This book is of interest to researchers wanting to know more about the latest topics and methods in the fields of the kinematics, control and design of robotic systems. The papers cover the full range of robotic systems, including serial, parallel and cable-driven manipulators. The systems range from being less than fully mobile, to kinematically redundant, to over-constrained. The book brings together 43 peer-reviewed papers. They report on the latest scientific and applied achievements. The main theme that connects them is the movement of robots in the most diverse areas of application.

Klappentext
This book is of interest to researchers wanting to know more about the latest topics and methods in the fields of the kinematics, control and design of robotic systems. The papers cover the full range of robotic systems, including serial, parallel and cable-driven manipulators. The systems range from being less than fully mobile, to kinematically redundant, to over-constrained. The book brings together 43 peer-reviewed papers. They report on the latest scientific and applied achievements. The main theme that connects them is the movement of robots in the most diverse areas of application.

Inhalt
Advances in Robot Kinematics Facts and Thoughts.- Inverse Kinematics Using a Converging Paths Algorithm.- Design parameters influence on the static workspace and the stiffness range of a tensegrity mechanism.- Bennett Based Balanced Butterfly Linkage, Deployable Linkage with Inherent Balance.- A Compliant Linkage for Cooperative Object Manipulation through a Heterogeneous Mobile Multi-Robot System.- Modeling and Control of a Redundant Tensegrity-based Manipulator.