Spatial Mechanisms and Robot Manipulators

Abstract

The subject of spatial mechanisms and robot manipulators continues to see sensational theoretical advances and exciting practical applications in fields ranging from product engineering, manufacturing, military applications, space exploration, rescue and recovery operations in hazardous environments, and of course, the rapidly growing area of medical robotics. Each new application raises numerous theoretical and experimental challenges. These open questions have attracted the attention of the best and brightest researchers, working in the general areas of mechanisms and robotics. The field of robotics, in particular, is interdisciplinary, with a constant flow of theories from many areas, including kinematics, statics and dynamics, computer graphics, control, and programming. The theories are used to provide a working and consistent approach to the interesting problem of robot manipulator control.