{"product_id":"9783319470863","title":"Springer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpringer Series on Touch and Haptic Systems\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAltobelli, Alessandro\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a new set of devices for accurate investigation of  human finger stiffness and force distribution in grasping tasks. The  ambitious goal of this research is twofold, the first is to advance the  state of the art on human strategies in manipulation tasks and provide  tools to assess rehabilitation procedure and the second is to  investigate human strategies for impedance control that can be used for  human robot interaction and control of myoelectric prosthesis.\u003c\/p\u003ePart  one describes two types of systems that are able to achieve a complete  set of measurements on force distribution and contact point locations.  The effectiveness of these devices in grasp analysis is also  experimentally demonstrated and applications to neuroscientific studies  are discussed. In part two, the devices are exploited in two different  studies to investigate stiffness regulation principles in humans. The  first study provides evidence on the existence of coordinated stiffening  patterns in the fingers of human hands and establishes initial steps  towards a real-time and effective modelling of finger stiffness in  tripod grasp.  The second study presents experimental findings on how  humans modulate their hand stiffness whilst grasping objects of varying  levels of compliance.\u003cp\u003eThe overall results give solid evidence  on the validity and utility of the proposed devices to investigate human  grasp properties. The underlying motor control principles that are  exploited by humans in the achievement of a reliable and robust grasp  can potentially be integrated into the control framework of robotic or  prosthetic hands to achieve a similar interaction performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-12-06\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319470863\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-47087-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 82\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45548519227532,"sku":"9783319470863","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319470863.jpg?v=1775784724","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319470863","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}