A comprehensive survey of artificial intelligence algorithms and programming organization for robot systems, combining theoretical rigor and practical applications.This textbook offers a comprehensive
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 text
Progress in micro- and nano-scale science and technology has created a demand for new microsystems for high-impact applications in healthcare, biotechnology, manufacturing, and mobile sensor networks.
An introduction to the science and practice of autonomous robots that reviews over 300 current systems and examines the underlying technology.Autonomous robots are intelligent machines capable of perf
Multiagent systems are made up of multiple interacting intelligent agents -- computational entities to some degree autonomous and able to cooperate, compete, communicate, act flexibly, and exercise co
Military drones have recently been hailed as a revolutionary new technology that will forever change the conduct of war. And yet the United States and other countries have been deploying such unmanned
Evolutionary robotics (ER) aims to apply evolutionary computation techniques to thedesign of both real and simulated autonomous robots. The Horizons of Evolutionary Roboticsoffers an authoritative ove
This book offers the definitive guide to the theory and practice of disasterrobotics. It can serve as an introduction for researchers and technologists, a reference foremergency managers, and a textbo
Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. Asrobotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed tofollow a code of eth
Multiagent systems are made up of multiple interacting intelligent agents -- computational entities to some degree autonomous and able to cooperate, compete, communicate, act flexibly, and exercise co
Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. Asrobotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed tofollow a code of eth
Mobile robots range from the Mars Pathfinder mission's teleoperated Sojourner to thecleaning robots in the Paris Metro. This text offers students and other interested readers anintroduction to the fun
Self-reconfigurable robots are constructed of robotic modules that can be connected in many different ways. These modules move in relationship to each other, which allows the robot as a whole to chan
Today, when computing is pervasive and deployed over a range of devices by a multiplicity of users, we need to develop computer software to interact with both the ever-increasing complexity of the te
A broadly accessible introduction to robotics that spans the most basic concepts and the most novel applications; for students, teachers, and hobbyists.
Robot motion planning has become a major focus of robotics. Research findings can be applied not only to robotics but to planning routes on circuit boards, directing digital actors in computer graphi
Cynthia Breazeal here presents her vision of the sociable robot of the future, asynthetic creature and not merely a sophisticated tool. A sociable robot will be able to understandus, to communicate an
"Manipulation" refers to a variety of physical changes made to the world around us.Mechanics of Robotic Manipulation addresses one form of robotic manipulation,moving objects, and the various processe
The objective of this book is to provide those interested in the field of flexible robotics with an overview of several scientific and technological advances in the practical field of robotic manipula
