Books By Takashi Yamaguchi, Mitsuo Hirata, Chee Khiang Pang - Author

Dr. Takashi Yamaguchi is currently an executive engineer and general manager at the Core Technology Research Center, Research & Development Group, Ricoh Company Ltd. Over the past thirty years, Dr. Yamaguchi's main research interests and areas have been motion control design, especially fast and precise positioning servo control design for hard disk drives (HDDs). He has authored more than 150 publications, including 42 journal papers, 4 books, and 28 U.S. patents. Most of the publications are related to servo control of HDDs. He is a fellow of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers in Japan (IEEJ).

Professor Mitsuo Hirata is currently a professor of electrical and electronic systems engineering at Utsunomiya University, Japan. He has extensive research experience in design and implementation of advanced control algorithms for mechatronic systems. Some of his past related projects include high