Service robots and robotics : design and application / [edited by] Marco Ceccarelli.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History of service robots / Zielinska Teresa -- Kinematics design for structures and algorithms / Ding Xilun, Chen Hao, Xu Kun -- Task analysis and motion generation for service robots : with reference to region segregation and path generation for robotic ironing / Jian S. Dai -- Mission planning of mobile robots and manipulators for service applications / Elias K. Xidias, Nikos A. Aspragathos, Philip N. Azariadis -- Lagrangian dynamics of manipulators / Sandipan Bandyopadhyay -- Multidisciplinary project-based learning of robotics / Itziar Cabanes [and others] -- Integrated approach for teaching robotics based on the development of low-cost parallel robots / Alexandre Kawano [and others] -- Human-friendly robots for entertainment and education / Jorge Solis, Atsuo Takanishi -- Robot modeling for physical rehabilitation / Rogério Sales Gonçalves, João Carlos Mendes Carvalho -- Safer and faster humanitarian demining with robots / Emin Faruk Kececi -- Mobile worm-like robots for pipe inspection / Sergey Jatsun -- Service robots for restoration of goods of cultural heritage / Marco Ceccarelli, Michela Ogola -- Self-calibration of eye-to-hand and workspace for mobile service robot / Jwu-Sheng Hu, Yung-Jung Chang -- Design and operation of two service robot arms : a wide surface printing robot and an artist robot / Jean-Pierre Gazeau, Said Zeghloul -- Modular cable-driven robotic arms for intrinsically safe manipulation / Wen Bin Lim [and others] -- Agile wheeled mobile robots for service in natural environment / Jean-Christophe Fauroux [and others] -- Dual robot control for part handling services with human interaction / Theodor Borangiu, Florin Daniel Anton, Silvia Anton -- Service robots for agriculture : a case of study for saffron harvesting / Andrea Manuelloo Bertetto.

"This book offers the latest research within the field of service robotics, using a mixture of case studies, research, and future direction in this burgeoning field of technology"-- Provided by publisher.