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  • Gear Noise and Vibrationby J. Derek Smith

    Marcel Dekker Inc 2003; US$ 189.95

    Based on four decades of consultation and teaching experience, this text demonstrates logical gear noise and vibration approaches without the use of complex mathematics or lengthy computation methods. It is a straightforward source for enhanced gear design, assessment and development practices. more...

  • Multi-Robot Systemsby Lynne E. Parker; Frank E. Schneider; Alan C. Schultz

    Springer 2005; US$ 209.00

    This proceedings volume documents recent cutting-edge developments in multi-robot systems research. This volume is the result of the Third International workshop on Multi-Robot Systems that was held in March 2005 at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. This workshop brought together top researchers working in areas relevant to designing teams of autonomous vehicles, including robots and unmanned ground, air, surface, and undersea vehicles. The workshop focused on the challenging issues of team architectures, vehicle learning and adaptation, heterogeneous group control and cooperation, task selection, dynamic autonomy, mixed initiative, and human and robot team interaction. A broad range of applications of this technology are... more...

  • Compliant Mechanismsby Nicolae Lobontiu

    CRC Press 2002; US$ 229.95

    Providing practical answers and directions to the needs of efficiently designing, analysing, and optimizing devices that include flexure hinges, this manual contains ready-to-use plots and simple equations describing several flexure types as well as the necessary mathematical tools. more...

  • Gear Geometry and Applied Theoryby Faydor L. Litvin; Alfonso Fuentes

    Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 186.00

    This revised and expanded second edition covers the theory, design, geometry and manufacture of all types of gears and gear drives. Designers, theoreticians, students, and manufacturers will all find this to be a vital reference. This new edition includes advances in gear theory, gear manufacturing, and computer simulation. more...

  • Cam Design Handbookby Harold A. Rothbart

    McGraw-Hill 2003; US$ 157.50

    The cam, used to translate rotary motion into linear motion, is an integral part of many classes of machines, such as printing presses, textile machinery, gear-cutting machines, and screw machines. Emphasizing computer-aided design and manufacturing techniques, as well as sophisticated numerical control methods, this handbook allows engineers and technicians to utilize cutting edge design tools. It will decrease time spent on the drawing board and increase productivity and machine accuracy. * Cam design, manufacture, and dynamics of cams. * The latest computer-aided design and manufacturing techniques. * New cam mechanisms including robotic and prosthetic applications. more...

  • Concise Encyclopedia of Roboticsby Stan Gibilisco

    McGraw-Hill 2002; US$ 19.95

    Helps in keeping up with terms and techniques facing the hobbyist. This work contains information for hobbyists and students interested in robotics, artificial intelligence, and electronics. It contains 400 definitions - all presented in a concise, well-illustrated, and non-mathematical style. more...

  • Robot Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Illustratedby Paul Sandin

    McGraw-Hill 2003; US$ 39.95

    Paul E. Sandin is a robotocist with iRobot Corporation, where he designs and builds systems for the Consumer Robotics Division. Previously he worked for RedZone Robotics, where he designed suspension components for large scale toxic waste cleanup robots. He has an intimate knowledge of robots, both large and small. He lives with his family in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. more...

  • Intelligent Robots and Systemsby V. Graefe

    Elsevier 1995; US$ 244.50

    Of the 300 papers presented during IROS '94, 48 were selected because they are particularly significant and characteristic for the present state of the technology of intelligent robots and systems. This book contains the selected papers in a revised and expanded form. Robotics and intelligent systems constitute a very wide and truly interdisciplinary field. The papers have been grouped into the following categories:. – Sensing and Perception. – Learning and Planning. – Manipulation. – Telerobotics and Space Robotics. – Multiple Robots. – Legged Locomotion. – Mobile Robot Systems. – Robotics in Medicine. Other additional fields covered include; control, navigation and simulation. Since many... more...

  • Materials for Springsby Yoshiro Kuwabara

    Springer 2007; US$ 209.00

    Materials for springs is basically intended for engineers related to spring materials and technologies who graduated from metallurgical or mechanical engineering courses in technical high school, or in other higher engineering schools, as well as those who are related to the purchase or sales of spring materials. The first chapter introduces into the fundamental selection processes of spring materials including the information sources on materials database. It is followed by the basic mechanisms and theories of spring failures such as fatigue fracture, creep/stress relaxation and stress corrosion cracking of metallic materials. The focuses of the second chapter is put on ferrous and non-ferrous metallic materials, including some materials developed... more...

  • Russian Models from the Mechanisms Collection of Bauman Universityby Alexander A. Golovin; V. Tarabarin

    Springer 2008; US$ 129.00

    The collection of the Theory of Mechanisms Department of Bauman University contains more than 500 mechanisms models. This book contains information about the history of Bauman university, the TMM department and the Russian specialists who created the collection to give an overview of this unique collection and the history of its creation. more...