International Journal of Control Science and Engineering

International Journal of Control Science and Engineering seeks to provide an outlet for technical papers on advances in the field of control systems and control technology. It aims at speedy, online publication of original, peer-reviewed papers in all established and newly emerging areas of control theory and applications, encompassing modeling, identification, estimation, analysis, design, implementation of control systems, and in broader and related areas of signal processing and systems and information sciences. The Journal employs a paperless, electronic submission and evaluation system to promote a rapid turnaround in the peer review process.


Manuel Silva

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Control Science and Engineering

Professor, ISEP-Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Research Areas

Modeling, Simulation, Robotics, Multi-Legged Walking Robots, Climbing Robots, Biological Inspired Robots and Fractional Order Control

Education

2005Ph.D.Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (F.E.U.P.)
1997MasterElectrical and Computer Engineering by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (F.E.U.P.)
1993DegreeElectrical and Computer Engineering by the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (F.E.U.P.)

Experience

2004-presentResearcher at GECAD-Grupo de Engenharia do Conhecimento e Apoio à Decisão
2001-presentResearcher at GRIS-Grupo de Robótica Inteligente e Sistemas
1999-2003Researcher at ISR-Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica do Porto
1993-1999Researcher at CCP-Centro de CIM do Porto

Publications: Journals

[1]  Manuel S. Silva, Carlos A. Sá, Francisco J. Restivo; A Oficina Piloto do CCP-Centro de CIM do Porto; TecnoMetal; No. 108; January/February 1997; pp. 21-25.
[2]  Pedro B. Guedes, Manuel S. Silva, Carlos A. Sá; Implementação de uma Célula de Montagem Flexível; Anais da Tecnologia e Engenharia Electrotécnica; Ano II; No. 4; July 1997; pp. 25-28.
[3]  Manuel S. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Sistemas Robóticos de Locomoção-Estado da Arte; Ingenium; 2ª Série; No. 62; October 2001; pp. 74-83.
[4]  Manuel S. Silva; Aplicação da Simulação à Programação Off-line de Robôs Industriais; Ingenium; 2ª Série; No. 81; February/March 2004; pp. 72-81.
[5]  J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Ramiro S. Barbosa, Manuel F. Silva, Lino M. Figueiredo, Fernando B. Duarte, Nuno M. Ferreira; Application of Fractional Calculus in the Modelling and Control of Mechanical Systems; Robótica; No. 55; 2º Trimestre 2004; pp. 10-14.
[6]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Position/Force Control of a Walking Robot; MIROC-Machine Intelligence and Robotic Control; Vol. 5; No. 2; June 2003; ISSN 1345-2681; pp. 33-44.
[7]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Fractional Order Control of a Hexapod Robot; Special Issue on "Fractional Derivatives and Their Applications" of the journal Nonlinear Dynamics; Vol. 38; No. 1-4; December 2004; ISSN 0924-090X; pp. 417-433.
[8]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Modelling and Simulation of Artificial Locomotion Systems; ROBOTICA; Vol. 23; Issue 5; September 2005; ISSN 0263-5747; pp. 595-606.
[9]  Ramiro S. Barbosa, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Manuel F. Silva; Time Domain Design of Fractional Differintegrators Using Least-Squares Approximations; Signal Processing-Special Section "Fractional Calculus Applications in Signals and Systems"; Vol. 86; Issue 10; October 2006; ISSN 0165-1684; pp. 2567-2581.
[10]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Ramiro S. Barbosa; Complex-Order Dynamics in Hexapod Locomotion; Signal Processing-Special Section "Fractional Calculus Applications in Signals and Systems"; Vol. 86; Issue 10; October 2006; ISSN 0165-1684; pp. 2785-2793.
[11]  J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Manuel F. Silva; Introduction to the Special Issue on "Modeling and Control of Artificial Locomotion Systems"; Journal of Vibration and Control-Special Issue on "Modeling and Control of Artificial Locomotion Systems"; Vol. 12; No. 12; December 2006; ISSN 1077-5463; pp. 1291.
[12]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Fractional Order PDα Joint Control of Legged Robots; Journal of Vibration and Control-Special Issue on "Modeling and Control of Artificial Locomotion Systems"; Vol. 12; No. 12; December 2006; ISSN 1077-5463; pp. 1483-1501.
[13]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; A Historical Perspective of Legged Robots; Journal of Vibration and Control, Vol. 13, No. 9-10, September-October 2007; ISSN 1077-5463; pp. 1447-1486.
[14]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Kinematic and Dynamic Performance Analysis of Artificial Legged Systems; ROBOTICA; Vol. 26; Issue 1; January 2008; ISSN 0263-5747; pp. 19-39.
[15]  R. S. Barbosa, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Manuel F. Silva; Discretization of Complex-Order Algorithms for Control Applications; Journal of Vibration and Control-Special Issue on "Fractional Differentiation and its Applications", Vol. 14, No. 9-10, September 2008; ISSN 1077-5463; pp. 1349-1361.
[16]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, R. S. Barbosa; Using Fractional Derivatives in Joint Control of Hexapod Robots; Journal of Vibration and Control-Special Issue on "Fractional Differentiation and its Applications", Vol. 14, No. 9-10, September 2008; ISSN 1077-5463; pp. 1473-1485.
[17]  J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Manuel F. Silva, Ramiro S. Barbosa, Isabel S. Jesus, Cecília M. Reis, Maria G. Marcos, Alexandra F. Galhano; Some Applications of Fractional Calculus in Engineering; Mathematical Problems in Engineering-Special Issue on "Models, Methods, and Applications of Dynamics and Control in Engineering Sciences: State of the Art"; Volume 2010 (2010); ISSN: 1024-123X.; Article ID 639801; 34 pages; doi:10.1155/2010/639801.
[18]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; A Literature Review on the Optimization of Legged Robots; Accepted for publication in the Journal of Vibration and Control; ISSN 1077-5463.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Pedro B. Guedes, Manuel S. Silva, Carlos A. Sá; Implementação de uma Célula de Montagem Flexível; 3º Encontro Nacional do Colégio de Engenharia Electrotécnica da Ordem dos Engenheiros; June 5-6, 1997; Porto, Portugal; pp. 311-317.
[2]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Artificial Locomotion Systems Modelling and Simulation; Actas do Encontro Científico do ROBÓTICA 2004-4º Festival Nacional de Robótica; April 23-24, 2004; Porto, Portugal; pp. 3-10.
[3]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Biological Inspired Flying Robots; Proceedings of the 8th Conference Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions-ROBÓTICA 2008-8º Festival Nacional de Robótica; Luís Seabra Lopes, Filipe Silva, Vítor Santos (Eds.); ISBN: 978-972-96895-3-6; April 2, 2008; Aveiro, Portugal; pp. 123-128.
[4]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Fractional Control of Legged Robots; Proceedings da Conferência DynA 2008-Dynamics & Applications; September 8-12, 2008; Braga, Portugal.
[5]  Manuel S. Silva, Carlos A. Sá, Francisco J. Restivo; Robot Off-line Programming Using Macro Instructions; Proceedings of the CARS & FOF'97-13th ISPE/IEE International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future; December 15-17, 1997; Pereira, Colombia; pp. 832-837.
[6]  Manuel Silva, Franquelim Ferreira, Francisco Restivo, Hermenegilda Lucas; Training in Production and Information Technologies at CCP-Centro de CIM do Porto; 9ª Conferência "Enhancement of Education of Electrical and Information Engineering Through Industry Co-operation and Research", organized under the sponsorship of the "European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering"; May 18-20, 1998; Lisbon, Portugal.
[7]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Performance Analysis of Periodic Gaits in Multi-legged Locomotion; Proceedings of the ICAR'01-10th International Conference on Advanced Robotics; August 22-25, 2001; Budapest, Hungary; pp. 491-496.
[8]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Performance Analysis of Multi-legged Systems; Proceedings of the RoMoCo'01-Second International Workshop On Robot Motion And Control; October 18-20, 2001; Bukowy Dworek, Poland; pp. 45-50.
[9]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Performance Analysis of Multi-legged Systems; Proceedings of the ICRA'2002-IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation; 11-15 de Maio de 2002; Washington DC, EUA; pp. 2234-2239.
[10]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Gait Efficiency of Walking Robots; Proceedings of the INES 2002-6th International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems; May 26-28, 2002; Opatija, Croatia; pp. 45-50.
[11]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Power Analysis of Multi-legged Systems; Proceedings of the b'02-15th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control; July 21-26, 2002; Barcelona, Spain.
[12]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Position and Force Control of a Walking Hexapod; Proceedings of the ICAR 2003-11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics; June 30– July 3, 2003; Coimbra, Portugal; pp. 1743-1748.
[13]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Comparison of Fractional and Integer Order Control of an Hexapod Robot; Proceedings of the VIB 2003-ASME International 19th Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise; September 2-6, 2003; Chicago, Illinois, USA.
[14]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Hexapod Control Through a Fractional Algorithm; Proceedings of the FDA'2004-1st IFAC Workshop on Fractional Differentiation and its Applications; July 19-21, 2004; Bordeaux, France; pp. 526-531.
[15]  J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Ramiro S. Barbosa, Manuel F. Silva, Lino M. Figueiredo, Isabel S. Jesus, Alexandra F. Galhano; Application of Fractional Calculus in the System Modelling and Control; Proceedings of the ICKEDS'2004-International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support; July 21-23, 2004; Porto, Portugal; pp. 445-452.
[16]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes, József K. Tar; Gait Selection for Quadruped and Hexapod Walking Systems; Proceedings of the ICCC'04-IEEE International Conference on Computational Cybernetics; August 30-September 1, 2004; Vienna, Austria; pp. 217-222.
[17]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Isabel S. Jesus; Modelling and Simulation of Walking Robots with 3 dof Legs; Proceedings of the MIC 2006-The 25th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control; February 6-8, 2006; Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain; pp. 271-276.
[18]  Isabel S. Jesus, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, J. Boaventura Cunha, Manuel F. Silva; Fractional Order Electrical Impedance of Fruits and Vegetables; Proceedings of the MIC 2006-The 25th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control; February 6-8, 2006; Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain; pp. 489-494.
[19]  J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Manuel F. Silva; An Overview of Legged Robots; Proceedings of the MME 2006-International Symposium on Mathematical Methods in Engineering; April 27-29, 2006; Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey.
[20]  R. S. Barbosa, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Manuel F. Silva; Discretization of Complex-Order Differintegrals; Proceedings of the FDA'2006-2nd IFAC Workshop on Fractional Differentiation and its Applications; July 19-21, 2006; Porto, Portugal; pp. 340-345.
[21]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, R. S. Barbosa; Comparison of Different Orders Padé Fractional Order PD0.5 Control Algorithm Implementations; Proceedings of the FDA'2006-2nd IFAC Workshop on Fractional Differentiation and its Applications; July 19-21, 2006; Porto, Portugal; pp. 398-403.
[22]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Fractional PDα Control of an Hexapod Robot; Proceedings of the SYROCO 2006-8th International IFAC Symposium on Robot Control; September 6-8, 2006; Bologna, Italy.
[23]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Optimum Gait Selection for Quadruped Robots; Proceedings of the CLAWAR 2006-9th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines; September 12-14, 2006; Brussels, Belgium; pp. 357-363.
[24]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, R. S. Barbosa; Comparison of Different Fractional Order PD0.5 Control Algorithm Implementations for Legged Robots; Proceedings of the CLAWAR 2006-9th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines; September 12-14, 2006; Brussels, Belgium; pp. 364-371.
[25]  J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Ramiro S. Barbosa, Isabel S. Jesus, Manuel F. Silva, Lino B. Figueiredo, Cecília M. Reis, Maria G. Marcos, Luís M. Afonso, Alexandra F. Galhano, Fernando B. Duarte, Miguel L. Lima, Eduardo S. Pires, Nuno M. Fonseca; Fractional Order Dynamical Systems and its Applications; Proceedings of the DinCon'2007-6o Brazilian Conference on Dynamics, Control and Their Applications; May 21-25, 2007; Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
[26]  J. A. T. Machado, Ramiro Barbosa, Isabel Jesus, Manuel Silva, Cecília Reis, Lino Figueiredo; Application of Fractional Calculus in Control and Electromagnetism; Proceedings of the XCLEEE-10º Congresso Luso Espanhol de Engenharia Electrotécnica; July 5-7, 2007; Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal.
[27]  J. A. T. Machado, Manuel Silva, Cecília Reis, Lino Figueiredo, Ramiro Barbosa, Isabel Jesus; Application of Fractional Calculus in Genetic Algorithms, Transportation Systems and Robotics; Proceedings of the XCLEEE-10º Congresso Luso Espanhol de Engenharia Electrotécnica; July 5-7, 2007; Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal.
[28]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Optimal Energy Gaits for Quadrupeds Under Variable Locomotion Conditions; Proceedings of the ASM 2007-The 16th IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modelling; August 29-31, 2007; Palma de Mallorca, Baleares Islands, Spain; pp. 143-148.
[29]  J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Ramiro S. Barbosa, Isabel S. Jesus, Manuel F. Silva, Cecília M. Reis, Maria G. Marcos, Luís M. Afonso, Alexandra F. Galhano, Miguel F. M. Lima, E. J. Solteiro Pires, N. M. Fonseca Ferreira; Towards the Application of Fractional Calculus in Engineering Science; Proceedings of the SAFC 2007-Symposium on Applied Fractional Calculus; October 15-17, 2007; Badajoz, Spain; in CD-ROM.
[30]  J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Manuel F. Silva, Ramiro S. Barbosa, Isabel S. Jesus, Cecília M. Reis, Maria G. Marcos, Luís M. Afonso, Alexandra F. Galhano, Miguel F. M. Lima, E. J. Solteiro Pires, N. M. Fonseca Ferreira; Application of Fractional Calculus in Electrical and Computer Engineering; Proceedings of the CEE'07-2nd International Conference on Electrical Engineering; November 26-28, 2007; Coimbra, Portugal; pp. 546-578.
[31]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Research Issues in Biological Inspired Flying Robots; Proceedings of the MIC 2008-The 27th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control; February 11-13, 2008; Innsbruck, Austria; pp. 256-261.
[32]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Isabel S. Jesus; Research Issues in Biological Inspired Sensors for Flying Robots; Proceedings of the MIC 2008-The 27th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control; February 11-13, 2008; Innsbruck, Austria; pp. 262-267.
[33]  Isabel S. Jesus, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Manuel F. Silva; Fractional Order Capacitors; Proceedings of the MIC 2008-The 27th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control; February 11-13, 2008; Innsbruck, Austria; pp. 346-351.
[34]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Climbing Robots: A Survey of Technologies and Applications; Proceedings of the CLAWAR 2008-11th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines; September 8-10, 2008; Coimbra, Portugal.
[35]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; New Technologies for Climbing Robots Adhesion to Surfaces; Proceedings of the NTST 2008-International Workshop on New Trends on Science and Technology; November 3-4, 2008; Ankara, Turkey.
[36]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; A Survey of Technologies for Climbing Robots Adhesion to Surfaces; Proceedings of the ICCC 2008-IEEE International Conference on Computational Cybernetics; November 27-29, 2008; Stara Lesná, Slovakia; pp. 127-132.
[37]  Manuel F. Silva, Ramiro S. Barbosa, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Development of a Genetic Algorithm for the Optimization of Hexapod Robot Parameters; Proceedings of the ASM 2009-The 18th IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modelling; September 7-9, 2009; Palma de Mallorca, Baleares Islands, Spain; pp. 77-82.
[38]  Manuel F. Silva, Ramiro S. Barbosa, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; GA Optimization of an Hexapod Robot Parameters for Periodic Gaits; Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Engineering Systems; November 18-19, 2009; Porto, Portugal.
[39]  Manuel F. Silva, Ramiro S. Barbosa, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Optimization of Hexapod Locomotion Using Genetic Algorithms; Proceedings of the MIC 2010-The 29th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control; February 15-17, 2010; Innsbruck, Austria; pp. 291-297.
[40]  Ramiro S. Barbosa, Isabel S. Jesus, Manuel F. Silva; Fuzzy Reasoning in Fractional-Order PD Controllers; Proceedings of the AIC 2010-The 10th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Informatics and Communications; August 20-22, 2010; Taipei, Taiwan; pp. 252-257.
[41]  A. L. C. Oliveira, Manuel F. Silva, Ramiro S. Barbosa; Development of an Wheeled Climbing Robot for Metallic Surfaces with Permanent Magnetic System Dynamic Adjustment; Proceedings of the CLAWAR 2010-13th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines; August 31-September 3, 2010; Nagoya, Japan; pp. 1340-1346.
[42]  A. L. C. Oliveira, Manuel F. Silva, Ramiro S. Barbosa; Architecture of an Wheeled Climbing Robot With Dynamic Adjustment of the Adhesion System; Proceedings of the SISY 2010-8th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Systems and Informatics; September10-11, 2010; Subotica, Serbia; pp. 127-132.
[43]  Manuel F. Silva; A Genetic Algorithm for the Optimization of Quadruped Robot Parameters; Proceedings of the MME 2010-International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Engineering; October 21-24, 2010; Coimbra, Portugal; pp. 261-270.
[44]  António L. C. Oliveira, Manuel F. Silva, Ramiro S. Barbosa; Human-Machine Interface for the Control of a Climbing Robot; Proceedings of the MIC 2011-The 31st IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control; February 14-16, 011; Innsbruck, Austria; pp. 254-261.
[45]  Dário J. Osório, Ramiro S. Barbosa, Manuel F. Silva; Fuzzy Control Architecture for a Mobile Robot System; Proceedings of the MIC 2011-The 31st IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control; February 14-16, 2011; Innsbruck, Austria; pp. 286-293.
[46]  Ricardo Pimenta, Manuel F. Silva, Cecília Reis; Assembly Line Balancing Using Genetic Algorithms; Proceedings of the Second International Conference on BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY, 2011-Management, Technology and Learning for Individuals, Organisations and Society in Turbulent Markets; June 22-24, 2011; Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.
[47]  Manuel F. Silva; Quadruped Robot Optimization Using a Genetic Algorithm; Proceedings of the CLAWAR 2011-The 14th International Conference on Cimbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines; September 6-8, 2011; Paris, France; pp. 775-782.
[48]  António L. C. Oliveira, Manuel F. Silva, Ramiro S. Barbosa; Control Architecture and HMI of a Climbing Robot With Dynamic Adjustment of the Adhesion System; Accepted for presentation at the ISCIES 2011-International Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Engineering Systems; November 16-18, 2011; Coimbra, Portugal.
[49]  Dário J. Osório, Ramiro S. Barbosa, Manuel F. Silva; Distributed Control Architecture for a Mobile Robot Controled by Fuzzy Logic; Accepted for presentation at the ISCIES 2011-International Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Engineering Systems; November 16-18, 2011; Coimbra, Portugal.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Energy Analysis of Multi-legged Locomotion Systems; CLAWAR 2001-4th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots-From Biology to Industrial Applications. Karsten Berns and Rüdiger Dillmann (Eds.). Professional Engineering Publications Ltd, UK.. ISBN 1-86058-365-2. pp. 143–150.
[2]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Quasi-periodic Gaits in Multi-legged Robots; CLAWAR 2002-5th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines; Philippe Bidaud and Faiz Ben Amar, F. B. (Eds.). Professional Engineering Publishing Ltd, UK.. ISBN 1-86058-380-6. pp. 733–740.
[3]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Cascade Control of a Hexapod Robot; CLAWAR 2003-6th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines. Giovanni Muscato and Domenico Longo (Eds.). Professional Engineering Publishing Ltd, UK.. ISBN 1-86058-409-8. pp. 163–170.
[4]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Gait Analysis of Natural and Artificial Walking Systems; Intelligent Systems at the Service of Mankind-Volume I. Wilfried Elmenreich, J. Tenreiro Machado and Imre J. Rudas (Eds). November 2003. Ubooks. ISBN 3-935798-25-3. pp. 87–98.
[5]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Integer vs. Fractional Order Control of a Hexapod Robot; Climbing and Walking Robots. Manuel A. Armada and Pablo Gonzaléz de Santos (Eds.). September 2005. Springer. ISBN 3-540-22992-2. pp. 73–83.
[6]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado, António M. Lopes; Gait Selection for Quadruped Legged Robots; Intelligent Systems at the Service of Mankind-Volume II. Wilfried Elmenreich, J. Tenreiro Machado and Imre J. Rudas (Eds). December 2005. Ubooks. ISBN 3-86608-052-2. pp. 93–104.
[7]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Energy Efficiency of Quadruped Gaits; Climbing and Walking Robots. M. Osman Tokhi, Gurvinder S. Virk and M. A. Hossain (Eds.). February 2006. Springer. ISBN 3-540-26413-2. pp. 735–742.
[8]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Climbing Robots: A Survey of Technologies and Applications; Advances in Mobile Robotics. L. Marques, A. de Almeida, M. O. Tokhi and G. S. Virk (Eds.). September 2008. World Scientific. ISBN-13 978-981-283-576-5. pp. 1133–1140.
[9]  Ramiro S. Barbosa, Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Tuning and Application of Integer and Fractional Order PID Controllers; Intelligent Engineering Systems and Computational Cybernetics. J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Béla Pátkai, Imre J. Rudas (Eds.). January 2009. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-1-4020-8677-9 (Print) 978-1-4020-8678-6 (Online). pp. 245–255.
[10]  J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Isabel S. Jesus, Ramiro S. Barbosa, Manuel F. Silva; Control and Dynamics of Fractional Order Systems; Aspects of Soft Computing, Intelligent Robotics and Control. János Fodor, Janusz Kacprzyk (Eds.), Series 241: Studies in Computational Intelligence. September 2009. Springer Netherlands. ISSN: 1860-949X, ISBN 978-3-642-03632-3. pp. 235–251.
[11]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; A Survey of Technologies and Applications for Climbing Robots Locomotion and Adhesion; Climbing and Walking Robots. Behnam Miripour (Ed.). May 2010. INTECH. ISBN: 978-953-307-030-8. Available for download: http://sciyo.com/articles/show/title/a-survey-of-technologies-and-applications-for-climbing-robots-locomotion-and-adhesion. pp. 1–22.
[12]  A. L. C. Oliveira, Manuel F. Silva, Ramiro S. Barbosa; Development of an Wheeled Climbing Robot for Metallic Surfaces with Permanent Magnetic System Dynamic Adjustment; Emerging Trends in Mobile Robotics. Hideo Fujimoto, Mohammad O. Tokhi, Hiromi Mochiyama and Gurvinder S. Virk (Eds.). August 2010. World Scientific. ISBN-13 978-981-4327-97-8. ISBN-10 981-4327-97-2. pp. 1340-1346.
[13]  J. Tenreiro Machado, Isabel S. Jesus, Ramiro S. Barbosa, Manuel Silva, Cecília Reis; Application of Fractional Calculus in Engineering; Dynamics, Games and Science I, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics, Vol. 1. Maurício Peixoto, Alberto Pinto, David Rand (Eds.). May 2011. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-642-11455-7. Cap 38, pp. 619-628.
[14]  Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Fractional Control of Legged Robots; Dynamics, Games and Science II, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics, Vol. 2. Maurício Peixoto, Alberto Pinto, David Rand (Eds.). July 2011. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-642-14787-6. Cap 47, pp. 627-630.
[15]  Ramiro S. Barbosa, Isabel S. Jesus, Manuel F. Silva, J. A. Tenreiro Machado; Realization of Fractional-Order Controllers: Analysis, Synthesis and Application to the Velocity Control of a Servo System; Complex Systems: Fractionality, Time-delay and Synchronization. Albert C. J. Luo, Jian-Qiao Sun (Eds.). August 2011. Springer Netherlands. ISBN: 978-3-642-17592-3. Cap 2, pp. 43-82.
[16]  Manuel F. Silva; Quadruped Robot Optimization Using a Genetic Algorithm; Field Robotics-Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines; Philippe Bidaud, Mohammad O. Tokhi, Christophe Grand and Gurvinder S. Virk (Eds.). September 2010. World Scientific. ISBN-13 978-981-4374-27-9. ISBN-10 981-4374-27-X. pp. 782-789.