ROBOTICA & MANAGEMENT - Vol. 20, No. 2, December 2015

1 - Content

Editorial

2 - Robots in Action - Proffesional Contest 2015
Patic C.

Papers

3 - Establishing the Position of Plane Mechanisms with Higher Pairs
Alaci S., Ciornei F.-C.

10 - Alternative Motion Control for Educational Biped BRAT Robots
Barabas L., Tătar M.O.

16 - Some Thermodynamics Aspects Regarding the Heating-Cooling Cycle of a SMA–Based Actuator
Borza A.

20 - Considerations on Velocities and Accelerations in Higher Pairs Mechanisms
Ciornei F.-C., Alaci S.

27 - Simulations Results  of an Ankle Rehabilitation Device
Doroftei I., Racu (Cazacu) C.

31 - An Algorithm Based on the Self-Organized Maps for the Classification of Facial Features
Gilca G., Bizdoaca N.G.

36 - Some Aspects of the Force Distribution in the Moving MERO Modular Walking Robots
Ion I.

40 - Quadcopter Attitude and Thrust Simulation Based on Simulink Platform
Kuantama E., Tarca R.

45 - Workspace Analysis of a 6-DOF Parallel Topology Robot
Miclosina C.-O., Korka Z.-I., Amariei O.

49 - Innovative Design of a Laparoscopic Probe for Non-Invasive Intraoperative Detection of Small Endoluminal Digestive Tumours
Mocan B., Bintintan V.V., Mocan M., Bintintan A.

55 - Torque And Speed in the Actuating of Mechatronic Systems, a Case Study
Roman C.P., Staretu I., Bogdan L.

61 - Management between Passion and Challenges
Popovici G.