Brain, Body and Machine

CIM’s object of research is thus reflected in the book, where readers will find that most papers cover at least two of the three main thrusts. Papers reflect the state-ofthe-art of the multidiscipline of intelligentmachines, nowadays highly diversified. A broad spectrum of applications is covered, from humanoid robots and autonomous planetary rovers, to innovative procedures and systems for shape-reproduction and on to systems or devices for medical diagnosis. Applications are all geared to one common goal, a better quality of life for highly challenged patients or simply for the healthy individual. Methods to face the challenges include not only sophisticated deterministic algorithms, but also their heuristic counterparts, at the roots of what is known as soft computing.

The reader will find here papers on human-robot interaction as well as human safety algorithms; haptic interfaces; innovative instruments and algorithms for the sensing of motion and the identification of brain neoplasms; even a paper on a saxophone-playing robot.