Advances in Italian Robotics
A special issue of Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2019) | Viewed by 148560
Special Issue Editors
Interests: industrial robotics; robot and mechanism design and control; cable-driven robots; haptics; rehabilitation robotics; medical robotics
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Interests: industrial and collaborative robotics; robot and mechanism design; performance evaluation; cable-driven robots
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: robotics; robot design; mechatronics; walking hexapod; design procedure; mechanics of machinery; leg–wheel
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, robotics is developing at a much faster pace than ever in the past, both inside and outside industrial environments. Service robotics, surgical and rehabilitation robotics, assistive robotics, and other novel application fields are becoming more and more significant, not only from technological and economical viewpoints, but also in terms of their daily life and social implications. Even the implementation and role of robots in production lines and other traditional frames is being widely revised, since robots are rapidly changing from slave devices to cyber-physical systems in the industry 4.0 framework. In this context, research on robot mechanics, modelling, design, and control is going to play an increasingly central role.
This Special Issue aims at disseminating the latest research achievements, findings, and ideas in the robotics field, with particular attention to the Italian scenario. This Issue will include revised and substantially extended versions of selected papers that have been presented at the 2nd International Conference of IFToMM Italy (IFIT 2018). However, we are also strongly encouraging the submission of additional contributions from researchers working in this field who did not participate to the IFIT 2018 Conference, in order to further widen the field coverage.
Papers are welcome on topics that are related to theory, design, practice, and applications of robots, including, but not limited to the following:
- Robot design and kinematics
- Dynamics of robots and multi-body systems
- Linkages and manipulators
- Control of robotic systems
- Trajectory planning and optimization
- Innovative robots and applications
- Industrial robotics
- Collaborative robotics
- Medical robotics (surgery, rehabilitation)
- Assistive robotics
- Haptics
- Micro-robots
- Artificial intelligence
- Service robotics
Prof. Dr. Giulio Rosati
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Boschetti
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Carbone
Guest Editors
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