[LNCIS 362] Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation [Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences] (Springer 2007).pdf

Lecture Notes
in Control and Information Sciences 362
Editors: M. Thoma, M. Morari
Tzyh-Jong Tarn, Shan-Ben Chen,
Changjiu Zhou (Eds.)
Robotic Welding, Intelligence
and Automation
ABC
Series Advisory Board
F. Allgöwer, P. Fleming, P. Kokotovic,
. Kurzhanski, H. Kwakernaak,
A. Rantzer, . Tsitsiklis
Editors Changjiu Zhou
Tzyh-Jong Tarn Advanced Robotics and Intelligent
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Singapore Polytechnic
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Singapore 139651
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Shan-Ben Chen
Institute of Welding Engineering
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, 200030
. China
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2007927163
ISSN print edition: 0170-8643
ISSN electronic edition: 1610-7411
ISBN-10 3-540-73373-6 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
ISBN-13 978-3-540-73373-7 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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