Soft Robotics based on Electroactive Polymers
Author : Guoying Gu
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 25,33 MB
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 2889669351
Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications
Author : Kwang J. Kim
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 35,8 MB
Release : 2007-01-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1846283728
Book Description
This book covers the fundamental properties, modeling, and demonstration of Electroactive polymers in robotic applications. It particularly details artificial muscles and sensors. In addition, the book discusses the properties and uses in robotics applications of ionic polymer–metal composite actuators and dielectric elastomers.
Soft Robotics in Rehabilitation
Author : Amir Jafari
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 21,94 MB
Release : 2021-02-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0128185392
Book Description
Soft Robotics in Rehabilitation explores the specific branch of robotics dealing with developing robots from compliant and flexible materials. Unlike robots built from rigid materials, soft robots behave the way in which living organs move and adapt to their surroundings and allow for increased flexibility and adaptability for the user. This book is a comprehensive reference discussing the application of soft robotics for rehabilitation of upper and lower extremities separated by various limbs. The book examines various techniques applied in soft robotics, including the development of soft actuators, rigid actuators with soft behavior, intrinsically soft actuators, and soft sensors. This book is perfect for graduate students, researchers, and professional engineers in robotics, control, mechanical, and electrical engineering who are interested in soft robotics, artificial intelligence, rehabilitation therapy, and medical and rehabilitation device design and manufacturing. - Outlines the application of soft robotic techniques to design platforms that provide rehabilitation therapy for disabled persons to help improve their motor functions - Discusses the application of soft robotics for rehabilitation of upper and lower extremities separated by various limbs - Offers readers the ability to find soft robotics devices, methods, and results for any limb, and then compare the results with other options provided in the book
Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial Muscles
Author : Yoseph Bar-Cohen
Publisher : SPIE Press
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 29,40 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780819452979
Book Description
Covers the field of EAP with attention to all aspects and full infrastructure, including the available materials, analytical models, processing techniques, and characterization methods. This second edition covers advances in EAP in electric EAP, electroactive polymer gels, ionomeric polymer-metal composites, and carbon nanotube actuators.
Advances in Modelling and Control of Soft Robots
Author : Concepción A. Monje
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
Release : 2021-07-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 2889710475
Book Description
Ionic Polymer Metal Composites (IMPCs)
Author : Mohsen Shahinpoor
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 37,35 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Science
ISBN : 1782627219
Book Description
A comprehensive resource on ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) edited by the leading authority on the subject.
Soft Robotics
Author : Alexander Verl
Publisher : Springer
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 20,5 MB
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3662445069
Book Description
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«.
Biologically Inspired Intelligent Robots
Author : Yoseph Bar-Cohen
Publisher : SPIE Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 23,61 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780819448729
Book Description
The multidisciplinary issues involved in the development of biologically inspired intelligent robots include materials, actuators, sensors, structures, functionality, control, intelligence, and autonomy. This book reviews various aspects ranging from the biological model to the vision for the future.
Medical and Healthcare Robotics
Author : Olfa Boubaker
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0443184615
Book Description
Medical and Healthcare Robotics: New Paradigms and Recent Advances provides an overview and exclusive insights into current trends, the most recent innovations, and concerns in medical robotics. The book covers the major areas of medical robotics, including rehabilitation devices, artificial organs, assistive technologies, service robotics, and robotic devices for surgery, exploration, diagnosis, therapy, and training. It highlights the limitations and the importance of robotics and artificial intelligence for medical and healthcare applications. The book is a timely and comprehensive reference guide for undergraduate-level students, graduate students, and researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, control systems engineering, and biomedical engineering. It can be useful for master's programs, leading consultants, and industrial companies. The book can be of high interest for physicians and physiotherapists and all technical people in the medical and biomedical fields. - Covers the main areas of medical and healthcare robotics - Presents the most recent innovations and trends in medical and healthcare robotics - Contains chapters written by eminent researchers in the field
Soft and Stiffness-controllable Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Author : Jelizaveta Konstantinova
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 10,91 MB
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1000799336
Book Description
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
