Robotics and Manufacturing: Recent Trends in Research, Education and Applications, Vol. 2

The goal of this volume is to report on the technical and non-technical presentations of this second international symposium. It has been divided across the two main themes of the meeting: Robotics and Manufacturing. Topics discussed include: Kinematics and Dynamics, Trajectory Generation, Control architecture, Adaptive and Nonlinear Control, Intelligent Control, Redundant Robots, Multiple Robots and Closed Chains, Mobile and Flexible Robots, Robots in Unstructured Environments, Acuators, Sensors, Grippers, and Language, Optimization and Sensitivity, Research and Education, Manufacturing Systems, CAD/CAM/CIM, and Robots in Manufacturing.