Human-Like Biomechanics: A Unified Mathematical Approach to Human Biomechanics and Humanoid Robotics

Ivancevic, Vladimir G.; Ivancevic, Tijana T.

Human-Like Biomechanics is a comprehensive introduction into modern geometrical methods to be used as a unified research approach in two apparently separate and rapidly growing fields: mathematical biomechanics and humanoid robotics.

The book contains six Chapters and an Appendix. The first Chapter is an Introduction, giving a brief review of mathematical techniques to be used in the text. The second Chapter develops geometrical basis of human-like biomechanics, while the third Chapter develops its mechanical basis, mainly from generalized Lagrangian and Hamiltonian perspective. The fourth Chapter develops topology of human-like biomechanics, while the fifth Chapter reviews related nonlinear control techniques. The sixth Chapter develops covariant biophysics of electro-muscular stimulation. The Appendix consists of two parts: classical muscular mechanics and modern path integral methods, which are both used frequently in the main text. The whole book is based on the authors’ own research papers in human-like biomechanics.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2010-11-30

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9789048170470

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4116-4

Dimensions: 240.0cm x160.0cm

Pages: 470.0