18 books like Military Robots

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Army of none Paul Scharre · 2018 · ★ 3.9 · 442p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "What happens when a Predator drone has as much autonomy as a Google car? Although it sounds like science fiction, the technology to create weapons that could hunt and destroy targets on their own already exists. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in emerging weapons technologies, draws on incisive research and firsthand experience to explore how increasingly autonomous weapons are changing warfare.… Shares: Drone aircraft, Moral and ethical aspects, Robots, War

Robot Rights David J. Gunkel · 2018 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A provocative attempt to think about what was previously considered unthinkable: a serious philosophical case for the rights of robots.We are in the midst of a robot invasion, as devices of different configurations and capabilities slowly but surely come to take up increasingly important positions in everyday social reality—self-driving vehicles, recommendation algorithms, machine learning… Shares: Moral and ethical aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

Nonlinear Control of Robots and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Ranjan Vepa · 2016 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Nonlinear Control of Robots and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: An Integrated Approach presents control and regulation methods that rely upon feedback linearization techniques. Both robot manipulators and UAVs employ operating regimes with large magnitudes of state and control variables, making such an approach vital for their control systems design. Numerous application examples are included to… Shares: Drone aircraft, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

Life 3.0 Max Tegmark · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology--and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who's helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial. How can we grow our prosperity… Shares: Moral and ethical aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Philosophy

Robot Builder's Sourcebook Gordon McComb · 2002 · 711p · ≈ 23h · Moderate Written by Gordon McComb, author of the classic Robot Builder’s Bonanza, one of the most popular books ever written on amateur robotics, the Sourcebook lists over 2500 mail-order suppliers and other sources, including local-area businesses, cross-referenced and categorized to make your search quick and easy. You’ll find detailed information about the resources, including addresses and phone… Shares: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

Robot ethics Patrick Lin · 2011 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to follow a code of ethics, if this is even possible? Are there risks in forming emotional bonds with robots? How might society--and ethics--change with robotics? This volume is the first book to bring together prominent… Shares: Moral and ethical aspects, Robots

Robot development using Microsoft Robotics developer studio Shih-Chung Kang · 2011 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (MSRDS) and LEGO robots together offer a flexible platform for creating robotic systems. Designed for novices with basic programming skills, Robot Development Using Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio provides clear instructions on developing and operating robots. It includes an extensive array of examples, w Shares: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

Hybrid control and motion planning of dynamical legged locomotion Nasser Sadati · 2012 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "This book provides a comprehensive presentation of issues and challenges faced by researchers and practicing engineers in motion planning and hybrid control of dynamical legged locomotion. The major features range from offline and online motion planning algorithms to generate desired feasible periodic walking and running motions and tow-level control schemes, including within-stride feedback… Shares: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 This Excellent Collection brings together Stapledon's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. This Books created and collected in Olaf Stapledon's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the… Shares: Philosophy

Neural Networks for Robotics Nancy Arana-Daniel · 2018 · 228p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The book offers an insight on artificial neural networks for giving a robot a high level of autonomous tasks, such as navigation, cost mapping, object recognition, intelligent control of ground and aerial robots, and clustering, with real-time implementations. The reader will learn various methodologies that can be used to solve each stage on autonomous navigation for robots, from object… Shares: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

Reliability Models of Complex Systems for Robots and Automation Hamid Fazlollahtabar · 2017 · 93p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

Adaptive Control for Robotic Manipulators Dan Zhang · 2016 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The robotic mechanism and its controller make a complete system. As the robotic mechanism is reconfigured, the control system has to be adapted accordingly. The need for the reconfiguration usually arises from the changing functional requirements. This book will focus on the adaptive control of robotic manipulators to address the changed conditions. The aim of the book is to summarise and… Shares: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

Autonomous Mobile Robots in Unknown Outdoor Environments Xiaorui Zhu · 2017 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Mobile robots have been increasingly applied in many different scenarios, such as space exploration and search and rescue, where the robots are required to travel over uneven terrain while outdoors. This book provides a new framework and the related algorithms for designing autonomous mobile robotic systems in such unknown outdoor environments. Shares: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

Practical Robot Design M. Fikret Ercan · 2013 · 418p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Designed for beginners, undergraduate students, and robotics enthusiasts, Practical Robot Design: Game Playing Robots is a comprehensive guide to the theory, design, and construction of game-playing robots. Drawing on years of robot building and teaching experience, the authors demonstrate the key steps of building a robot from beginning to end, wi Shares: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

Lyapunov-based control of robotic systems Warren Dixon · 2008 · 389p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Lyapunov-Based Control of Robotic Systems describes nonlinear control design solutions for problems that arise from robots required to interact with and manipulate their environments. Since most practical scenarios require the design of nonlinear controllers to work around uncertainty and measurement-related issues, the authors use Lyapunov's direc Shares: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

Treatise on Good Robots Krzysztof Tchon · 2013 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate This volume investigates the ways emerging technologies in the fields of robotics and bio-robotics are influencing society. It necessarily considers both philosophical and technological study of robots, including what it means for robots to exist as good and moral entities, and how they benefit humans and enhance their quality of life. Contributors address artificial intelligence and social… Shares: Moral and ethical aspects, Robots

How to Do Nothing Jenny Odell · 2019 · ★ 3.7 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we have. Once we can… Shares: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Philosophy

Control and Dynamic Systems Cornelius T. Leondes · 1982 · 414p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The book emphasizes neural network structures for achieving practical and effective systems, and provides many examples. Practitioners, researchers, and students in industrial, manufacturing, electrical, mechanical,and production engineering will find this volume a unique and comprehensive reference source for diverse application methodologies.Control and Dynamic Systems covers the important… Shares: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

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