Robotics

The dominant theme of this book is to introduce the different path planning methods and present some of the most appropriate ones for robotic routing; methods that are capable of running on a variety of robots and are resistant to disturbances; being...

Robots or biological intelligent machines are characterised by open, adaptive systems which have autonomy and hierarchical structure. In recent years, more and more mobile robots have been applied in indoor transportation applications. In this book, the...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of new technologies, applications and impacts on the environment and industrial processes relating to automation systems in the 21st century. Topics discussed in this compilation include...

Control theory is a theory that deals with influencing the behaviour of dynamical systems and an interdisciplinary sub-field of science, which originated in engineering and mathematics, and evolved into use by the social sciences, such as psychology,...

The Robust Control Theory involves powerful methods for analysis and design of control systems in presence of signal and parameter uncertainties. The most frequently used techniques for robust control design are the H design and the synthesis. In this...

Optical Fiber Sensors for the Next Generation of Rehabilitation Robotics presents the development and applications, including case studies, of optical fiber sensors made of compliant materials in rehabilitation robotics. This book provides methods...

With the increasing demand of robots for industrial or domestic use, it becomes indispensable to ensure their safety, security and reliability. Safety, Security and Reliability of robotic Systems: Algorithms, Applications and Technologies provides a...

Robots, autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and smart factory, will significantly change human living style in digital society. Artificial Intelligence in Wireless Robotics introduces how wireless communications and networking technology...

What is space? Is there space when there are objects to occupy it or is there space only when there are no objects to occupy it? Can there be space without objects? These are old philosophical questions that concern the ontology of space in the...

Real world Multi-Vehicle Motion Planning (MVMP) problems require the optimization of suitable performance measures under an array of complex and challenging constraints involving kinematics, dynamics, collision avoidance, and communication connectivity...

Why are so many kids (and adults) like you bored by science? Simple: you've had no real contact with it. You might read about incredibly expensive scientific projects, but your hands-on experience is probably limited to the same tired experiments - like...

The first magazine devoted entirely to do-it-yourself technology projects presents its 30th quarterly edition for people who like to tweak, disassemble, recreate, and invent cool new uses for technology. Until recently, home automation was an unfulfilled...

This book presents programming by demonstration for robot learning from observations with a focus on the trajectory level of task abstraction * Discusses methods for optimization of task reproduction, such as reformulation of task planning as a...

In this book, we collected recent results on the control of underactuated mechanical systems subject to internal uncertainties and external disturbances. The strategy developed is so universal that it is not restricted to a specific system but a large...

Robot Hands and Multi-Fingered Haptic Interfaces is a monograph focusing on the comparison of human hands with robot hands, the fundamentals behind designing and creating the latter, and robotics' latest advancements in haptic technology.This work...

Wireless sensor networks have gained much attention these last years thanks to the great set of applications that accelerated the technological advances. Such networks have been widely investigated and many books and articles have been published about...

Robots are becoming more human, but could they also become sentient and have human-like consciousness?What is consciousness, exactly?It is a fact that our thoughts and consciousness are based on the neural activity of the brain. It is also a fact that we...

Biomimetic Robotic Artificial Muscles presents a comprehensive up-to-date overview of several types of electroactive materials with a view of using them as biomimetic artificial muscles. The purpose of the book is to provide a focused, in-depth, yet...

This book introduces an unified function approximation approach to the control of uncertain robot manipulators containing general uncertainties. It works for free space tracking control as well as compliant motion control. It is applicable to the rigid...

This invaluable compendium highlights the challenges of perioperative process in hospitals today. It delves into the development of a multi-agent robotic system where a dirty-side robot that sorts instruments returned from a surgical room into different...

This invaluable book comprehensively describes evolutionary robotics and computational intelligence, and how different computational intelligence techniques are applied to robotic system design. It embraces the most widely used evolutionary approaches...

In this book, we look at how cluster technology can be leveraged to build better robots. Algorithms and approaches in key areas of robotics and computer vision, such as map building, target tracking, action selection and landmark learning, are reviewed...

Telexistence is a fundamental concept which refers to the general technology that enables a human being to have a real-time sensation of being at a place other than where he or she actually exists, while being able to interact with the remote...

This book deals with locomotion control of biologically inspired robots realized through an analog circuital paradigm as cellular nonlinear networks. It presents a general methodology for the control of bio-inspired robots and several case studies, as...

Robots interact with the world through curves and surfaces - the subjects of study in differential geometry. This book applies the moving-frame method, developed extensively by Elie Cartan, and the adjoint approach, conceived by Ernesto Cesaro, to study...

- unifies existing and emerging techniques concerning micromanipulation robot system with piezo actuators. - provides a series of latest results in, including but not limited to, design, optimization, modeling, and control of micro/nano manipulation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781394162840Author Dikai LiuFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Wiley-IEEE PressPublisher John Wiley & Sons Inc

The text encompasses and draws from multiple different research domains across the full range of scientific disciplines, thus enabling synergies and general observations about the role of AI in the scientific discovery process itself. It also address the...

This textbook and exercise book provides a solid basic knowledge and comprehensive practical skills in dealing with PLC programming. Numerous exercises help to deepen the material. With the accompanying simulation software and sample solutions, the...

Unity in Embedded System Design and Robotics is the first of its kind and provides a step-by-step guide to Unity for embedded system design and robotics. It is an open gateway for anyone who wants to learn Unity through real projects and examples and...

The wide gap between the existing security solutions and the actual practical deployment in smart manufacturing, smart home, and remote environments (with respect to wireless robotics) is one of the major reasons why we require novel strategies,...

This reference text discusses intelligent robotic and drone technology with embedded Internet of Things (IoT) for smart applications. The text discusses future directions of optimization methods with various engineering and science fundamentals used...

With the increasing demand of robots for industrial and domestic use, it becomes indispensable to ensure their safety, security, and reliability. Safety, Security and Reliability of Robotic Systems: Algorithms, Applications, and Technologies provides a...

Underwater robots play a significant role in ocean exploration. This book provides full coverage of the theoretical and practical aspects of bionic gliding underwater robots, including system design, modeling control and motion planning. To overcome the...

Underwater robots play a significant role in ocean exploration. This book provides full coverage of the theoretical and practical aspects of bionic gliding underwater robots, including system design, modeling control and motion planning. To overcome the...

The book focuses on bionic sensing with artificial lateral line systems for fish-like underwater robots. The authors first introduce two fish-like underwater robots, including a multiple fins-actuated robotic fish and a caudal fin-actuated robotic fish...

1. This book is a comprehensive guide to understanding the impact of robotization in employment and economic development. 2. It provides an easy reference to concepts like artificial intelligence' and 'robots'. 3. This book will be of interest to...

With fun projects, tips, instructions, illustrations, and programs, this comprehensive companion to the powerful Mindstorms NXT robot kit will help LEGO popularize robotics in the way that the iPod did for digital music. This second edition to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190901769Author Richard BaldwinFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams)...

Enables readers to understand important new trends in multimodal perception for mobile robotics This book provides a novel perspective on secure state estimation and multimodal perception for robotic mobility platforms such as autonomous vehicles. It...