This volume contains 92 papers on the state-of-the-art in robotics research. In this volume topics on modelling and identification are treated first as they bui

This book covers the most attractive problem in robot control, dealing with the direct interaction between a robot and a dynamic environment, including the huma

Microcomputer technology and micromechanical design have contributed to recent rapid advances in Robotics. Particular advances have been made in sensor technolo

Humans have always been fascinated with the concept of artificial life and the construction of machines that look and behave like people. As the field of roboti

Industrial robots as a kind of a mechatronic system were the objects for intensive scientific research in the last years. Kinematics and kinetics, advanced cont