{"product_id":"soft-robotics-isbn-9780262049740","title":"Soft Robotics","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive, cutting-edge treatment of soft robotics that brings conceptual structure to this fast-moving field.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoft robotics is quickly transforming corners of our world, but as yet there has been no comprehensive treatment of the young field. Filling this gap, \u003ci\u003eSoft Robotics\u003c\/i\u003e offers a systematic approach to learning the subject’s essential ideas, methods, and techniques. Cecelia Laschi takes a holistic view that integrates interdisciplinary material and provides a conceptual structure that can withstand the discipline’s fast-paced evolution. Laschi first presents robotics basics and the commonly used bioinspired methods before covering materials and technologies for actuation and sensing, modeling internal and external interactions, and soft robot control with model-based and learning-based approaches. Written by a pioneer of the field and honed by classroom experience, this timely textbook is an essential roadmap for anyone studying soft robotics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Comprehensive, structured coverage of soft robotics, from fundamentals to advanced techniques\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePragmatic modular structure adapts to different curricula\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructor resources include slides, videos, and exercises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1 Introduction to Soft Robotics\u003cbr\u003eChapter Objectives\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Overview\u003cbr\u003e1.2 Why Soft Robotics?\u003cbr\u003e1.3 What Is Soft Robotics?\u003cbr\u003e1.4 Brief History of Soft Robotics\u003cbr\u003e1.5 Challenges and Milestones in Soft Robotics\u003cbr\u003e1.5.1 What Materials for Soft Robotics?\u003cbr\u003e1.5.2 How to Make a Piece of Soft Material Move?\u003cbr\u003e1.5.3 How to Model a Soft Body?\u003cbr\u003e1.5.4. How to Control a Soft Robot?\u003cbr\u003e1.6 What’s Next in Soft Robotics?\u003cbr\u003e1.7 Summary\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Assessment Questions\u003cbr\u003eFurther Readings\u003cbr\u003eOn Soft Robotics and Embodied Intelligence\u003cbr\u003eOn Soft Robotics Technologies and Materials\u003cbr\u003eOn Soft Robot Modeling and Control\u003cbr\u003e2 Robotics Basics\u003cbr\u003eChapter Objectives\u003cbr\u003e2.1 Overview\u003cbr\u003e2.2 Robot Mechanics\u003cbr\u003e2.3 Robot Proprioceptive Sensors\u003cbr\u003e2.3.1 Mechanical Switches\u003cbr\u003e2.3.2 Optical Encoders\u003cbr\u003e2.3.3 Potentiometers\u003cbr\u003e2.3.4 Hall-Effect Sensors\u003cbr\u003e2.4 Robot Control\u003cbr\u003e2.4.1 Single Joint Control\u003cbr\u003e2.4.2 Joint Space Control\u003cbr\u003e2.4.3 Task Space Control\u003cbr\u003e2.5 Robot Exteroceptive Sensors\u003cbr\u003e2.5.1 Robot Vision\u003cbr\u003e2.5.2 Force\/Torque Sensors for Robots\u003cbr\u003e2.5.3 Robot Tactile Perception\u003cbr\u003e2.5.4 Distance Sensors in Robotics\u003cbr\u003e2.6 Robot Architectures\u003cbr\u003e2.6.1 Hierarchical Architectures\u003cbr\u003e2.6.2 Reactive Architectures\u003cbr\u003e2.6.3 Hybrid Architectures\u003cbr\u003e2.7 Summary\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Assessment Questions\u003cbr\u003eFurther Readings\u003cbr\u003e3 Bioinspiration and Biomimetics\u003cbr\u003eChapter Objectives\u003cbr\u003e3.1 Overview\u003cbr\u003e3.2 Why Bioinspiration and Biomimetics?\u003cbr\u003e3.3 What Are Bioinspiration and Biomimetics?\u003cbr\u003e3.3.1 Hook-and-Loop\u003cbr\u003e3.3.2 Lotus-Inspired Painting\u003cbr\u003e3.3.3 Shinkansen Bullet Train\u003cbr\u003e3.3.4 Eiffel Tower\u003cbr\u003e3.3.5 Geckos and Robots\u003cbr\u003e3.4 Brief History of Bioinspiration and Biomimetics\u003cbr\u003e3.4.1 Ante-Litteram Bioinspiration and Biomimetics\u003cbr\u003e3.4.2 Birth and Growth of the Field\u003cbr\u003e3.5 Biorobotics\u003cbr\u003e3.6 Simplexity\u003cbr\u003e3.7 Embodied Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e3.8 Bioinspired Principles in Control: Neurocontrollers\u003cbr\u003e3.9 A Methodology for Biorobotics\u003cbr\u003e3.10 Summary\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Assessment Questions\u003cbr\u003e4 Soft Robotics Technologies\u003cbr\u003eChapter Objectives\u003cbr\u003e4.1 Overview\u003cbr\u003e4.2 Materials for Soft Robotics\u003cbr\u003e4.2.1 Material Properties\u003cbr\u003e4.2.2 Soft Materials for Soft Robots\u003cbr\u003e4.3 Actuation Technologies for Soft Robotics\u003cbr\u003e4.3.1 Tendon-Driven Actuation of Soft Robots\u003cbr\u003e4.3.2 Fluidic Actuation in Soft Robotics\u003cbr\u003e4.3.3 Electro-Active Polymers as Soft Robot Actuators\u003cbr\u003e4.3.4 Shape-Memory Alloys and Polymers\u003cbr\u003e4.4 Stiffening Technologies for Soft Robotics\u003cbr\u003e4.5 Sensing Technologies for Soft Robotics\u003cbr\u003e4.5.1 Resistive Soft Sensors\u003cbr\u003e4.5.2 Electro-Active Polymers as Soft Robot Sensors\u003cbr\u003e4.5.3 Magnetic Phenomena for Soft Sensors\u003cbr\u003e4.5.4 Optical Principles for Soft Sensors\u003cbr\u003e4.5.5 Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)\u003cbr\u003e4.6 Deformable Structures\u003cbr\u003e4.7 Summary\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Assessment Questions\u003cbr\u003eFurther Readings\u003cbr\u003eOn Material Mechanical Behavior\u003cbr\u003eOn Soft Actuation Technologies\u003cbr\u003eOn Stiffening Technologies\u003cbr\u003eOn Soft Sensing Technologies\u003cbr\u003eOn Metamaterials and Origami Robots\u003cbr\u003eOn Tensegrity Structures\u003cbr\u003e5 Soft Robot Modeling\u003cbr\u003eChapter Objectives\u003cbr\u003e5.1 Overview\u003cbr\u003e5.2 One Equation for Modeling Soft Robots\u003cbr\u003e5.3 Modeling Internal Interactions\u003cbr\u003e5.3.1 Three-dimensional (3D) Continuum Solid Mechanics Models\u003cbr\u003e5.3.2 Rod Models\u003cbr\u003e5.3.3 Finite Parameterization Models\u003cbr\u003e5.4 Modeling External Interactions\u003cbr\u003e5.4.1 Continuum Fluid Mechanics Models\u003cbr\u003e5.4.2 Lumped Parameter Fluid Models\u003cbr\u003e5.4.3 Continuum Solid Mechanics Models\u003cbr\u003e5.4.4 Lumped Parameter Solid Models\u003cbr\u003e5.5 Reduced-Order Models\u003cbr\u003e5.6 Data-Driven Approaches\u003cbr\u003e5.7 Summary\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Assessment Questions\u003cbr\u003eFurther Readings\u003cbr\u003eOn Basics of Solid Mechanics\u003cbr\u003eOn Rod Models\u003cbr\u003eOn Data-Driven Methods and Reduced-Order Models\u003cbr\u003eOn Soft Robot Simulators\u003cbr\u003e6 Soft Robot Control\u003cbr\u003eChapter Objectives\u003cbr\u003e6.1 Overview\u003cbr\u003e6.2 Soft Robot Control Problems\u003cbr\u003e6.3 Soft Robot Controllers\u003cbr\u003e6.3.1 Joint Space Control\u003cbr\u003e6.3.2 Task Space Control\u003cbr\u003e6.4 Soft Robot Neuro-Controllers\u003cbr\u003e6.5 Summary\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Assessment Questions\u003cbr\u003eFurther Readings\u003cbr\u003eOn Soft Robot Control\u003cbr\u003eOn Neural Networks\u003cbr\u003e7 Soft Robotics in Practice\u003cbr\u003eChapter Objectives\u003cbr\u003e7.1 Overview\u003cbr\u003e7.2 Bioinspired Principles\u003cbr\u003e7.2.1 Octopus Basics\u003cbr\u003e7.2.2 Reaching and Fetching\u003cbr\u003e7.2.3 Underwater Legged Locomotion\u003cbr\u003e7.2.4 Pulsed-Jet Swimming\u003cbr\u003e7.3 Materials, Actuators, Sensors\u003cbr\u003e7.3.1 Materials\u003cbr\u003e7.3.2 Tendon-Driven Actuation\u003cbr\u003e7.3.3 EAP as Artificial Longitudinal and Transverse Muscles\u003cbr\u003e7.3.4 SMA Springs as Artificial Longitudinal and Transverse Muscles\u003cbr\u003e7.4 Modeling Internal and External Interactions\u003cbr\u003e7.5 Model-Based and Learning-Based Control\u003cbr\u003e7.6 Summary\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Assessment Questions\u003cbr\u003eFurther Readings\u003cbr\u003eOn Octopus Bioinspiration\u003cbr\u003eOn Octopus-like Robot with Tendon-driven Actuation\u003cbr\u003eOn Octopus-like Robot with EAP Actuation\u003cbr\u003eOn Octopus-like Robot with SMA Actuation\u003cbr\u003eOn Cosserat’s Models of Octopus-like Robot\u003cbr\u003eOn Pulsed-Jet Swimming Modeling\u003cbr\u003eOn Model-Based and Learning-Based Control\u003cbr\u003eOn U-SLIP Model\u003cbr\u003e8 Conclusions\u003cbr\u003eChapter Objectives\u003cbr\u003e8.1 Overview\u003cbr\u003e8.2 Our Journey in Soft Robotics\u003cbr\u003e8.3 Soft Robot Abilities\u003cbr\u003e8.3.1 Soft Robot Manipulation\u003cbr\u003e8.3.2 Soft Robot Locomotion\u003cbr\u003e8.3.3 Growing Robots\u003cbr\u003e8.3.4 Self-Healing Robots\u003cbr\u003e8.3.5 Biodegradable Robots\u003cbr\u003e8.3.6 Biohybrids\u003cbr\u003e8.4 Soft Robot Applications\u003cbr\u003e8.4.1 Biomedical Applications of Soft Robots\u003cbr\u003e8.4.2 Soft Robots in Industry\u003cbr\u003e8.4.3 Underwater Soft Robots\u003cbr\u003e8.4.4 Space Soft Robotics\u003cbr\u003e8.5 A Vision for Future Soft Robots\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Assessment Questions\u003cbr\u003eFurther Readings\u003cbr\u003eOn Soft Robot Abilities\u003cbr\u003eOn Biomedical Soft Robots\u003cbr\u003eOn Wearable Soft Robots\u003cbr\u003eOn Underwater Soft Robots—and More\u003cbr\u003eOn Vision for Future Soft Robots\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndexCecilia Laschi is Provost’s Chair Professor of Robotics at the National University of Singapore, where she leads the Soft Robotics Lab and she is the Director of the NUS Advanced Robotics Centre. 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