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The Human Hand as an Inspiration for Robot Hand Development

  • Carefully edited collection of authoritative contributions in the area of robot hands
  • The results described in the volume are expected to lead to more robust, dependable, and inexpensive distributed systems such as those endowed with complex and advanced sensing, actuation, computation, and communication capabilities
  • Discusses the field of robotic grasping and manipulation viewed in light of the human hand’s capabilities
  • Pushes the state-of-the-art in robot hand design and control
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR, volume 95)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. The Rich Complexity of the Human Hand and its Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. MRI-Based Skeletal Hand Movement Model

      • Georg Stillfried, Ulrich Hillenbrand, Marcus Settles, Patrick van der Smagt
      Pages 49-75
    3. Transmission of Musculotendon Forces to the Index Finger

      • Sang Wook Lee, Derek G. Kamper
      Pages 77-97
    4. The Control and Perception of Finger Forces

      • Lynette A. Jones
      Pages 99-122
    5. Proprioceptive Mechanisms and the Human Hand

      • Lee D. Walsh, Janet L. Taylor, Simon C. Gandevia
      Pages 123-141
    6. Tactile Feedback from the Hand

      • Sliman Bensmaia, Stephen I. Helms Tillery
      Pages 143-157
    7. Human Grip Responses to Perturbations of Objects During Precision Grip

      • Michael De Gregorio, Veronica J. Santos
      Pages 159-188
    8. Hand Haptic Perception

      • Mahdi Tavakoli
      Pages 189-200
  3. Human Hand-Inspired Robotic Hand Design and Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
    2. Design of Artificial Hands: A Review

      • Marco Controzzi, Christian Cipriani, Maria Chiara Carrozza
      Pages 219-246
    3. Optimizing the Topology of Tendon-Driven Fingers: Rationale, Predictions and Implementation

      • Joshua M. Inouye, Jason J. Kutch, Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas
      Pages 247-266
    4. Dynamic Simulation of the Hand

      • Shinjiro Sueda, Dinesh K. Pai
      Pages 267-288
    5. Control for Multi-Finger Hands

      • Suguru Arimoto, Morio Yoshida
      Pages 315-344
    6. Force Perception of Human Finger Using a Multi-Fingered Haptic Interface

      • Takahiro Endo, Haruhisa Kawasaki
      Pages 345-361
    7. Multi-finger Haptic Displays for Characterization of Hand Response

      • Blake Hannaford, Pietro Buttolo, Hawkeye King
      Pages 363-388

About this book

“The Human Hand as an Inspiration for Robot Hand Development” presents an edited collection of authoritative contributions in the area of robot hands. The results described in the volume are expected to lead to more robust, dependable, and inexpensive distributed systems such as those endowed with complex and advanced sensing, actuation, computation, and communication capabilities. The twenty-four chapters discuss the field of robotic grasping and manipulation viewed in light of the human hand’s capabilities and push the state-of-the-art in robot hand design and control. Topics discussed include human hand biomechanics, neural control, sensory feedback and perception, and robotic grasp and manipulation. This book will be useful for researchers from diverse areas such as robotics, biomechanics, neuroscience, and anthropologists.

Reviews

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“It puts together a large overview of the human hand structure and organization with many engineering developments of artificial hands. It is intended for researchers … . new research directions would benefit from the wide development of good mechanical design and control principles that are authoritatively presented in this book.” (G. Gini, Computing Reviews, August, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

    Ravi Balasubramanian

  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

    Veronica J. Santos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Human Hand as an Inspiration for Robot Hand Development

  • Editors: Ravi Balasubramanian, Veronica J. Santos

  • Series Title: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03017-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-03016-6Published: 20 January 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38045-2Published: 27 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-03017-3Published: 03 January 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1610-7438

  • Series E-ISSN: 1610-742X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 572

  • Number of Illustrations: 113 b/w illustrations, 97 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Robotics and Automation, Artificial Intelligence

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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