Automatic control engineering

This book presents the state of the art in designing high-performance algorithms that combine simulation and optimization in order to solve complex optimization problems in science and industry, problems that involve time-consuming simulations and expensive multi-objective function evaluations.

This proceedings volume comprises the latest achievements in research and development in educational robotics presented at the 9th International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE) held in Qawra, St.

The two volume set LNAI 10984 and LNAI 10985 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2018, held in Newcastle, NSW, Australia, in August 2018.

This book focuses on the latest applications of nonlinear approaches in engineering and addresses a range of scientific problems.

This book provides a modern static imperfect bifurcation theory applicable to bifurcation phenomena of physical and engineering problems and fills the gap between the mathematical theory and engineering practice.

Providing a wide variety of technologies for ensuring the safety and dependability of cyber-physical systems (CPS), this book offers a comprehensive introduction to the architecture-centric modeling, analysis, and verification of CPS.

The book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the field of gait and balance rehabilitation.

This book focuses on the topology theory of mechanisms developed by the authors and provides a systematic method for the topology design of robot mechanisms.

This monograph presents a technique, developed by the author, to design asymptotically exponentially stabilizing finite-dimensional boundary proportional-type feedback controllers for nonlinear parabolic-type equations.

This book gathers contributions on fuzzy neural control, intelligent and non-linear control, dynamic systems and cyber-physical systems.

This book systematically presents the most recent progress in stability and control of impulsive systems with delays.

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are emerging as a promising solution to help us explore and understand the ocean.

This book reports the new results of intelligent robot with hand-eye-brain, from the interdisciplinary perspective of information science and neuroscience.

This book presents the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Futuristic Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ICOFTIME 2020).

This book presents the dynamic modeling and attitude control of flexible spacecraft with time-varying parameters.

This book introduces the application of nonlinear dynamics theory for driving system of electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicle respectively.

This book intends to introduce some recent results on passivity of complex dynamical networks with single weight and multiple weights.

This book presents the breakthrough and cutting-edge progress for collaborative perception and mapping by proposing a novel framework of multimodal perception-relative localization-collaborative mapping for collaborative robot systems.

This book systematically presents the concept, history, implementation, theory system and basic methods of pulsar and space flight, illustrating the characteristics of pulsars.

This book presents the latest achievements in the theory and practice of SEMS Group interaction by scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences.

This book presents the proceedings of the 4th International Manufacturing Engineering Conference and 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Manufacturing Systems (iMEC-APCOMS 2019), held in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on 21-22 August 2019.

This book presents the human, cultural, and scientific contributions of professor Eliano Pessa, who recently passed away.

This book examines some of the underlying processes behind different forms of information management, including how we store information in our brains, the impact of new technologies such as computers and robots on our efficiency in storing information, and how information is stored in families and in society.

This book describes the current state of the art for simulating paint shop applications, their advantages and limitations, as well as corresponding high-performance computing (HPC) methods utilized in this domain.

This book is the eight volume of a sub-series on Road Vehicle Automation, published as part of the Lecture Notes in Mobility.

This book covers powder flow properties, their measurement and applications.

This volume presents the conference proceedings from FinDrones2020.

This book covers current technological innovations and applications in image processing, introducing analysis techniques and describing applications in remote sensing and manufacturing, among others.

This book presents selected papers from The 1st International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2019).

This book reports on topics at the interface between manufacturing, mechanical and chemical engineering.

This book presents recent theoretical advances in the analysis and synthesis of discrete-time switched systems under the time-dependent switching scheme, including stability and disturbance attenuation performance analysis, control and filtering, asynchronous switching, finite-time analysis and synthesis, and reachable set estimation.

As the sister book to "e;Introduction to Multicopter Design and Control,"e; published by Springer in 2017, this book focuses on using a practical process to help readers to deepen their understanding of multicopter design and control.

This book reports on findings at the intersection between two related fields, namely coastal hydrography and marine robotics.

This is the sixth volume of a sub series on Road Vehicle Automation published within the Lecture Notes in Mobility.

This book aims to introduce the state-of-the-art research of stability/performance analysis and optimal synthesis methods for fuzzy-model-based systems.

The 2-volume set LNCS 11613 and 11614 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, AVR 2019, held in Santa Maria al Bagno, Italy, in June 2019.

This book provides a basic understanding of adaptive control and its applications in Flight control.

This basic book has been used at the middle schools in Shanghai, China for more than 10 years.

The 2-volume set LNCS 11613 and 11614 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics, AVR 2019, held in Santa Maria al Bagno, Italy, in June 2019.

This book investigates observer-fault estimation techniques in detail, while also highlighting recent research and findings regarding fault estimation.

The primary aim of this volume is to provide researchers and engineers from both academia and industry with up-to-date coverage of recent advances in the fields of robotic welding, intelligent systems and automation.

This book focuses on the design, development, and characterization of a compact magnetic laser scanner for microsurgical applications.

This book focuses on the integration of air conditioning and heating as a form of demand response into modern power system operation and planning.

This book describes systematically the theory and technology of the precision forming of large, complex and thin-walled superalloy castings for aircraft engines, covering all the important basic aspects of the manufacturing process, including process design, wax pattern, ceramic molds, casting and solidification, heat treatment, repair casting and dimension precision control.

The research book is a continuation of the authors' previous works, which are focused on recent advances in computer vision methodologies and technical solutions using conventional and intelligent paradigms.

This self-contained book, written by active researchers, presents up-to-date information on smart maintenance strategies for human-robot interaction (HRI) and the associated applications of novel search algorithms in a single volume, eliminating the need to consult scattered resources.

The 2nd Annual 2016 International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Control System (MECS2016) was successfully held in Wuhan, China in 2016.

Mathematics of Autonomy provides solid mathematical foundations for building useful Autonomous Systems.

This book addresses major challenges faced by farmers and the technological solutions based on Internet of Things (IoT).

This book discusses enhancing the overall energy performance of building central air-conditioning systems through fault diagnosis and robust control strategies.