Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences: Articulated and Mobile Robotics for Services and Technology

Nicosia, Salvatore; Siciliano, Bruno; Bicchi, Antonio; Valigi, Paolo

Robotics applications, initially developed for industrial and manufacturing contexts, are now strongly present in several elds. Besides well-known space and high-technology applications, robotics for every day life and medical s- vices is becoming more and more popular. As an example, robotic manipu- tors are particularly useful in surgery and radiation treatments, they could be employed for civil demining, for helping disabled people, and ultimately for domestic tasks, entertainment and education. Such a kind of robotic app- cations require the integration of many di erent skills. Autonomous vehicles and mobile robots in general must be integrated with articulated manipu- tors. Many robotic technologies (sensors, actuators and computing systems) must be properly used with speci c technologies (localisation, planning and control technologies). The task of designing robots for these applications is a hard challenge: a speci c competence in each area is demanded, in the e ort of a truly integrated multidisciplinary design.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2001-06-20

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783540420903

DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45000-9

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 273