Toward a framework for robot-inclusive environments

Tan, Ning; Elara, Mohan Rajesh; Watanabe, Akira

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2016.06.001

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“…Among these soft robotics, the class of soft crawling robots inspired from biological creatures has attracted increasing attention owing to their anticipated effective interaction with humans and uncertain environments, as well as potential capabilities of completing a variety of tasks, like search and rescue, infrastructure inspection, surveillance, drug delivery, and human assistance . Various novel actuations and locomotion designs have been explored to drive soft crawling robots, with some of them even equipped with capabilities of the autonomous motion, environment accommodation and decision making . For instance, soft crawling robots inspired by octopuses, worms, and jellyfishes have been designed to achieve complex motions with multiple gaits at low cost .…”

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Soft Crawling Robots: Design, Actuation, and Locomotion

Chen

Cao

Sarparast

et al. 2019

Adv Materials Technologies

163

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Soft crawling robots have attracted great attention due to their anticipated effective interactions with humans and uncertain environments, as well as their potential capabilities of completing a variety of tasks encompassing search and rescue, infrastructure inspection, surveillance, drug delivery, and human assistance. Herein, a comprehensive survey on recent advances of soft crawling robots categorized by their major actuation mechanisms is provided, including pneumatic/hydraulic pressure, chemical reaction, and soft active material‐based actuations, which include dielectric elastomers, shape memory alloys, magnetoactive elastomers, liquid crystalline elastomers, piezoelectric materials, ionic polymer–metal composites, and twisted and coiled polymers. For each type of actuation, the prevalent modes of locomotion adopted in representative robots, the design, working principle and performance of their soft actuators, and the performance of each locomotion approach, as well as the advantages and drawbacks of each design are discussed. This review summarizes the state‐of‐the‐art progresses and the critical knowledge in designing soft crawling robots and offers a guidance and insightful outlook for the future development of soft robots.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Soft Crawling Robots: Design, Actuation, and Locomotion

Chen

Cao

Sarparast

et al. 2019

Adv Materials Technologies

163

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“…Later we saw Tan, Mohan and Watanabe [68] discuss a framework for robot-inclusive environments. Again, the technological evolution is easy to see.…”

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Digital construction: From point solutions to IoT ecosystem

Woodhead

Stephenson

Morrey

2018

Automation in Construction

239

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This paper takes a longitudinal view of literature to explain the current period as disruptive technology drives an evolutionary adaptation of the construction industry in a historical socio-technological process. The authors argue the way Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are conceived as singularly focused "point solutions" undermine future opportunities. An evolutionary view is overlooked because extant literature describes technology in a particular epoch. An ecosystem perspective needs to influence IT strategy as an emerging "digital layer" transcends a smart city and continues to function long after a traditional construction project completes. We describe innovation as a succession of transformational waves in an evolutionary process that is currently manifesting as "Industry 4.0" and changing expectations for the construction industry. The paper concludes by listing emerging trends and warns existing UK construction companies must understand the transformational process they are in and learn how to adapt with a stronger drive for R&D.

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“…Robots are intelligent physical devices [50] with a certain degree of autonomy, mobility, and sensory capabilities that allow them to perform intended tasks without a human intervention [26], [51]. Th e least sophisticated industrial robots have been used in tourism and hospitality sector for at least 50 years in diff erent production processes, such as food preparation.…”

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Current Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Tourism and Hospitality

Zlatanov¹,

Popesku²

2019

Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference - Sinteza 2019

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The revolution brought about with the development of ICTs has caused dramatic changes in tourism and hospitality industry. The Travel 2.0 websites characterized by sharing information freely have been prevailing for some time now and are paving the way for the use of even more sophisticated intelligent systems in tourism and hospitality. Considering the complexity of the travel-related decision making process, intelligent systems and tourism fit in perfectly. Service automation, artificial intelligence and robots have provided tourism companies and organizations with vast new opportunities. Artificial intelligence has already been adopted to some extent in various parts of tourism industry, however, the scientific literature on the subject continues to be scarce. This paper intends to continue the discussion on the artificial intelligence applications in tourism which has just started recently, thus providing much needed scientific view of the subject.

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Toward a framework for robot-inclusive environments

Cited by 45 publications

References 37 publications

Soft Crawling Robots: Design, Actuation, and Locomotion

Soft Crawling Robots: Design, Actuation, and Locomotion

Digital construction: From point solutions to IoT ecosystem

Current Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Tourism and Hospitality

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