Soft Robotics Trends Applications And Challenges

Author : Cecilia Laschi,Jonathan Rossiter,Fumiya Iida,Matteo Cianchetti,Laura Margheri
Publisher : Springer
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319464602

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Soft Robotics: Trends, Applications and Challenges by Cecilia Laschi,Jonathan Rossiter,Fumiya Iida,Matteo Cianchetti,Laura Margheri Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive, timely snapshot of current research, technologies and applications of soft robotics. The different chapters, written by international experts across multiple fields of soft robotics, cover innovative systems and technologies for soft robot legged locomotion, soft robot manipulation, underwater soft robotics, biomimetic soft robotic platforms, plant-inspired soft robots, flying soft robots, soft robotics in surgery, as well as methods for their modeling and control. Based on the results of the second edition of the Soft Robotics Week, held on April 25 – 30, 2016, in Livorno, Italy, the book reports on the major research lines and novel technologies presented and discussed during the event.

Author : Alexander Verl,Alin Albu-Schäffer,Oliver Brock,Annika Raatz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783662445068

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Soft Robotics by Alexander Verl,Alin Albu-Schäffer,Oliver Brock,Annika Raatz Pdf

The research areas as well as the knowledge gained for the practical use of robots are growing and expanding beyond manufacturing and industrial automation, making inroads in sectors such as health care and terrain sensing, as well as general assistive systems working in close interaction with humans. In a situation like this, it is necessary for future robot systems to become less stiff and more specialized by taking inspiration from the mechanical compliance and versatility found in natural materials and organisms. At present, a new discipline is emerging in this area, called »Soft Robotics«. It particularly challenges the traditional thinking of engineers, as the confluence of technologies, ranging from new materials, sensors, actuators and production techniques to new design tools, will make it possible to create new systems whose structures are almost completely made of soft materials, which bring about entirely new functions and behaviors, similar in many ways to natural systems. These Proceedings focus on four main topics: • Soft Actuators and Control • Soft Interactions • Soft Robot Assistants: Potential and Challenges • Human-centered »Soft Robotics«.

Author : Haibin Yu,Jinguo Liu,Lianqing Liu,Zhaojie Ju,Yuwang Liu,Dalin Zhou
Publisher : Springer
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030275358

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Intelligent Robotics and Applications by Haibin Yu,Jinguo Liu,Lianqing Liu,Zhaojie Ju,Yuwang Liu,Dalin Zhou Pdf

The volume set LNAI 11740 until LNAI 11745 constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2019, held in Shenyang, China, in August 2019. The total of 378 full and 25 short papers presented in these proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 522 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: collective and social robots; human biomechanics and human-centered robotics; robotics for cell manipulation and characterization; field robots; compliant mechanisms; robotic grasping and manipulation with incomplete information and strong disturbance; human-centered robotics; development of high-performance joint drive for robots; modular robots and other mechatronic systems; compliant manipulation learning and control for lightweight robot. Part II: power-assisted system and control; bio-inspired wall climbing robot; underwater acoustic and optical signal processing for environmental cognition; piezoelectric actuators and micro-nano manipulations; robot vision and scene understanding; visual and motional learning in robotics; signal processing and underwater bionic robots; soft locomotion robot; teleoperation robot; autonomous control of unmanned aircraft systems. Part III: marine bio-inspired robotics and soft robotics: materials, mechanisms, modelling, and control; robot intelligence technologies and system integration; continuum mechanisms and robots; unmanned underwater vehicles; intelligent robots for environment detection or fine manipulation; parallel robotics; human-robot collaboration; swarm intelligence and multi-robot cooperation; adaptive and learning control system; wearable and assistive devices and robots for healthcare; nonlinear systems and control. Part IV: swarm intelligence unmanned system; computational intelligence inspired robot navigation and SLAM; fuzzy modelling for automation, control, and robotics; development of ultra-thin-film, flexible sensors, and tactile sensation; robotic technology for deep space exploration; wearable sensing based limb motor function rehabilitation; pattern recognition and machine learning; navigation/localization. Part V: robot legged locomotion; advanced measurement and machine vision system; man-machine interactions; fault detection, testing and diagnosis; estimation and identification; mobile robots and intelligent autonomous systems; robotic vision, recognition and reconstruction; robot mechanism and design. Part VI: robot motion analysis and planning; robot design, development and control; medical robot; robot intelligence, learning and linguistics; motion control; computer integrated manufacturing; robot cooperation; virtual and augmented reality; education in mechatronics engineering; robotic drilling and sampling technology; automotive systems; mechatronics in energy systems; human-robot interaction.

Author : Angelo Cangelosi,Minoru Asada
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262369336

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Cognitive Robotics by Angelo Cangelosi,Minoru Asada Pdf

The current state of the art in cognitive robotics, covering the challenges of building AI-powered intelligent robots inspired by natural cognitive systems. A novel approach to building AI-powered intelligent robots takes inspiration from the way natural cognitive systems—in humans, animals, and biological systems—develop intelligence by exploiting the full power of interactions between body and brain, the physical and social environment in which they live, and phylogenetic, developmental, and learning dynamics. This volume reports on the current state of the art in cognitive robotics, offering the first comprehensive coverage of building robots inspired by natural cognitive systems. Contributors first provide a systematic definition of cognitive robotics and a history of developments in the field. They describe in detail five main approaches: developmental, neuro, evolutionary, swarm, and soft robotics. They go on to consider methodologies and concepts, treating topics that include commonly used cognitive robotics platforms and robot simulators, biomimetic skin as an example of a hardware-based approach, machine-learning methods, and cognitive architecture. Finally, they cover the behavioral and cognitive capabilities of a variety of models, experiments, and applications, looking at issues that range from intrinsic motivation and perception to robot consciousness. Cognitive Robotics is aimed at an interdisciplinary audience, balancing technical details and examples for the computational reader with theoretical and experimental findings for the empirical scientist.

Author : Guoying Gu,Herbert Shea,Stefan Seelecke,Gursel Alici,Gianluca Rizzello
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9782889669356

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Soft Robotics based on Electroactive Polymers by Guoying Gu,Herbert Shea,Stefan Seelecke,Gursel Alici,Gianluca Rizzello Pdf

Author : Roland Lachmayer,Behrend Bode,Stefan Kaierle
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031059186

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Innovative Product Development by Additive Manufacturing 2021 by Roland Lachmayer,Behrend Bode,Stefan Kaierle Pdf

The book consists of a collection of papers from a corresponding conference regarding additive manufacturing. The yearly conference used to be held in German under the title: “Konstruktion für die Additive Fertigung.” The topics are: • Design and optimization • Simulation, validation and quality assurance • Specifications, potentials and solutions/div

Author : Mahdi Bodaghi,Ali Zolfagharian
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780323954310

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Smart Materials in Additive Manufacturing, volume 2: 4D Printing Mechanics, Modeling, and Advanced Engineering Applications by Mahdi Bodaghi,Ali Zolfagharian Pdf

Smart Materials in Additive Manufacturing, Volume 2 covers the mechanics, modeling, and applications of the technology and the materials produced by it. It approaches the topic from an engineering design perspective with cutting-edge modeling techniques and real-world applications and case studies highlighted throughout. The book demonstrates 4D printing techniques for electro-induced shape memory polymers, pneumatic soft actuators, textiles, and more. Modeling techniques with ABAQUS and machine learning are outlined, as are manufacturing techniques for highly elastic skin, tunable RF and wireless structures and modules, and 4D printed structures with tunable mechanical properties. Closed-loop control of 4D printed hydrogel soft robots, hierarchical motion of 4D printed structures using the temperature memory effect, multimaterials 4D printing using a grasshopper plugin, shape reversible 4D printing, and variable stiffness 4D printing are each discussed as well. Outlines cutting-edge techniques, structural design, modeling, simulation, and tools for application-based 4D printing Details design, modeling, simulation, and manufacturing considerations for various fields Includes case studies demonstrating real-world situations where the techniques and concepts discussed were successfully deployed Applications covered include textiles, soft robotics, auxetics and metamaterials, micromachines, sensors, bioprinting, and wireless devices Covers the mechanics, manufacturing processes and applications of 4D-printed smart materials and structures Discusses applications in civil, mechanical, aerospace, polymer and biomedical engineering Presents experimental, numerical and analytical studies in a simple and straightforward manner, providing tools that can be immediately implemented and adapted by readers to fit their work

Author : Barbara Mazzolai,Ian Walker,Thomas Speck
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9782889711857

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Generation GrowBots: Materials, Mechanisms, and Biomimetic Design for Growing Robots by Barbara Mazzolai,Ian Walker,Thomas Speck Pdf

Author : Mohammad Abedin-Nasab
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128142462

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Handbook of Robotic and Image-Guided Surgery by Mohammad Abedin-Nasab Pdf

Handbook of Robotic and Image-Guided Surgery provides state-of-the-art systems and methods for robotic and computer-assisted surgeries. In this masterpiece, contributions of 169 researchers from 19 countries have been gathered to provide 38 chapters. This handbook is 744 pages, includes 659 figures and 61 videos. It also provides basic medical knowledge for engineers and basic engineering principles for surgeons. A key strength of this text is the fusion of engineering, radiology, and surgical principles into one book. A thorough and in-depth handbook on surgical robotics and image-guided surgery which includes both fundamentals and advances in the field A comprehensive reference on robot-assisted laparoscopic, orthopedic, and head-and-neck surgeries Chapters are contributed by worldwide experts from both engineering and surgical backgrounds

Author : Paul Kaufmann,Pedro A. Castillo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030166922

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Applications of Evolutionary Computation by Paul Kaufmann,Pedro A. Castillo Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Applications of Evolutionary Computation, EvoApplications 2019, held in Leipzig, Germany, in April 2019, co-located with the Evo*2019 events EuroGP, EvoCOP and EvoMUSART. The 44 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: Engineering and Real World Applications; Games; General; Image and Signal Processing; Life Sciences; Networks and Distributed Systems; Neuroevolution and Data Analytics; Numerical Optimization: Theory, Benchmarks, and Applications; Robotics.

Author : Marcus Strand,Rüdiger Dillmann,Emanuele Menegatti,Stefano Ghidoni
Publisher : Springer
Page : 985 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030013707

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Intelligent Autonomous Systems 15 by Marcus Strand,Rüdiger Dillmann,Emanuele Menegatti,Stefano Ghidoni Pdf

This book presents the latest advances and research achievements in the fields of autonomous robots and intelligent systems, presented at the IAS-15 conference, held in Baden-Baden, Germany, in June 2018. It brings together contributions from researchers, engineers and practitioners from all over the world on the main trends of robotics: navigation, path planning, robot vision, human detection, and robot design – as well as a wide range of applications. This installment of the conference reflects the rise of machine learning and deep learning in the robotics field, as employed in a variety of applications and systems. All contributions were selected using a rigorous peer-review process to ensure their scientific quality. The series of biennial IAS conferences was started in 1986: since then, it has become an essential venue for the robotics community.

Author : Jelizaveta Konstantinova,Helge Wurdemann,Ali Shafti
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000799330

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Soft and Stiffness-controllable Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery by Jelizaveta Konstantinova,Helge Wurdemann,Ali Shafti Pdf

Soft and Stiffness-controllable Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery presents the results of a research project, funded by European Commission, STIFF-FLOP: STIFFness controllable Flexible and Learn-able manipulator for surgical Operations. In Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), tools go through narrow openings and manipulate soft organs that can move, deform, or change stiffness. There are limitations on modern laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgical systems due to restricted access through Trocar ports, lack of haptic feedback, and difficulties with rigid robot tools operating inside a confined space filled with organs. Also, many control algorithms suffer from stability problems in the presence of unexpected conditions. Yet biological "manipulators", like the octopus arm can manipulate objects while controlling the stiffness of selected body parts and being inherently compliant when interacting with objects. STIFF-FLOP robot is an innovative soft robotic arm that can squeeze through a standard MIS, reconfigure itself and stiffen by hydrostatic actuation to perform compliant force control tasks while facing unexpected situations. Technical topics discussed in the book include:Soft actuatorsContinuum soft manipulatorsControl, kinematics and navigation of continuum manipulatorsOptical sensors for force, torque, and curvatureHaptic feedback and human interface for surgical systemsValidation of soft stiffness controllable robots

Author : Zhen Luo,Triwiyanto Triwiyanto,Suvash C. Saha
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832542279

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Methods In Biomechanics and Bionics by Zhen Luo,Triwiyanto Triwiyanto,Suvash C. Saha Pdf

Author : Belinda J. Dunstan,Jeffrey T. K. V. Koh,Deborah Turnbull Tillman,Scott Andrew Brown
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031281389

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Cultural Robotics: Social Robots and Their Emergent Cultural Ecologies by Belinda J. Dunstan,Jeffrey T. K. V. Koh,Deborah Turnbull Tillman,Scott Andrew Brown Pdf

This edited collection approaches the field of social robotics from the perspective of a cultural ecology, fostering a deeper examination of the reach of robotic technology into the lived experience of diverse human populations, as well as the impact of human cultures on the development and design of these social agents. To address the broad topic of Cultural Robotics, the book is sectioned into three focus areas: Human Futures, Assistive Technologies, and Creative Platforms and their Communities. The Human Futures section includes chapters on the histories and future of social robot morphology design, sensory and sonic interaction with robots, technology ethics, material explorations of embodiment, and robotic performed sentience. The Assistive Technologies section presents chapters from community-led teams, and researchers working to adopt a strengths-based approach to designing assistive technologies for those with disability or neurodivergence. Importantly, this section contains work written by authors belonging to those communities. Creative Platforms and their Communities looks to the creative cross-disciplinary researchers adopting robotics within their art practices, those contributing creatively to more traditional robotics research, and the testing of robotics in non-traditional platforms such as museum and gallery spaces. Cultural Robotics: Social Robots and their Emergent Cultural Ecologies makes a case for the development of social robotics to be increasingly informed by community-led transdisciplinary research, to be decentralised and democratised, shaped by teams with a diversity of backgrounds, informed by both experts and non-experts, and tested in both traditional and non-traditional platforms. In this way, the field of cultural robotics as an ecological approach to encompassing the widest possible spectrum of human experience in the development of social robotics can be advanced.

Author : James Barilla
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000362350

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Naturebot by James Barilla Pdf

Naturebot: Unconventional Visions of Nature presents a humanities-oriented addition to the literature on biomimetics and bioinspiration, an interdisciplinary field which investigates what it means to mimic nature with technology. This technology mirrors the biodiversity of nature and it is precisely this creation of technological metaphors for the intricate workings of the natural world that is the real subject of Naturebot. Over the course of the book, Barilla applies the narrative conventions of the nature writing genre to this unconventional vision of nature, contrasting the traditional tropes and questions of natural history with an expanding menagerie of creatures that defy conventional categories of natural and artificial. In keeping with its nature writing approach, the book takes us to where we can encounter these creatures, examining the technological models and the biotic specimens that inspired them. In doing so, it contemplates the future of the human relationship to the environment, and the future of nature writing in the 21st century. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of biomimetics, environmental literary studies/ecocriticism, and the environmental humanities.