Robots moving closer to humans

Bruno Siciliano is Professor of Control and Robotics and Director of the PRISMA Lab in the Department of Computer and Systems Engineering at the University of Naples, Italy. His current research is in force control, visual servoing, dual-arm/hand manipulation, lightweight flexible arms, human-robot interaction and service robotics. Professor Siciliano is the President of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS).

Oussama Khatib is Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, CA, USA. His current research, which focuses on human-centered robotics, is concerned with human motion synthesis, humanoid robotics, haptic teleoperation, medical robotics and human-friendly robot design. Professor Khatib is the President of the International Foundation of Robotics Research (IFRR).

The coverage of all specialist fields infringing into robotics makes this handbook a reliable desk reference for scientists and engineers in the industry. It also provides basic and more advanced content for scholars from related disciplines such as biomechanics, neurosciences, virtual simulation, animation, surgery, and sensor networks, among others.

The Springer Handbook of Robotics is part of a product line founded in 2004 by Springer, setting standards in physics and technology, and includes the Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology. These desk references are edited by scientific experts, with the support of numerous authors from the world of research. All handbooks include a DVD, which can be used to search the book’s content. Alongside the print editions, users can also access the books online via www.springerlink.com.

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Springer Handbook of Robotics
Bruno Siciliano, Oussama Khatib (Eds.)
2008. 1611 pp. 953 color illus. DVD-ROM with full text
Hardcover; $199.00
ISBN: 978-3-540-23957-4