Soft Robotics
Transferring Theory to Application
Editors: Verl, A., Albu-Schäffer, A., Brock, O., Raatz, A. (Eds.)
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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«.
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Introduction
Pages 3-4
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Abstracts
Pages 5-16
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New Concepts for Distributed Actuators and Their Control
Pages 19-32
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Artificial Muscles, Made of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators - A Promising Solution for Inherently Compliant Future Robots
Pages 33-41
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Musculoskeletal Robots and Wearable Devices on the Basis of Cable-driven Actuators
Pages 42-53
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Soft Robotics
- Book Subtitle
- Transferring Theory to Application
- Editors
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- Alexander Verl
- Alin Albu-Schäffer
- Oliver Brock
- Annika Raatz
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-662-44506-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-662-44506-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-662-44505-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-662-51549-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 291
- Number of Illustrations
- 100 b/w illustrations
- Topics
