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Mechatronics and the design of intelligent machines and systems /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bradley, D. A. (David A.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, England : Stanley Thornes, 2000.
Subjects:
Mechatronics.
Microelectronics.
Machine design.
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • Of machines and mechatronics
  • Mechatronics and technology
  • Engineering design and mechatronics
  • Mechatronics and concurrent engineering
  • Mechatronics and intelligent systems
  • What is intelligence?
  • Intelligent machines
  • Artificial intelligence and expert systems
  • Architectures
  • Safety
  • Operating modes
  • Case study: An intelligent robot for unstructured environments--autonomous robotic excavator
  • A mechatronic design process
  • Engineering design models
  • A mechatronic design framework
  • Summary of principles
  • Approaches to designing mechatronic hardware
  • Requirements interpretation for mechatronic systems
  • Customer requirements and the product life cycle
  • Customer requirements
  • Customer requirements and the mechatronic system design framework
  • Requirements interpretation
  • Summary or beyond requirements interpretation
  • Case study: autonomous robotic excavator
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Al programming versus 'conventional' programming
  • Knowledge acquisition
  • Knowledge representation
  • Searching for solutions
  • Case study: the use of artificial intelligence for an automated robotic excavator
  • Neural networks and fuzzy systems
  • Neural networks
  • Artificial neural networks
  • The Adeline
  • The Perceptron
  • Kohonen network
  • Adaptive resonant theorem networks
  • Hopfield network
  • Implementation of neural networks
  • Fuzzy systems
  • Fuzzy sets
  • Set operations
  • Fuzzy reasoning and control
  • Developing a fuzzy system
  • Fuzzy-neural systems
  • Software.