Main description:

Robots have come a long way thanks to advances in sensing and computer vision technologies and can be found today in healthcare, medicine and industry. Researchers have been looking at providing them with senses such as the ability to see, smell, hear and perceive touch in order to mimic and interact with humans and their surrounding environments.

Topics covered in this edited book include various types of sensors used in robotics, sensing schemes (e-skin, tactile skin, e-nose, neuromorphic vision and touch), sensing technologies and their applications including healthcare, prosthetics, robotics and wearables.

This book will appeal to researchers, scientists, engineers, and graduate and advanced students working in robotics, sensor technologies and electronics, and their applications in robotics, haptics, prosthetics, wearable and interactive systems, cognitive engineering, neuro-engineering, computational neuroscience, medicine and healthcare technologies.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Development of tactile sensors for intelligent robotics research
Chapter 2: Developmental soft robotics
Chapter 3: Three-axis tactile sensor using optical transduction mechanism
Chapter 4: Strain sensors for soft robotic applications
Chapter 5: Neuromorphic principles for large-scale robot skin
Chapter 6: Soft three-axial tactile sensors with integrated electronics for robot skin
Chapter 7: A review of tactile sensing in e-skin, wearable device, robotic, and medical service
Chapter 8: Neuroengineering approaches for cognitive hearing technology
Chapter 9: Mobile robot olfaction state-of-the-art and research challenges
Chapter 10: Vision sensors for robotic perception
Chapter 11: Audio sensors
Chapter 12: Audio and gas sensors