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This book presents recent progresses in control, automation, robotics, and measuring techniques. It includes contributions of top experts in the fields, focused on both theory and industrial practice. The particular chapters present a deep analysis of a specific technical problem which is in general followed by a numerical analysis and simulation and results of an implementation for the solution of a real world problem. The presented theoretical results, practical solutions and guidelines will be useful for both researchers working in the area of engineering sciences and for practitioners solving industrial problems.

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Distributed Temperature and Humidity Measurement System Utilizing IQMESH Wireless Routing Algorithms.- Integrated SCADA Checkweigher System.- Miniature Transducer of Linear Displacement Based on Miniature Hall Effect Sensors.- Hybrid Vision System for Diagnostics of Technical Objects and Processes.- Functional Performance Testing of Routing Devices in Networks Based on IQMESH Protocol.- Influence of the Humidity on Signal of Strength in Laboratory Weighing Scales.- Heating Process of the Most Important Mechanical Elements in Laboratory Weighing Scales.- Modified Monte Carlo Method for Calculating the Expanded Measurement Uncertainty.- Influence of Environmental Conditions on Graphene Resistance.- Unconventional Double R/U Converter for Two Quantities Measurement by a Single Differential Sensor.- Automatic system for identification of temperature parameters of resistors based on self-heating phenomena.- Influence of Protective Layer on the Functional Properties of Monolayer and Bilayer Graphene Hall-effect sensors.- Temperature Dependence of Functional Properties of Graphene Hall-effect Sensors Grown on Si Face and C Face of 4H-SiC Substrate.- Temperature Influence on the Magnetic Characteristics of Mn-Zn Ferrite Materials.- Graphene Joule Heating Measurements in Environmental Chamber.- Surface Electromyography Amplifier with High Environmental Interference Resistance.- Electromagnetic Protection in High Precision Tri-axial Thermometric AC Bridge.- Simple Methods to Measure the Additive Error and Integral Nonreality of Precision Thermometric Bridges.- Study on Graphene Growth Process on Various Bronzes and Copper-plated Steel Substrates.- Study on Tribological Properties of Lubricating Grease with Additive of Graphene.- Resistance of MAX 6325 reference voltage source on operating temperature variation.- Magnetic Thermogravimetric Analysis of CuCo and CuFe Amorphous Alloys.- Advancement in development of graphene flow sensors.- Noise assessment in Whitney elements based forward transformation for high resolution eddy current tomography.- A Problem of a Selection of the Stabilization Technique of False Alarm for Radar Target Detector.- Investigation of the functional and environmental characteristics of elements with graphene coating.- Influence of electromagnetic pulse disturbance on the functional properties of ultra-high resolution analog to digital converter.- Influence of operating conditions on the functional properties of ultra-high resolution analog to digital converter.- Flowmeter Converter Based on Hall Effect Sensor.- Analysis of Response Time of Carbon Dioxide Sensor in Chemical Sensor System for Mobile Robot.- Examples of Robust Estimation with Small Number of Measurements.- Statistical Properties of Skewness and Kurtosis of Small Samples from Normal and Two Other Populations.- About a certain way of the membrane kinetic energy transformation into electric energy.- Affordable 2D Laser Scanning Device for Accurate Acquisition of Environment Maps.- Use of Automated Image Analysis in the Study of Mechanisms of the Formation of Nitrided Layers.- Measurement of Selected Parameters Describing Biomechanical Phenomena Occurring in the Implant-Bone System.- Rotational Speed and Transducer Frequency as Factors Affecting Possibility to Detect Defects in Axisymmetric Elements with a Method of Eddy Currents.

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