The second edition of this handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of the various aspects in the rapidly developing field of robotics. Reaching for the human frontier, robotics is vigorously engaged in the growing challenges of new emerging domains. Interacting, exploring, and working with humans, the new generation of robots will increasingly impact people's lives.
The credible prospect of practical robots among humans is the result of the scientific endeavor of half a century of robotic developments that established robotics as a modern scientific discipline. The ongoing vibrant expansion and strong growth of the field during the last decade have fueled this second edition of the Springer Handbook of Robotics. The first edition of the handbook soon became a landmark in robotics publishing and won the American Association of Publishers PROSE Award for Excellence in Physical Science.,The second edition of this handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of the various aspects in