New Trends in Medical and Service Robots (eBook)

Preface.- Haptics in Robotics, Man-Machine Interface and Neuroscience, by H. Bleuler, and M. Bouri.- Smart Units to Support Competitive Design of Control Systems in Surgical Robotics, by S. Brad, and M. Murar.- Problems and Experiences on Cable-Based Service Robots for Physiotherapy Applications, by M. Ceccarelli.- Resistive Torques in Rehabilitation Engineering Equipments, by B. Chetran, S. Jişa and D. Mândru.- New Trends in Service Robotics, by V. Ciupe and I. Maniu.- Automated Book Manipulator in Libraries, by A. Comsa, I. Maniu, N. Modler, E.-Ch. Lovasz and V. Ciupe.- Robot-Assisted Surgery in Urology, by N. Crisan and I. Coman.- Automated Manipulation in Medical and Biotechnological Lab Applications, by F. Dietrich, P. Blumenthal and A. Raatz.- From Educational Robotics towards Social Robots, by I. Doroftei and F. Adascalitei.- Scanning System Integrated within Biometric Measurements, by C.M. Gruescu, E-C. Lovasz, A. Garaiman, C. Cărăbaş and R. Bodea.- FPGA-based Haptic Teleoperation, by A. Hace and M. Franc.- An Integrated Approach for Intelligent Path Planning and Control of Mobile Robot in Structured Environment, by D. Katić, A. Ćosić, M. Šušić and S. Graovac.- On Medical and Service Robots with Compliant Dynamic Control, by A. Pisla.- Structural Analysis and Synthesis of Parallel Robots for Brachytherapy, by N. Plitea, C. Vaida, B. Gherman, A. Szilaghyi, B. Galdau, D. Cocorean, F. Covaciu and D. Pisla.- Contribution to Development of Modular Compliant Anthropomorphic Robot Hand, by  A. Rodić, B. Miloradović, S. Popić, S. Spasojević and B. Karan.- Comparison of Human and Artificial Finger Movements D. Tarnita, C. Berceanu.- Authors Index.- Subject Index.