Dear colleague, This is the first call for participants in the
International Summer School on Screw-Theory Based Methods in Robotics 23-30 August 2009 University of Genoa, Italy http://www.dimec.unige.it/PMAR/summer_screws_09/ Summer Screws '09, as we call it informally, will gather five experts in the robotics applications of screw-theory and up to 30 participants at the University of Genoa and the Italian Institute of Technology during the last week of August. The summer school will teach attendees how to apply existing methods and empower them to develop new ones in their own research. The basic theoretical notions will be introduced in a rigorous manner, with emphasis on examples, applications, and exercises. The main topics will be: 1. Basic vector-space properties of twists and wrenches: physical interpretation of the linear operations; linear dependence and independence, subspaces; bases and coordinates. (Lecturer: Dimiter Zlatanov) 2. Scalar products, dual spaces, reciprocity. Constraint and freedom in mechanisms. Constraint analysis, type synthesis of single loop mechanisms, type synthesis of parallel manipulators. (Lecturers: Xianwen Kong and Dimiter Zlatanov) 3. Velocity and singularity analysis of parallel and interconnected-chain mechanisms. Derivation of input-output velocity equations and singularity conditions. (Lecturers: Matteo Zoppi and Dimiter Zlatanov) 4. Mappings between screw spaces, stiffness and inertia. Structure of robot compliance. Eigenvalue problems and eigenscrews. Synthesis with springs. (Lecturer: Harvey Lipkin) 5. 6D formulation of the dynamics of individual rigid bodies and rigid-body systems. Equations of motion. Dynamics algorithms.(Lecturer: Roy Featherstone) Up to 30 registrations are available at the price of 300 euro, no later than 30 May, 2009. Summer Screws '09 is organized by the PMARlab Robotics Group, Department of Mechanics and Machine Design (DIMEC), University of Genoa, with the support of the Italian Instititute of Technology (IIT) and the endorsement of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and the Italian Robotics and Automation Association (SIRI). For more information visit the school's web page: http://www.dimec.unige.it/PMAR/summer_screws_09/ Please accept our best wishes for the holiday season. Sincerely yours, Rezia Molfino, Matteo Zoppi, Dimiter Zlatanov _______________________________________________ clean-list mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.ru.nl/mailman/listinfo/clean-list
