Mastication Robotics: Biological Inspiration to Implementation is the first book in the special field of masticatory robots for applications including foods texture analysis, dental training and speech therapy. It is a collection of the efforts we have made in the field at Massey University, New Zealand. The book provides a thorough review of the human masticatory system, and presents principles, analysis, design, simulations and experiments of a number of masticatory robots developed by the authors. This book is a valuable reference for researchers, engineers and graduates in the field of robotics, mechatronics, automatic control, artificial intelligence and food sciences.
Author(s): Weiliang Xu, John E. Bronlund (auth.)
Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence 290
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 295
Tags: Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Control , Robotics, Mechatronics; Food Science; Dentistry; Human Physiology
Front Matter....Pages -
Introduction....Pages 1-33
Robotic Models of the Masticatory System....Pages 35-58
Mastication Robot of Linear Actuation....Pages 59-89
Mastication Robot of Crank Actuation....Pages 91-128
Mastication Robot of a Crank-Slider Linkage....Pages 129-162
Measurement and Reproduction of Mastication Movement....Pages 163-177
Robotic Chewing Experiments....Pages 179-206
Understanding Food Texture Using Masticatory Robots....Pages 207-236
Neural Control of a Mastication Robot....Pages 237-270
Knowledge System of Human Chewing Behaviours....Pages 271-287
Back Matter....Pages -
