Authors:Marcelo H. Ang, Oussama Khatib,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: robotics, experimental, advanced, tracts, symposium, international, springer
Number of Pages: 618
Published: 2006-03-16
List price: $199.00
ISBN-10: 3540288163
ISBN-13: 9783540288169
The International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER) is a series of bi-annual meetings which are organized in a rotating fashion around North America, Europe and Asia/Oceania. The goal of ISER is to provide a forum for research in robotics that focuses on novelty of theoretical contributions validated by experimental results. The meetings are conceived to bring together, in a small group setting, researchers from around the world who are in the forefront of experimental robotics research. This unique reference presents the latest advances across the various fields of robotics, with ide
Authors:Gregory S. Chirikjian, Howie Choset, Marco Morales, T
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: robotics, foundations, algorithmic, springer, advanced, workshop, tracts, contributions, viii, selected, eighth, international
Number of Pages: 680
Published: 2010-01-04
List price: $199.00
ISBN-10: 3642003117
ISBN-13: 9783642003110
This volume is the outcome of the eighth edition of the biennial Workshop Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR). Edited by G. Chirikjian, H. Choset, M. Morales and T. Murphey, the book offers a collection of a wide range of topics in advanced robotics, including networked robots, distributed systems, manipulation, planning under uncertainty, minimalism, geometric sensing, geometric computation, stochastic planning methods, and medical applications. The contents of the forty-two contributions represent a cross-section of the current state of research from one particular aspect: algorithms
Authors:David Hsu, Volkan Isler, Jean-Claude Latombe, Ming C.
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: robotics, foundations, algorithmic, springer, advanced, workshop, tracts, ninth, selected, contributions, international
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2010-12-29
List price: $159.00
ISBN-10: 3642174515
ISBN-13: 9783642174513
Robotics is at the cusp of dramatic transformation. Increasingly complex robots with unprecedented autonomy are finding new applications, from medical surgery, to construction, to home services. Against this background, the algorithmic foundations of robotics are becoming more crucial than ever, in order to build robots that are fast, safe, reliable, and adaptive. Algorithms enable robots to perceive, plan, control, and learn. The design and analysis of robot algorithms raise new fundamental questions that span computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and mathematics.
Authors:Srinivas Akella, Srinivas Akella, Nancy Amato, Wesley
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: robotics, algorithmic, foundations, springer, tracts, advanced, workshop, seventh, foundation, vii, selected, contributions, international
Number of Pages: 526
Published: 2008-07-10
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 3540684042
ISBN-13: 9783540684046
Algorithms are a fundamental component of robotic systems: they control or reason about motion and perception in the physical world. They receive input from noisy sensors, consider geometric and physical constraints, and operate on the world through imprecise actuators. The design and analysis of robot algorithms therefore raises a unique combination of questions in control theory, computational and differential geometry, and computer science. This book contains the proceedings from the 2006 Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics. This biannual workshop is a highly selective meeti
Authors:Oussama Khatib, Oussama Khatib, Vijay Kumar, Daniela
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: robotics, experimental, advanced, tracts, symposium, international, springer
Number of Pages: 566
Published: 2008-04-28
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 3540774564
ISBN-13: 9783540774563
The International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER) is a series of bi-annual meetings which are organized in a rotating fashion around North America, Europe and Asia/Oceania. The goal of ISER is to provide a forum for research in robotics that focuses on novelty of theoretical contributions validated by experimental results. The meetings are conceived to bring together, in a small group setting, researchers from around the world who are in the forefront of experimental robotics research. This unique reference presents the latest advances across the various fields of robotics, with ide
Author: Maja J. Mataric
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: robotics, agents, autonomous, intelligent, primer
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2007-09-30
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 026263354X
ISBN-13: 9780262633543
Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008. 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 of robotics are carried through from fundamental definitions
Author: Robin R. Murphy
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: robotics, agents, autonomous, intelligent, introduction
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2000-11-13
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0262133830
ISBN-13: 9780262133838
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 bolts of organizing intelligence in robots. Following the overview, Murphy contrasts AI and engineering app
