Mechatronic Systems and Materials IV (PDF)

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS).The 121 peer reviewed papers on Mechatronic Systems and Materials are grouped as follows: I. Robotics: Industrial Robots, Microrobotics; II. Mobile Robots; III. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; IV. Teleoperation, Telerobotics, Teleoperated Semi-Autonomous Systems; V. Sensors and Actuators in Mechatronics; VI. Control of Mechatronic Systems; VII. Analysis of Vibration and Deformation.Articles averaging about six pages cover the robotics of industrial robots and microrobots; mobile robots; unmanned aerial vehicles; teleoperation, telerobotics, and teleoperated semi-autonomous systems; sensors and actuators in mechatronics; the control of mechatronic systems; and analyzing vibration and deformation. Among specific topics are a robot control system for stereotactic surgery, using a river formation dynamics algorithm in mobile robot navigation, testing some alpha-models of turbulence on wing profiles, oscillations of the piezoelectric actuator with two-directional polarization, the control system for a manipulation mechanism for acoustical measurements in an anechoic chamber, and the non-collision path planning of a payload in crane operating space.