Intelligent Robotic Systems

PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- I. INTRODUCTORY ISSUES -- 1. Introduction to Intelligent Robotic Systems /Spyros G. Tzafestas -- II. STRUCTURES AND PROGRAMMING OF INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC SYSTEMS -- 2. Theory and Design of Intelligent Robotic Systems /K. P. Valavanis -- 3. Hierarchy for Intelligent On-Line Execution /Robert B. Kelley -- 4. Skill-Based Expert Systems in Robotics /Rajko Tomovic -- 5. The Cellular Robotic System (CEBOT), a Self-Organizing System /Toshio Fukuda and Yoshio Kawauchi -- 6. Programming for Intelligent Robot Systems /Maria Gini and Giuseppina Gini -- III. MODELING AND CONTROL OF ROBOTIC SYSTEMS -- 7. Simplification of a Robot Dynamic Model Based on Manipulator System Performance /C. S. George Lee and Po Rong Chang -- 8. Dynamics-Based Control of Robotic Manipulators /M. B. Leahy, Jr., and K. P. Valavanis -- 9. Force-Feedback Control in Robotics Tasks /J-P. Merlet -- 10. Adaptive, Robust, and Fuzzy Rule-Based Control of Robotic Manipulators /Spyros G. Tzafestas -- 11. Flexible Robots: Modeling and Control /K. Desoyer, P. Kopacek, P. Lugner, and I. Troch -- IV. VISION AND TACTILE SYSTEMS IN INTELLIGENT ROBOTS -- 12. Intelligent Robotic Vision Systems /L. Van Gool, P. Wambacq, and A. Oosterlinck -- 13. Robot Vision: Geometric Classification for Automated Inspection /H. A. Nour Eldin and A. T. Alam Eldin -- 14. Robotic Tactile Sensing: Skinlike and Intrinsic Approach /Antonio Bicchi and Giorgio Buttazo -- V. APPLICATIONS -- 15. Intelligent Robotics for Space Applications /Paul S. Schenker -- 16. Human-Robot Cooperation: Toward an Advanced Teleoperation Mode /Philippe Coiffet and Philippe Gravez -- 1 7. Solving Jigsaw Puzzles Using a Robot /Grigore C. Burdea and Haim J. Wolfson -- 18. Flexible Work Cell Design by Simulation /Paul G. Ranky -- INDEX.