Humanoid Robots: New Developments (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783902613004)

For many years, the human being has been trying, in all ways, to recreate the complex mechanisms that form the human body. Such task is extremely complicated and the results are not totally satisfactory. However, with increasing technological advances based on theoretical and experimental researches, man gets, in a way, to copy or to imitate some systems of the human body. These researches not only intended to create humanoid robots, great part of them constituting autonomous systems, but also, in some way, to offer a higher knowledge of the systems that form the human body, objectifying possible applications in the technology of rehabilitation of human beings, gathering in a whole studies related not only to Robotics, but also to Biomechanics, Biomimmetics, Cybernetics, among other areas. This book presents a series of researches inspired by this ideal, carried through by various researchers worldwide, looking for to analyze and to discuss diverse subjects related to humanoid robots. The presented contributions explore aspects about robotic hands, learning, language, vision and locomotion.

Author: Armando Carlos de Pina Filho
ISBN-10: 3902613009
ISBN-13: 9783902613004
Publisher: Intechopen
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2007
Pages: 594
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.51lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.25d