{"product_id":"robotic-systems-and-autonomous-platforms-advances-in-materials-and-manufacturing-paperback-9780081022603","title":"Robotic Systems and Autonomous Platforms; Advances in Materials and Manufacturing (Paperback \/ softback) 9780081022603","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRobotic Systems and Autonomous Platforms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAdvances in Materials and Manufacturing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne-stop reference resource showcasing new materials and manufacturing methodologies for the enhancement of robotic and autonomous systems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShawn M. Walsh (Edited by), Michael S. Strano (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780081022603, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e603 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.1 x 3.7 cm, 0.97 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobotic Systems and Autonomous Platforms: Advances in Materials and Manufacturing\u003c\/i\u003e showcases new materials and manufacturing methodologies for the enhancement of robotic and autonomous systems. Initial chapters explore how autonomous systems can enable new uses for materials, including innovations on different length scales, from nano, to macro and large systems. The means by which autonomous systems can enable new uses for manufacturing are also addressed, highlighting innovations in 3D additive manufacturing, printing of materials, novel synthesis of multifunctional materials, and robotic cooperation. Concluding themes deliver highly novel applications from the international academic, industrial and government sectors. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book will provide readers with a complete review of the cutting-edge advances in materials and manufacturing methodologies that could enhance the capabilities of robotic and autonomous systems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection A Actuation\u003c\/b\u003e 1. Manipulation, assembling, and actuation of nanomotors by electric tweezers \u003ci\u003eDonglei (Emma) Fan\u003c\/i\u003e 2. Artificial muscle logic devices for autonomous local control \u003ci\u003eE.-F. Markus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenke, Katherine E. Wilson, Geoffrey A. Slipher, Randy A. Mrozek, Iain A. Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Hygromorphic living materials for shape changing \u003ci\u003eLining Yao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection B Mobility\u003c\/b\u003e 4. Fluid-driven intrinsically soft robots \u003ci\u003eRobert Shepherd, Kirstin Petersen\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Designing Proteus: Engineering form and function for microrobotics \u003ci\u003eRemmi Baker, Allan M. Brooks, Ayusman Sen \u003c\/i\u003e6. Physics approaches to natural locomotion: Every robot is an experiment \u003ci\u003eYasemin Ozkan Aydin, Jennifer M. Rieser, Christian M. Hubicki, William Savoie, Daniel I. Goldman \u003c\/i\u003e7. Robotic colloids: Engineered self-propulsion at the microscale (and smaller) \u003ci\u003eJeffrey L. Moran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection C Control Theory and Algorithms – Logic and Proxy Electronic Functions – Algorithmic Materials\u003c\/b\u003e 8. Soft timer: Dynamic clock embedded in soft body \u003ci\u003eKohei Nakajima, Tao Li, Nozomi Akashi \u003c\/i\u003e9. Algorithmic materials: Embedding computation within material properties for autonomy \u003ci\u003eAna Pervan, Todd Murphey\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Achieving self-sustained motion of particles in solution with chemical pumps \u003ci\u003eOleg E. Shklyaev, Henry Shum, Anna C. Balazs \u003c\/i\u003e11. Topology optimization for robotics applications \u003ci\u003eRaymond Wildman, Andrew Gaynor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection D Integration\u003c\/b\u003e 12. Robotic materials for robot autonomy \u003ci\u003eNikolaus Correl \u003c\/i\u003e13. 3D printed electronic materials and devices \u003ci\u003eRuitao Su, Sung Hyun Park, Zhaohan Li, Michael C. McAlpine \u003c\/i\u003e14. Additive manufacturing of soft robots \u003ci\u003eS. Walker, O.D. Yirmibesoglu, U. Daalkhaijav, Y. Menguc \u003c\/i\u003e15. Synthetic cells, or colloidal state machines, with two-dimensional materials \u003ci\u003eJingfan Yang, Volodymyr B. Koman, Pingwei Liu, Tianxian Liu, Michael S. Strano\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection E Energy\u003c\/b\u003e 16. Energy harvesting techniques mediated by molecular interactions with nanostructured carbon materials \u003ci\u003eAlbert Tianxiang Liu, Ge Zhang, Michael S. Strano \u003c\/i\u003e17. Mechanics of fluid-elastomer systems in soft robotics \u003ci\u003eCarmel Majidi \u003c\/i\u003e18. Structural power, energy, actuation, and mobility in intelligently directed systems enabled from nanocrystalline metals \u003ci\u003eAnit K. Giri, Kristopher A. Darling, Shawn M. Walsh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection F Novel Robotics as Material Platforms\u003c\/b\u003e 19.  Materials design for robotic platforms enabling unique mechanisms of projectile protection \u003ci\u003ePingwei Liu, Michael S. Strano \u003c\/i\u003e20. The confluence of intelligent agents and materials to enable protection of humans in extreme and dangerous environments \u003ci\u003eShawn M. Walsh, Daniel M. Baechle \u003c\/i\u003e21 Super materials and robots making robots: Challenges and opportunities in robotic building at the microstructural level \u003ci\u003eRon Pelrine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Materials science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Materials science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Materials%20science%20%5BTGM%5D%22\"\u003eTGM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Woodhead Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648836981016,"sku":"9780081022603","price":192.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780081022603_44c6a9f0-2547-48bc-bdad-75fd2d114f13.jpg?v=1695006404","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/robotic-systems-and-autonomous-platforms-advances-in-materials-and-manufacturing-paperback-9780081022603","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}