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41. Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications: Artificial Muscles and Sensors | |
Hardcover: 281
Pages
(2007-01-24)
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Editorial Review Product Description This book covers the fundamental properties, modeling, and demonstration of Electroactive polymers in robotic applications. It particularly details artificial muscles and sensors. In addition, the book discusses the properties and uses in robotics applications of ionic polymer–metal composite actuators and dielectric elastomers. |
42. Behavior-Based Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents) by Ronald C. Arkin | |
Hardcover: 491
Pages
(1998-05-22)
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Editorial Review Product Description "Hard to put down and necessary to know -- Arkin's book provides acomprehensive intellectual history of robots and a thorough compilationof robotic organizational paradigms from reflexes through socialinteraction." -- Chris Brown, Professor of Computer Science, Universityof Rochester This introduction to the principles, design, and practice of intelligentbehavior-based autonomous robotic systems is the first true survey ofthis robotics field. The author presents the tools and techniquescentral to the development of this class of systems in a clear andthorough manner. Following a discussion of the relevant biological andpsychological models of behavior, he covers the use of knowledge andlearning in autonomous robots, behavior-based and hybrid robotarchitectures, modular perception, robot colonies, and future trends inrobot intelligence. The text throughout refers to actual implemented robots and includesmany pictures and descriptions of hardware, making it clear that theseare not abstract simulations, but real machines capable of perception,cognition, and action. Customer Reviews (6)
Settling the bases.
Best to learn new robotic concept
Overpriced and explains the obvious
Possibly the best single text on behaviour-based robotics I use this book as a reference, to help me with my own research into control architectures. Arkin is a leader in this field. Many (most!) of the recent research papers that I've seen cite this book. I think it should be on your bookshelf if you're a researcher or practitioner of AI.
Excellent at nothing (ok, I guess the cover is nice) |
43. Principles of Robot Motion: Theory, Algorithms, and Implementations (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents) by Howie Choset, Kevin M. Lynch, Seth Hutchinson, George Kantor, Wolfram Burgard, Lydia E. Kavraki, Sebastian Thrun | |
Hardcover: 625
Pages
(2005-06-04)
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Not perfect but better than anything else out there
Comprehensive coverage of the field
Great book on mobile robotics |
44. Robotics (Cool Science) by Helena Domaine | |
Paperback: 48
Pages
(2006-01)
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Great Intro to Robotics |
45. Robotics (Life in the Future) by Mark Beyer | |
Paperback: 48
Pages
(2002-09)
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46. Robotics Technology: Theory and Industrial Applications by Lary T. Ross, Stephen W. Fardo, James W. Masterson, Robert L. Towers | |
Paperback:
Pages
(2010-05)
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47. Basic, Advanced, and Robotic Laparoscopic Surgery: Female Pelvic Surgery Video Atlas Series (Female Pelvic Video Surgery Atlas Series) by Tommaso Falcone MD, Jeffrey M. Goldberg MD | |
Hardcover: 224
Pages
(2010-05-10)
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Editorial Review Product Description Basic, Advanced, and Robotic Laparoscopic Surgery, by Tommaso Falcone, MD and Jeffrey M. Goldberg, MD, is the ideal way to enhance your skills in this key area of gynecologic surgery. In this volume in the Female Pelvic Surgery Video Atlas Series, edited by Mickey Karram, MD, hours of video footage, together with detailed discussions and illustrations, clarify how to most effectively perform a variety of laparoscopic operations and manage complications. Case-based videos take you step by step through endometriosis surgery, myomectomy, hysterectomy, robotic surgery, and more. Step by step, visual guidance for laparoscopic gynecologic procedures |
48. Swarm Robotics: SAB 2004 International Workshop, Santa Monica, CA, USA, July 17, 2004, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues) | |
Paperback: 175
Pages
(2005-03-14)
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Editorial Review Product Description Swarm robotics can be defined as the study of how a swarm of relatively simple physically embodied agents can be constructed to collectively accomplish tasks that are beyond the capabilities of a single one. Unlike other studies on multi-robot systems, swarm robotics emphasizes self-organization and emergence, while keeping in mind the issues of scalability and robustness. These emphases promote the use of relatively simple robots, equipped with localized sensing ability, scalable communication mechanisms, and the exploration of decentralized control strategies. This state-of-the-art survey is the first book devoted to swarm robotics. It is based on the First International Workshop on Swarm Robotics held in Santa Monica, CA, USA in July 2004 as part of SAB 2004 |
49. Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World by Douglas Mulhall | |
Hardcover: 390
Pages
(2002-07)
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Editorial Review Product Description Our Molecular Future reveals a striking new possibility: We are on the verge of being able to protect ourselves from nature’s worst attacks. Tools such as carbon nanotubes may help us cope in ways that until now have been described as science fiction. If we succeed, we might solve a troubling question about scientific research: Why risk it? Why risk powerful new technologies that may destroy us? With compelling evidence, Douglas Mulhall shows that the answers to such questions may be found by focusing on what the environment does to us, rather than only what we do to the environment. His book shows where our technologies might be heading, what may stop us from getting there, and how to use the benefits to minimize the downsides. The good news is that we may enter a future that's so fantastic, it's unbelievable. The bad news is that many of us don't believe it, and so we may not be ready to cope. By revealing the threads that tie our fate to new technologies, this book helps us get ready. First, we have to ask the right questions. Mulhall emphasizes that this book defines those questions, rather than pretending to have quick or detailed answers. Here are examples: Molecular technologies aren’t just confined to a few university think tanks. Nor are they confined to an elite among the superpowers, big business, or government. Their roots are embedded in the fabric of our industries, research institutes, and military. They are found in wealthy and poor nations alike. The foundations for these technologies are so pervasive that it’s hard to describe them without starting an encyclopedia. Our Molecular Future condenses this knowledge and gives us broad overviews of who’s doing what, where. By so doing, the book shows us why these technologies pose such deep challenges to conventional thinking about business and environment. Yet, how vulnerable is this technological juggernaut to being thrown backward or blasted down the wrong path by nature’s violent attacks? In ninety seconds, the Great Kanto Earthquake annihilated Japan’s centralized economy in 1923. It was so severe that the country was in no shape to weather the Great Depression. Such instability helped open the door for a military government. After the military took over, war in Southeast Asia—and then the Pacific—broke out. Might this recur today? What about similar such risks in America? What if the largest earthquake in America’s history was to hit again? Surprisingly, it didn’t occur in San Francisco, or on the quake-prone West Coast. Our Molecular Future reveals the location and the implications. Property loss is increasing worldwide, due to unrestricted development in risky hurricane and earthquake zones. Perversely, this can actually improve economic conditions for some sectors in the short term, by fueling construction booms after disasters. Such short-term rebounds are often generated by insurance settlements. Yet underneath, a cancer grows. This foundation for economic stability—insurance—is collapsing. Our Molecular Future reveals the depth of the situation. To inoculate ourselves against nature’s occasional tantrums, and avoid collapse of the insurance industry, we may have to construct powerful molecular defenses. Yet, these defenses themselves may threaten our existence, due to their potential for abuse. Some say that the risks outweigh the potential gains. So, if it’s such a risk, why go there? Evidence suggests there may be no alternative. Our Molecular Future explains why. By tracing disruptions of the past and advances of the present through to technologies of the future, it becomes more than a book: it's a whole new field of study; a multifaceted approach to our past, our present, and our potential futures. Because of this, the book appeals to a wide range of readers. Read it if you are... ...striving to understand the molecular world that we may soon live in ...wondering about your job prospects or health care in an age of disruptive technologies ...looking for ways to cope with climate extremes or natural disasters The book also has special relevance if you’re one of these individuals: A business or economics student: Here are ideas about what startups might flourish in a molecular economy. "Genetic computing" may make most manufacturing processes and patents obsolete.Moreover, new industries might emerge from our capacities to cope with natural hazards. A lecturer or student in environment, natural science, and ethics. The book is a valuable supplement to course materials: --For environment, it identifies challenges to the Precautionary Principle and the doctrine of sustainable development. --For natural science, it summarizes new discoveries about naturally occurring climate changes and ecological disruptions that are changing our views about the stability of the natural world. --For scientific ethics, it gives an overview of the ethical questions associated with development of powerful new tools. An executive positioning your company for the approaching molecular era. Here is information about startups that might flourish in a molecular economy. An insurer or corporate manager who plans disaster recovery strategies. This summarizes natural risks and technologies that may alter the way that businesses prepare for them. A health care provider. Research into nanobacteria and robotic surgery may alter the way we treat disease. A scientist confronted by environmental opposition to your technologies: Here's one way out of the impasse between the life sciences and environmentalists. An environmentalist who forecasts how technology might alter the ecology: Molecular technologies and natural changes may upend the Precautionary Principle and the doctrine of sustainable development. The book also has an extensive index and endnotes, with links to authoritative Web sites. Customer Reviews (8)
More like a fancy futuristic trip than an informative tome
Prophets of Reality
Great Book about Nanotechnology.
Get up to speed on nanotechnology and your future
Lets use these technologies to save our future The author has done his research and has a large source of information to draw from.This book gives the reader a good overview of real scientific advancements as well as other insights from prominent leaders and theorists in these fields.There are ample notes and anecdotes to give the reader the option to pursue more detailed information on the topics. A few parts of the book drag due to some repetitiveness and some of the discussions don't appear to have a firm scientific base and don't seem too plausible, especially if you have decent scientific knowledge in the particular subject.If you are a scientist or engineer with some expertise in the fields you may find that some theories lack a firm foundation.However one theme that comes with the author's optimism is that throughout history, even the most prominent experts have been proven wrong through natural progressions and even breakthroughs! This work is not incredibly deep or profound though quite entertaining and at times it appears to feel more like a novel than a documentary of the future.It is suitable for readers of all walks of life. ... Read more |
50. Introduction to Robotics by Saeed Niku | |
Hardcover: 480
Pages
(2010-09-22)
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51. The Lego Mindstorms NXT Zoo! An Unofficial, Kid-Friendly Guide to Building Robotic Animals with the Lego Mindstorms NXT by Fay Rhodes | |
Paperback: 336
Pages
(2008-02-22)
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Editorial Review Product Description The first part of the book introduces you to the NXT kit and reviews the parts you'll need in order to begin building. Next, you'll learn how to program with the NXT-G programming language, including how to make miniprograms called My Blocks that you can use to build larger programs. Finally, you'll learn how to build each robot and program it to act like its real animal cousins. Learn to build and program the following robots: Troubleshooting tips help you avoid problems like misarranged gears and incorrect programming, while a list of Internet resources is included to help guide you in further exploration with the NXT. Teachers and home educators will appreciate an appendix with helpful suggestions for using the models in the classroom. The models in this book have been tested repeatedly -- and built successfully -- by novice builders, so all you have to do is follow the directions and watch them go. Now, let the building begin! (Note: These specific models require additional NXT/TECHNIC parts. Check out the part lists at thenxtzoo(DOT)com.) Customer Reviews (17)
Misleading title,description - This is for NXT Educational Version
Good book. . . only if you have the parts
Great book filled with creative ways to learn with LEGO MINDSTORMS
Fantastic robots, easy to use instructions
Requires additional parts to build most of the designs |
52. How to Build a Prize-winning Robot (Robotics) by Joel Chaffee | |
Paperback: 48
Pages
(2011-01-15)
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53. Robotics in Surgery: History, Current And Future Applications | |
Hardcover: 317
Pages
(2006-08-02)
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54. Fundamentals Of Robotic Grasping And Fixturing (Series on Manufacturing Systems and Technology) by Caihua Xiong | |
Hardcover: 228
Pages
(2007-10-26)
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55. Advances in Factories of the Future, Cim and Robotics (Manufacturing Research and Technology) by Michel Cotsaftis | |
Hardcover: 537
Pages
(1993-04)
list price: US$218.00 Isbn: 0444898565 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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56. Robotics: A Reference Guide to the New Technology by Joseph A. Angelo Jr. | |
Hardcover: 432
Pages
(2006-12-30)
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Editorial Review Product Description Although advanced technologies are the cornerstone of modern life, few people understand how such technologies as robotics or nuclear science actually work. Fewer still realize how—and how dramatically—technology influences our society and culture. Robotics is a reference guide that provides nonspecialists with the most up-to-date information on seminal developments in the technology of robotics, as well as covering the social, political, and technical impacts of those developments on everyday life, both now and in the future. |
57. Urologic Robotic Surgery (Current Clinical Urology) by Jeffrey A. Stock | |
Hardcover: 240
Pages
(2008-04-11)
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Editorial Review Product Description Laparoscopy has allowed surgeons to perform major surgical procedures through small incisions. The introduction of laparoscopy has revolutionized the field of minimally invasive surgery. Urologic Robotic Surgery presents accepted robotic applications to treat common urological problems. Accomplished authors demonstrate their expertise in basic instrumentation and techniques, potential applications and contraindications, with attention to patient positioning and trocar placement. Despite the increasing popularity of this technology, there remains a dearth of literature available to surgeons and patients. Urologic Robotic Surgery reveals the critical steps for each procedure, reviews robotic suturing, complications, training and credentialing. |
58. Rescue Robotics: DDT Project on Robots and Systems for Urban Search and Rescue | |
Hardcover: 192
Pages
(2009-11-06)
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Editorial Review Product Description Rescue Robotics presents the most significant findings of the DDT Project on robots and systems for urban search and rescue. This project was launched by the Japanese government in 2002 with the aim of applying a wide variety of robotics technologies to find a solution to the problem of disaster response, especially urban search and rescue in large-scale earthquakes. From 2002 to 2007 more than 100 researchers took part in the DDT Project, coming from a wide spectrum of research and development to make up four research groups: Aerial Robot Systems MU (Mission Unit), Information Infrastructure System MU, In-Rubble Robot System MU, and On-Rubble Robot System MU. This book discusses their development and testing of various robotic systems and technologies such as serpentine robots, traced vehicles, intelligent human interface and data processing, as well as analysing and verifying the results of these experiments. Rescue Robotics will be of interest to researchers and students, but will also prove useful for emergency response personnel. It offers an insight into the state of the art of rescue robotics and its readers will benefit from a knowledge of the advanced technologies involved in this field. |
59. Duty-Split Approach in Robotic Surgery (Robotics Research and Technology) by Rinaldo C. Michelini, Silvia Frumento, Roberto P. Razzoli | |
Paperback: 57
Pages
(2010-07)
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flat, sterile, tenuous, and whispering unknown |
60. Industrial Robotics: Technology, Programming, and Applications by Mikell P. Groover, Mitchell Weiss, Roger N. Nagel, Nicholas G. Odrey | |
Hardcover: 546
Pages
(1986-03-01)
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Great Industrial Robotics Users Guide [1986] Topicsaddressed include: the fundamentals, robot technology (control systems andcomponents, robot motion analysis and control, robot end-effectors, sensorsin robotics, and machine vision), robot programming and languages(including an introduction to AI), applications engineering formanufacturing (robot cell design and control, and economic analysis forrobotics), robot applications in manufacturing (material transfer andmachine loading/unloading, processing operations, assembly and inspection),implementation principles and issues (including safety, training,maintenance and quality), and social issues and the future of robotics. Isuspect that a more recent revised version (if available), would be asimilarly useful treatment of the subject. ... Read more |
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