Biomechanics of anthropomorphic systems. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gentiane Venture, Jean-Paul Laumond, Bruno Watier, editors.
• Editors: Venture, Gentiane; Laumond, J.-P (Jean-Paul); Watier, Bruno
• Contents: Foreword.-Should anthropomorphic systems be'redundant'?.-From Biomechanics to Robotics.-Multibody optimisations: from kinematic constraints to knee contact forces and ligament forces.-Creating personalized dynamic models.-Optimality and modularity in human movement: from optimal control to muscle synergies.-Human Movements: Synergies, Stability, and Agility.-Motor compositionality and timing: combined geometrical and optimization approaches.-Review of Anthropomorphic Head Stabilisation and Verticality Estimation in Robots.-The Physics and Control of Balancing on a Point in the Plane.-Design and Control of a passive noise rejecting Variable Stiffness Actuator.-Bipedal locomotion: a continuous tradeoff between robustness and energy-efficiency.-An overview of humanoid robots technologies.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 310 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 629.8/92; Engineering; Robots -- Motion; Biomechanics; Biomechanics; Robots -- Motion; Technology & Engineering -- Engineering (General); Computers -- Intelligence (AI) & Semantics; Science -- Life Sciences -- General; Biomedical engineering; Artificial intelligence; Biology, life sciences; Biomedical engineering; Artificial intelligence; Biology_xData processing; Technology & Engineering -- Robotics; Robotics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319938707; 3319938703
• Related ISBNs: 9783319938691
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 9, 2018).
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