Assistive Robotics Perspectives, Challenges, and Firmware

Chapter 1. Design of Intelligent Autonomous Mobility Assistance in Robotic Wheelchairs
Ujjawal Prakash Bhushan, Amit Laddi

Chapter 2. Gesture-Driven Assistive Robots for Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatment
Sougatamoy Biswas, Anup Nandy

Chapter 3. A Novel Robotic Design for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Panda Robot
Christine K. Syriopoulou- Delli, Eleni Gkiolnta, Kyriaki Sarri

Chapter 4. Comprehensive Design and Hardware Insights for an Expressive Universal Robot Assisting Elderly and Autistic Children
Kunal Singh, Debanik Roy

Chapter 5. Assistive Robots in Agriculture
Mehul S. Raval, Paawan Sharma, Sanjay Chaudhary

Chapter 6. Robotic Assistance in Vertical Farming
Ekta Singla

Chapter 7. AI-Based Vision-Guided Robot For Indian Agriculture
Soumik Layek, Debabrata Doloi, Varun Shrotri, Hena Ray, Alokesh Ghosh, Kamlesh Kumar

Chapter 8. Assistive ‘Mother-Daughter’ Robots in Agriculture: A Design Schematic from Biological Worm C. elegans
Rudra Prasanna Banerjee, Debanik Roy

Chapter 9. Design and Control of a Bionic Hand with Computer Vision Integration and High Grip Force for Intuitive Human-Machine Interaction
Kunal Singh, Debanik Roy

Chapter 10. Bio-Inspired Robots for Surveillance and Assistance
Pina Bhatt, Keval Bhavsar, Neel Bharadia, Umang Parmar, Parth Chauhan

Chapter 11. Flexible Electronics for Compact-Volume Assistive Robots
Suyash Shrivastava, Pydi Ganga Bahubalindruni

Chapter 12. Design of a Rolling Capsule-type Miniature Robot (RCMR) for Duct Inspection
Sakshee Patil, Debanik Roy, Pavan Kumar Kankar, Ankur Miglani

Chapter 13. Electromyography for Assistive Robotics: A Wide Horizon
Deepak Chandra Joshi, Santanu Mitra, Pankaj Kumar

Chapter 14. A Comprehensive Study on Modelling and Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Rajini Makam, Pruthviraj Mane, Suresh Sundaram, P.B. Sujit

Chapter 15. Robotic Leech: A Journey from Ideation to Articulation
Khushaldas Badhan, Rahul Narale, Jaipal Solanki, Piyush Taylor, Viinod Atpadkar, Debanik Roy

Chapter 16. Robotic Catheters: Types and Examples
Andrés J. Serrano-Balbontin, Inés Tejado,  Blas M. Vinagre

Chapter 17. Wearable Robots for Performance Enhancement of Occupational Workers
Randheer Singh, Vineet Vashista

Biography

Debanik Roy, Gold Medalist in B.Engg. & M.Tech., has nearly 35 years of research experience in the domain of Robotics, Automation, Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Manufacturing Systems. Since 1999, Dr. Roy has been associated with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India. He was with the Robotics division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai from 1999 to 2008 and headed Engineering Science committee of Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences from 2009 to 2017. At present, Dr. Roy is associated with Division of Remote Handling & Robotics at BARC. He is also serving as an Adjunct Professor of Homi Bhabha National Institute, DAE.  His research interest comprises in the domain of robot grippers, gripper sensors, flexible manipulator, bio-inspired robotics, soft robotics, underwater robotics, tele-manipulation and web-mediated robotics. Dr Roy received DAE Award for Excellence in Science & Technology in 2014, membership of DST, Govt of India & Lifetime Achievement award from Marquis in 2018. He has authored 3 books, 16 book-chapters on robotics and over 340 technical papers till date, published in referred journals, book chapters and conference proceedings.

S. Chakraverty has almost 30 years of experience as a researcher and teacher. Presently, he is working in the Department of Mathematics (Applied Mathematics Group), National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha as a Senior Professor (Higher Administrative Grade). His present research area includes Differential Equations (Ordinary, Partial and Fractional), Numerical Analysis and Computational Methods, Structural Dynamics (FGM, Nano) and Fluid Dynamics, Mathematical and Uncertainty Modeling, Soft Computing and Machine Intelligence (Artificial Neural Network, Fuzzy, Interval and Affine Computations).