Network robot systems

Network robot systems

This article introduces the definition of Network Robot Systems (NRS) as is understood in Europe, USA and Japan. Moreover, it describes some of the NRS projects in Europe and Japan and presents a summary of the papers of this Special Issue.

Ambient intelligence for network robot systems

This talk focuses on the ambient intelligence for network robot systems including robots and/or sensor networks, smartphones, etc. It is one of the significant functions allowing robot services over multiple sites. As examples of ambient intelligence on the human trajectory and behaviors, the "ambient intelligence map" is introduced. Next, the robotic services of shopping support for elderly, t...

Network protocols for mobile robot systems

Communications and communications protocols will play an important role in mobile robot systems able to address real world applications. A poorly integrated "stack" of communications protocols, or protocols which are poorly matched to the functional and performance characteristics of the underlying physical communications links, can greatly reduce the effectiveness of an otherwise well implemen...

Adaptive RBF network control for robot manipulators

TThe uncertainty estimation and compensation are challenging problems for the robust control of robot manipulators which are complex systems. This paper presents a novel decentralized model-free robust controller for electrically driven robot manipulators. As a novelty, the proposed controller employs a simple Gaussian Radial-Basis-Function Network as an uncertainty estimator. The proposed netw...

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