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

By Vladimir G. Ivancevic and Tijana T. Ivancevic

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402041160
• ISBN13: 9781402041167
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"