Mechatronics and Robotics

This book offers a wide overview of new research trends and challenges for both mechatronics and robotics, through the contribution of researchers from different institutions, with attention to new fields of application, new challenges to the research communities and new technologies available.

Marina Indri is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications of Politecnico di Torino, Italy, teaching Robotics and Automatic Control. She serves as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, and as a Technical Editor of the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. Roberto Oboe is an Associate Professor in Automatic Control at the University of Padova, Italy. He is currently VP for Technical Activities, Chair of the Management Committee of the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics and Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

1. Mechatronics versus Robotics. 2. Advanced Actuators for Mechatronics. 3. Advanced Sensors for Mechatronics. 4. Model-Based Control for High-Tech Mechatronic Systems. 5. Control and Manipulation. 6. Navigation, Environment Description, and Map Building. 7. Path Planning and Collision Avoidance. 8. Robot Programming. 9. Network Robotics. 10. Intelligent, Adaptive Humanoids for Human Assistance. 11. Advanced Sensors and Vision Systems. 12. Human-Robot Interaction.