Human and Robot Hands

1. Introduction
Matteo Bianchi, Alessandro Moscatelli

Part I. Neuroscience

2. Dexterous Manipulation: From High-Level Representation to Low-Level Coordination of Digit Forces and Positions
Qiushi Fu, Marco Santello

3. Digit Position and Force Synergies During Unconstrained Grasping
Abdeldjallil Naceri, Marco Santello, Alessandro Moscatelli, Marc O. Ernst

4. The Motor Control of Hand Movements in the Human Brain: Toward the Definition of a Cortical Representation of Postural Synergies
Andrea Leo, Giacomo Handjaras, Hamal Marino, Matteo Bianchi, Pietro Pietrini, Emiliano Ricciardi

5. Synergy Control in Subcortical Circuitry: Insights from Neurophysiology
Henrik Jörntell

6. Neuronal “Op-amps” Implement Adaptive Control in Biology and Robotics
Martin Nilsson

7. Sensorymotor Synergies: Fusion of Cutaneous Touch and Proprioception in the Perceived Hand Kinematics
Alessandro Moscatelli, Matteo Bianchi, Alessandro Serio, Antonio Bicchi, Marc O. Ernst

Part II. Robotics, Models and Sensing Tools

8. From Soft to Adaptive Synergies: The Pisa/IIT SoftHand
Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Edoardo Farnioli, Alessandro Serio, Manuel Bonilla, Manolo Garabini, Cristina Piazza, Marco Gabiccini, Antonio Bicchi

9. A Learn by Demonstration Approach for Closed-Loop, Robust, Anthropomorphic Grasp Planning
Minas V. Liarokapis, Charalampos P. Bechlioulis, George I. Boutselis, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

10. Teleimpedance Control: Overview and Application
Arash Ajoudani, Sasha B. Godfrey, Nikos Tsagarakis, Antonio Bicchi

11. Incremental Learning of Muscle Synergies: From Calibration to Interaction
Claudio Castellini

12. How to Map Human Hand Synergies onto Robotic Hands Using the SynGrasp Matlab Toolbox
Gionata Salvietti, Guido Gioioso, Monica Malvezzi, Domenico Prattichizzo

13. Quasi-Static Analysis of Synergistically Underactuated Robotic Hands in Grasping and Manipulation Tasks
Edoardo Farnioli, Marco Gabiccini, Antonio Bicchi

14. A Simple Model of the Hand for the Analysis of Object Exploration
Vonne Polanen, Wouter M. Bergmann Tiest, Astrid M. L. Kappers

15. Synergy-Based Optimal Sensing Techniques for Hand Pose Reconstruction
Matteo Bianchi, Paolo Salaris, Antonio Bicchi

Avainsanat: Computer Science, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Neurosciences, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)