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Robotics in Practice

Author : Joseph F. Engelberger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468471201
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Robotics in Practice written by Joseph F. Engelberger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE REAL THING by Isaac Asimov Back in 1939, when I was still a teenager, I began to write (and publish) a series of stories about robots which, for the first time in science fiction, were pictured as having been deliberately engineered to do their job safely. They were not intended to be creaky Gothic menaces, nor outlets for mawkish sentiment. They were simply well-designed machines. Beginning in 1942, I crystallized this notion in what I called 'The Three Laws of Robotics' and, in 1950, nine of my robot stories were collected into a book, I, Robot. I did not at that time seriously believe that I would live to see robots in action and robotics becoming a booming industry .... Yet here we are, better yet, I am alive to see it. But then, why shouldn't they be with us? Robots fulfil an important role in industry. They do simple and repetitive jobs more steadily, more reliably, and more uncomplainingly than a human being could - or should. Does a robot displace a human being? Certainly, but he does so at a job that, simply because a robot can do it, is beneath the dignity of a human being; a job that is no more than mindless drudgery. Better and more human jobs can be found for human beings - and should.

Modular Robots: Theory and Practice

Author : Guilin Yang
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811650071
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Modular Robots: Theory and Practice written by Guilin Yang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the latest advances in modular robotics, and presents a unified geometric framework for modeling, analysis, and design of modular robots, including kinematics, dynamics, calibration, and configuration optimization. Supplementing the main content with a wealth of illustrations, the book offers a valuable guide for researchers, engineers and graduate students in the fields of mechatronics, robotics, and automation who wish to learn about the theory and practice of modular robots.

Search and Rescue Robotics

Author : Multiple Authors
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9535133756
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Search and Rescue Robotics written by Multiple Authors and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2017-08-23 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the event of large crises (earthquakes, typhoons, floods, ...), a primordial task of the fire and rescue services is the search for human survivors on the incident site. This is a complex and dangerous task, which - too often - leads to loss of lives among the human crisis managers themselves. This book explains how unmanned search can be added to the toolkit of the search and rescue workers, offering a valuable tool to save human lives and to speed up the search and rescue process. The introduction of robotic tools in the world of search and rescue is not straightforward, due to the fact that the search and rescue context is extremely technology-unfriendly, meaning that very robust solutions, which can be deployed extremely quickly, are required. Multiple research projects across the world are tackling this problem and in this book, a special focus is placed on showcasing the results of the European Union ICARUS project on this subject. The ICARUS project proposes to equip first responders with a comprehensive and integrated set of unmanned search and rescue tools, to increase the situational awareness of human crisis managers, so that more work can be done in a shorter amount of time. The ICARUS tools consist of assistive unmanned air, ground, and sea vehicles, equipped with victim-detection sensors. The unmanned vehicles collaborate as a coordinated team, communicating via ad hoc cognitive radio networking. To ensure optimal human-robot collaboration, these tools are seamlessly integrated into the command and control equipment of the human crisis managers and a set of training and support tools is provided to them in order to learn to use the ICARUS system. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement number 285417. The publishing of this book was funded by the EC FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot programme.

Modern Robotics

Author : Kevin M. Lynch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107156300
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Modern Robotics written by Kevin M. Lynch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern and unified treatment of the mechanics, planning, and control of robots, suitable for a first course in robotics.

Robot Manipulator Control

Author : Frank L. Lewis
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780203026953
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Robot Manipulator Control written by Frank L. Lewis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-12-12 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robot Manipulator Control offers a complete survey of control systems for serial-link robot arms and acknowledges how robotic device performance hinges upon a well-developed control system. Containing over 750 essential equations, this thoroughly up-to-date Second Edition, the book explicates theoretical and mathematical requisites for controls design and summarizes current techniques in computer simulation and implementation of controllers. It also addresses procedures and issues in computed-torque, robust, adaptive, neural network, and force control. New chapters relay practical information on commercial robot manipulators and devices and cutting-edge methods in neural network control.

Direct-Drive Robots

Author : Haruhiko Asada
Publisher : Mit Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262511766
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Direct-Drive Robots written by Haruhiko Asada and published by Mit Press. This book was released on 1987-05 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the design concept and control issues of the high-performance direct-drive robot arm.

Springer Handbook of Robotics

Author : Bruno Siciliano
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319325523
Total Pages : 2259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Springer Handbook of Robotics written by Bruno Siciliano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 2259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview on 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 touch people and their lives. The credible prospect of practical robots among humans is the result of the scientific endeavour of a 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 has 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 Sciences & Mathematics as well as the organization’s Award for Engineering & Technology. The second edition of the handbook, edited by two internationally renowned scientists with the support of an outstanding team of seven part editors and more than 200 authors, continues to be an authoritative reference for robotics researchers, newcomers to the field, and scholars from related disciplines. The contents have been restructured to achieve four main objectives: the enlargement of foundational topics for robotics, the enlightenment of design of various types of robotic systems, the extension of the treatment on robots moving in the environment, and the enrichment of advanced robotics applications. Further to an extensive update, fifteen new chapters have been introduced on emerging topics, and a new generation of authors have joined the handbook’s team. A novel addition to the second edition is a comprehensive collection of multimedia references to more than 700 videos, which bring valuable insight into the contents. The videos can be viewed directly augmented into the text with a smartphone or tablet using a unique and specially designed app. Springer Handbook of Robotics Multimedia Extension Portal: http://handbookofrobotics.org/

Robots in K-12 Education: A New Technology for Learning

Author : Barker, Bradley S.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466601833
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Robots in K-12 Education: A New Technology for Learning written by Barker, Bradley S. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores the theory and practice of educational robotics in the K-12 formal and informal educational settings, providing empirical research supporting the use of robotics for STEM learning"--Provided by publisher.

Agricultural Robots

Author : Naoshi Kondo
Publisher : Apollo Books
ISBN 13 : 9781920901837
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Agricultural Robots written by Naoshi Kondo and published by Apollo Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Japan's agriculture is characterized by efforts to increase production and productivity. At the beginning of the 21st century, both public and private sector research has focused on developing ever-more sophisticated tools to address a wide-range of challenges facing the agricultural industry. An amazing array of automation technologies and robots have been developed in the process, to do everything from tilling fields to picking strawberries, from planting rice seedlings to autonomously weeding the paddies. This richly-illustrated volume surveys the results of these efforts, concisely and plainly presenting specific examples of the latest robotic mechanisms and practices for agricultural applications.

Practical Motion Planning in Robotics

Author : Kamal Gupta
Publisher : Chichester, England ; Toronto : J. Wiley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Motion Planning in Robotics written by Kamal Gupta and published by Chichester, England ; Toronto : J. Wiley. This book was released on 1998-10-15 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical Motion Planning in Robotics Current Approaches and Future Directions Edited by Kamal Gupta Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada Angel P. del Pobil Jaume-l University, Castellon, Spain Designed to bridge the gap between research and industry, Practical Motion Planning in Robotics brings theoretical advances to bear on real-world applications. Capitalizing on recent progress, this comprehensive study emphasizes the practical aspects of techniques for collision detection, obstacle avoidance, path planning and manipulation planning. The broad approach spans both model- and sensor-based motion planning, collision detection and geometric complexity, and future directions. Features include: - Review of state-of-the-art techniques and coverage of the main issues to be considered in the development of motion planners for use in real applications - Focus on gross motion planning for articulated arms enabling robots to perform non-contact tasks with relatively high tolerances plus brief consideration of mobile robots - The use of efficient algorithms to tackle incremental changes in the environment - Illlustration of robot motion planning applications in virtual prototyping and the shipbuilding industry - Demonstration of efficient path planners combining both local and global planning approaches in conjunction with efficient techniques for collision detection and distance computations - International contributions from academia and industry Combining theory and practice, this timely book will appeal to academic researchers and practising engineers in the fields of robotic systems, mechatronics and computer science.

Behavior-based Robotics

Author : Ronald C. Arkin
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262011655
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Behavior-based Robotics written by Ronald C. Arkin and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Michael Arbib This introduction to the principles, design, and practice of intelligent behavior-based autonomous robotic systems is the first true survey of this robotics field. The author presents the tools and techniques central to the development of this class of systems in a clear and thorough manner. Following a discussion of the relevant biological and psychological models of behavior, he covers the use of knowledge and learning in autonomous robots, behavior-based and hybrid robot architectures, modular perception, robot colonies, and future trends in robot intelligence. The text throughout refers to actual implemented robots and includes many pictures and descriptions of hardware, making it clear that these are not abstract simulations, but real machines capable of perception, cognition, and action.

Disaster Robotics

Author : Robin R. Murphy
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262321319
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Disaster Robotics written by Robin R. Murphy and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-02-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference for disaster robotics that covers theory, specific deployments, and ground, air, and marine modalities. This book offers the definitive guide to the theory and practice of disaster robotics. It can serve as an introduction for researchers and technologists, a reference for emergency managers, and a textbook in field robotics. Written by a pioneering researcher in the field who has herself participated in fifteen deployments of robots in disaster response and recovery, the book covers theory and practice, the history of the field, and specific missions. After a broad overview of rescue robotics in the context of emergency informatics, the book provides a chronological summary and formal analysis of the thirty-four documented deployments of robots to disasters that include the 2001 collapse of the World Trade Center, Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, and numerous mining accidents. It then examines disaster robotics in the typical robot modalities of ground, air, and marine, addressing such topics as robot types, missions and tasks, and selection heuristics for each modality. Finally, the book discusses types of fieldwork, providing practical advice on matters that include collecting data and collaborating with emergency professionals. The field of disaster robotics has lacked a comprehensive overview. This book by a leader in the field, offering a unique combination of the theoretical and the practical, fills the gap.

Learning for Adaptive and Reactive Robot Control

Author : Aude Billard
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262367017
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Learning for Adaptive and Reactive Robot Control written by Aude Billard and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Methods by which robots can learn control laws that enable real-time reactivity using dynamical systems; with applications and exercises. This book presents a wealth of machine learning techniques to make the control of robots more flexible and safe when interacting with humans. It introduces a set of control laws that enable reactivity using dynamical systems, a widely used method for solving motion-planning problems in robotics. These control approaches can replan in milliseconds to adapt to new environmental constraints and offer safe and compliant control of forces in contact. The techniques offer theoretical advantages, including convergence to a goal, non-penetration of obstacles, and passivity. The coverage of learning begins with low-level control parameters and progresses to higher-level competencies composed of combinations of skills. Learning for Adaptive and Reactive Robot Control is designed for graduate-level courses in robotics, with chapters that proceed from fundamentals to more advanced content. Techniques covered include learning from demonstration, optimization, and reinforcement learning, and using dynamical systems in learning control laws, trajectory planning, and methods for compliant and force control . Features for teaching in each chapter: applications, which range from arm manipulators to whole-body control of humanoid robots; pencil-and-paper and programming exercises; lecture videos, slides, and MATLAB code examples available on the author’s website . an eTextbook platform website offering protected material[EPS2] for instructors including solutions.

The Robots are Here

Author : Rosemary Sage
Publisher : Legend Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789550920
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (895 download)

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Download or read book The Robots are Here written by Rosemary Sage and published by Legend Press Ltd. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology is redefining what it means to live in society and be human.

Designing, Constructing, and Programming Robots for Learning

Author : Eteokleous, Nikleia
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799874451
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Designing, Constructing, and Programming Robots for Learning written by Eteokleous, Nikleia and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-11-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of robotics in a classroom context has seen an increase in global momentum recently because of its positive contributions in the teaching of science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and beyond. It is argued that when robotics and programming are integrated in developmentally appropriate ways, cognitive skill development beyond STEM can be achieved. The development of educational robotics has presented a plethora of ways in which students can be assisted in the classroom. Designing, Constructing, and Programming Robots for Learning highlights the importance of integrating robotics in educational practice and presents various ways for how it can be achieved. It further explains how 21st century skills and life skills can be developed through the hands-on experience of educational robotics. Covering topics such as computational thinking, social skill enhancement, and teacher training, this text is an essential resource for engineers, educational software developers, teachers, professors, instructors, researchers, faculty, leaders in educational fields, students, and academicians.

Advances in Robotics and Virtual Reality

Author : Tauseef Gulrez
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642233635
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Robotics and Virtual Reality written by Tauseef Gulrez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-13 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beyond human knowledge and reach, robotics is strongly involved in tackling challenges of new emerging multidisciplinary fields. Together with humans, robots are busy exploring and working on the new generation of ideas and problems whose solution is otherwise impossible to find. The future is near when robots will sense, smell and touch people and their lives. Behind this practical aspect of human-robotics, there is a half a century spanned robotics research, which transformed robotics into a modern science. The Advances in Robotics and Virtual Reality is a compilation of emerging application areas of robotics. The book covers robotics role in medicine, space exploration and also explains the role of virtual reality as a non-destructive test bed which constitutes a premise of further advances towards new challenges in robotics. This book, edited by two famous scientists with the support of an outstanding team of fifteen authors, is a well suited reference for robotics researchers and scholars from related disciplines such as computer graphics, virtual simulation, surgery, biomechanics and neuroscience.

Robotics in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Author : Jesse C. Selber
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303074244X
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Robotics in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery written by Jesse C. Selber and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the current state of robotics in plastic and reconstructive surgery. It examines existing clinical applications, emerging and future applications and evolving technological platforms. Concise yet comprehensive, this book is organized into four sections. It begins with an introduction to robotic microsurgical training and robotic skills assessment, including crowd-sourced evaluation in surgery. Section two explores a variety of robotic clinical application, including robotic breast reconstruction, robotic mastectomy, robotic cleft palate surgery and robotic microsurgery in a urologic private practice. Following this, section three addresses the opportunities and challenges an interested surgeon might face when considering incorporating this technology into their practice. To close, the final section discusses new microsurgical robotic platforms and the potential directions this technology may take in the future. Supplemented with high quality videos and images, Robotics in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is an invaluable resource for both plastic surgeons and multi-specialty micro-surgeons.