{PDF} Flexible Robot Manipulators: Modelling, simulation and control M.O.Tokhi, A.K.M. Azad, M. O. Tokhi, A. K. M. Azad

This book reports recent and new developments in modeling, simulation and control of flexible robot manipulators. The material is presented in four distinct components: a range of modeling approaches including classical techniques based on the Lagrange equation formulation, parametric approaches based on linear input/output models using system identification techniques and neuro-modeling approaches; numerical modeling/simulation techniques for dynamic characterization of flexible manipulators using the finite difference, finite element, symbolic manipulation and customized software techniques; a range of open-loop and closed-loop control techniques based on classical and modern intelligent control methods including soft-computing and smart structures for flexible manipulators; and software environments for analysis, design, simulation and control of flexible manipulators.