The accepted papers are included in edited books published by Springer (Spar Series after 2016). These books present the most recent research advances in the theory, design, control and application of robotic systems, which are intended for a variety of purposes such as manipulation, manufacturing, automation, surgery, locomotion and biomechanics. The issues addressed are fundamentally kinematic in nature, including synthesis, calibration, redundancy, force control, dexterity, inverse and forward kinematics, kinematic singularities, as well as over-constrained systems. Methods used include line geometry, quaternion algebra, screw algebra, and linear algebra. These methods are applied to both parallel and serial multi-degree-of-freedom systems. One book usually includes seven chapters and about fifty independently reviewed contributions.
PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF ARK BOOKS
Advances in Robot Kinematics: With Emphasis on Symbolic Computation, S. Stifter and J. Lenarčič, Eds., 1991
Advances in Robot Kinematics and Computational Geometry, J. Lenarčič and B. Ravani, Eds., 1994
Recent Advances in Robot Kinematics, J. Lenarčič and V. Parenti-Castelli, Eds., 1996
Advances in Robot Kinematics: Analysis and Control, J. Lenarčič and M.L. Husty, Eds., 1998
Advances in Robot Kinematics, J. Lenarčič and M.M. Stanisic, Eds., 2000
Advances in Robot Kinematics: Theory and Applications, J. Lenarčič and F. Thomas, Eds., 2002
On Advances in Robot Kinematics, J. Lenarčič and C. Galletti, Eds., 2004
Advances in Robot Kinematics: Mechanisms and Motion, J. Lenarčič and B. Roth, Eds., 2006
Advances in Robot Kinematics: Analysis and Design, J. Lenarčič and P. Wenger, Eds., 2008
Advances in Robot Kinematics: Motion in Man and Machine, J. Lenarčič and M.M. Stanisic, Eds., 2010
Latest Advances in Robot Kinematics, J. Lenarčič and M. Husty, Eds., 2012
Advances in Robot Kinematics, J. Lenarčič and O. Khatib, Eds., 2014
Advances in Robot Kinematics 2016, J. Lenarčič and J.-P. Merlet, Eds., 2016
Advances in Robot Kinematics 2018, J. Lenarčič and V. Parenti-Castelli, Eds., 2018
TO BE PUBLISHED: Advances in Robot Kinematics 2020, J. Lenarčič and B. Siciliano, Eds., 2020
