Mechanism, Machine, Robotics and Mechatronics Sciences

This volume contains the Proceedings of the First International Congress for the Advancement of Mechanism, Machine, Robotics and Mechatronics Sciences (ICAMMRMS-2017), held in Beirut, Lebanon, October 2017. The book consists of twenty papers in six different fields covering multiple angles of machine and robotics sciences: mechanical design, control, structural synthesis, vibration study, and manufacturing.

This volume is of interest to mechanical as well as electrical engineers.

Includes research papers covering different fields in the mechanism and machine science Presents an interest for mechanical engineers as well as for electrical engineers Published under the auspices of IFToMM

Inhalt
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. <p