Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Robust Backstepping Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous on Elliptical Orbits Using Transformed Variables
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   Chapter 2 Sampled Adaptive Control for Multi-joint Robotic Manipulator with Force Uncertainties
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   Chapter 3 Rapid Developing the Simulation and Control Systems for a Multifunctional Autonomous Agricultural Robot with ROS
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   Chapter 4 Design of 3D Printer-Like Data Interface for a Robotic Removable Machining
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   Chapter 5 Combined Model-Free Decoupling Control and Double Resonant Control in Parallel Nanopositioning Stages for Fast and Precise Raster Scanning
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   Chapter 6 Towards the Development of Fractional-Order Flight Controllers for the Quadrotor
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   Chapter 7 Design and Implementation of Data Communication Module for a Multi-motor Drive and Control Integrated System Based on DSP
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   Chapter 8 A Novel Continuous Single-Spindle Doffing Robot with a Spatial Cam and Multiple Grippers
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    Chapter 9 Design of Wireframe Expansion and Contraction Mechanism and Its Application to Robot
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    Chapter 10 Practical Robot Edutainment Activities Program for Junior High School Students
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    Chapter 11 Modeling and Analysis on Position and Gesture of End-Effector of Cleaning Robot Based on Monorail Bogie for Solar Panels
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    Chapter 12 PASA Hand: A Novel Parallel and Self-Adaptive Underactuated Hand with Gear-Link Mechanisms
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    Chapter 13 Topological Structure Synthesis of 3T1R Parallel Mechanism Based on POC Equations
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    Chapter 14 Structural Analysis of Parallel Mechanisms Using Conformal Geometric Algebra
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    Chapter 15 Kinematics Analysis of a New Type 3T1R PM
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    Chapter 16 Power Efficiency-Based Stiffness Optimization of a Compliant Actuator for Underactuated Bipedal Robot
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    Chapter 17 Analysis of the Stiffness of Modular Reconfigurable Parallel Robot with Four Configurations
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    Chapter 18 Kinematic Analysis and Simulation of a Ball-Roller Pair for the Active-Caster Robotic Drive with a Ball Transmission
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    Chapter 19 Fast Hierarchical Template Matching Strategy for Real-Time Pose Estimation of Texture-Less Objects
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    Chapter 20 Latent Force Models for Human Action Recognition
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    Chapter 21 A Study on Classification of Food Texture with Recurrent Neural Network
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    Chapter 22 A Rotating Platform for Swift Acquisition of Dense 3D Point Clouds
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    Chapter 23 Kinematic Calibration and Vision-Based Object Grasping for Baxter Robot
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    Chapter 24 Stiffness Estimation in Vision-Based Robotic Grasping Systems
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    Chapter 25 Contour Based Shape Matching for Object Recognition
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    Chapter 26 Robust Gaze Estimation via Normalized Iris Center-Eye Corner Vector
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    Chapter 27 Large Scale Indoor 3D Mapping Using RGB-D Sensor
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    Chapter 28 Performance Comparison of Probabilistic Methods Based Correction Algorithms for Localization of Autonomous Guided Vehicle
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    Chapter 29 Driving Control by Based upon the Slip Pattern of the Ball Robot
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    Chapter 30 Straight Driving Improvement of Mobile Robot Using Fuzzy/Current Sensor
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    Chapter 31 Efficiency of Dynamic Local Area Strategy for Frontier-Based Exploration in Indoor Environments
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    Chapter 32 Optimization of a Proportional-Summation-Difference Controller for a Line-Tracing Robot Using Bacterial Memetic Algorithm
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    Chapter 33 Navigation and Control for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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    Chapter 34 Robot Path Control with Rational-Order Calculus
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    Chapter 35 Path Planning Based on Direct Perception for Unknown Object Grasping
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    Chapter 36 An Efficient RFID-Based Localization Method with Mobile Robot
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    Chapter 37 Vector Maps: A Lightweight and Accurate Map Format for Multi-robot Systems
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    Chapter 38 Optimal Viewpoint Selection Based on Aesthetic Composition Evaluation Using Kullback-Leibler Divergence
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    Chapter 39 Guidance of Robot Swarm by Phase Gradient in 3D Space
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    Chapter 40 Collective Construction by Cooperation of Simple Robots and Intelligent Blocks
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    Chapter 41 Can Haptic Feedback Improve Gesture Recognition in 3D Handwriting Systems?
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    Chapter 42 Meta-module Self-configuration Strategy for Modular Robotic System
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    Chapter 43 Quantized Consensus of Multi-agent Systems with Additive Noise
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    Chapter 44 Design and Development of a Multi-rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System for Bridge Inspection
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    Chapter 45 Evaluating Trust in Multi-Agents System Through Temporal Difference Leaning
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    Chapter 46 Controlling Logistics Robots with the Action-Based Language YAGI
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    Chapter 47 Robots that Refuse to Admit Losing – A Case Study in Game Playing Using Self-Serving Bias in the Humanoid Robot MARC
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    Chapter 48 Cognitive Architecture for Adaptive Social Robotics
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    Chapter 49 Accelerating Humanoid Robot Learning from Human Action Skills Using Context-Aware Middleware
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    Chapter 50 Optimization of Throwing Motion by 2-DOF Variable Viscoelastic Joint Manipulator
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    Chapter 51 Development of the Attachment for the Cable of Peristaltic Crawling Robot to Reduce Friction in Elbow Pipe
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    Chapter 52 Multimodal Recurrent Neural Network (MRNN) Based Self Balancing System: Applied into Two-Wheeled Robot
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    Chapter 53 A Prototype of a Laparoscope Holder Operated by a Surgeon Through Head and Jaw Movements
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    Chapter 54 The Design and the Gait Planning Analysis of Hexapod Wall-Climbing Robot
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    Chapter 55 Adaptive Control of Magnetostrictive-Actuated Positioning Systems with Input Saturation
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    Chapter 56 Adaptive Dynamic Surface Inverse Output Feedback Control for a Class of Hysteretic Systems
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    Chapter 57 A Neural Hysteresis Model for Smart-Materials-Based Actuators
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    Chapter 58 Modeling of Rate-Dependent Hysteresis in Piezoelectric Actuators Using a Hammerstein-Like Structure with a Modified Bouc-Wen Model
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    Chapter 59 A High Efficiency Force Predicting Method of Multi-axis Machining Propeller Blades
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    Chapter 60 A High-Flexible ACC/DEC Look-Ahead Strategy Based on Quintic Bézier Feed Rate Curve
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    Chapter 61 Data-Driven Feedforward Decoupling Filter Design for Parallel Nanopositioning Stages
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    Chapter 62 Study on the Relationship Between the Stiffness of RV Reducer and the Profile Modification Method of Cycloid-pin Wheel
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    Chapter 63 Proposal of Carburization Depth Inspection of Both Surface and Opposite Side on Steel Tube Using 3D Nonlinear FEM in Consideration of the Carbon Concentration
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    Chapter 64 Evaluation for Electromagnetic Non-destructive Inspection of Hardened Depth Using Alternating Leakage Flux on Steel Plate
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    Chapter 65 Estimation of Mutual Induction Eddy Current Testing Method Using Horizontal Exciting Coil and Spiral Search Coil
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    Chapter 66 Examination of Evaluation Method of Power Generation Current Using Static Magnetic Field Around Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
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    Chapter 67 Evaluation of Nondestructive Inspecting Method of Surface and Opposite Side Defect in Steel Plate Using Large Static and Minute Alternating Magnetic Field
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    Chapter 68 Evaluation of Positions of Thinning Spots in a Dual Structure Using ECT with DC Magnetization