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From autonomous vehicles to medical robotics, this book delves into the latest advancements in modeling, dynamics, and control. Each chapter offers insights essential for navigating the complexities of modern robotic systems. By focusing on precise modeling techniques, researchers aim to better understand and predict robot behavior, while advanced control strategies optimize performance and adaptability in dynamic environments. With a keen eye on integrating sensory feedback and perception systems, robots are becoming increasingly autonomous and intelligent.
Innovations in Robotic Design, Control, and Rehabilitation Dynamics explores a wide range of topics, from biomechanics-inspired exoskeletons to neural control strategies for mobile robot swarms. Whether you're interested in cable-driven haptic devices or AI-enhanced biosensors in medical robotics, this book provides a deep dive into the cutting-edge developments shaping the future of robotics.
List of contents
1. Finite Element Method Analysis of the ERMIS Exoskeleton
2. Biomechanically Compliant Caudal Model Inspired by Cetacean Musculoskeletal Dynamics
3. Smart Quadruped Navigation: Dynamic Limb Adaptation for Unstructured Terrains
4. Telemanipulator - A Human-Coupled Robot. On Modelling, Designing and Researching the Surgical Robot
5. Chemical Power Variability among Microscopic Robots in Blood Vessels
6. Developing Medical Robotics with AI-Enhanced Biosensors
7. Design & Analysis of a Novel Cable-Driven Haptic Device for Planar Grasping
8. Pareto Optimal Adaptive Robust Formation Control for Multi-Agent Systems based on Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms
9. Biofeedback in Modern Rehabilitation Robotics
10. A Comparative Study of Adaptive Control based on Sliding Modes for Mobile Robots
11. Design Criteria of Upper Limb Exoskeletons
12. Characterization of the Kresling Tower as a Soft Origami Actuator
13. Robust Model Predictive Control Design for Non-holonomic Mobile Robots
14. Fixed-Time Nonlinear Adaptive Robust Control for Exoskeleton Robots
15. Feasibility and Usability Analysis in a Wrist 2 Telerehabilitation Robotic System: WiTRoS
16. TOBEXER: Exoskeleton for Ankle Rehabilitation and Empowerment based on Scientometric and Patentometric Analyses
17. Computed Torque Control of the PUMA 560 Robot
18. FLEBOBOT: Design of a Robot for Therapeutic Phlebotomy
19. Development and Evaluation of a New Force Sensor based on a Stereo Vision System Suitable for Palpation
20. Design of a Mechanism for Therapeutic Ultrasound: Case Study of Veromi21 Device
21. Neural Control Barrier Strategies for Clustering and Formation of Mobile Robot Swarms
22. Comparative Study of Computed-Torque and Feedforward-Plus-PD Controllers for Robotic Trajectory Tracking: Gain Tuning and Equilibrium Uniqueness Conditions
23. Robust Composite Control Design for a Knee Exoskeleton: An Enhanced LMI-Based Approach and Theoretical Frameworks
24. From Manipulator Robots to Rehabilitation Exoskeletons: A Review on Metaheuristic Algorithms and Neural Networks for Inverse Kinematics Problem
25. Path Planning Generator for Surveillance and Tracking Mobile Ground Vehicle by Multiple Aerial Vehicles
26. Exoskeleton for Ankle Rehabilitation and Empowerment (TOBEXER)
About the author
Ahmad Azar is a Research Associate Professor at the Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Kingdom Saudi Arabia. He is also an associate professor at the Faculty of Computers and Artificial intelligence, in Benha University, Egypt. He is the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of System Dynamics Applications (IJSDA), International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology (IJSSMET), and International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics (IJIEI), among others. He is currently Associate Editor of ISA Transactions, Elsevier, and the IEEE systems journal. Dr. Azar works in the areas of control theory & applications, process control, chaos control and synchronization, nonlinear control, renewable energy, computational intelligence.Arezki FEKIK is a senior lecturer at Akli Mohand Oulhadj University-Bouira, Algeria. He is a member of the International Group of System Control (IGCS), a member of the Springer conference committee and a member of the IEEE SMARTTECH conference. His current research interests include power electronics and its applications such as wind turbines, photovoltaic systems, reliability, harmonics, microgrids and variable speed drives. He has published more than 55 journal and conference articles and book chapters in the fields of power electronics and its applications.
