... discusses the detail of solutions leading to the realization of the intended hardware capability, focusing in particular on the issues related to mechanism, actuation, distributed sensing, and distributed control of humanoid head, humanoid hands and humanoid arms. Finally, the paper shows the result...

... motion of each vehicle. Design/methodology/approach Distributed mechatronics controllers implementing Controller Area Network (CAN) modules are used to satisfy the control requirements of the vehicles. In distributed control architectures, failures in other parts of the control system can...

..., cooperative manipulation, collision avoidance, and emerging robotic applications. M. Moallem can be contacted at: mmoallem@engga.uwo.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Distributive control Robotics System monitoring With the advent of new computing, sensor, and actuator...