Towards Safe Robots Approaching Asimov’s 1st Law /

• Main Author: Haddadin, Sami (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 90
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Robotics.; Automation.; Biomedical engineering.; Robotics and Automation.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Biomedical Engineering.

The vision of seamless human-robot interaction in our everyday life that allows for tight cooperation between human and robot has not become reality yet. However, the recent increase in technology maturity finally made it possible to realize systems of high integration, advanced sensorial capabiliti...

Table of Contents:

• State of the art
• Soft-robotics control
• Biomechanics and forensics
• Crash-testing in robotics
• Sharp and acute contact
• Reactive pre-collision strategies
• Towards the robotic co-worker
• Competitive Robotics
• Intrinsic joint compliance
• Considerations for new robot standards
• Conclusion and outlook
• Soft-robotics control
• Biomechanics and forensics
• Crash-testing in robotics
• Sharp and acute contact
• Reactive pre-collision strategies
• Towards the robotic co-worker
• Competitive Robotics
• Intrinsic joint compliance
• Considerations for new robot standards.