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Industrial automation is driving the development of robot manipulators in various applications, with much of the research effort focussed on flexible manipulators and their advantages compared to their rigid counterparts. This book reports recent advances and new developments in the analysis and control of these robot manipulators.
List of contents
- Chapter 1: Flexible manipulators - an overview
- Chapter 2: Design of a flexible manipulator experimental system
- Chapter 3: Dynamic characterisation of a single-link flexible manipulator
- Chapter 4: Finite difference modelling
- Chapter 5: Finite element modelling
- Chapter 6: Linear parametric modelling
- Chapter 7: Neural network modelling
- Chapter 8: Open-loop control using command generation techniques
- Chapter 9: Collocated and non-collocated control
- Chapter 10: Hybrid iterative learning control
- Chapter 11: Fuzzy logic control
- Chapter 12: Multi-objective genetic algorithm control
- Chapter 13: Multi-objective particle swarm optimisation control
- Chapter 14: Evolutionary neuro-fuzzy control
- Chapter 15: Software environment for modelling and control of flexible manipulators
About the author
Osman Tokhi is at the School of Engineering, London South Bank University (UK) where his research interests include active control of noise and vibration, adaptive/intelligent and computational intelligence techniques for modelling and control of dynamic systems, assistive robotics, and high-performance computing for real-time signal processing. He has over 700 publications in these areas. He is a founding member and current chair of CLAWAR Association. He is active in international robot standardisation within the ISO and IEC committees, and is currently editor in chief of
Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control.
Summary
Industrial automation is driving the development of robot manipulators in various applications, with much of the research effort focussed on flexible manipulators and their advantages compared to their rigid counterparts. This book reports recent advances and new developments in the analysis and control of these robot manipulators.
