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Advances in Automation and Robotics Research in Latin America

Proceedings of the 1st Latin American Congress on Automation and Robotics, Panama City, Panama 2017

  • Proceedings of the 1st Latin American Congress on Automation and Robotics LACAR, held in Panama City, February 8-10, 2017
  • Topics include Mobile Robotics, Social Robotics, Learning, Control Algorithms, Educational Robotics, Perception,
  • Robotics Modeling and Simulation, and Robotics and Mechanism Design
  • Presents a forum for collaboration among researchers of different areas of study mainly in Latin America countries
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS, volume 13)

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
  2. Robot Position Optimization Based on Joint Mean Torque Norm

    • Aníbal Alexandre Campos Bonilla, Leandro da Silva, Luis Eduardo Garcia Gonzalez
    Pages 1-12
  3. On the Constrained Walking of the NAO Humanoid Robot

    • Jesus E. Fierro, J. Alfonso Pamanes, Hector A. Moreno, Victor Nunez
    Pages 13-29
  4. 2 DOF Mechanism for a Variable Geometry Hybrid Wheel

    • Hector A. Moreno, Isela G. Carrera, J. Alfonso Pamanes, Emilio Camporredondo
    Pages 30-35
  5. Experiences on the Design of a Needle Insertion Surgery Robot: Kinematic Analysis

    • Lisandro J. Puglisi, Roque Saltaren Pazmiño, Germán Rey Portolés, Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, Rafael Aracil Santonja
    Pages 36-47
  6. Dynamic Analysis of the ROAD Robot During the Sit to Stand Task

    • Isela G. Carrera, Hector A. Moreno, Jose F. Flores, Jesus A. Esquivel, Mario A. Barrera
    Pages 48-60
  7. A Modular Robotic System for Assessment and Exercise of Human Movement

    • José Baca, Mohan Sai Ambati, Prithviraj Dasgupta, Mukul Mukherjee
    Pages 61-70
  8. Analysis of the Influence of External Actuators on the Glenohumeral Joint Movements

    • Marie André Destarac, Cecilia E. García Cena, Adrián Mérida Martínez, Luis J. Monge Chamorro, Roque Saltarén Pazmiño
    Pages 71-82
  9. Design of a 3D-Printable Powered Prosthetic Hand for Transmetacarpal Amputees

    • Renato Mio, Luis Ccorimanya, Kevin M. Flores, Giancarlo Salazar, Dante Elías
    Pages 83-96
  10. User Centred Design of Rehabilitation Robots

    • Jesús Varela, Roque J. Saltaren, Lisandro J. Puglisi, Javier López, María Alvarez, José Carlos Rodríguez
    Pages 97-109
  11. Towards Tracking a Semi-autonomous, Pneumatic Colonoscope Robot

    • Bradley Woosley, Prithviraj Dasgupta, Hossein Dehghani, Ross Welch, José Baca, Carl Nelson et al.
    Pages 110-122
  12. Neural Networks for FDI on the First Actuator of a Two-Link Planar Manipulator

    • Jesús A. Esquivel, Juan A. Díaz, Isela Carrera, Héctor Moreno
    Pages 123-132
  13. Experimental Identification of Lu-Gre Friction Model in an Hydraulic Actuator

    • Lisandro J. Puglisi, Roque J. Saltaren, Cecilia E. Garcia Cena
    Pages 133-143
  14. Comparative Analysis Between Fuzzy Logic Control, LQR Control with Kalman Filter and PID Control for a Two Wheeled Inverted Pendulum

    • Karen Viviana Chate García, Oscar Eduardo Prado Ramírez, Carlos Felipe Rengifo Rodas
    Pages 144-156
  15. Manufacturing Control Architecture for FMS with AGV: A State-of-the-Art

    • Sergio R. González, Ivan Mondragón, Gabriel Zambrano, Wilson Hernandez, Henry Montaña
    Pages 157-172
  16. Setup of the Yaskawa SDA10F Robot for Industrial Applications, Using ROS-Industrial

    • Carol Martinez, Nicolas Barrero, Wilson Hernandez, Cesar Montaño, Iván Mondragón
    Pages 186-203
  17. Fault Detection for Sinusoidal PWM Inverter

    • Jesús A. Esquivel, J. Aarón Rios, Pedro Galván, Isela Carrera
    Pages 204-215
  18. High-Accuracy Localization in Wireless Sensor Neworks Based on Ray-Tracing and Fingerprinting Techniques

    • Antonio del Corte-Valiente, Oscar Gutierrez-Blanco, Jose Manuel Gomez-Pulido
    Pages 216-222
  19. Real-Time Monitoring Human Motion System for Ergonomic Posture

    • Thiago Beckert Otto, Alexandre Campos, Marcos Aurelio de Souza
    Pages 223-234

About this book

This book contains the proceedings of the 1st Latin American Congress on Automation and Robotics held at Panama City, Panama in February 2017. It gathers research work from researchers, scientists, and engineers from academia and private industry, and presents current and exciting research applications and future challenges in Latin American. 

The scope of this book covers a wide range of themes associated with advances in automation and robotics research encountered in engineering and scientific research and practice. These topics are related to control algorithms, systems automation, perception, mobile robotics, computer vision, educational robotics, robotics modeling and simulation, and robotics and mechanism design. LACAR 2017 has been sponsored by SENACYT (Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Inovacion of Panama).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Facultad de Ingeniería Eléctrica (FIE), Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá , Panamá, Panama

    Ignacio Chang

  • Computer Science Department, College of Information Science & Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, USA

    José Baca

  • Guadalupe C.P., Av. Barranquilla S/N, Col. Guadalupe C.P., Monclova, Mexico

    Héctor A. Moreno, Isela G. Carrera

  • El Salvador, El Salvador

    Manuel N. Cardona

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Automation and Robotics Research in Latin America

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 1st Latin American Congress on Automation and Robotics, Panama City, Panama 2017

  • Editors: Ignacio Chang, José Baca, Héctor A. Moreno, Isela G. Carrera, Manuel N. Cardona

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54377-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-54376-5Published: 15 March 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-54377-2Published: 14 March 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2367-3370

  • Series E-ISSN: 2367-3389

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 310

  • Number of Illustrations: 205 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Robotics and Automation, Computational Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence

Buy it now

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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