Collaborative robots are increasingly common in modern production systems, since they
allow to merge the productivity of automated systems with the flexibility and dexterity of …

In the first part, this article presents an overview of Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC)
methodologies developed for space manipulators to perform in-orbit robotic missions …

Robotic machining centers offer diverse advantages: large operation reach with large
reorientation capability, and a low cost, to name a few. Many challenges have slowed down …

Nowadays, free-form surfaces have been widely used in various industrial fields. They are
usually machined by CNC machine tools, but recently have also begun to be manufactured …

Path planning and trajectory planning are crucial issues in the field of Robotics and, more
generally, in the field of Automation. Indeed, the trend for robots and automatic machines is …

This book is intended primarily for those not yet familiar with methods for computing with
intervals of real numbers and what can be done with these methods. Using a pair [a, b] of …

Motion planning is an integral part of each robotic system. It is critical to develop an effective
motion in order to achieve a successful performance. The ability to generate a smooth …

An online method for obtaining smooth, jerk-bounded trajectories has been developed and
implemented. Jerk limitation is important in industrial robot applications, since it results in …

A new method for smooth trajectory planning of robot manipulators is described in this
paper. In order to ensure that the resulting trajectory is smooth enough, an objective function …

Accurate trajectory tracking is unrealistic in real-world scenarios, however, which is
commonly assumed to facilitate motion planning algorithm design. In this paper, a safe and …