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Soft Robotics: Trends, Applications and Challenges

Proceedings of the Soft Robotics Week, April 25-30, 2016, Livorno, Italy

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  • © 2017

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  • Reports on state-of-the art methods, technologies and applications of soft robotics
  • Covers biomimetic design, smart materials and embodied intelligence
  • Includes the results of the Soft Robotics Week 2016

Part of the book series: Biosystems & Biorobotics (BIOSYSROB, volume 17)

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This book offers a comprehensive, timely snapshot of current research, technologies and applications of soft robotics. The different chapters, written by international experts across multiple fields of soft robotics, cover innovative systems and technologies for soft robot legged locomotion, soft robot manipulation, underwater soft robotics, biomimetic soft robotic platforms, plant-inspired soft robots, flying soft robots, soft robotics in surgery, as well as methods for their modeling and control. Based on the results of the second edition of the Soft Robotics Week, held on April 25 – 30, 2016, in Livorno, Italy, the book reports on the major research lines and novel technologies presented and discussed during the event.






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Table of contents (15 papers)

Editors and Affiliations

  • The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy

    Cecilia Laschi, Matteo Cianchetti, Laura Margheri

  • Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of Bristol Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Clifton, United Kingdom

    Jonathan Rossiter

  • Department of Engineering, Cambridge University Department of Engineering, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Fumiya Iida

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Soft Robotics: Trends, Applications and Challenges

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Soft Robotics Week, April 25-30, 2016, Livorno, Italy

  • Editors: Cecilia Laschi, Jonathan Rossiter, Fumiya Iida, Matteo Cianchetti, Laura Margheri

  • Series Title: Biosystems & Biorobotics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46460-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-46459-6Published: 22 September 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83525-9Published: 15 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46460-2Published: 21 September 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2195-3562

  • Series E-ISSN: 2195-3570

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 122

  • Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Robotics and Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Intelligence

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