NATURE-INSPIRED MOBILE ROBOTICS - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMBING AND WALKING ROBOTS AND THE SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR MOBILE MACHINES
暫譯: 自然啟發的移動機器人 - 第16屆國際攀爬與行走機器人及移動機器支援技術會議論文集

The proceedings provide state-of-the-art scientific and engineering research findings and developments in the area of mobile robotics and assistive technologies. The proceedings collected together peer reviewed articles presented at the CLAWAR 2013 conference. It contains a strong showing of articles on legged locomotion with numbers of legs from two onwards. There is also a good collection of articles on systems that walls climbing, poles balancing, and other more complex structures following the traditional of CLAWAR themes. In addition, the proceedings also cover the subject of robot-human interaction, which focus on a more human way of communicating with humanoid robots. As for human assistive devices, proceedings also cover exoskeletal and prosthetic devices, robots for personal and nursing cares to address the issues of ageing population in our society. Finally, the issue of the deployment of robots in society, it social and ethically consideration are also addressed in the proceedings.