Preface of the 'Symposium on New Methods for Modeling and Control of Flexible Structures and Robots'

摘要

The flexible structures and robots are necessary and/or indispensable in: 1. winding and/or very cramped workspaces (where less invasive robots, and therefore with slender links, are required); 2. very wide workspaces or anyway robots with end-effectors very far from their bases, because of the presence of obstacles (rivers, buildings, etc.), or when it is impossible or not convenient to use robots with mobile base or more cooperative robots (e.g. to build and/or to maintain mega-structures, electric lines, etc.); 3. dangerous and/or harmful areas of work both for the human operators and for the actuators with the electronic control (rescue and security robots).