322
Index
sEMG-based sensing system,
configuration of, 222–223
Semi-active actuators, 241
Sensing, biologically inspired, 10–11
Sensing-perception-planning-control, 6
Sensors, use of in robotic fish design,
89–90
Serial humanoid neck mechanisms, 106
Service robots, gaze-based
communication of, 299
Servo motors, use of in robotic fish
design, 89–90
Shape, use of for computer-aided CE
image recognition, 212–213
Shape memory alloy (SMA), use of to
develop robotic lamprey, 86
Shell theory, 150
SHOAL robotic fish, 95, 98
control software architecture for, 96
hardware configuration for, 97
system configuration of, 95–97
Short-time Fourier transform. See STFT
method
Short-time Thompson transform. See
STTT
Sickle cell anemia, RBCs in, 160
Silicon nanoprobes
fabrication of, 182–183
stiffness measurement of single yeast
cells by, 184–185
Siliconizing, 130
Simulation of golf swing robot, 74–77
Single-cell analysis
nanosurgery system and, 167–168
principles of stiffness measurements,
169–171
stiffness measurements using
conventional AFM cantilevers,
179–182
stiffness measurements using
different indenter shapes,
171–173
stiffness measurements using hard
nanoprobes, 175–176
stiffness measurements using
nanoprobes, 182–185
stiffness measurements using soft
nanoprobes, 174–175
Single-cell loading and supply system
cell detection/tracking and control
algorithm for, 134–138
cell suction system, 130–131
cell types and preparation, 129–130
direction control in, 139–143
manufacture of microfluidic chips
for, 131–132
materials and methods for, 128–129
oocyte and fibroblast suction in,
138–139
valve control principle for, 132–133
vision system for, 133–134
Smart fluids, use of in assistive knee
braces, 241
Smart fluids-based actuators, 241
Snake-like robots, 3. See also Robotic
snakes
CPG network for control of, 16–22
designing mechanisms for, 5
experiments, 26–29
simulation of CPG-controlled, 22–26
Social robots, gaze-based
communication of, 299
Soft nanoprobes, 174
calibration of, 183–184
fabrication of, 182–183
measurement of single-cell stiffness
using, 174–175
Somatic cell cloning, 129
Sound absorption, 110–111
Sound insulation, use of in low-noise
robotic neck, 110–111
Spectral features of sEMG signals, 221,
233
Spectral flatness feature, 221, 232
based on STFT at different speeds,
236
Spectral method of square integrals,
226, 228
Spectral moment, features based on
STFT at different forces, 236
Speed
control of, 24
identification of in hand movements,
230–233
resistance, 46
Spherical indenters, stiffness
measurements using, 171–173
Spherical necks, 106–107
Index
sEMG-based sensing system,
configuration of, 222–223
Semi-active actuators, 241
Sensing, biologically inspired, 10–11
Sensing-perception-planning-control, 6
Sensors, use of in robotic fish design,
89–90
Serial humanoid neck mechanisms, 106
Service robots, gaze-based
communication of, 299
Servo motors, use of in robotic fish
design, 89–90
Shape, use of for computer-aided CE
image recognition, 212–213
Shape memory alloy (SMA), use of to
develop robotic lamprey, 86
Shell theory, 150
SHOAL robotic fish, 95, 98
control software architecture for, 96
hardware configuration for, 97
system configuration of, 95–97
Short-time Fourier transform. See STFT
method
Short-time Thompson transform. See
STTT
Sickle cell anemia, RBCs in, 160
Silicon nanoprobes
fabrication of, 182–183
stiffness measurement of single yeast
cells by, 184–185
Siliconizing, 130
Simulation of golf swing robot, 74–77
Single-cell analysis
nanosurgery system and, 167–168
principles of stiffness measurements,
169–171
stiffness measurements using
conventional AFM cantilevers,
179–182
stiffness measurements using
different indenter shapes,
171–173
stiffness measurements using hard
nanoprobes, 175–176
stiffness measurements using
nanoprobes, 182–185
stiffness measurements using soft
nanoprobes, 174–175
Single-cell loading and supply system
cell detection/tracking and control
algorithm for, 134–138
cell suction system, 130–131
cell types and preparation, 129–130
direction control in, 139–143
manufacture of microfluidic chips
for, 131–132
materials and methods for, 128–129
oocyte and fibroblast suction in,
138–139
valve control principle for, 132–133
vision system for, 133–134
Smart fluids, use of in assistive knee
braces, 241
Smart fluids-based actuators, 241
Snake-like robots, 3. See also Robotic
snakes
CPG network for control of, 16–22
designing mechanisms for, 5
experiments, 26–29
simulation of CPG-controlled, 22–26
Social robots, gaze-based
communication of, 299
Soft nanoprobes, 174
calibration of, 183–184
fabrication of, 182–183
measurement of single-cell stiffness
using, 174–175
Somatic cell cloning, 129
Sound absorption, 110–111
Sound insulation, use of in low-noise
robotic neck, 110–111
Spectral features of sEMG signals, 221,
233
Spectral flatness feature, 221, 232
based on STFT at different speeds,
236
Spectral method of square integrals,
226, 228
Spectral moment, features based on
STFT at different forces, 236
Speed
control of, 24
identification of in hand movements,
230–233
resistance, 46
Spherical indenters, stiffness
measurements using, 171–173
Spherical necks, 106–107