Mastication Robots Biological Inspiration to Implementation /

• Main Authors: Xu, Weiliang. (Author), Bronlund, John E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 290
• Subjects: Engineering.; Human physiology.; Food science.; Dentistry.; Artificial intelligence.; Engineering mathematics.; Control engineering systems.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Control , Robotics, Mechatronics.; Food Science.; Human Physiology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93903-0

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 Zea...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Robotic Models of the Masticatory System
• Mastication Robot of Linear Actuation
• Mastication Robot of Crank Actuation
• Mastication Robot of a Crank-Slider Linkage
• Measurement and Reproduction of Mastication Movement
• Robotic Chewing Experiments
• Understanding Food Texture Using Masticatory Robots
• Neural Control of a Mastication Robot
• Knowledge System of Human Chewing Behaviours.