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Microscale Soft Robotics [electronic resource] : Motivations, Progress, and Outlook / by Jaeyoun (Jay) Kim.

By: Kim, Jaeyoun (Jay) [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017Edition: 1st ed. 2017.Description: XI, 107 p. 73 illus., 70 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319502861.Subject(s): Microtechnology | Microelectromechanical systems | Control engineering | Robotics | Automation | Biomedical engineering | Microsystems and MEMS | Control, Robotics, Automation | Biomedical Engineering and BioengineeringAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 621.381 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Chapter 1.Introduction -- Chapter 2. Enabling Technologies -- Chapter 3.Enabling Technologies -- Chapter 4. Soft Robotic Micro-Tentacle – A Case Study -- Chapter 5. Current Progress -- Chapter 6.Towards Full-Scale Integration and Beyond.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: This book presents the technological basics and applications of small-scale (mm to sub-mm in length-scales) soft robots and devices, written for researchers in both academia and industry. Author Jaeyoun Kim presents technological motivations, enabling factors, and examples in an inter-linked fashion, making it easy for readers to understand and explore how microscale soft robots are a solution to researchers in search of technological platforms for safe, human-friendly biomedical devices. A compact and timely introduction, this book summarizes not only the enabling factors for soft robots and MEMS devices, but also provides a survey of progress in the field and looks to the future in terms of the material, design, and application aspects this new technology demonstrates.
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Chapter 1.Introduction -- Chapter 2. Enabling Technologies -- Chapter 3.Enabling Technologies -- Chapter 4. Soft Robotic Micro-Tentacle – A Case Study -- Chapter 5. Current Progress -- Chapter 6.Towards Full-Scale Integration and Beyond.

This book presents the technological basics and applications of small-scale (mm to sub-mm in length-scales) soft robots and devices, written for researchers in both academia and industry. Author Jaeyoun Kim presents technological motivations, enabling factors, and examples in an inter-linked fashion, making it easy for readers to understand and explore how microscale soft robots are a solution to researchers in search of technological platforms for safe, human-friendly biomedical devices. A compact and timely introduction, this book summarizes not only the enabling factors for soft robots and MEMS devices, but also provides a survey of progress in the field and looks to the future in terms of the material, design, and application aspects this new technology demonstrates.

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