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Informatics In Control Automation And Robotics Oleg Gusikhin · 2012 · 570p · ≈ 19h · Moderate This book focuses on the latest endeavors relating researches and developments conducted in fields of control, robotics and automation. Through more than ten revised and extended articles, the present book aims to provide the most up-to-date state of the art of the aforementioned fields allowing researcher, Ph.D. students and engineers not only updating their knowledge but also benefiting from… Shares: Automatic control, Automation, Engineering

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: Automatic control, Automation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Robots

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, Technology, Reference, 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: Automatic control, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Engineering, Robots

Introduction to autonomous mobile robots Roland Siegwart · 2004 · 335p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The second edition of a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of mobile robotics, from algorithms to mechanisms.Mobile robots range from the Mars Pathfinder mission's teleoperated Sojourner to the cleaning robots in the Paris Metro. This text offers students and other interested readers an introduction to the fundamentals of mobile robotics, spanning the mechanical, motor, sensory,… Shares: Engineering, Technology, Robots

Nick And Teslas Robot Army Rampage A Mystery With Hoverbots Bristlebots And Other Robots You Can Build Yourself Steve Hockensmith · 2014 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares: Automation, Robots

Decentralized estimation and control for multisensor systems Arthur G. O. Mutambara · 1998 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Decentralized Estimation and Control for Multisensor Systems explores the problem of developing scalable, decentralized estimation and control algorithms for linear and nonlinear multisensor systems. Such algorithms have extensive applications in modular robotics and complex or large scale systems, including the Mars Rover, the Mir station, and Space Shuttle Columbia.Most existing algorithms use… Shares: Automatic control, Technology, 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: Automation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Technology

Sensing, Intelligence, Motion Vladimir J. Lumelsky · 2005 · 456p · ≈ 15h · Moderate A leap forward in the field of robotics Until now, most of the advances in robotics have taken place in structured environments. Scientists and engineers have designed highly sophisticated robots, but most are still only able to operate and move in predetermined, planned environments designed specifically for the robots and typically at very high cost. This new book takes robotics to the next… Shares: Engineering, Technology, Robots

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, 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, 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, Engineering, Robots

Exploring Space Robots Deborah Kops · 2011 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate How can robots help us explore space? A probe called New Horizons is zooming through the outer solar system. It's headed to Pluto. It and other space robots can go where people cannot survive. In this book, you'll learn how robots can work as our eyes, ears, and hands in space. As part of the Searchlight Books™ collection, this series explores outer space and sheds light on the question What’s… Shares: Automation, Robots

Das Finanzkapital Rudolf Hilferding · 1904 · 494p · ≈ 16h · Challenging „Das Finanzkapital“ ist eine „Studie über die jüngste Entwicklung des Kapitalismus“. Für Hilferding war die Entwicklung der Aktiengesellschaften und schließlich der Monopole ein wichtiger Schritt über den Kapitalismus der freien Konkurrenz hinaus hin zu einem monopolistischen Kapitalismus. Durch die Monopolisierung und Konzentration werden kleine Unternehmer und kleine Kapitalanleger verdrängt.… Shares: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Technology, Reference

New Trends in Medical and Service Robots Hannes Bleuler · 2013 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This volume describes new frontiers in medical and service robotics in the light of recent developments in technology to advance robot design and implementation. In particular, the work looks at advances in design, development and implementation of contemporary surgical, rehabilitation and biorobots. Surgical robots allow surgeons greater access to areas under operation using more precise and… Shares: Automation, Engineering

Visual Perception and Control of Underwater Robots Junzhi Yu · 2021 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Visual Perception and Control of Underwater Robots covers theories and applications from aquatic visual perception and underwater robotics. Within the framework of visual perception for underwater operations, image restoration, binocular measurement, and object detection are addressed. More specifically, the book includes adversarial critic learning for visual restoration, NSGA-II-based… Shares: Engineering, Technology, 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, Technology, Robots

Rise of the Robots Martin Ford · 1708 · ★ 4.3 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Demanding Examines the effects of accelerating technology on the economic system. "In Silicon Valley the phrase "disruptive technology" is tossed around on a casual basis. No one doubts that technology has the power to devastate entire industries and upend various sectors of the job market. But Rise of the Robots asks a bigger question: Can accelerating technology disrupt our entire economic system to the… Shares: Automation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING

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