Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Assistive Robotic Devices, Fun2Rob Project

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Optimal Design of a Rehabilitation Four Cable-Driven Parallel Robot for Daily Living Activities

      • Ferdaws Ennaiem, Abdelbadiâ Chaker, Juan Sebastián Sandoval Arévalo, Med Amine Laribi, Sami Bennour, Abdelfattah Mlika et al.

      Pages 3-12

   3. Pneumatic Equipment for Ankle Rehabilitation by Continuous Passive Motion

      • Andrea Deaconescu, Tudor Deaconescu

      Pages 13-21

   4. Simulation Platform for Crane Visibility Safety Assistance

      • Tanittha Sutjaritvorakul, Axel Vierling, Jakub Pawlak, Karsten Berns

      Pages 22-29

   5. Design of Robotic Braces for Patients with Scoliosis

      • Rahul Ray, Laurence Nouaille, Briac Colobert, Gérard Poisson

      Pages 30-37

   6. Comparison Between Two Methods of Cables Tensions Optimization of a Cable Driven Parallel Robot

      • Hajer Ben Amor, Sami Bennour, Abdelfattah Mlika

      Pages 38-45

   7. Computational Method for Muscle Forces Estimation Based on Hill Rheological Model

      • Olfa Jemaa, Sami Bennour, David Daney, Lotfi Romdhane

      Pages 46-53

   8. Design of a Variable Stiffness Joint for a Five-Bar-Mechanism

      • Maria Guadalupe Contreras-Calderón, Eduardo Castillo-Castañeda

      Pages 54-63

   9. Visual Control Based Musculotendon Force Estimation in the Human Upper-Limb

      • Souha Baklouti, Olfa Jemaa, Sami Bennour

      Pages 64-72

   10. Design and Simulation of an Underactuated Exoskeleton Mechanism for a User-Oriented Leg Exercising

       • Yao Shuangji, Giuseppe Carbone

       Pages 73-81

3. Safety Related Devices and Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Remote Center of Motion for Redundant Robotic-Assisted Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia

      • Mohammad Alkhatib, Cyril Novales, Laurence Nouaille, Adel Hafiane, Pierre Vieyres

      Pages 85-92

   3. Reference Frame Identification and Distributed Control Strategies in Human-Robot Collaboration

      • Alberto Borboni, Giuseppe Carbone, Nicola Pellegrini

      Pages 93-102

   4. Static Balancing of a 5-DoF Mechanism with Manual Reconfiguration Feature

      • Terence Essomba, Zi-Wei Zhao

      Pages 103-111

   5. Novel Safety Criterion for Synthesis of Cable Driven Parallel Robots

      • Ines Ben Hamida, Med Amine Laribi, Abdelfattah Mlika, Lotfi Romdhane, Saïd Zeghloul, Giuseppe Carbone

      Pages 112-120

   6. Human Activity Recognition Enhanced Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery

      • Hang Su, Wen Qi, Chenguang Yang, Jiehao Li, Xuanyi Zhou, Giancarlo Ferrigno et al.

      Pages 121-129

   7. Online Payload Identification of a Franka Emika Robot for Medical Applications

      • Souad Salah, Juan Sandoval, Moncef Ghiss, Med Amine Laribi, Saïd Zeghloul

      Pages 130-136

   8. Robot Motion Control Using EMG Signals and Expert System for Teleoperation

      • George Pagounis, Panagiotis Koustoumpardis, Nikos Aspragathos

      Pages 137-148

   9. PRSX: An End-Effector for Pronation and Supination Adaptable to Arm Rehabilitation Devices

      • Maria Guadalupe Contreras-Calderón, Eduardo Castillo-Castañeda

      Pages 149-158

This book gathers contributions by researchers from several countries on all major areas of robotic research, development and innovation, as well as new applications and current trends. The topics covered include: novel designs and applications of robotic systems, intelligent cooperating and service robots, advanced robot control, human-robot interfaces, robot vision systems, mobile robots, humanoid and walking robots, bio-inspired and swarm robotic systems, aerial, underwater and spatial robots, robots for ambient assisted living, medical robots and bionic prostheses, cognitive robots, cloud robotics, ethical and social issues in robotics, etc. Given its scope, the book offers a source of information and inspiration for researchers seeking to improve their work and gather new ideas for future developments. The contents reflect the outcomes of the activities of RAAD (International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region) in 2020.

• Robotics and Automation
• Service Robots
• Robot Control
• Human-Robot Interaction
• Multi Robot Coordination
• IFToMM
• Mechatronics
• RAAD
• Robots

• SP2MI - Site du Futuroscope, University of Poitiers, Poitiers Cedex 9, France

  Saïd Zeghloul, Med Amine Laribi, Juan Sebastian Sandoval Arevalo

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