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The proceedings provide state-of-the-art scientific and engineering
research findings and developments in the area of mobile robotics
and assistive technologies. The proceedings collected together peer
reviewed articles presented at the CLAWAR 2013 conference. It
contains a strong showing of articles on legged locomotion with
numbers of legs from two onwards. There is also a good collection
of articles on systems that walls climbing, poles balancing, and
other more complex structures following the traditional of CLAWAR
themes. In addition, the proceedings also cover the subject of
robot-human interaction, which focus on a more "human" way of
communicating with humanoid robots. As for human assistive devices,
proceedings also cover exoskeletal and prosthetic devices, robots
for personal and nursing cares to address the issues of ageing
population in our society. Finally, the issue of the deployment of
robots in society, it social and ethically consideration are also
addressed in the proceedings.
This volume, Mechanical Design: Theory and Methodology, has been
put together over the past four years. Most of the work is ongoing
as can be ascertained easily from the text. One can argue that this
is so for any text or monograph. Any such book is only a snapshot
in time, giving information about the state of knowledge of the
authors when the book was compiled. The chapters have been updated
and are representative of the state of the art in the field of
design theory and methodology. It is barely over a decade that
design as an area of study was revived, mostly at the behest of
industry, government, and academic leaders. Profes sor Nam Suh,
then the head of the Engineering Directorate at the National
Science Foundation, provided much of the impetus for the needed
effort. The results of early work of researchers, many of whom have
authored chapters in this book, were fundamental in conceiving the
ideas behind Design for X or DFX and concurrent engineering issues.
The artificial intelli gence community had a strong influence in
developing the required com puter tools mainly because the field
had a history of interdisciplinary work. Psychologists, computer
scientists, and engineers worked together to under stand what
support tools will improve the design process. While this influ
ence continues today, there is an increased awareness that a much
broader community needs to be involved."
The Fourth International Conference on Advanced Robotics was held
in Columbus, Ohio, U. S. A. on June 13th to 15th, 1989. The first
two conferences in this series were held in Tokyo. The third was
held in Versailles, France in October 1987. The International
Conference on Advanced Robotics is affiliated with the
International Federation of Robotics. This conference was sponsored
by The Ohio State University. The American Society of Mechanical
Engineers was a cooperating co-sponsor. The objective of the
International Conference on Advanced Robotics is to provide an
international exchange of information on the topic of advanced
robotics. This was adopted as one of the themes for international
research cooperation at a meeting of representatives of seven
industrialized countries held in Williamsburg, U. S. A. in May
1983. The present conference is truly international in character
with contributions from authors of twelve countries. (Bulgaria,
Canada, France, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Peoples
Republic of China, Poland, Republic of China, Spain, United States
of America.) The subject matter of the papers is equally diverse,
covering most technical areas of robotics. The authors are
distinguished. They are leaders in the field in their respective
countries. The International Conference on Advanced Robotics has
always particularly encouraged papers oriented to the design of
robotic systems, or to research directed at advanced applications
in service robotics, construction, nuclear power, agriculture,
mining, underwater systems, and space systems.
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