Ghausi, M.S. "Principles and design of linear active circuits" McGraw-Hill (1965) - Two-port Theory. No longer held by U.Reading Library
Sabri Cetinkunt "Mechatronics" John Wiley and Sons , isbn 978-0-417-47987-1 or 0-471-47987-X (2007) - recommended
Robert H. Bishop "The Mechatronics Handbook" CRC Press , isbn 0-8493-0066-5 (2002) - background
W. Bolton "Mechatronics: Electronic control systems in mechanical and electrical engineering" Second edition Longman (1999) - recommended (UR Call 629.89-BOL)
R.M. Parkin "What is this thing called mechatronics?" Loughborough University of Technology (1994) - background (UR Call FOLIO--670.18-PAR)
D.A. Bradley and D. Dawson and N.C. Burd and A.J. Loader "Mechatronics: Electronics in products and processes" Chapman and Hall , isbn 0 412 58290 2 (1991) - Good general coverage of Mechatronics (recommended) (UR Call 670.18-MEC)
Lawrence J. Kamm "Understanding electro-mechanical engineering: An introduction to mechatronics" IEEE press , isbn 0-7803-1031-4 (1996) - recommended
Leon O. Chua and Charles A. Desoer and Ernest S. Kuh "Linear and nonlinear circuits" McGraw-Hill (1987) - Has a good chapter on two port networks (UR Call 621.31921-CHU)
Denny K. Miu "Mechatronics: Electromechanics and Contromechanics" Springer-Verlag (1993)
Newton C. Braga "Mechatronics for the Evil Genius" McGraw-Hill , isbn \urlhttp://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=0071457593 \url{http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=0071457593} (2005) - A great title, and some interesting hobbiest projects, but not included in the general corpus of this course (background)
Dong An and Hong Wang "VPH: a new laser radar based obstacle avoidance method for intelligent mobile robots" Fifth World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation5 pp. 4681 - 4685 (2004)
Real-time obstacle avoidance is one of the key issues in successful application of mobile robot systems. Some new real-time obstacle avoidance methods for mobile robots have already been developed and implemented. This paper introduces the developments in this area and summarizes Potential Field method (PFM) and the Enhanced Vector Field Histogram method (VFH+) which are widely used for autonomous mobile robot obstacle avoidance. After a brief introduction of laser measurement system (LMS) a new radar-based obstacle avoidance method for mobile robots based on the combination and improvement of PFM and VFH+ method is presented. This method named the Vector Polar Histogram method (VPH) uses laser radar to detect obstacles and takes the physical meaning of the vector polar into account so as to get the best avoidance choice. The new method permits the detection of unknown obstacles and avoids collisions in real time while simultaneously steering the mobile robot towards the target.
Newton C. Braga "Mechatronics for the Evil Genius" McGraw-Hill , isbn \urlhttp://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=0071457593 \url{http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=0071457593} (2005) - A great title, and some interesting hobbiest projects, but not included in the general corpus of this course (background)
B. Hannaford and J. Ryu "Time Domain Passivity Control of Haptic Interfaces" IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation18 (1) pp. 1-10 (Feb 2002)
J.E. Huber and N.A. Fleck and M.F. Ashby "The selection of mechanical actuators based on performance indices" Proceedings Royal Society: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences453 (1965) pp. 2185-2205 http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/link.asp?id=uxtdfxp2krd40ded (8th October 1997)
A method is presented for selecting the type of actuator best suited to a given task in the early stages of engineering design. The selection is based on matching performance characteristics of the actuator such as force and displacement to the requirements of the given task. The performance characteristics are estimated from manufacturers' data and from simple models of performance limitation such as heat generation and resonance. Characteristics are presented in a graphical form which allows for a direct and systematic comparison of widely different systems of actuation. The actuators considered include man-made actuators (such as hydraulic solenoid and shape memory alloy) and naturally occurring actuators (such as the muscles of animals and plants).
Ingle, Kathryn A. "Reverse Engineering" McGraw-Hill Publishing Company (1994)
Johanastrom, K. "Revisiting the LuGre friction model" Control Systems Magazine IEEE IEEE , issn 0272-1708 28 (6) pp. 101--114 (2008)
Katevas, N.I. and Sgouros, N.M. and Tzafestas, S.G. and Papakonstantinou, G. and Beattie, P. and Bishop, J.M. and Tsanakas, P. and Koutsouris, D. "The autonomous mobile robot SENARIO: a sensor aided intelligent navigation system for powered wheelchairs" Robotics \& Automation Magazine IEEE doi= 10.1109/100.6378064 (4) pp. 60 - 70 (1997)
The SENARIO project is develoing a sensor-aided intelligent navigation system that provides high-level navigational aid to users of powered wheelchairs. The authors discuss new and improved technologies developed within SENARIO concerning task/path planning sensing and positioning for indoor mobile robots as well as user interface issues. The autonomous mobile robot SENARIO supports semi- or fully autonomous navigation. In semi-autonomous mode the system accepts typical motion commands through a voice-activated or standard joystick interface and supports robot motion with obstacle/collision avoidance features. Fully autonomous mode is a superset of semi-autonomous mode with the additional ability to execute autonomously high-level go-to-goal commands. At its current stage the project has succeeded in fully supporting semi-autonomous navigation while experiments on the fully autonomous mode are very encouraging
Hemantkumar Sahoo and Tej Pavoor and Sreekanth Vancheeswaran "Research News: Actuators based on electroactive polymers" current science81 (7) pp. 743-746 www.ias.ac.in/currsci/oct102001/743.pdf (October 2001)
Conducting polymers and ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) are among those electro-active polymer materials that have shown tremendous potential to make efficient actuators. The volume change that a conducting polymer undergoes upon electrochemical oxidation and reduction is used to make microactuators which find various biomedical applications and can be used for manipulation of particles of micrometre dimensions. IPMCs undergo strong bending on application of an electric field. Actuators using IPMCs have space applications. Further development of IPMCs is being done to make it overcome the present obstacles. Conducting polymers and IPMCs have gained recognition due to their low cost low operating potential and high efficiency.