Ortiz J. Robots. Collaborative and Humanoid 2021

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This volume guides readers through the fundamentals and state-of-the-art concepts and future expectations of robotics. It showcases interesting research topics on robots and cobots by researchers, industry practitioners, and academics.
This book includes surveys of recent publications that investigative the interaction between humanoid robots and humans; safe adaptive trajectory tracking control of robots; 3D printed, self-learning robots; robot trajectory, guidance, and control; social robots; Tiny Blind assistive humanoid robots; and more.
COBOTS in Industry 4.0: Safe and Efficient Interaction
Examining Social Robot Acceptability for Older Adults and People with Dementia
Self-Learning Low-Level Controllers
Optimal Trajectory Generation of Parallel Manipulator
Guidance and Control of a Planar Robot Manipulator Used in an Assembly Line
3D Printed Walking Robot Based on a Minimalist Approach
Communication and Interaction between Humanoid Robots and Humans
Safe Adaptive Trajectory Tracking Control of Robot for Human-Robot Interaction Using Barrier Function Transformation
Tiny Blind Assistive Humanoid Robot
Optimization Based Dynamic Human Motion Prediction with Modular Exoskeleton Robots as Interactive Forces: The Case of Weight Lifting Motion