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123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius (TAB Robotics)
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Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | The purpose of "Evil Genius" is to create an entertaining book made up of a series of projects that will explain electronics from static electricity (rubbing a balloon) to developing robots. The book will include the tools necessary for the reader to create the projects in the book at very little cost or inconvenience. The book will be divided into 19 sections, each one with two or more projects.The introduction to each section will take up two pages, as well as the "For Consideration"...more
Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control (3rd Edition)
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2007-07-03 Summary: Robotics Instructor - Oklahoma ... I teach a introductory course in robotics that is targeted for the senior/graduate level student in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering /Computer Science. The goal is to understand the kinematics, dynamics and ultimately the control of robotic manipulators. Unequivocally, this is one of the best books in introductory robotics! This book is not for the robotic tinkerer or the amateur, but for the engineer who is desirous of obtaining a sound understanding of the principles involved. In the past four years that I have ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-03-11 Summary: Great first book ... This was my favorite because it was easy to follow and understand basic robotics. Though some of the material is outdated, it still gives you a lot of insight into basic manipulator mathematics. But set your expectations right-you should not expect this book to teach you basic mathematics of rotational matrices. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Now in its third edition, Introduction to Robotics by John J. Craig provides readers with real-world practicality with underlying theory presented. With one half of the material from traditional mechanical engineering material, one fourth control theoretical material, and one fourth computer science, the book covers rigid-body transformations, forward and inverse positional kinematics, velocities and Jacobians of linkages, dynamics, linear control, non-linear control, force control methodologies,...more
The Robotics Primer (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents)
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Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | The Robotics Primer offers a broadly accessible introduction to robotics for students at pre-university and university levels, robot hobbyists, and anyone interested in this burgeoning field. The text takes the reader from the most basic concepts (including perception and movement) to the most novel and sophisticated applications and topics (humanoids, shape-shifting robots, space robotics), with an emphasis on what it takes to create autonomous intelligent robot behavior. The core concepts...more
An Introduction to AI Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents)
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2002-07-13 Summary: good book, fun to read ... good book. Informative for someone getting started in robotics. Explains different basic programming techniques for robot behavior. I had it as a textbook in my robotics class ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2004-03-17 Summary: An excellent book ... I wonder how the first reviewers gave so bad comments on the book. I think it is not the author but the first reviewers who mislead the readers. If I took their comments, I would miss a really excellent book. The contents in this book are rich, entensive, systematic and well-organized. One of my colleagues borrowed it from me several times, and finally he ordered another copy himself! We really appreciate the book and the author. ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2006-12-15 Summary: Great introduction to robotics control ... I'm not sure what chip "A reader" had on his/her shoulder with the earlier review. I felt this book was exactly what I needed as I slowly work my way into robotics from more mainstream programming. With 10 years of web app development experience, I'm an experienced programmer but know little about architecting software for autonomous robots. This book takes you through different architectural approaches that have been used throughout the past 50 years including relatively current recommendations for hybrid deliberative/reactive ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | This text covers all the material needed to understand the principles behind the AI approach to robotics and to program an artificially intelligent robot for applications involving sensing, navigation, planning, and uncertainty. Robin Murphy is extremely effective at combining theoretical and practical rigor with a light narrative touch. In the overview, for example, she touches upon anthropomorphic robots from classic films and science fiction stories before delving into the nuts and...more
Robotic Animals Gorilla (Robotic)
Robotic Exploration of the Solar System: Part I: The Golden Age 1957-1982 (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
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Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Paolo Ulivi and David Harland provide in Robotic Exploration of the Solar System a detailed history of unmanned missions of exploration of our Solar System. As in their previous book Lunar Exploration , the subject will be treated wherever possible from an engineering and scientific standpoint. Technical descriptions of the spacecraft, of their mission designs and of instrumentations will be provided. Scientific results will be discussed in considerable depth, together with details of...more
Behavior-Based Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents)
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2002-02-07 Summary: Possibly the best single text on behaviour-based robotics ... Outstanding introduction to the field of behaviour-based robot control. Completely accessible to the non-expert. It starts off with a good treatment of perception and action in animals as motivation. Goes on to discuss different aspects of behavioural control, including formal methods, architectures, various implementations, theoretical limitations, and so on. 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 ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 1999-09-02 Summary: Excellence Summary of The Field, a great starting place. ... The first thing to realize is this book is a survery of Behavioral Robotics. It does a great job of explaining the various aspects of Beharioral methology, but it is not a colledge textbook. There aren't sets of problems, but there is a whole lot of basic knowledge. I don't have a lot of AI experience, but I was never at a lost reading this book. The book is a great starting point to learn the field. When you finish the book you will have a basic understanding of the different branches of the field, and the Bibliography ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2006-03-17 Summary: Best to learn new robotic concept ... Nous utilisons ce livre dans le but de concevoir la nouvelle intelligence de notre robot autonome (capra.etsmtl.ca). Ce livre est parfaitement bien structuré afin de bien comprendre le cheminement mental que nous devons avoir afin de développer ce concept. Il n'y a pas d'exemple directement lié à du code, mais jumelé à un livre d'exercice sur le behavior-based il vous permet une compréhension complète de bahavior-based et de son implémentation. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | 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...more
Robotics: State Of The Art And Future Challenges
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | This book presents the results of an assessment of the state of robotics in Japan, South Korea, Western Europe and Australia and a comparison of robotics R&D programs in these countries with those in the United States. The comparisons include areas like robotic vehicles, space robotics, service robots, humanoid robots, networked robots, and robots for biological and medical applications, and based on criteria such as quality, scope, funding and commercialization. This important study identifies...more
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