Applied Methods and Techniques for Mechatronic Systems

Applied Methods and Techniques for Mechatronic Systems brings together the relevant studies in mechatronic systems with the latest research from interdisciplinary theoretical studies, computational algorithm development and exemplary applications. Readers can easily tailor the techniques in this book to accommodate their ad hoc applications. The clear structure of each paper, background - motivation - quantitative development (equations) - case studies/illustration/tutorial (curve, table, etc.) is also helpful. It is mainly aimed at graduate students, professors and academic researchers in related fields, but it will also be helpful to engineers and scientists from industry.

Lei Liu is a lecturer at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China; Quanmin Zhu is a professor at University of the West of England, UK; Lei Cheng is an associate professor at Wuhan University of Science and Technology, China; Yongji Wang is a professor at HUST; Dongya Zhao is an associate professor at China University of Petroleum.

Lei Liu is a Lecturer in Control Theory and Control Engineering at Department of Control Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. He obtained his Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2003, 2005 and 2009, respectively. His main research interest is in the area of dynamic system modelling and control, such as the high-speed flight vehicle and mobile robot. He has published over 30 papers on these topics. Currently Dr. Liu is acting as a member of Hubei Association of Automation, China.

Quanmin Zhu is Professor in control systems at Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. He obtained his MSc. in Harbin Institute of Technology, China in 1983 and PhD in Faculty of Engineering, University of Warwick, UK in 1989. His main research interest is in the area of nonlinear system modelling, identification, and control. He has published over 160 papers on these topics and provided consultancy to various industries. Currently Professor Zhu is acting as member of editorial board of International Journal of Systems Science, member of editorial board of Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument, editor (and founder) of International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, and editor of International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology.

Lei Cheng is Associate Professor in Control Science and Engineering at Engineering Research Center of Metallurgical Automation and Measurement Technology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. He obtained his Bachelor, Master and PhD Degree in Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 1999, 2002 and 2005 respectively. His main research interest is Robotics and Complex Systems. He has published over 40 papers on these topics. Currently he is acting as Member of Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) and Member of Hubei Association of Automation, China. He was honored with National Teaching Achievement Award of China (Second Prize) in 2009.

Yongji Wang is Professor in Control Theory and Control Engineering at Department of Control Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. He obtained his MSc and Ph.D. degree in Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1984 and 1990, respectively. His main research interest is in the area of flight trajectory optimization, guidance and control, intelligent control system, biological information processing and rehabilitation robot. He has published over 200 papers. Currently Prof. Wang is acting as head of Hubei Association of Automation and Editor Asia-Pacific for International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control.

Dongya Zhao received BEng from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 1998, MSc from Tianhua Institute of Chemical Machinery & Automation, Lanzhou, China, in 2002 and PhD from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2009. He was a research fellow in Nanyang Technological University during 7/2011 to 7/2012. Since 2002, he has been with College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, where he is currently an Associate Professor. His research interests include robot control, sliding mode control, process modeling and control, nonlinear system control and analysis. Now he has published more 30 papers in these areas. He is the 2010 young key teacher of the China University of China.