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The book addresses the latest advances in research and development in the field of informatics in control, robotics and automation. With more than twenty revised and extended articles covering the theoretical aspects as well as applications and their implementation, it offers a factual and well-balanced overview of the state of the art in the field. In addition, it highlights the trends in control of intelligent robots.
The book is an up-to-date source of information and inspiration for researchers, engineers and PhD students.
List of contents
Identification and Control of the Waelz Process using Infrared Image Processing.- An Adaptive Terminal Sliding Mode Guidance Law for Head Pursuit Interception with Impact Angle Considered.- Mathematical model for the output signal's energy of an ideal DAC in the presence of Clock Jitter.- A Comparison of Discretization Methods for Parameter Estimation of Nonlinear Mechanical Systems Using Extended Kalman Filter: Symplectic vs. Classical .- Toward an Automatic Fongbe Speech Recognition System: Hierarchical Mixtures of Algorithms for Phoneme Recognition.- On Redundancy Resolution in Minimum-Time Trajectory Planning of Robotic Manipulators Along Predefined End-Effector Position Paths.- Dynamics Calibration and Real-Time State Estimation of a Redundant Flexible Joint Robot based on Encoders and Gyroscopes.- A Method for the Energy Optimization of a Multisource Elevator.- Visual Servoing Path-Planning with
Elliptical Projections.- Co-Operation of Biology Related Algorithms for Solving Opinion Mining Problems by Using Different Term Weighting Schemes.- Parameter Identification and Model-Based Control of Redundantly Actuated, Non-Holonomic, Omnidirectional Vehicles.- 3D Path Following with Remote Center of Motion Constraints.- Spatial Fusion of Different Imaging Technologies Using a Virtual Multimodal Camera.- Time--Optimal Paths for a Robotic Batting Task.- Kinematic and dynamic approaches in gait optimization for humanoid robot locomotion.- Passivity-Based Control Design and Experiments for a Rolling-Balancing System.- Fusing LiDAR and Radar Data to Perform SLAM in Harsh Environments.- Stochastic Integration Filter with Improved State Estimate Mean-Square Error Computation.- Modeling and calibrating triangulation Lidars for indoor applications.- Fractional Models of Lithium-ion Batteries with Application to State of Charge and Ageing Estimation.- Bifurcation Analysis and Active Control of Surge and Rotating Stall in Axial Flow Compressors via Passivity.
Summary
Presents recent research on informatics in control automation and robotics
Includes extended and revised versions of selected papers from the 13th International Conference, ICINCO 2016, held in Lisbon, Portugal, 29–31 July, 2016
Written by leading experts in the field
