Microscale Soft Robotics Motivations, Progress, and Outlook
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...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2017, 2017
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2017 |
Series: | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | 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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Physical Description: | XI, 107 p. 73 illus., 70 illus. in color online resource |
ISBN: | 9783319502861 |