M. Kemerli , T. Engin, and Z. Parlak.- 10. Self-Running Fault Diagnosis Method for rolling element bearing, by S. Kass, A. Raad, and J. Antoni.- 11. Effects of Yoke Thickness Change on the Vibration of an Electric Machine, by H. Issa, N. Khishen, F. Druesne, J. Hallal, M. Hammoud, and A. Hallal.- Section V: Mechanisms and control.- 12. From Non-Model-Based to Model-Based Control of PKMs: A Comparative Study, by H. Saied, A. Chemori, M. El Rafei, C. Francis, and F. Pierrot.- 13. Parallel robot integration and synchronization in a waste sorting system, by E. Mokled, G. Chartouni, C. Kassis, and R. Rizk.- 14. Creative Design of 2-DOF, 7-link Multiloop Robotic Mechanisms, by Vladimir Pozhbelko and Ekaterina Kuts.- 15. Structural Synthesis of 1-DOF up to 5-loop Kinematic Chains with Multiple Joints and Its Analysis in Robotics, by Ekaterina Kuts, Dmitry Kuts, and Vladimir Pozhbelko.- 16. New cable driven wrist, by E. Backri Kasbah, M. Rizk, C. Kassis, and R. Rizk.- Section: VI Quadcopters and mobile robots.- 17. Active Fault-Tolerant Control of Quadrotor UAVs Based on Passive Controller Bank, by Abdel-Razzak Merheb and Hassan Noura.- 18. Low-Cost Quadcopter Indoor Positioning System Based on Image Processing and Neural Networks, by I. Hatem, M. Jamal, Y. Murhij, and Z. Ali.- 19. UKF-Assisted SLAM for 4WDDMR Localization and Mapping, by Abdulkader Joukhadar, Dalia Kass Hanna, Andreas Müller, and Christoph Stöger.- 20. Trajectory Tracking Control of a Quadcopter UAV Using Nonlinear Control Approaches, by Abdulkader Joukhadar, Mohammad Al Chehabi, Christoph Stöger, and Andreas Müller.