Microscale Soft Robotics Motivations, Progress, and Outlook /

• Main Author: Kim, Jaeyoun (Jay) (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Nanotechnology.; Robotics.; Automation.; Biomedical engineering.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Robotics and Automation.; Biomedical Engineering.

This book presents the technological basics and applications of small-scale (mm to sub-mm in length-scales) soft robots and devices, written for researchers in both academia and industry. Author Jaeyoun Kim presents technological motivations, enabling factors, and examples in an inter-linked fashion...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1.Introduction
• Chapter 2. Enabling Technologies
• Chapter 3.Enabling Technologies
• Chapter 4. Soft Robotic Micro-Tentacle – A Case Study
• Chapter 5. Current Progress
• Chapter 6.Towards Full-Scale Integration and Beyond.