Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the progress made in arc welding
automation using trajectory planning, seam tracking and control methodologies …

Recent works introduced topology optimization in the design of robots, but the proposed
methodologies led to a local optimization of the performance. Moreover, most of …

In this book advanced balancing methods for planar and spatial linkages, hand operated
and automatic robot manipulators are presented. It is organized into three main parts and …

Reinforcement learning (RL) is one of the emerging fields of artificial intelligence (AI)
intended for designing agents that take actions in the physical environment. RL has many …

Abstract As reviewed in Chap. 2, Newton-Euler (NE) equations of motion are found to be
popular in dynamic formulations. Several methods were also proposed by various …

In this study, optimal balancing of a planar articulated mechanism is investigated to minimize
the shaking force and moment fluctuations. Balancing of a four-bar mechanism is formulated …

Modular and reconfigurable manipulators have gained popularity especially in the service
sector, where the use of customized configurations has increased. Adaptable modular …

In this paper, a legged robot is modeled as a floating-base tree-type system where the foot-
ground interactions are represented as external forces and moments. Dynamic formulation …

An optimum design of an industrial robot can be achieved from different point of views. For
example, a robot can be conceived from the standpoint achieving maximum workspace or …

This paper presents a two stage optimization procedure for dynamic balancing of planar
mechanisms and finding optimum link shapes. In the first stage, the shaking force and …