Biologically Inspired Robots
Biologically Inspired Robots

Biologically Inspired Robots

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About the Book

Useful engineering knowledge from living things is difficult to acquire; in living systems there are large numbers of factors at work. To deduce important factors not only requires careful observation, but also careful planning of experiments. Even when a biological system has been understood, it may be difficult to translate this knowledge to engineering mechanics because of the very particular characteristics of living material and its control by the nervous system of an animal. However, living systems offer a wealth of new ideas to inspire new engineering solutions to old problems. For this reason, the difficulty of such investigations is repaid. This book is an account of the author's investigations of the locomotion of snakes (the garter snake "Thamnophilis sirtalis" or "Elaphe quadrivigata" in particular) and the application of the acquired knowledge to a new class of robots displaying snake-like motions. Such robots in which the whole mechanism moves (rather than the classic pedestal/arm arrangement of industrial robots) has many potential applications in the future.

Table of Contents:
The locomotive dynamics of the Active Cord Mechanism (creeping dynamics); the morphology of creeping movements; the kinematics of regular creeping motion; adaptive functions of creeping motion; creeping motion in rough terrain; artificial creeping motion as performed by the active chord mechanism; the locomotion and control of an Active Chord Mechanism with tactile sense; development of the ACM as a gripper; development of the ACM as a manipulator; development of ACM as a locomotive engine. Appendices: observations of gliding tracks; anatomical configuration of the snake body.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780198562610
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Language: Japanese
  • ISBN-10: 0198562616
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 1993
  • Binding: Hardback


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