Welding Robots: Technology, System Issues and Application

Welding Robots: Technology, System Issues and Application
By J. Norberto Pires,&nbspAltino Loureiro,&nbspGunnar Bolmsjö,

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 180
* Publication Date: 2005-12-14
* Sales Rank: 346937
* ISBN / ASIN: 1852339535
* EAN: 9781852339531
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer

Book Description:

From car manufacturing to the production of niche products, welding is now one of the most widespread and successful applications of industrial robotics.

Welding Robotics: Technology, System Issues and Application is a detailed overview of robotic welding at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The last few years-worth of evolution in robotic welding are described, illustrating their rapid innovations and featuring:

• Welding Technology;
• Sensors and Sensing Techniques;
• Industrial robotic welding systems; and
• Actual industrial application of modern-day robotic welding techniques.

Containing worked examples and problems throughout the book, Welding Robotics: Technology, System Issues and Application will be an ideal guide for students of robotics and manufacturing engineering who wish to gain a full understanding of the latest robot welding technologies as well a useful reference for active researchers and those working in industry. The book signposts future developments and aims to give readers the information that they need to contribute to the next wave of development of a growing and important area of manufacturing technology.

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Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications: Artificial Muscles and Sensors

Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications: Artificial Muscles and Sensors
By

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 281
* Publication Date: 2007-01-11
* Sales Rank: 588528
* ISBN / ASIN: 184628371X
* EAN: 9781846283710
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer

Book Description:

Electroactive polymers (EAPs) respond to electrical stimulation with large deformations. They are dynamic actuators which have attracted attention from an interdisciplinary audience of engineers and scientists. An enabling EAP technology is emerging which attempts to imitate the properties of natural muscle and which, as a result, can perform a unique function in a variety of biologically-inspired robotics applications.

Electroactive Polymers for Robotics Applications covers the fundamental properties, modelling and demonstration of EAPs in robotic applications, focusing particularly on artificial muscles and sensors. Ionic PolymerMetal Composite Actuators and Dielectric Elastomers are discussed within the book with chapters on their properties and their uses in robotics applications.

With its concentration on devices based on EAPs and their uses, Electroactive Polymers for Robotics Applications will be of interest to researchers working within this field as well as to postgraduate students studying robotics or smart materials and structures. Practitioners working in the mechanical, electrical and materials industries will also find this book of value.

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Robotics and Automation Handbook

Robotics and Automation Handbook
By

* Publisher: CRC
* Number Of Pages: 608
* Publication Date: 2004-06-15
* Sales Rank: 1507922
* ISBN / ASIN: 0849318041
* EAN: 9780849318047
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: CRC
* Studio: CRC

Book Description:

As the capability and utility of robots has increased dramatically with new technology, robotic systems can perform tasks that are physically dangerous for humans, repetitive in nature, or require increased accuracy, precision, and sterile conditions to radically minimize human error. The Robotics and Automation Handbook addresses the major aspects of designing, fabricating, and enabling robotic systems and their various applications. It presents kinetic and dynamic methods for analyzing robotic systems, considering factors such as force and torque. From these analyses, the book develops several controls approaches, including servo actuation, hybrid control, and trajectory planning. Design aspects include determining specifications for a robot, determining its configuration, and utilizing sensors and actuators. The featured applications focus on how the specific difficulties are overcome in the development of the robotic system. With the ability to increase human safety and precision in applications ranging from handling hazardous materials and exploring extreme environments to manufacturing and medicine, the uses for robots are growing steadily. The Robotics and Automation Handbook provides a solid foundation for engineers and scientists interested in designing, fabricating, or utilizing robotic systems.

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Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (4th edition)

Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
By Bruce R. Munson,&nbspDonald F. Young,&nbspTheodore H. Okiishi,

* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 816
* Publication Date: 2001-11-29
* Sales Rank: 466084
* ISBN / ASIN: 047144250X
* EAN: 9780471442509
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Wiley
* Studio: Wiley

• Greater number of solved examples than most competing texts.
• Good emphasis on practical problems, and 25% new homework problems.
• Early introduction of Bernoulli Equation.
• Each example problem is completely solved using a problem statement, detailed solution and often giving a brief discussion of related principles from real life situations. This practical problem solving methodology is used to promote students' reasoning skills.
• E-Text. Each new copy of the fourth edition includes a free CD-ROM containing the e-Text-the entire print component of the book in searchable PDF format, plus additional material not in the print version.
• Fluid Mechanics Phenomena brings fluid mechanics to life! A series of 80 short video segments on the CD illustrate various aspects of real-world fluid mechanics. The videos are linked within the e-Text directly to those sections and problems that will most benefit from these illustrations:
  • Many of the segments show how fluid motion relates to familiar devices and everyday experiences.
  • Each segment also clearly indicates the key fluid mechanics topic being demonstrated and provides a description of the content.
• Review Problems with Complete Solutions. Each chapter in the e-Text provides students with 10-20 review problems that link directly to complete detailed solutions for extra guidance in problem-solving. In addition, the review problems are identified by the basic principle they demonstrate, allowing students easy reference to areas they need to review.
• Lab Problems. The e-Text contains 30 extended laboratory problems that involve actual experimental data for simple experiments often found in introductory fluid mechanics labs. The data for these problems is provided in Excel format.
• Key Words and Topics. Each chapter contains a list of key words and topics. Within the e-Text, the key words and topics are linked directly to where those concepts are explained in the chapter. Great for studying-think flashcards!
• Summary sentences. A brief summary sentence on each page of the text. An effective reference and resource to students, these sentences help students locate discussions of important concepts. Used as a study tool, the summary sentences guide students to key concept that students need to understand and encourage them to read the text rather than relying on worked out examples.

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The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets (Texts and Monographs in Physics)

The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets (Texts and Monographs in Physics)
By Johannes Voit

* Publisher: Springer
* Number Of Pages: 378
* Publication Date: 2005-12-01
* Sales Rank: 77799
* ISBN / ASIN: 3540262857
* EAN: 9783540262855
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Springer
* Studio: Springer

Book Description:

This highly praised introductory treatment describes the parallels between statistical physics and finance - both those established in the 100-year long interaction between these disciplines, as well as new research results on financial markets. The random-walk technique, well known in physics, is also the basic model in finance, upon which are built, for example, the Black-Scholes theory of option pricing and hedging, plus methods of portfolio optimization. Here the underlying assumptions are assessed critically. Using empirical financial data and analogies to physical models such as fluid flows, turbulence, or superdiffusion, the book develops a more accurate description of financial markets based on random walks. With this approach, novel methods for derivative pricing and risk management can be formulated. Computer simulations of interacting-agent models provide insight into the mechanisms underlying unconventional price dynamics. It is shown that stock exchange crashes can be modelled in ways analogous to phase transitions and earthquakes, and sometimes have even been predicted successfully. This third edition of "The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets" especially stands apart from other treatments because it offers new chapters containing a practitioner's treatment of two important current topics in banking: the basic notions and tools of risk management and capital requirements for financial institutions, including an overview of the new Basel II capital framework which may well set the risk management standards in scores of countries for years to come.

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Thermodynamics and Introductory Statistical Mechanics

Thermodynamics and Introductory Statistical Mechanics
By Bruno Linder

* Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
* Number Of Pages: 209
* Publication Date: 2004-09-24
* Sales Rank: 2127413
* ISBN / ASIN: 0471474592
* EAN: 9780471474593
* Binding: Hardcover
* Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience
* Studio: Wiley-Interscience

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Book Description:

In this clear and concise introduction to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics the reader, who will have some previous exposure to thermodynamics, will be guided through each of the two disciplines separately initially to provide an in-depth understanding of the area and thereafter the connection between the two is presented and discussed.
In addition, mathematical techniques are introduced at appropriate times, highlighting such use as: exact and inexact differentials, partial derivatives, Caratheodory's theorem, Legendre transformation, and combinatory analysis.
* Emphasis is placed equally on fundamentals and applications
* Several problems are included

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Design Recipes for FPGAs

Design Recipes for FPGAs
By Peter Wilson

* Publisher: Newnes
* Number Of Pages: 320
* Publication Date: 2007-06-18
* Sales Rank: 287322
* ISBN / ASIN: 0750668458
* EAN: 9780750668453
* Binding: Paperback
* Manufacturer: Newnes
* Studio: Newnes

Book Description:

This book provides a rich toolbox of design techniques and templates to solve practical, every-day problems using FPGAs. Using a modular structure, the book gives easy-to-find design techniques and templates at all levels, together with functional code, which engineers can easily match and apply to their application.

The easy-to-find structure begins with a design application to demonstrate the key building blocks of FPGA design and how to connect them, enabling the experienced FPGA designer to quickly select the right design for their application, while providing the less experienced a road map to solving their specific design problem.

Written in an informal and easy-to-grasp style, this invaluable resource goes beyond the principles of FPGA s and hardware description languages to actually demonstrate how specific designs can be synthesized, simulated and downloaded onto an FPGA. In addition, the book provides advanced techniques to create real world designs that fit the device required and which are fast and reliable to implement. An accompanying CDROM contains code, test benches and simulation command files for ModelSim.

This book will be an indispensable, well-thumbed resource for FPGA designers of all levels of experience.

* A rich toolbox of practical FGPA design techniques at an engineer's finger tips
* Easy-to-find structure that allows the engineer to quickly locate the information to solve their FGPA design problem, and obtain the level of detail and understanding needed
* Includes a CDROM containing code, test benches and simulation files for ModelSim

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