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Book Synopsis Sensor-Based Robots: Algorithms and Architectures by : C.S.George Lee
Download or read book Sensor-Based Robots: Algorithms and Architectures written by C.S.George Lee and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most industrial robots today have little or no sensory capability. Feedback is limited to information about joint positions, combined with a few interlock and timing signals. These robots can function only in an environment where the objects to be manipulated are precisely located in the proper position for the robot to grasp (i. e. , in a structured environment). For many present industrial applications, this level of performance has been adequate. With the increasing demand for high performance sensor-based robot manipulators in assembly tasks, meeting this demand and challenge can only be achieved through the consideration of: 1) efficient acquisition and processing of intemaVextemal sensory information, 2) utilization and integration of sensory information from various sensors (tactile, force, and vision) to acquire knowledge in a changing environment, 3) exploitation of inherent robotic parallel algorithms and efficient VLSI architectures for robotic computations, and finally 4) system integration into a working and functioning robotic system. This is the intent of the Workshop on Sensor-Based Robots: Algorithms and Architectures - to study the fundamental research issues and problems associated with sensor-based robot manipulators and to propose approaches and solutions from various viewpoints in improving present day robot manipula tors in the areas of sensor fusion and integration, sensory information processing, and parallel algorithms and architectures for robotic computations.
Book Synopsis Modelling and Planning for Sensor Based Intelligent Robot Systems by : H Bunke
Download or read book Modelling and Planning for Sensor Based Intelligent Robot Systems written by H Bunke and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1995-10-24 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited and reviewed volume consists of papers that were originally presented at a workshop in the Scientific Center at Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany. It gives an overview of the field and presents the latest developments in the areas of modeling and planning for sensor based robots. The particular topics addressed include active vision, sensor fusion, environment modeling, motion planning, robot navigation, distributed control architectures, reactive behavior, and others. Contents:Dynamic Environmental Modeling by the C-Tree (K Verbarg & H Noltemeier)Competitive Strategies for Autonomous Systems (C Icking & R Kelin)Boundary Extraction for Rasterized Motion Planning (H Mueller)Collision Detection: A Geometric Approach (P Jimenez & C Torras)Planning with Uncertainty of Vision (Y Shirai)Applications of Fractal Image Encoding (P Levi et al.)Model-Based Multisensory Robot Vision (H Bunke et al.)Local Environment Modeling Through Integrated Stereo & Motion Analysis (R C Bolles et al.)Localisation, Environmental Modelling and Path Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation (R Jarvis)Hierarchical Control for Navigation Using Heterogeneous Models (P Pirjanian & H I Christensen)PRIAMOS: An Advanced Moblie System for Service, Inspection, and Surveillance Tasks (R Dillmann et al.)A Distributed Control Architecture for Autonomous Robot Systems (T Laengle et al.)Bio-Based Control for Intelligent Autonomous Systems (T C Henderson & A A Efros)Image-Guided Robotic Radiosurgery (J R Adler et al.)A Nonlinear Circuit Theory for Physically Understanding Dextrous Robot (Human) Motions (S Arimoto)and other papers Readership: Researchers in computer science, robotics, applied mathematics & engineering and electronics. keywords:Path Planning;Motion Planning;Navigation;Localization;Pose Tracking;Vision;Shape Recognition;Object Recognition;Distributed Systems;Multiple Robot Interaction;Human Robot Interaction;Telerobotics
Book Synopsis Languages for Sensor-Based Control in Robotics by : Ulrich Rembold
Download or read book Languages for Sensor-Based Control in Robotics written by Ulrich Rembold and published by Springer. This book was released on 1987-06-15 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Languages for Sensor-Based Control in Robotics held in Il Ciocco, Castelvecchio Pascoli/Italy, September 1-5, 1986
Book Synopsis Kinematic and Dynamic Issues in Sensor Based Control by : Gaynor E. Taylor
Download or read book Kinematic and Dynamic Issues in Sensor Based Control written by Gaynor E. Taylor and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a series of papers originally presented at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled Kinematic and Dynamic Issues in Sensor Based Control. The workshop, one of a series concerned with topics in sensory robotics, took place at II Ciocco, Castelvecchio di Pascoli, Italy in October 1987. Attendance was by invitation only and the majority of participants are recognised leaders in their field- some from the robotics community, others with a more general control background. The main topics of interest were grouped into eight sessions represented by the eight main sections of the book: 1: Modelling Techniques: General Kinematic and Dynamic Issues 2: Sensor Signal Processing 3: Force Control 4: Further Control Topics 5: Vision Based Control 6: Further Kinematic and Dynamic Issues 7: Computational Issues 8: Learning from Sensor Input Also included are brief reports of the roundtable discussions which sought to determine important future directions of research in this area. My thanks to all those who made the workshop possible: The NATO Scientific Affairs Division and the panel on Sensory Systems for Robotic Control who provided most of the financial support; the workshop committee, Dr. B. Espiau, Dr. P. Coiffet, Dr. P.
Book Synopsis Sensor Based Intelligent Robots by : Gregory D. Hager
Download or read book Sensor Based Intelligent Robots written by Gregory D. Hager and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-03-20 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robotics is a highly interdisciplinary research topic, that requires integration of methods for mechanics, control engineering, signal processing, planning, gra- ics, human-computer interaction, real-time systems, applied mathematics, and software engineering to enable construction of fully operational systems. The diversity of topics needed to design, implement, and deploy such systems implies that it is almost impossible for individual teams to provide the needed critical mass for such endeavors. To facilitate interaction and progress on sensor-based intelligent robotics inter-disciplinary workshops are necessary through which - depthdiscussioncanbeusedforcrossdisseminationbetweendi?erentdisciplines. The Dagstuhl foundation has organized a number of workshops on Mod- ing and Integration of Sensor Based Intelligent Robot Systems. The Dagstuhl seminars take place over a full week in a beautiful setting in the Saarland in Germany. The setting provides an ideal environment for in-depth presentations and rich interaction between the participants. This volume contains papers presented during the fourth workshop held - tober 15–20, 2000. All papers were submitted by workshop attendees, and were reviewed by at least one reviewer. We wish to thank all of the reviewers for their invaluable help in making this a high-quality selection of papers. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Schloss Dagstuhl Foundation and the sta? at Springer-Verlag. Without their support the production of this volume would not have been possible.
Book Synopsis Sensor Based Intelligent Robots by : Henrik I Christensen
Download or read book Sensor Based Intelligent Robots written by Henrik I Christensen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thorougly refereed post-proceedings of an international workshop on sensor based Intelligent Robot held in Dagstuhl Castle, Germany in September/October 1998. The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed for inclusion in the book. Among the topics addressed are robot navigation, motion planning, autonomous mobile robots, wheelchair robots, interactive robots, car navigation systems, visual tracking, sensor based navigation, distributed algorithms, computer vision, intelligent agents, robot control, and computational geometry.
Book Synopsis Student Modelling: The Key to Individualized Knowledge-Based Instruction by : Jim E. Greer
Download or read book Student Modelling: The Key to Individualized Knowledge-Based Instruction written by Jim E. Greer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of a NATO sponsored workshop entitled "Student Modelling: The Key to Individualized Knowledge-Based Instruction" which was held May 4-8, 1991 at Ste. Adele, Quebec, Canada. The workshop was co-directed by Gordon McCalla and Jim Greer of the ARIES Laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan. The workshop focused on the problem of student modelling in intelligent tutoring systems. An intelligent tutoring system (ITS) is a computer program that is aimed at providing knowledgeable, individualized instruction in a one-on-one interaction with a learner. In order to individualize this interaction, the ITS must keep track of many aspects of the leamer: how much and what he or she has leamed to date; what leaming styles seem to be successful for the student and what seem to be less successful; what deeper mental models the student may have; motivational and affective dimensions impacting the leamer; and so ono Student modelling is the problem of keeping track of alI of these aspects of a leamer's leaming.
Book Synopsis Technology-Based Learning Environments by : Stella Vosniadou
Download or read book Technology-Based Learning Environments written by Stella Vosniadou and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume contains a large number of the papers contributed to the Advanced Study Institute on the Psychological and Educational Foundations of Technology-Based Learning Environments, which took place in Crete in the summer of 1992. The purpose of the Advanced Study Institute was to bring together a small number of senior lecturers and advanced graduate students to investigate and discuss the psychological and educational foundations of technology-based learning environments and to draw the implications of recent research findings in the area of cognitive science for the development of educational technology. As is apparent from the diverse nature of the contributions included in this volume, the participants at the ASI came from different backgrounds and looked at the construction of technology -based learning environments from rather diverse points of view. Despite the diversity, a surprising degree of overlap and agreement was achieved. Most of the contributors agreed that the kinds of technology-supported learning environments we should construct should stimulate students to be active and constructive in their knowledge-building efforts, embed learning in meaningful and authentic activities, encourage collaboration and social interaction, and take into consideration students' prior knowledge and beliefs.
Book Synopsis Microcomputer-Based Labs: Educational Research and Standards by : Robert F. Tinker
Download or read book Microcomputer-Based Labs: Educational Research and Standards written by Robert F. Tinker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microcomputer-based labs, the use of real-time data capture and display in teaching, give the learner new ways to explore and understand the world. As this book shows, the international effort over a quarter-century to develop and understand microcomputer-based labs (MBL) has resulted in a rich array of innovative implementations and some convincing evidence for the value of computers for learning. The book is a sampler of MBL work by an outstanding international group of scientists and educators, based on papers they presented at a seminar held as part of the NATO Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology. The story they tell of the development of MBL offers valuable policy lessons on how to promote educational innovation. The book will be of interest to a wide range of educators and to policy makers.
Book Synopsis Computer Vision and Sensor-Based Robots by : George G. Dodd
Download or read book Computer Vision and Sensor-Based Robots written by George G. Dodd and published by Springer. This book was released on 1979-09 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal ofthe symposium, "Computer Vision and Sensor-Based Robots," held at the General Motors Research Laboratories on September 2S and 26, 1978, was to stimulate a closer interaction between people working in diverse areas and to discuss fundamental issues related to vision and robotics. This book contains the papers and general discussions of that symposium, the 22nd in an annual series covering different technical disciplines that are timely and of interest to General Motors as well as the technical community at large. The subject of this symposium remains timely because the cost of computer vision hardware continues to drop and there is increasing use of robots in manufacturing applications. Current industrial applications of computer vision range from simple systems that measure or compare to sophisticated systems for part location determination and inspection. Almost all industrial robots today work with known parts in known posi tions, and we are just now beginning to see the emergence of programmable automa tion in which the robot can react to its environment when stimulated by visual and force-touch sensor inputs. As discussed in the symposium, future advances will depend largely on research now underway in several key areas. Development of vision systems that can meet industrial speed and resolution requirements with a sense of depth and color is a necessary step.
Book Synopsis Traditional and Non-Traditional Robotic Sensors by : Thomas C. Henderson
Download or read book Traditional and Non-Traditional Robotic Sensors written by Thomas C. Henderson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the written record of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Traditional and Non-Traditional Robotic Sensors held in the Hotel Villa del Mare, Maratea, Italy, August 28 - September 1, 1989. This workshop was organized under the auspicies of the NATO Special Program on Sensory Systems for Robotic Control. Professor Frans Groen from the University of Amsterdam and Dr. Gert Hirzinger from the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR) served as members of the organizing committee for this workshop. Research in the area of robotic sensors is necessary in order to support a wide range of applications, including: industrial automation, space robotics, image analysis, microelectronics, and intelligent sensors. This workshop focused on the role of traditional and non-traditional sensors in robotics. In particular, the following three topics were explored: - Sensor development and technology, - Multisensor integration techniques, - Application area requirements which motivate sensor development directions. This workshop'brought together experts from NATO countries to discuss recent developments in these three areas. Many new directions (or new directions on old problems) were proposed. Existing sensors should be pushed into new application domains such as medical robotics and space robotics.
Book Synopsis Advanced Tactile Sensing for Robotics by : Howard R Nicholls
Download or read book Advanced Tactile Sensing for Robotics written by Howard R Nicholls and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1992-12-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced robot systems require sensory information to enable them to make decisions and to carry out actions in a versatile, autonomous way. Humans make considerable use of information derived through touch, and an emerging domain of robot sensing is tactile sensing. This book considers various aspects of tactile sensing, from hardware design through to the use of tactile data in exploratory situations using a multi-fingered robot hand. In the first part of the book, the current state of progress of tactile sensing is surveyed, and it is found that the field is still in an early stage of development. Next, some fundamental issues in planar elasticity, concerning the interaction between tactile sensors and the environment, are presented. Having established how the basic data can be derived from the sensors, the issues of what form tactile sensors should take, and how they should be used, are considered. This is particularly important given the infancy of this field. The human tactile system is examined, and then biological touch and its implications for robotics is looked at. Some experiments in dextrous manipulation using a robot hand are described, which apply some of these results. The integration of tactile sensors into a complete system is also considered, and another, novel, approach for using touch sensing in a flexible assembly machine is described. Both basic material and new research results are provided in this book, thus catering to different levels of readers. The chapters by world experts in different aspects of the field are integrated well into one volume. The editor and authors have produced a thorough and in-depth survey of all work in robot tactile sensing, making the book essential reading for all researchers in this emergent field. Contents:Introduction to Tactile SensingTactile Sensor DesignsProcessing and Using Tactile Sensor Data (H R Nicholls)Planar Elasticity for Tactile Sensing (R S Fearing)Integrating Tactile Sensors — ESPRIT 278 (Z G Rzepczynski)Distributed Touch Sensing (H R Nicholls & N W Hardy)The Human Tactile System (L Moss-Salentijn)Lessons from the Study of Biological Touch for Robotic Tactile Sensing (S J Lederman & D T Pawluck)Lessons from the Study of Biological Touch for Robotic Haptic Sensing (S J Lederman et al.)Object Recognition Using Active Tactile Sensing (P K Allen)Experiments in Active Haptic Perception with the Utah-MIT Dextrous Hand (P K Allen et al.)Future Trends in Tactile Sensing (H R Nicholls)Appendix — Basic Linear Elasticity (R S Fearing) Readership: Computer scientists and engineers. keywords:Tactile Sensing;Tactile Sensor;Force Sensing;Force Sensor;Image Processing;Intelligent Robotics;Haptics;Robot Gripper;Robot Grasping;Touch Sensing;Touch Sensor “The book is well presented, with copious references to the literature, and will certainly be accepted as a standard work of reference in this area.” Robotica
Author :Helmut Schwichtenberg Publisher :Springer Science & Business Media ISBN 13 :3642793614 Total Pages :478 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (427 download)
Book Synopsis Proof and Computation by : Helmut Schwichtenberg
Download or read book Proof and Computation written by Helmut Schwichtenberg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Logical concepts and methods are of growing importance in many areas of computer science. The proofs-as-programs paradigm and the wide acceptance of Prolog show this clearly. The logical notion of a formal proof in various constructive systems can be viewed as a very explicit way to describe a computation procedure. Also conversely, the development of logical systems has been influenced by accumulating knowledge on rewriting and unification techniques. This volume contains a series of lectures by leading researchers giving a presentation of new ideas on the impact of the concept of a formal proof on computation theory. The subjects covered are: specification and abstract data types, proving techniques, constructive methods, linear logic, and concurrency and logic.
Book Synopsis Exploiting Mental Imagery with Computers in Mathematics Education by : Rosamund Sutherland
Download or read book Exploiting Mental Imagery with Computers in Mathematics Education written by Rosamund Sutherland and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advent of fast and sophisticated computer graphics has brought dynamic and interactive images under the control of professional mathematicians and mathematics teachers. This volume in the NATO Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology takes a comprehensive and critical look at how the computer can support the use of visual images in mathematical problem solving. The contributions are written by researchers and teachers from a variety of disciplines including computer science, mathematics, mathematics education, psychology, and design. Some focus on the use of external visual images and others on the development of individual mental imagery. The book is the first collected volume in a research area that is developing rapidly, and the authors pose some challenging new questions.
Book Synopsis User-Centred Requirements for Software Engineering Environments by : David J. Gilmore
Download or read book User-Centred Requirements for Software Engineering Environments written by David J. Gilmore and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1994-02-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is based on a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on User-Centred Requirements for Software Engineering Environments held in Bonas, France, in September 1991. The workshop was organized in two halves, one dominated by discussion of usability problems in software engineering and the other by discussion of existing solutions to these problems. The papers in the volume are grouped under four themes: - Design activities and representations for design - Code representation and manipulation - Technological solutions - The impact of design methods and new programming paradigms.
Book Synopsis Computer Integrated Production Systems and Organizations by : Felix Schmid
Download or read book Computer Integrated Production Systems and Organizations written by Felix Schmid and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Background to the Institute The NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) 'People and Computers - Applying an Anthropocentric Approach to Integrated Production Systems and Organisations' came about after the distribution of a NATO fact sheet to BruneI University, which described the funding of ASls. The 'embryonic' director of the ASI brought this opportunity to the attention of the group of people, (some at BruneI and some from outside), who were together responsible for the teaching and management of the course in Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) in BruneI's Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Systems. This course had been conceived in 1986 and was envisaged as a vehicle for teaching manufacturing engineering students the technology of information integration through project work. While the original idea of the course had also included the organisational aspects of CIM, the human factors questions were not considered. This shortcoming was recognised and the trial run of the course in 1988 contained some lectures on 'people' issues. The course team were therefore well prepared and keen to explore the People, Organisation and Technology (POT) aspects of computer integration, as applied to industrial production. A context was proposed which would allow the inclusion of people from many different backgrounds and which would open up time and space for reflection. The proposal to organise a NATO ASI was therefore welcomed by all concerned.
Book Synopsis Mathematical Modelling Courses for Engineering Education by : Yasar Ersoy
Download or read book Mathematical Modelling Courses for Engineering Education written by Yasar Ersoy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the role of the modern engineer is markedly different from that of even a decade ago, the theme of engineering mathematics educa tion (EME) is an important one. The need for mathematical model ling (MM) courses and consideration of the educational impact of computer-based technology environments merit special attention. This book contains the proceeding of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop held on this theme in July 1993. We have left the industrial age behind and have entered the in formation age. Computers and other emerging technologies are penetrating society in depth and gaining a strong influence in de termining how in future society will be organised, while the rapid change of information requires a more qualified work force. This work force is vital to high technology and economic competitive ness in many industrialised countries throughout the world. Within this framework, the quality of EME has become an issue. It is expected that the content of mathematics courses taught in schools of engineering today have to be re-evaluated continuously with regard to computer-based technology and the needs of mod ern information society. The main aim of the workshop was to pro vide a forum for discussion between mathematicians, engineering scientists, mathematics educationalists, and courseware develop ers in the higher education sector and to focus on the issues and problems of the design of more relevant and appropriate MM courses for engineering education.
