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This book deals with the subject of flexible robots. These are robots used in Aerospace. They can be used in transportation and manipulation of lightweight parts. Current developments were constructed at McMaster University, ON, CA in partnership with CRS Robotics, Inc., Burlington, ON, CA. Author would be happy to exchange ideas and develop new projetcs. New techniques in Sliding Modes Control are to be conducted.

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Researcher has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ - 1984), M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering (Brazilian Institute for Space Research - INPE - 1989), Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (McMaster University, Brazil - 1995). Currently a professor from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS.

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