Fundamentals of Neuromechanics (Biosystems & Biorobotics)
Francisco J. J. Valero-Cuevas
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2016-11-01
- 售價: $2,650
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,518
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 220
- 裝訂: Paperback
- ISBN: 144717089X
- ISBN-13: 9781447170891
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This book provides a conceptual and computational framework to study how the nervous system exploits the anatomical properties of limbs to produce mechanical function. The study of the neural control of limbs has historically emphasized the use of optimization to find solutions to the muscle redundancy problem. That is, how does the nervous system select a specific muscle coordination pattern when the many muscles of a limb allow for multiple solutions?
I revisit this problem from the emerging perspective of neuromechanics that emphasizes finding and implementing families of feasible solutions, instead of a single and unique optimal solution. Those families of feasible solutions emerge naturally from the interactions among the feasible neural commands, anatomy of the limb, and constraints of the task. Such alternative perspective to the neural control of limb function is not only biologically plausible, but sheds light on the most central tenets and debates in the fields of neural control, robotics, rehabilitation, and brain-body co-evolutionary adaptations. This perspective developed from courses I taught to engineers and life scientists at Cornell University and the University of Southern California, and is made possible by combining fundamental concepts from mechanics, anatomy, mathematics, robotics and neuroscience with advances in the field of computational geometry.
Fundamentals of Neuromechanics is intended for neuroscientists, roboticists, engineers, physicians, evolutionary biologists, athletes, and physical and occupational therapists seeking to advance their understanding of neuromechanics. Therefore, the tone is decidedly pedagogical, engaging, integrative, and practical to make it accessible to people coming from a broad spectrum of disciplines. I attempt to tread the line between making the mathematical exposition accessible to life scientists, and convey the wonder and complexity of neuroscience to engineers and computational scientists. While no one approach can hope to definitively resolve the important questions in these related fields, I hope to provide you with the fundamental background and tools to allow you to contribute to the emerging field of neuromechanics.
I revisit this problem from the emerging perspective of neuromechanics that emphasizes finding and implementing families of feasible solutions, instead of a single and unique optimal solution. Those families of feasible solutions emerge naturally from the interactions among the feasible neural commands, anatomy of the limb, and constraints of the task. Such alternative perspective to the neural control of limb function is not only biologically plausible, but sheds light on the most central tenets and debates in the fields of neural control, robotics, rehabilitation, and brain-body co-evolutionary adaptations. This perspective developed from courses I taught to engineers and life scientists at Cornell University and the University of Southern California, and is made possible by combining fundamental concepts from mechanics, anatomy, mathematics, robotics and neuroscience with advances in the field of computational geometry.
Fundamentals of Neuromechanics is intended for neuroscientists, roboticists, engineers, physicians, evolutionary biologists, athletes, and physical and occupational therapists seeking to advance their understanding of neuromechanics. Therefore, the tone is decidedly pedagogical, engaging, integrative, and practical to make it accessible to people coming from a broad spectrum of disciplines. I attempt to tread the line between making the mathematical exposition accessible to life scientists, and convey the wonder and complexity of neuroscience to engineers and computational scientists. While no one approach can hope to definitively resolve the important questions in these related fields, I hope to provide you with the fundamental background and tools to allow you to contribute to the emerging field of neuromechanics.
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本書提供了一個概念性和計算性的框架,以研究神經系統如何利用肢體的解剖特性來產生機械功能。對於肢體的神經控制的研究歷史上強調使用優化來解決肌肉冗餘問題。也就是說,當肢體的多個肌肉允許多種解決方案時,神經系統如何選擇特定的肌肉協調模式?
我從新興的神經力學(neuromechanics)視角重新審視這個問題,這種視角強調尋找和實施可行解的家族,而不是單一且獨特的最佳解。這些可行解的家族自然地從可行的神經指令、肢體的解剖結構和任務的約束之間的互動中產生。這種對肢體功能神經控制的替代性視角不僅在生物學上是合理的,還為神經控制、機器人學、康復以及大腦與身體共同進化適應等領域的核心信條和辯論提供了啟示。這一視角源自我在康奈爾大學和南加州大學教授工程師和生命科學家的課程,並通過結合力學、解剖學、數學、機器人學和神經科學的基本概念以及計算幾何領域的進展而得以實現。
《神經力學基礎》(Fundamentals of Neuromechanics)旨在為神經科學家、機器人學家、工程師、醫生、進化生物學家、運動員以及尋求提升對神經力學理解的物理治療師和職業治療師提供資源。因此,書中的語氣明顯具有教學性、引人入勝、整合性和實用性,以使來自廣泛學科背景的人都能輕鬆理解。我試圖在使數學表述對生命科學家可及與向工程師和計算科學家傳達神經科學的奇妙與複雜之間找到平衡。雖然沒有任何一種方法能夠希望明確解決這些相關領域中的重要問題,但我希望能為您提供基本的背景知識和工具,使您能夠為新興的神經力學領域做出貢獻。