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New Trends in Medical and Service Robots

Theory and Integrated Applications

  • Selected papers of the First International Workshop on Medical and Service Robots
  • Original contributions in the field of medical and service robots
  • Innovative papers on advanced control techniques in medical and service robots
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Mechanisms and Machine Science (Mechan. Machine Science, volume 16)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Resistive Torques in Rehabilitation Engineering Equipment

    • B. Chetran, S. Jişa, D. Mândru
    Pages 43-55
  3. New Trends in Service Robotics

    • V. Ciupe, I. Maniu
    Pages 57-74
  4. Automated Book Manipulator in Libraries

    • A. Comsa, I. Maniu, N. Modler, E.-C. Lovasz, V. Ciupe
    Pages 75-85
  5. Robot-Assisted Surgery in Urology

    • N. Crisan, I. Coman
    Pages 87-101
  6. Automated Manipulation in Medical and Biotechnological Lab Applications

    • F. Dietrich, P. Blumenthal, A. Raatz
    Pages 103-115
  7. From Educational Robotics Towards Social Robots

    • I. Doroftei, F. Adascalitei
    Pages 117-130
  8. Scanning System Integrated Within Biometric Measurements

    • E.-C. Lovasz, C. M. Gruescu, A. Garaiman, I. Carabas, R. Bodea
    Pages 131-144
  9. FPGA-Based Haptic Teleoperation

    • Aleš Hace, M. Franc
    Pages 145-159
  10. An Integrated Approach for Intelligent Path Planning and Control of Mobile Robot in Structured Environment

    • Duško Katić, Aleksandar Ćosić, Marko Šušić, Stevica Graovac
    Pages 161-176
  11. Structural Analysis and Synthesis of Parallel Robots for Brachytherapy

    • C. Vaida, N. Plitea, B. Gherman, A. Szilaghyi, B. Galdau, D. Cocorean et al.
    Pages 191-204
  12. Development of Modular Compliant Anthropomorphic Robot Hand

    • A. Rodić, B. Miloradović, S. Popić, S. Spasojević, B. Karan
    Pages 205-219
  13. Comparison of Human and Artificial Finger Movements

    • Daniela Tarnita, C. Berceanu
    Pages 221-235
  14. Erratum to: Structural Analysis and Synthesis of Parallel Robots for Brachytherapy

    • N. Plitea, C. Vaida, B. Gherman, A. Szilaghyi, B. Galdau, D. Cocorean et al.
    Pages E1-E1
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 237-238

About this book

This book contains mainly the selected papers of the First International Workshop on Medical and Service Robots, held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 2012. The high quality of the scientific contributions is the result of a rigorous selection and improvement based on the participants’ exchange of opinions and extensive peer-review. This process has led to the publishing of the present collection of 16 independent valuable contributions and points of view and not as standard symposium or conference proceedings.

The addressed issues are: Computational Kinematics, Mechanism Design, Linkages and  Manipulators, Mechanisms for Biomechanics, Mechanics of Robots, Control Issues for Mechanical Systems, Novel Designs, Teaching Methods, all of these being concentrated around robotic systems for medical and service applications.

The results are of interest to researchers and professional practitioners as well as to Ph.D. students in the field of mechanical and electrical engineering.

This volume marks the start of a subseries entitled “New Trends in Medical and Service Robots” within the Machine and Mechanism Science Series, presenting recent trends, research results and new challenges in the field of medical and service robotics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Center for Industrial Robots Simulation and Testing, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Doina Pisla, Calin Vaida

  • LSRO - Robotic Systems Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Hannes Bleuler

  • Robotics Laboratory, Mihailo Pupin Institute, Belgrade, Serbia

    Aleksandar Rodic

  • Design Engineering and Robotics Dept, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Adrian Pisla

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Trends in Medical and Service Robots

  • Book Subtitle: Theory and Integrated Applications

  • Editors: Doina Pisla, Hannes Bleuler, Aleksandar Rodic, Calin Vaida, Adrian Pisla

  • Series Title: Mechanisms and Machine Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01592-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-01591-0Published: 24 September 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37571-7Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01592-7Published: 06 September 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2211-0984

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-0992

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 238

  • Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 127 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Robotics and Automation, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering

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