Chapter 1.1

Introduction

Huihuan Qian1,2, Xinyu Wu2,  and Yangsheng Xu1,2     1The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China     2Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China

Abstract

With the significant development of robotic technologies, the applications of robots have been extended broadly from their traditional industry role to military, medical field, and even daily services. Robotics has gradually become a very large industry with tremendous influence on the sustainable development of the world.

Keywords

Detection; Dexterity; Motion programming; Planning; Safety; Sensing; Tele-operation

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