Mechatronics and robotics / edited by Zoran Gacovski.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A brief history of industrial robotics in the 20th century -- From mechatronic components to industrial automation things : an lot model for cyber-physical manufacturing systems -- The 3+1 SysML view model in model integrated mechatronics -- Design and development of mechatronic application in agricultural irrigation device -- Design and development of a competitive low-cost robot arm with four degrees of freedom -- An adaptive robust approach to modeling and control of flexible arm robots -- Interactive heuristic D* path planning solution based on PSO for two-link robotic arm in dynamic environment -- Optimal task placement of a serial robot manipulator for manipulability and mechanical power optimization -- Kinematical analysis and simulation of high-speed plate carrying manipulator based on MATLAB -- Flexible impact force sensor -- A sensing and robot navigation of hybrid sensor network -- A study on vehicle detection and tracking using wireless sensor networks -- Deployment of pre-industrial autonomous microbe sensor in Saudi Arabia's injection seawater system -- A survey of modeling and control of Piezoelectric actuators -- Experimental investigation of Photo strictive materials for MEMS application -- Theory and simulation analysis of the mode shape and normal shape actuators and sensors -- Experimental study of the response of transonic diffuser throat -- An ARX-based PID- Sliding mode control on velocity tracking control of a stick-slip piezoelectric- driven actuator.