Advances in Robot Kinematics and Dynamics: Innovations, Control Strategies, and Practical Applications
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This special issue belongs to the section "Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 27
Special Issue Editors
Interests: robot kinematics and dynamics; compliance control; robotic exoskeletons; rehabilitation robotics; haptic devices; software engineering
Interests: robotic motor learning; nonlinear controls; robotic kinematics and dynamics; robotic satellite servicing concepts and technologies
Interests: advanced robotics kinematics with task priority assignment; singularity avoidance; workspace optimization; dynamic control of robotic system; compliance control; sensor fusion; and environment interaction with computer vision
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rapid advancements in mechanisms, sensors, and control over the past two decades have enabled enormous progress along a broad front of robotic applications. Despite these bold strides, progress in several core technologies have lagged behind causing significant limitations. For example, implementing compliance control on industrial robots during tasks involving hard contact is still an enormous challenge. In addition, disturbance compensation for larger devices used in haptic applications remains elusive. Moreover, coordinated, multi-arm manipulation and planning needed for complex robotic assembly tasks is still an area of active research. While industrial exoskeletons to assist factory workers is on the rise, developing comfortable human interfaces with embedded sensors remains a challenge.
This topic provides a platform for researchers to share their insights and innovations in these core areas to support practical applications in robotics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Robust compliant control for assembly
- Human-robot interfaces in exoskeletons
- Control for dual arm manipulation
- Transparency for haptic applications
- Contact dynamic modeling and simulation
- Singularity and self-motion manifolds
- Hardware-in-the-loop simulation
- Parallel mechanisms and other novel devices
Dr. Craig R. Carignan
Dr. C. Glen Henshaw
Dr. Giacomo Marani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- robust robotic control
- human-robot collaboration
- exoskeleton systems
- dual-arm robotic manipulation
- haptic feedback in robotics
- interactive dynamic simulation
- hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing
- kinematic modeling in robotics
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