Assistive Robotics, Two Volume Set
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 29. January 2026
Book
1024 pages
978-1-032-55545-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book brings out research outcomes and analytical paradigms of novel Assistive Robots that are deployed in healthcare or indoor service (including surveillance) or agricultural activity. It attends to specific design-thread and hardware paradigms of the ensemble domain of assistive robots. It addresses important research issues of Assistive Robotics including bio-inspired robotics, modular robotics, worm robotics along with proposition of adhesive contact mechanics.
Features:
* Provides novel design metrics and indigenously developed assistive robots.
* Discusses practical measures for flexibility and compliance.
* Reviews technology for end-effectors and grippers for assistive robots.
* Highlights on assistive robots in miniature form including bio-inspired and worm type.
* Discusses design and hardware on modular type assistive robots.
This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in robotics, artificial intelligence, signal processing, and electrical engineering.
Features:
* Provides novel design metrics and indigenously developed assistive robots.
* Discusses practical measures for flexibility and compliance.
* Reviews technology for end-effectors and grippers for assistive robots.
* Highlights on assistive robots in miniature form including bio-inspired and worm type.
* Discusses design and hardware on modular type assistive robots.
This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in robotics, artificial intelligence, signal processing, and electrical engineering.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Illustrations
496 s/w Zeichnungen, 217 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 69 s/w Tabellen, 713 s/w Abbildungen
69 Tables, black and white; 496 Line drawings, black and white; 217 Halftones, black and white; 713 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
2050 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-55545-4 (9781032555454)
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Persons
Debanik Roy, Gold Medalist in B.Engg. & M.Tech., has nearly 35 years of research experience in the domain of Robotics, Automation, Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Manufacturing Systems. Since 1999, Dr. Roy has been associated with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India. He was with the Robotics division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai from 1999 to 2008 and headed Engineering Science committee of Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences from 2009 to 2017. At present, Dr. Roy is associated with Division of Remote Handling & Robotics at BARC. He is also serving as an Adjunct Professor of Homi Bhabha National Institute, DAE. His research interest comprises in the domain of robot grippers, gripper sensors, flexible manipulator, bio-inspired robotics, soft robotics, underwater robotics, tele-manipulation and web-mediated robotics. Dr Roy received DAE Award for Excellence in Science & Technology in 2014, membership of DST, Govt of India & Lifetime Achievement award from Marquis in 2018. He has authored 3 books, 16 book-chapters on robotics and over 340 technical papers till date, published in referred journals, book chapters and conference proceedings.
S. Chakraverty has almost 30 years of experience as a researcher and teacher. Presently, he is working in the Department of Mathematics (Applied Mathematics Group), National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha as a Senior Professor (Higher Administrative Grade). His present research area includes Differential Equations (Ordinary, Partial and Fractional), Numerical Analysis and Computational Methods, Structural Dynamics (FGM, Nano) and Fluid Dynamics, Mathematical and Uncertainty Modeling, Soft Computing and Machine Intelligence (Artificial Neural Network, Fuzzy, Interval and Affine Computations).
S. Chakraverty has almost 30 years of experience as a researcher and teacher. Presently, he is working in the Department of Mathematics (Applied Mathematics Group), National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha as a Senior Professor (Higher Administrative Grade). His present research area includes Differential Equations (Ordinary, Partial and Fractional), Numerical Analysis and Computational Methods, Structural Dynamics (FGM, Nano) and Fluid Dynamics, Mathematical and Uncertainty Modeling, Soft Computing and Machine Intelligence (Artificial Neural Network, Fuzzy, Interval and Affine Computations).
Content
Volume 1. Chapter 1. Design of Intelligent Autonomous Mobility Assistance in Robotic Wheelchairs. Chapter 2. Gesture-Driven Assistive Robots for Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatment. Chapter 3. A Novel Robotic Design for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Panda Robot. Chapter 4. Comprehensive Design and Hardware Insights for an Expressive Universal Robot Assisting Elderly and Autistic Children. Chapter 5. Assistive Robots in Agriculture. Chapter 6. Robotic Assistance in Vertical Farming. Chapter 7. AI Based Vision Guided Robot For Indian Agriculture. Chapter 8. Assistive 'Mother-Daughter' Robots in Agriculture: A Design Schematic from Biological Worm C.elegans. Chapter 9. Design and Control of a Bionic Hand with Computer Vision Integration and High Grip Force for Intuitive Human-Machine Interaction. Chapter 10. Bio-Inspired Robots for Surveillance and Assistance. Chapter 11. Flexible Electronics for Compact-Volume Assistive Robots. Chapter 12. Design of Rolling Capsule-type Miniature Robot (RCMR) for Duct Inspection. Chapter 13. Electromyography For Assistive Robotics: A Wide Horizon. Chapter 14. A Comprehensive Study on Modelling and Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Chapter 15. Robotic Leech: A Journey from Ideation to Articulation. Chapter 16. Robotic Catheters: Types and Examples. Chapter 17. Wearable Robots for Performance Enhancement of Occupational Workers. Volume 2. Chapter 1. Data-Driven Approaches to Real-Time Constrained Tracking Control of Redundant Manipulators. Chapter 2. Mastering Control: A Haptic Robotic Arm with Intuitive Joystick Control and Programmable Sequences. Chapter 3. Visual Saliency under Uncertain Workspace of Assistive Robots. Chapter 4. Engineering a Better Walk: Concepts of Gait Analysis for Development of Rehabilitative Exoskeleton. Chapter 5. Construction and Control of a Cable-Driven Gait Assistance Exosuit Based on Kinematic Synergies. Chapter 6. Assistive Telerobotics and Intuitive Interaction. Chapter 7. An automated Framework based on UAV and Convolutional Neural Networks for the Detection of Xylella Fastidiosa Disease in Olive Trees. Chapter 8. A State-of-the-Art Review on Garbage Collection and Segregation Robot. Chapter 9. Forward and Inverse Problems Relating to an Assistive Robotic Manipulator in an Uncertain Environment. Chapter 10. Development of Intelligent Control Systems for Assistive Robots. Chapter 11. Depth Estimation and 3D Mapping of Navigable Indoor Environments for Assistive Robots. Chapter 12. Positional Control of a 3D Printed Indigenous 6 DoF Feeding Robotic Arm using ANFIS and Fuzzy-PID Controller. Chapter 13. Control Issues in Haptic Robot Navigation and Object/Obstacle Recognition Using a Flexible Sensing Antenna. Chapter 14. Flexible Link Lumped Masses Manipulators: Modeling and Control. Chapter 15. Robotic Grasp Prehension: Novel Design Metrics for Assistive Systems using Compliance. Chapter 16. Modelling and Mapping of an Autonomous Assistive Robot for Material Handling in Dynamic Indoor Environments. Chapter 17. Synthesis of Sensor-Assisted Robotic Grasp using Customized Graphical User Interface