Biologically Inspired Approaches for Locomotion, Anomaly Detection and Reconfiguration for Walking Robots

Biologically Inspired Approaches for Locomotion, Anomaly Detection and Reconfiguration for Walking Robots
Author: Bojan Jakimovski
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2011-08-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642225055

The increasing presence of mobile robots in our everyday lives introduces the requirements for their intelligent and autonomous features. Therefore the next generation of mobile robots should be more self-capable, in respect to: increasing of their functionality in unforeseen situations, decreasing of the human involvement in their everyday operations and their maintenance; being robust; fault tolerant and reliable in their operation. Although mobile robotic systems have been a topic of research for decades and aside the technology improvements nowadays, the subject on how to program and making them more autonomous in their operations is still an open field for research. Applying bio-inspired, organic approaches in robotics domain is one of the methodologies that are considered that would help on making the robots more autonomous and self-capable, i.e. having properties such as: self-reconfiguration, self-adaptation, self-optimization, etc. In this book several novel biologically inspired approaches for walking robots (multi-legged and humanoid) domain are introduced and elaborated. They are related to self-organized and self-stabilized robot walking, anomaly detection within robot systems using self-adaptation, and mitigating the faulty robot conditions by self-reconfiguration of a multi-legged walking robot. The approaches presented have been practically evaluated in various test scenarios, the results from the experiments are discussed in details and their practical usefulness is validated.

Research Anthology on Machine Learning Techniques, Methods, and Applications

Research Anthology on Machine Learning Techniques, Methods, and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 1516
Release: 2022-05-13
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1668462923

Machine learning continues to have myriad applications across industries and fields. To ensure this technology is utilized appropriately and to its full potential, organizations must better understand exactly how and where it can be adapted. Further study on the applications of machine learning is required to discover its best practices, challenges, and strategies. The Research Anthology on Machine Learning Techniques, Methods, and Applications provides a thorough consideration of the innovative and emerging research within the area of machine learning. The book discusses how the technology has been used in the past as well as potential ways it can be used in the future to ensure industries continue to develop and grow. Covering a range of topics such as artificial intelligence, deep learning, cybersecurity, and robotics, this major reference work is ideal for computer scientists, managers, researchers, scholars, practitioners, academicians, instructors, and students.

Computational Intelligence in the Internet of Things

Computational Intelligence in the Internet of Things
Author: Purnomo, Hindriyanto Dwi
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2019-03-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1522579567

In recent years, the need for smart equipment has increased exponentially with the upsurge in technological advances. To work to their fullest capacity, these devices need to be able to communicate with other devices in their network to exchange information and receive instructions. Computational Intelligence in the Internet of Things is an essential reference source that provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area of computational intelligence and the Internet of Things. Featuring research on topics such as data analytics, machine learning, and neural networks, this book is ideally designed for IT specialists, managers, professionals, researchers, and academicians.

New Advances in Mechanism and Machine Science

New Advances in Mechanism and Machine Science
Author: Ioan Doroftei
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 515
Release: 2018-05-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319791117

This volume presents the proceedings of the 12th IFToMM International Symposium on Science of Mechanisms and Machines (SYROM 2017), that was held in "Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania, November 02-03, 2017. It contains applications of mechanisms in several modern technical fields such as mechatronics and robotics, biomechanics, machines and apparatus. The book presents original high-quality contributions on topics related to mechanisms within aspects of theory, design, practice and applications in engineering, including but not limited to: theoretical kinematics, computational kinematics, mechanism design, experimental mechanics, mechanics of robots, dynamics of machinery, dynamics of multi-body systems, control issues of mechanical systems, mechanisms for biomechanics, novel designs, mechanical transmissions, linkages and manipulators, micro-mechanisms, teaching methods, history of mechanism science, industrial and non-industrial applications. In connection with these fields, the book combines the theoretical results with experimental tests.

Advances in Robot Design and Intelligent Control

Advances in Robot Design and Intelligent Control
Author: Theodor Borangiu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2015-08-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319212907

This volume includes the Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, RAAD 2015, which was held in Bucharest, Romania, on May 27-29, 2015. The Conference brought together academic and industry researchers in robotics from the 11 countries affiliated to the Alpe-Adria-Danube space: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia, and their worldwide partners. According to its tradition, RAAD 2015 covered all important areas of research, development and innovation in robotics, including new trends such as: bio-inspired and cognitive robots, visual servoing of robot motion, human-robot interaction, and personal robots for ambient assisted living. The accepted papers have been grouped in nine sessions: Robot integration in industrial applications; Grasping analysis, dexterous grippers and component design; Advanced robot motion control; Robot vision and sensory control; Human-robot interaction and collaboration; Modelling and design of novel mechanisms and robotic structures; Robots in medicine and rehabilitation; Tracking systems and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; Autonomous task learning, motion planning and scheduling.

Toward Humanoid Robots: The Role of Fuzzy Sets

Toward Humanoid Robots: The Role of Fuzzy Sets
Author: Cengiz Kahraman
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2021-04-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030671631

This book offers a comprehensive reference guide for modeling humanoid robots using intelligent and fuzzy systems. It provides readers with the necessary intelligent and fuzzy tools for controlling humanoid robots by incomplete, vague, and imprecise information or insufficient data, where classical modeling approaches cannot be applied. The respective chapters, written by prominent researchers, explain a wealth of both basic and advanced concepts including fuzzy control, metaheuristic-based control, neutrosophic control, etc. To foster reader comprehension, all chapters include relevant numerical examples or case studies. Taken together, they form an excellent reference guide for researchers, lecturers, and postgraduate students pursuing research on humanoid robots. Moreover, by extending all the main aspects of humanoid robots to its intelligent and fuzzy counterparts, the book presents a dynamic snapshot of the field that is expected to stimulate new directions, ideas, and developments.

New Technologies, Development and Application II

New Technologies, Development and Application II
Author: Isak Karabegović
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 832
Release: 2019-04-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030180727

This book features papers focusing on the implementation of new and future technologies, which were presented at the International Conference on New Technologies, Development and Application, held at the Academy of Science and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo on 27th–29th June 2019. It covers a wide range of future technologies and technical disciplines, including complex systems such as Industry 4.0; robotics; mechatronics systems; automation; manufacturing; cyber-physical and autonomous systems; sensors; networks; control, energy, automotive and biological systems; vehicular networking and connected vehicles; effectiveness and logistics systems, smart grids, as well as nonlinear, power, social and economic systems. We are currently experiencing the Fourth Industrial Revolution “Industry 4.0”, and its implementation will improve many aspects of human life in all segments, and lead to changes in business paradigms and production models. Further, new business methods are emerging, transforming production systems, transport, delivery, and consumption, which need to be monitored and implemented by every company involved in the global market.

Mechatronics and Robotics

Mechatronics and Robotics
Author: Marina Indri
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2020-11-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000204464

The term “mechatronics” was coined in 1969, merging “mecha” from mechanism and “tronics” from electronics, to reflect the original idea at the basis of this discipline, that is, the integration of electrical and mechanical systems into a single device. The spread of this term, and of mechatronics itself, has been growing in the years, including new aspects and disciplines, like control engineering, computer engineering and communication/information engineering. Nowadays mechatronics has a well-defined and fundamental role, in strict relation with robotics. Drawing a sharp border between mechatronics and robotics is impossible, as they share many technologies and objectives. Advanced robots could be defined as mechatronic devices equipped with a “smart brain”, but there are also up-to-date mechatronic devices, used in tight interaction with humans, that are governed by smart architectures (for example, for safety purposes). Aim of this book is to offer a wide overview of new research trends and challenges for both mechatronics and robotics, through the contribution of researchers from different institutions, providing their view on specific subjects they consider as “hot topics” in both fields, with attention to new fields of application, new challenges to the research communities and new technologies available. The reader of this book will enjoy the various contributions, as they have been prepared with actual applications in mind, along a journey from advanced actuators and sensors to human-robot interaction, through robot control, navigation, planning and programming issues. The book presents several state-of-the-art solutions, like multiple-stage actuation to cope with conflicting specification of large motion-spans, ultra-high accuracy, model-based control for high-tech mechatronic systems, modern approaches of software systems engineering to robotics, aand humanoids for human assistance. The reader can also find new techniques in approaching the design of mechatronic systems in some possible industrial and service robotics scenarios, with a particular attention for the interaction between humans and mechanisms.

Knowledge Representations for Planning Manipulation Tasks

Knowledge Representations for Planning Manipulation Tasks
Author: Franziska Zacharias
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2012-01-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 364225182X

In this book, the capability map, a novel general representation of the kinematic capabilities of a robot arm, is introduced. The capability map allows to determine how well regions of the workspace are reachable for the end effector in different orientations. It is a representation that can be machine processed as well as intuitively visualized for the human. The capability map and the derived algorithms are a valuable source of information for high- and low-level planning processes. The versatile applicability of the capability map is shown by examples from several distinct application domains. In human-robot interaction, a bi-manual interface for tele-operation is objectively evaluated. In low-level geometric planning, more human-like motion is planned for a humanoid robot while also reducing the computation time. And in high-level task reasoning, the suitability of a robot for a task is evaluated.

Bio-Inspired Innovation and National Security

Bio-Inspired Innovation and National Security
Author: National Defense University
Publisher: NDU Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2010-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1780390408

Despite the vital importance of the emerging area of biotechnology and its role in defense planning and policymaking, no definitive book has been written on the topic for the defense policymaker, the military student, and the private-sector bioscientist interested in the "emerging opportunities market" of national security. This edited volume is intended to help close this gap and provide the necessary backdrop for thinking strategically about biology in defense planning and policymaking. This volume is about applications of the biological sciences, here called "biologically inspired innovations," to the military. Rather than treating biology as a series of threats to be dealt with, such innovations generally approach the biological sciences as a set of opportunities for the military to gain strategic advantage over adversaries. These opportunities range from looking at everything from genes to brains, from enhancing human performance to creating renewable energy, from sensing the environment around us to harnessing its power.