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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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Editors:
  1. Cecilia Laschi

    1. The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy

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  2. Jonathan Rossiter

    1. Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of Bristol Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Clifton, United Kingdom

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  3. Fumiya Iida

    1. Department of Engineering, Cambridge University Department of Engineering, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  4. Matteo Cianchetti

    1. The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy

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  5. Laura Margheri

    1. The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna The BioRobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy

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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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Cecilia Laschi, Fumiya Iida, Jonathan Rossiter, Matteo Cianchetti, Laura Margheri
    Pages 1-4

  3. Soft Bionics Hands with a Sense of Touch Through an Electronic Skin

    • Mahmoud Tavakoli, Rui Pedro Rocha, João Lourenço, Tong Lu, Carmel Majidi
    Pages 5-10

  4. Soft Robotics Mechanosensing

    • Lucia Beccai, Chiara Lucarotti, Massimo Totaro, Majid Taghavi
    Pages 11-21

  5. Towards Behavior Design of a 3D-Printed Soft Robotic Hand

    • Rob B. N. Scharff, Eugeni L. Doubrovski, Wim A. Poelman, Pieter P. Jonker, Charlie C. L. Wang, Jo M. P. Geraedts
    Pages 23-29

  6. Soft Robotics in Underwater Legged Locomotion: From Octopus–Inspired Solutions to Running Robots

    • Marcello Calisti
    Pages 31-36

  7. Underwater Soft Robotics, the Benefit of Body-Shape Variations in Aquatic Propulsion

    • Francesco Giorgio-Serchi, Gabriel D. Weymouth
    Pages 37-46

  8. Animal Models for Non-pneumatic Soft Robots

    • Barry Andrew Trimmer
    Pages 47-55

  9. Plant-Inspired Growing Robots

    • Barbara Mazzolai
    Pages 57-63

  10. Bio-inspired Soft Aerial Robots: Adaptive Morphology for High-Performance Flight

    • Sina Sareh, Robert Siddall, Talib Alhinai, Mirko Kovac
    Pages 65-74

  11. Soft Robots in Surgery

    • Matteo Cianchetti, Arianna Menciassi
    Pages 75-85

  12. Design Principles for Soft-Rigid Hybrid Manipulators

    • Utku Culha, Josie Hughes, Andre Rosendo, Fabio Giardina, Fumiya Iida
    Pages 87-94

  13. Eating, Drinking, Living, Dying and Decaying Soft Robots

    • Jonathan Rossiter, Jonathan Winfield, Ioannis Ieropoulos
    Pages 95-101

  14. Soft Robot Modeling, Simulation and Control in Real-Time

    • Christian Duriez, Thor Bieze
    Pages 103-109

  15. Evolutionary Developmental Soft Robotics: Towards Adaptive and Intelligent Soft Machines Following Nature’s Approach to Design

    • Francesco Corucci
    Pages 111-116

  16. Morphosis—Taking Morphological Computation to the Next Level

    • Helmut Hauser, Francesco Corucci
    Pages 117-122
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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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