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Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Electronics engineering > Automatic control engineering > Robotics

Service Robots and Robotics - Design and Application (Hardcover): Marco Ceccarelli Service Robots and Robotics - Design and Application (Hardcover)
Marco Ceccarelli
R4,977 Discovery Miles 49 770 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Service robots serve a wide range of people in residential, commercial, industrial, military, and many more applied fields. Service Robots and Robotics: Design and Application offers the latest research within the field, combining a mixture of case studies, research, and future directions. Staying abreast of the latest research within the field not only affords practitioners and academics the foot forward they need, it allows for a comprehensive look into the latest advances in a burgeoning field of technology. From tasks no humans can do to everyday tasks for the disabled and elderly, service robots are an enormously important facet of modern technology, and this volume offers a current look into their state of the art.

Exploring Robotics and Robotic Systems (Hardcover): Rowland Wilson Exploring Robotics and Robotic Systems (Hardcover)
Rowland Wilson
R2,967 R2,694 Discovery Miles 26 940 Save R273 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Handbook of Research on Design, Control, and Modeling of Swarm Robotics (Hardcover): Ying Tan Handbook of Research on Design, Control, and Modeling of Swarm Robotics (Hardcover)
Ying Tan
R11,613 Discovery Miles 116 130 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Studies on robotics applications have grown substantially in recent years, with swarm robotics being a relatively new area of research. Inspired by studies in swarm intelligence and robotics, swarm robotics facilitates interactions between robots as well as their interactions with the environment. The Handbook of Research on Design, Control, and Modeling of Swarm Robotics is a collection of the most important research achievements in swarm robotics thus far, covering the growing areas of design, control, and modeling of swarm robotics. This handbook serves as an essential resource for researchers, engineers, graduates, and senior undergraduates with interests in swarm robotics and its applications.

Relational Methodologies and Epistemology in Economics and Management Sciences (Hardcover): Lucio Biggiero, Pier Paolo... Relational Methodologies and Epistemology in Economics and Management Sciences (Hardcover)
Lucio Biggiero, Pier Paolo Angelini, Mario Basevi, Nunzia Carbonara, Antonio Mastrogiorgio, …
R5,125 Discovery Miles 51 250 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The social sciences, especially economics, management, and organizational science, are experiencing a tremendous renewed interest for their epistemological and methodological statutes, as witnessed by the many books and specialized journals established during the last two decades. Relational Methodologies and Epistemology in the Economics and Management Sciences identifies and presents the four main network-based methodologies including network analysis, Boolean network simulation modeling, artificial neural network simulation modeling, and agent-based simulation modeling in addition to their conceptual-epistemological implications and concrete applications within the social and natural sciences. Featuring a critical assessment of relational methodologies and their practical applications, this timely publication is ideal for use by corporate R&D departments, researchers, theorists, and graduate-level students.

Mechatronics: Engineering Fundamentals (Hardcover): Allie Weaver Mechatronics: Engineering Fundamentals (Hardcover)
Allie Weaver
R3,318 R2,998 Discovery Miles 29 980 Save R320 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Modern Mechanics and Robotics (Hardcover): Jared Kroff Modern Mechanics and Robotics (Hardcover)
Jared Kroff
R3,288 R2,978 Discovery Miles 29 780 Save R310 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Principles and Applications of Pid Controllers (Hardcover): Ashley Potter Principles and Applications of Pid Controllers (Hardcover)
Ashley Potter
R2,377 Discovery Miles 23 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Control Applications for Biomedical Engineering Systems (Paperback): Ahmad Taher Azar Control Applications for Biomedical Engineering Systems (Paperback)
Ahmad Taher Azar
R3,037 Discovery Miles 30 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Control Applications for Biomedical Engineering Systems presents different control engineering and modeling applications in the biomedical field. It is intended for senior undergraduate or graduate students in both control engineering and biomedical engineering programs. For control engineering students, it presents the application of various techniques already learned in theoretical lectures in the biomedical arena. For biomedical engineering students, it presents solutions to various problems in the field using methods commonly used by control engineers.

Prototyping of Robotic Systems - Applications of Design and Implementation (Hardcover): Tarek Sobh, Xingguo Xiong Prototyping of Robotic Systems - Applications of Design and Implementation (Hardcover)
Tarek Sobh, Xingguo Xiong
R5,010 Discovery Miles 50 100 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

As a segment of the broader science of automation, robotics has achieved tremendous progress in recent decades due to the advances in supporting technologies such as computers, control systems, cameras and electronic vision, as well as micro and nanotechnology. Prototyping a design helps in determining system parameters, ranges, and in structuring an overall better system. Robotics is one of the industrial design fields in which prototyping is crucial for improved functionality. Prototyping of Robotic Systems: Applications of Design and Implementation provides a framework for conceptual, theoretical, and applied research in robotic prototyping and its applications. Covering the prototyping of various robotic systems including the complicated industrial robots, the tiny and delicate nanorobots, medical robots for disease diagnosis and treatment, as well as the simple robots for educational purposes, this book is a useful tool for those in the field of robotics prototyping and as a general reference tool for those in related fields.

Intelligent Planning for Mobile Robotics - Algorithmic Approaches (Hardcover): Ritu Tiwari, Anupam Shukla, Rahul Kala Intelligent Planning for Mobile Robotics - Algorithmic Approaches (Hardcover)
Ritu Tiwari, Anupam Shukla, Rahul Kala
R4,928 Discovery Miles 49 280 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Robotics is an ever-expanding field and intelligent planning continues to play a major role. Given that the intention of mobile robots is to carry out tasks independent from human aid, robot intelligence is needed to make and plan out decisions based on various sensors. Planning is the fundamental activity that implements this intelligence into the mobile robots to complete such tasks. Understanding problems, challenges, and solutions to path planning and how it fits in is important to the realm of robotics. Intelligent Planning for Mobile Robotics: Algorithmic Approaches presents content coverage on the basics of artificial intelligence, search problems, and soft computing approaches. This collection of research provides insight on both robotics and basic algorithms and could serve as a reference book for courses related to robotics, special topics in AI, planning, applied soft computing, applied AI, and applied evolutionary computing. It is an ideal choice for research students, scholars, and professors alike.

Transactions on Intelligent Welding Manufacturing - Volume III No. 1  2019 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Shan-Ben Chen, YuMing... Transactions on Intelligent Welding Manufacturing - Volume III No. 1 2019 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Shan-Ben Chen, YuMing Zhang, Zhili Feng
R4,011 Discovery Miles 40 110 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The primary aim of this volume is to provide researchers and engineers from both academic and industry with up-to-date coverage of new results in the field of robotic welding, intelligent systems and automation. The book is mainly based on papers selected from the 2019 International Workshop on Intelligentized Welding Manufacturing (IWIWM'2019) in USA. The articles show that the intelligentized welding manufacturing (IWM) is becoming an inevitable trend with the intelligentized robotic welding as the key technology. The volume is divided into four logical parts: Intelligent Techniques for Robotic Welding, Sensing of Arc Welding Processing, Modeling and Intelligent Control of Welding Processing, as well as Intelligent Control and its Applications in Engineering.

Knowledge Management and Web 3.0 - Next Generation Business Models (Hardcover): Sandeep Kautish, Deepmala Singh, Zdzislaw... Knowledge Management and Web 3.0 - Next Generation Business Models (Hardcover)
Sandeep Kautish, Deepmala Singh, Zdzislaw Polkowski, Alka Mayura, Mary Jeyanthi
R4,228 Discovery Miles 42 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Knowledge Management makes the management of information and resources within a commercial organization more effective. The contributions of this book investigate the applications of Knowledge Management in the upcoming era of Semantic Web, or Web 3.0, and the opportunities for reshaping and redesigning business strategies for more effective outcomes.

Cloud Analytics for Industry 4.0 (Hardcover): Sirisha Potluri, Sachi Nandan Mohanty, Gouse Baig Mohammad, S. Shitharth Cloud Analytics for Industry 4.0 (Hardcover)
Sirisha Potluri, Sachi Nandan Mohanty, Gouse Baig Mohammad, S. Shitharth
R4,661 Discovery Miles 46 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides research on the state-of-the-art methods for data management in the fourth industrial revolution, with particular focus on cloud.based data analytics for digital manufacturing infrastructures. Innovative techniques and methods for secure, flexible and profi table cloud manufacturing will be gathered to present advanced and specialized research in the selected area.

Open-Source Robotics and Process Control Cookbook - Designing and Building Robust, Dependable Real-Time Systems (Paperback):... Open-Source Robotics and Process Control Cookbook - Designing and Building Robust, Dependable Real-Time Systems (Paperback)
Lewin Edwards
R1,424 Discovery Miles 14 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this practical reference, popular author Lewin Edwards shows how to develop robust, dependable real-time systems for robotics and other control applications, using open-source tools. It demonstrates efficient and low-cost embedded hardware and software design techniques, based on Linux as the development platform and operating system and the Atmel AVR as the primary microcontroller. The book provides comprehensive examples of sensor, actuator and control applications and circuits, along with source code for a number of projects. It walks the reader through the process of setting up the Linux-based controller, from creating a custom kernel to customizing the BIOS, to implementing graphical control interfaces.
Including detailed design information on:
-ESBUS PC-host interface
-Host-module communications protocol
-A speed-controlled DC motor with tach feedback and thermal cut-off
-A stepper motor controller
-A two-axis attitude sensor using a MEMS accelerometer
-Infrared remote control in Linux using LIRC
-Machine vision using Video4Linux
The Accompanying CD-ROM contains a wealth of design materials, including:
-Full schematics and source code for the projects described
-Ready-made disk images for the miniature Linux distribution uses as the basis for the PC-side software
-Distribution archives of source code for all GNU software used, along with application-specific patches where appropriate
-A free version of the schematic capture and PCB CAD software used
-Atmel AVR Studio
* The first-ever book on using open source technology for robotics design!
* Immensely valuable source code and design tools provided on the CD-ROM
* Covershot topics such as GPS navigation, 3-D sensing, and machine vision, all using a Linux platform!

Robot Operating System (ROS) - The Complete Reference (Volume 4) (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Anis Koubaa Robot Operating System (ROS) - The Complete Reference (Volume 4) (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Anis Koubaa
R4,250 Discovery Miles 42 500 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This is the fourth volume of the successful series Robot Operating Systems: The Complete Reference, providing a comprehensive overview of robot operating systems (ROS), which is currently the main development framework for robotics applications, as well as the latest trends and contributed systems. The book is divided into four parts: Part 1 features two papers on navigation, discussing SLAM and path planning. Part 2 focuses on the integration of ROS into quadcopters and their control. Part 3 then discusses two emerging applications for robotics: cloud robotics, and video stabilization. Part 4 presents tools developed for ROS; the first is a practical alternative to the roslaunch system, and the second is related to penetration testing. This book is a valuable resource for ROS users and wanting to learn more about ROS capabilities and features.

A Magnetic Laser Scanner for Endoscopic Microsurgery (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Alperen Acemoglu A Magnetic Laser Scanner for Endoscopic Microsurgery (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Alperen Acemoglu
R2,653 Discovery Miles 26 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book focuses on the design, development, and characterization of a compact magnetic laser scanner for microsurgical applications. In addition, it proposes a laser incision depth controller to be used in soft tissue microsurgeries. The use of laser scanners in soft tissue microsurgery results in high quality ablations with minimal thermal damage to surrounding tissue. However, current scanner technologies for microsurgery are limited to free-beam lasers, which require direct line-of-sight to the surgical site, from outside the patient. Developing compact laser micromanipulation systems is crucial to introducing laser-scanning capabilities in hard-to-reach surgical sites, e.g., vocal cords. In this book, the design and fabrication of a magnetically actuated endoscopic laser scanner have been shown, one that introduces high-speed laser scanning for high quality, non-contact tissue ablations in narrow workspaces. Static and dynamic characterization of the system, its teleoperation through a tablet device, and its control modelling for automated trajectory executions have been shown using a fabricated and assembled prototype. Following this, the book discusses how the laser position and velocity control capabilities of the scanner can be used to design a laser incision depth controller to assist surgeons during operations.

Detecting and Mitigating Robotic Cyber Security Risks (Hardcover): Raghavendra Kumar, Prasant Kumar Pattnaik, Priyanka Pandey Detecting and Mitigating Robotic Cyber Security Risks (Hardcover)
Raghavendra Kumar, Prasant Kumar Pattnaik, Priyanka Pandey
R5,328 Discovery Miles 53 280 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Risk detection and cyber security play a vital role in the use and success of contemporary computing. By utilizing the latest technological advances, more effective prevention techniques can be developed to protect against cyber threats. Detecting and Mitigating Robotic Cyber Security Risks is an essential reference publication for the latest research on new methodologies and applications in the areas of robotic and digital security. Featuring extensive coverage on a broad range of topics, such as authentication techniques, cloud security, and mobile robotics, this book is ideally designed for students, researchers, scientists, and engineers seeking current research on methods, models, and implementations of optimized security in digital contexts.

Deep Learning - Research and Applications (Hardcover): Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, Vaclav Snasel, Aboul Ella Hassanien, Satadal... Deep Learning - Research and Applications (Hardcover)
Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, Vaclav Snasel, Aboul Ella Hassanien, Satadal Saha, B. K. Tripathy
R3,854 Discovery Miles 38 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book focuses on the fundamentals of deep learning along with reporting on the current state-of-art research on deep learning. In addition, it provides an insight of deep neural networks in action with illustrative coding examples. Deep learning is a new area of machine learning research which has been introduced with the objective of moving ML closer to one of its original goals, i.e. artificial intelligence. Deep learning was developed as an ML approach to deal with complex input-output mappings. While traditional methods successfully solve problems where final value is a simple function of input data, deep learning techniques are able to capture composite relations between non-immediately related fields, for example between air pressure recordings and English words, millions of pixels and textual description, brand-related news and future stock prices and almost all real world problems. Deep learning is a class of nature inspired machine learning algorithms that uses a cascade of multiple layers of nonlinear processing units for feature extraction and transformation. Each successive layer uses the output from the previous layer as input. The learning may be supervised (e.g. classification) and/or unsupervised (e.g. pattern analysis) manners. These algorithms learn multiple levels of representations that correspond to different levels of abstraction by resorting to some form of gradient descent for training via backpropagation. Layers that have been used in deep learning include hidden layers of an artificial neural network and sets of propositional formulas. They may also include latent variables organized layer-wise in deep generative models such as the nodes in deep belief networks and deep boltzmann machines. Deep learning is part of state-of-the-art systems in various disciplines, particularly computer vision, automatic speech recognition (ASR) and human action recognition.

10 Cool Lego Mindstorm Robotics Invention System 2 Projects - Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour (Paperback):... 10 Cool Lego Mindstorm Robotics Invention System 2 Projects - Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour (Paperback)
Syngress
R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

LEGO MINDSTORMS lets you design and program robots that can do just about anything
The LEGO MINDSTORMS RIS 2.0 is the core set for all MINDSTORMS users, that lets users design and program working robots - limited only by their imagination. Initially designed for users 12 and up, LEGO MINDSTORMS has taken off with LEGO enthusiasts of all ages.
10 Cool LEGO MINDSTORMS RIS 2.0 Projects: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour provides step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations for users of all skill levels and proficiencies.
From out of the box to up and running in less than an hour.
8-page color insert. A color insert illustrates the complete projects in full-detail.
Specifically targeted at new users of the LEGO MINDSTORMS RIS 2.0.

Dynamic Thinking - A Primer on Dynamic Field Theory (Hardcover): Gregor Schoener, John Spencer, Dft Research Group Dynamic Thinking - A Primer on Dynamic Field Theory (Hardcover)
Gregor Schoener, John Spencer, Dft Research Group
R5,494 Discovery Miles 54 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Dynamic Thinking: A Primer on Dynamic Field Theory introduces the reader to a new approach to understanding cognitive and neural dynamics using the concepts of Dynamic Field Theory (DFT). Dynamic Neural Fields are formalizations of how neural populations represent the continuous dimensions of perceptual features, movements, and cognitive decisions. The concepts of DFT establish links between brain and behavior, revealing ways in which models of brain function can be tested with both neural and behavioral measures. Thus, DFT bridges the gap between brain and behavior, between neuroscience and the behavioral sciences. The book provides systematic tutorials on the central concepts of DFT and their grounding in both dynamical systems theory and neurophysiology. The concrete mathematical implementation of these concepts is laid out, supported by hands-on exercises that make use of interactive simulators in MATLAB. The book also contains a large set of exemplary case studies in which the concepts and associated models are used to understand how elementary forms of embodied cognition emerge and develop.

Introduction to Robotics (Hardcover): Julian Evans Introduction to Robotics (Hardcover)
Julian Evans
R3,092 R2,802 Discovery Miles 28 020 Save R290 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Integrating Cognitive Architectures into Virtual Character Design (Hardcover): Jeremy Owen Turner, Michael Nixon, Ulysses... Integrating Cognitive Architectures into Virtual Character Design (Hardcover)
Jeremy Owen Turner, Michael Nixon, Ulysses Bernardet, Steve DiPaola
R4,658 Discovery Miles 46 580 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Cognitive architectures represent an umbrella term to describe ways in which the flow of thought can be engineered towards cerebral and behavioral outcomes. Cognitive Architectures are meant to provide top-down guidance, a knowledge base, interactive heuristics and concrete or fuzzy policies for which the virtual character can utilize for intelligent interaction with his/her/its situated virtual environment. Integrating Cognitive Architectures into Virtual Character Design presents emerging research on virtual character artificial intelligence systems and procedures and the integration of cognitive architectures. Emphasizing innovative methodologies for intelligent virtual character integration and design, this publication is an ideal reference source for graduate-level students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of artificial intelligence, gaming, and computer science.

Road Vehicle Automation 5 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Gereon Meyer, Sven Beiker Road Vehicle Automation 5 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Gereon Meyer, Sven Beiker
R6,455 Discovery Miles 64 550 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This is the fifth volume of a sub series on Road Vehicle Automation published within the Lecture Notes in Mobility. Like in previous editions, scholars, engineers and analysts from all around the world have contributed chapters covering human factors, ethical, legal, energy and technology aspects related to automated vehicles, as well as transportation infrastructure and public planning. The book is based on the Automated Vehicles Symposium which was hosted by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) in San Francisco, California (USA) in July 2017.

Robotic Systems - Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, VOL 4 (Hardcover): Information Reso Management Association Robotic Systems - Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, VOL 4 (Hardcover)
Information Reso Management Association
R9,795 Discovery Miles 97 950 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2018 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference in Sustainability on Energy and... Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2018 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference in Sustainability on Energy and Buildings (SEB'18) (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Prasad Kaparaju, Robert J. Howlett, John Littlewood, Chandima Ekanyake, Ljubo Vlacic
R5,230 Discovery Miles 52 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book contains selected papers from SEB-18, the Tenth International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, which was organised by KES International and Griffith University and held in Gold Coast, Australia in June 2018. SEB-18 invited contributions on a range of topics related to sustainable buildings and renewable energy, and explored innovative topics regarding intelligent buildings and cities. Applicable areas included the sustainable design and of buildings, neighbourhoods and cities (built and natural environment); optimisation and modelling techniques; smart energy systems for smart cities; green information communications technology; and a broad range of solar, wind, wave and other renewable energy topics. The aim of the conference was to bring together researchers and government and industry professionals to discuss the future of energy in buildings, neighbourhoods and cities from a theoretical, practical, implementation and simulation perspective. In addition, SEB-18 offered an exciting opportunity to present, interact, and learn about the latest research in Sustainability in Energy and Buildings.

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