Synergetic agents : from multi-robot systems to molecular robotics /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Haken, H.
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Levi, Paul
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2012]
• Θέματα: Robotics.; Robots > Motion.; Self-organizing systems.; Synergetics.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Robotics.; Electronic books.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 online resource (liv, 283 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Βιβλιογραφία: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9783527659524; 3527659528; 9783527659555; 3527659552; 9781299157071; 1299157076
• DOI: 10.1002/9783527659524

"This book addresses both multi robot systems and miniaturization to the nanoscale from a unifying point of view, but without leaving aside typical particularities of either. The unifying aspect is based on the concept of information minimization whose precise formulation is the Haken-Levi-principle. The authors introduce basic concepts of multi-component self-organizing systems such as order parameters (well known from equilibrium and non-equilibrium phase transitions) and the slaving principle (which establishes a link to dynamical systems). Among explicit examples is the docking manoeuvre of two robots in two and three dimensions. The second part of the book deals with the rather recently arising field of molecular robotics. It is particularly here where nature has become a highly influential teacher for the construction of robots. In living biological cells astounding phenomena occur: there are molecules (proteins) that literally walk on polymer strands and transport loads that are heavier than their carriers, or molecules that, by joint action, contract muscles. The book provides the reader with an insight into these phenomena, especially by a detailed theoretical treatment of the molecular mechanism of muscle contraction."--