TY - BOOK AU - Legnani,Giovanni AU - Fassi,Irene TI - Robotics: state of the art and future trends T2 - Computer science, technology and applications SN - 9781621004783 PY - 2012/// CY - New York, New York PB - Nova Science Publishers KW - Robots, Industrial KW - Robotics KW - Manipulators (Mechanism) KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This book provides an insight on the current state of the art in industrial robotics, with a critical analysis of the state of the market and an overview of the emerging robotic trends. It is composed of twelve chapters, each one addressing one topic of the current research arena. The first part of each chapter is devoted to the fundamentals and the second part discusses an interesting application. The significant topics considered include robot design, control and robotics in non-conventional applications. The book also addresses the design, modelling and optimisation of parallel kinematic structures exploiting also the advantages of screw theory UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=541720 ER -