IntelligentSystemsandRoboticsfocusesonnewdevelopmentsinroboticsandintelligentsystemsandprovidesinsight,guidanceandspecifictechniquesvitaltothoseconcernedwiththedesignandimplementationofroboticsandintelligentsystemapplications.IntelligentSystemsandRoboticspresentsinformationona3-Dvisionforrobotsandintelligentcontrolofavision-basedreasoningsystemwitharobotmanipulator.Thereaderwillfindauthoritativepresentationsonautonomouslandvehiclenavigation,manipulatorreachableworkspaceproblemsandtheformulationofalgorithmsfortheirsolution.Coveredaremethodsformedicalapplicationsutilizingexpertadaptivecontrol,theintegratedpiezoelectricsensor/actuatordesignfordistributedidentificationandcontrolofsmartmachines,includingtheory,experiments,finiteelementformulationandanalysis.Automaticrepairofaircrafttransparenciesandgeometricmodelingutilizedinrobottaskplanningaswellastheevaluationofstandardfieldbusnetworksutilizedinthefactoryenvironmentarepresented.