ISMCR '92

ISMCR '92
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 932
Release: 1992
Genre: Robotics
ISBN:

Robotics, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems

Robotics, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems
Author: T. Takamori
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 977
Release: 2012-12-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0444600299

One of the most important problems in the field of engineering and technology is the development of so-called intelligent systems, which can perform various intellectual tasks. This book is dedicated to the current progress of research in this vast field and specifically explores the topics of robotics, mechatronics and manufacturing systems.

Telexistence (2nd Edition)

Telexistence (2nd Edition)
Author: Susumu Tachi
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2014-12-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 981461808X

Telexistence is a fundamental concept which refers to the general technology that enables a human being to have the real-time sensation of being at a place other than where he or she actually exists, while being able to interact with the remote environment, which may be real, virtual, or a combination of both. It also refers to an advanced type of teleoperation system that enables an operator at the control to perform remote tasks dexterously with the feeling of existing in a surrogate robot working in a remote environment. Telexistence in the real remote environment through a virtual environment is also possible.This book is the second edition of the original Telexistence; new contents cover recent advancements of the technology in areas such as human augmentation, autostereoscopy, tangible visuo-haptic 3D display, face-to-face communication, and haptic sensations and technologies. Case studies of the mobile mutual telexistence system TELESAR IV and haptic telexistence avatar system TELESAR V are also included. Written by the inventor of the concept of this emerging technology, it introduces the concept of telexistence, explains how this concept can be realized, illustrates precisely real examples of the realization of the concept, and determines its future advancement. Readers will be inspired by the concept, and acquire appropriate knowledge on this emerging technology and the fundamental skills to contribute in further development of telexistence.

European Control Conference 1993

European Control Conference 1993
Author:
Publisher: European Control Association
Total Pages: 852
Release: 1993-06-28
Genre: Control theory
ISBN: 9789036703741

Proceedings of the European Control Conference 1993, Groningen, Netherlands, June 28 – July 1, 1993

Shape Memory Alloys

Shape Memory Alloys
Author: M. Fremond
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2014-05-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3709143489

This book consists of two chapters. The first chapter deals with the thermomechanical macroscopic theory describing the transformation and deformation behavior of shape memory alloys. The second chapter deals with the extensive and fundamental review of the experimental works which include crystallography, transformations and mechanical characteristics in Ti-Ni, Cu-base and ferrous shape memory alloys.

Telexistence

Telexistence
Author: Susumu Tachi
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2009-09-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9814469432

Telexistence is a fundamental concept which refers to the general technology that enables a human being to have a real-time sensation of being at a place other than where he or she actually exists, while being able to interact with the remote environment, which may be real, virtual, or a combination of both. It also refers to an advanced type of teleoperation system that enables an operator at the control to perform remote tasks dexterously with the feeling of existing in a surrogate robot working in a remote environment. Telexistence in the real remote environment through a virtual environment is also possible.This book is the first book on telexistence written by the inventor of the concept of this emerging technology. It introduces the concept of telexistence, explains how this concept can be realized, illustrates precisely real examples of the realization of the concept, and determines its future advancement.

Parallel Robots

Parallel Robots
Author: J.-P. Merlet
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9401095876

Parallel robots are closed-loop mechanisms presenting very good performances in terms of accuracy, rigidity and ability to manipulate large loads. Parallel robots have been used in a large number of applications ranging from astronomy to flight simulators and are becoming increasingly popular in the field of machine-tool industry. This book presents a complete synthesis of the latest results on the possible mechanical architectures, analysis and synthesis of this type of mechanism. It is intended to be used by students (with over 100 exercises and numerous Internet addresses), researchers (with over 500 references and anonymous ftp access to the code of some algorithms presented in this book) and engineers (for which practical results and applications are presented).

End-to-End Quality of Service

End-to-End Quality of Service
Author: Abdelhamid Mellouk
Publisher: Wiley-ISTE
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2009-01-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

A modern communication network can be described as a large, complex, distributed system composed by higher interoperating, smaller sub-systems. Today, the proliferation and convergence of different types of wired, wireless, and mobile networks are crucial for the success of the next generation networking. However, these networks can hardly meet the requirements of future integrated-service networks, and are expected to carry multimedia traffic with various Quality of Experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. Providing all relevant QoS/QoE issues in these heterogeneous networks is then an important challenge for telecommunication operators, manufacturers, and companies. The impressive emergence and the important demand of the rising generation of real-time Multi-service (such as Data, Voice VoD, Video-Conference, etc.) over communication heterogeneous networks, require scalability while considering a continuous QoS. This book presents and explains all the techniques in new generation networks which integrate efficient global control mechanisms in two directions: (1) maintain QoS requirements in order to maximize network resources utilization, and minimize operational costs on all the types of wired-wireless-mobile networks used to transport traffic, and (2) mix the QoS associated with home, access, and core networks in order to provide Quality of Service/Quality of Experience expected by users of new services.