Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Volume 6

Volume 6, Number 1, August 1992

Control of Robots and Manufacturing Systems

John J. Mills, Owen Robert Mitchell, Frank L. Lewis:
Guest editorial. 1
Fathi Ghorbel, Mark W. Spong:
Robustness of adaptive control of robots. 3-15
Kennon Guglielmo, Nader Sadegh:
Motion control of mechanical manipulators. 17-31
K. Liu, Frank L. Lewis:
Robust control techniques for general dynamic systems. 33-49
Y. H. Chen:
Real-time feedback scheduling of flexible manufacturing systems. 51-63
Alan A. Desrochers:
Performance analysis using Petri nets. 65-79
P. M. Taylor, G. E. Taylor:
Sensory robotic assembly of apparel at Hull University. 81-94
J. Y. S. Luh:
Redundancy and coordination of multiple robots. 95-105
Xiaoming Gao, Darren M. Dawson, Zhihua Qu:
On the robust control of two manipulators holding a rigid object. 107-119
Wayne J. Book, Dong-Soo Kwon:
Contact control for advanced applications of light weight arms. 121-137

Mohammad Jamshidi, Mohamed Bayoumi:
Robot control: Force, impedance, and redundancy. 141-143
Ziren Lu, Andrew A. Goldenberg:
Implementation of robust impedance and force control. 145-163
François G. Pin, Jean-Christophe Culioli:
Optimal positioning of combined mobile platform-manipulator systems for material handling tasks. 165-182
Gregory P. Starr, Christopher W. Wilson:
Design of a torque controller for the adept-2 robot. 183-201
M. Jamshidi, B. J. Oh, H. Seraji:
Two adaptive control structures of robot manipulators. 203-218
Julio J. Gonzalez, Glenn R. Widmann:
Force control of robots with nonlinearities. 219-240
Mark K. Long:
Task-directed inverse kinematics for redundant manipulators. 241-261
Charles C. Nguyen, S. S. Antrazi, J.-Y. Park, Zhen-Lei Zhou:
Trajectory planning and control of a Stewart platform-based end-effector with passive compliance for part assembly. 263-281
You-Liang Gu:
An imaginary robot model and double-PD control for redundant robotic systems. 283-295