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

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.

Geometric Basis of HumanLike Biomechanics.- Mechanical Basis of HumanLike Biomechanics.- Topology of HumanLike Biomechanics.- Nonlinear Control in HumanLike Biomechanics.- Covariant Biophysics of ElectroMuscular Stimulation.Unified biomechanics and robotics Design of hyper-complex robots Geometry and topology at work Path integral in biomechanics/biophysics