Advances in Automation and Robotics Research in Latin America : Proceedings of the 1st Latin American Congress on Automation and Robotics, Panama City, Panama 2017

This book contains the proceedings of the 1st Latin American Congress on Automation and Robotics held at Panama City, Panama in February 2017. It gathers research work from researchers, scientists, and engineers from academia and private industry, and presents current and exciting research applications and future challenges in Latin American. The scope of this book covers a wide range of themes associated with advances in automation and robotics research encountered in engineering and scientific research and practice. These topics are related to control algorithms, systems automation, perception, mobile robotics, computer vision, educational robotics, robotics modeling and simulation, and robotics and mechanism design. LACAR 2017 has been sponsored by SENACYT (Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Inovacion of Panama). Front Matter....Pages I-IX Robot Position Optimization Based on Joint Mean Torque Norm....Pages 1-12 On the Constrained Walking of the NAO Humanoid Robot....Pages 13-29 2 DOF Mechanism for a Variable Geometry Hybrid Wheel....Pages 30-35 Experiences on the Design of a Needle Insertion Surgery Robot: Kinematic Analysis....Pages 36-47 Dynamic Analysis of the ROAD Robot During the Sit to Stand Task....Pages 48-60 A Modular Robotic System for Assessment and Exercise of Human Movement....Pages 61-70 Analysis of the Influence of External Actuators on the Glenohumeral Joint Movements....Pages 71-82 Design of a 3D-Printable Powered Prosthetic Hand for Transmetacarpal Amputees....Pages 83-96 User Centred Design of Rehabilitation Robots....Pages 97-109 Towards Tracking a Semi-autonomous, Pneumatic Colonoscope Robot....Pages 110-122 Neural Networks for FDI on the First Actuator of a Two-Link Planar Manipulator....Pages 123-132 Experimental Identification of Lu-Gre Friction Model in an Hydraulic Actuator....Pages 133-143 Comparative Analysis Between Fuzzy Logic Control, LQR Control with Kalman Filter and PID Control for a Two Wheeled Inverted Pendulum....Pages 144-156 Manufacturing Control Architecture for FMS with AGV: A State-of-the-Art....Pages 157-172 Design and Implementation of a Low Cost RFID ISO 11784/11785 Reader for the Automatic Livestock Management in Nicaragua....Pages 173-185 Setup of the Yaskawa SDA10F Robot for Industrial Applications, Using ROS-Industrial....Pages 186-203 Fault Detection for Sinusoidal PWM Inverter....Pages 204-215 High-Accuracy Localization in Wireless Sensor Neworks Based on Ray-Tracing and Fingerprinting Techniques....Pages 216-222 Real-Time Monitoring Human Motion System for Ergonomic Posture....Pages 223-234 Multipurpose Module Based on Infrared Light for Small Scale Swarm Robots....Pages 235-244 Identification of Aircraft in a non-Cooperative Surveillance System. The Case Sutudy of Aircraft Type Canadair Regional Jet....Pages 245-254 Teaching Math in Elementary Schools by LabVIEW and Lego Robots....Pages 255-270 Learning Multivariable Controller Design: a Hands-on Approach with a Lego Robotic Arm....Pages 271-278 Towards Image Mosaicking with Aerial Images for Monitoring Rice Crops....Pages 279-296 Mechanical Design of a Robotic Exoskeleton for Upper Limb Rehabilitation....Pages 297-308 Back Matter....Pages 309-310