Reprint

Kinematics and Robot Design IV, KaRD2021

Edited by
August 2022
260 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-3615-6 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-3616-3 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Kinematics and Robot Design IV, KaRD2021 that was published in

Computer Science & Mathematics
Engineering
Summary

This volume collects the papers published on the special issue

“Kinematics and Robot Design IV, KaRD2021”

(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KaRD2021), which is the forth edition of the KaRD special-issue series, hosted by the open-access journal “MDPI Robotics”.

KaRD series is an open environment where researchers can present their works and discuss all the topics focused on the many aspects that involve kinematics in the design of robotic/automatic systems. Kinematics is so intimately related to the design of robotic/automatic systems that the admitted topics of the KaRD series practically cover all the subjects normally present in well-established international conferences on “mechanisms and robotics”.

KaRD2021, after the peer-review process, accepted 12 papers. The accepted papers cover some theoretical and many design/applicative aspects.

Format
  • Hardback
License
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
parallel manipulator; RoboMech; kinematic synthesis and analysis; Chebyshev and least-square approximations; upper limb rehabilitation; bio-inspired exoskeleton; cable-driven system; over-actuation; Hill’s model; EP control; torque adjusting mechanism; differential evolution; parallel manipulator; robot modeling and simulation; robot design; dynamic modelling; rehabilitation robotics; computational modelling; simulation; MATLAB; Simulink; SimScape; SimScape Multibody; finger grip; elderly; ergonomics; pinch assistant; pinch force; usability; planar linkages; indeterminate linkages; screw theory; collaborative robots; small-scale production; skill-based programming; machine design; dimensional synthesis; parallel manipulator; useful workspace; performance index; kinetostatics; biomimetics; underwater robots; robotics; multibody systems; transmission systems; autonomous underwater vehicles; kinematic synthesis of robots; mixed-position synthesis; twist systems; functional electrical stimulation; six-bar linkage; Watt II; Stephenson III; performance tricycle; mechanism optimization; kinematics; topology; design optimization; dexterity; robotics; inspection