Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators: Proceedings of RoManSy 1984 - 5th CISM-IFToMM Symposium (Artificial Intelligence)

Now more than a decade old, the RoManSy meetings on robotics focus primarily on mechanical engineering and control, drawing heavily on work in Eastern Europe and the USSR. The proceedings of this fifth symposium contain 44 contributions by experts in robotics from 14 countries. Following a general lecture by A. Morecki and K. Kedzior on Biomechanical Aspects in Robotics, the working papers cover mechanics, control of motion, synthesis and design, biomechanics of motion-locomotion, man-intelligent machine systems, application and performance evaluations.Selected contents: "Mechanics. "On the Optimal Selection and Placement of Manipulators, V. Scheinman and B. Roth. Trajectory Planning for Redundant Manipulators on the Presence of Obstacles, N. Kircanski and M. Vikobratovic. Industrial robots with Recuperation of Mechanical Energy, K. V Frolov, A. I. Korendiasev, B. L. Salamadra, and L. I. Tyves. "Control of Motion." Keyboard Playing by an Anthropomorphic Robot: Fingers and Arm Model and its Control System of WAM-7R, S. Sugano, J. Nakagawa, Y Tanaka, and I. Kato. Robot Control and Computer Languages, R. P Paul and V Hayward. Robust Control for Industrial Robots, H. Bremer, A. Truckenbrodt. "Man-Intelligent Machine Systems." An Electropneumatic Actuation System for the Utah/MIT Dextrous Hand, S. C. Jacobsen, D. F. Knutti, K. B. Biggers, E. K. Iversen, and J. E. Wood. Representing Three-Dimensional Shape, M. Brady, A. Yuille. "Synthesis and Design." A New Design Method of Servo-Actuators Based on the Shape-Memory Effect, S. Hirose, K. Ikuta, and Y Umetani. Mechanical and Geometric Design of the Adaptive Suspension Vehicle, K. J. Waldron, S. M. Song, S. L. Wang, and V. J. Vohnout. "Biomechanics of Motion, Locomotion." A Hierarchically-Structure System for Computer Control of a Hexapod Walking Machine, R. B. McGhee, D. E. Orin, D. R. Pugh, and M. R. Patterson. Trotting and Bounding in a Planar Two-Legged Model, K. N. Murphy and M. H. Raibert. "Application and Performance Evaluation." Determination of Important Design Parameters for Industrial Robots from the Application Point of View, R. D. Schraft and M. C. Wanner.A. Morecki and K. Kedzior are professors at the Technical University of Warsaw, Poland. G. Bianchi is a professor at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. "Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators" is included in the Artificial Intelligence Series, Research Reports and Notes, edited by Michael Brady and Patrick Winston.