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Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming - Second Edition
Author Jonathan Cacace , Lentin Joseph
Discover best practices and troubleshooting solutions when working on ROSAbout This BookDevelop complex robotic applications using ROS to interface robot manipulators and mobile robotsGain insight into autonomous navigation in mobile robots and motion planning in r....
Release Date 2018/02 -
PID Control with Intelligent Compensation for Exoskeleton Robots
Author Wen Yu
PID Control with Intelligent Compensation for Exoskeleton Robots explains how to use neural PD and PID controls to reduce integration gain, and provides explicit conditions on how to select linear PID gains using proof of semi-global asymptotic stability and local ....
Release Date 2018/01 -
International Enterprise Education
Author Gary Mulholland , Jason J. Turner
The important debate on the growing graduate skills gaps, the value of universities to their business communities, and their role (or lack of ) in building entrepreneurial attributes among graduates is growing internationally.Using case studies from universities ac....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Biologically Inspired Robotics
Author Dong Sun , Yunhui Liu
Robotic engineering inspired by biology—biomimetics—has many potential applications: robot snakes can be used for rescue operations in disasters, snake-like endoscopes can be used in medical diagnosis, and artificial muscles can replace damaged muscles to recover th....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Robot Manipulator Redundancy Resolution
Author Yunong Zhang , Long Jin
Introduces a revolutionary, quadratic-programming based approach to solving long-standing problems in motion planning and control of redundant manipulators This book describes a novel quadratic programming approach to solving redundancy resolutions problems with....
Release Date 2017/11 -
Author Pradeeka Seneviratne
Build simple yet amazing robotics projects using ESP8266About This BookGet familiar with ESP8266 and its features.Build Wi-FI controlled robots using ESP8266A project based book that will use the ESP8266 board and some of its popular variations to build robots.Who ....
Release Date 2017/11 -
ROS Robotics By Example - Second Edition
Author Dr. Thomas L. Harman , Carol Fairchild
Learning how to build and program your own robots with the most popular open source robotics programming frameworkAbout This BookGet to know the fundamentals of ROS and apply its concepts to real examplesLearn how to write robotics applications without getting bogg....
Release Date 2017/11 -
A Systematic Approach to Learning Robot Programming with ROS
Author Wyatt Newman
A Systematic Approach to Learning Robot Programming with ROS provides a comprehensive, introduction to the essential components of ROS through detailed explanations of simple code examples along with the corresponding theory of operation. The book explores the o....
Release Date 2017/09 -
Author Lentin Joseph
Build a variety of awesome robots that can see, sense, move, and do a lot more using the powerful Robot Operating SystemAbout This BookCreate and program cool robotic projects using powerful ROS librariesWork through concrete examples that will help you build your o....
Release Date 2017/03 -
Author Igor Skrjanc , Saso Blazic , Andrej Zdesar , Gregor Klancar
Wheeled Mobile Robotics: From Fundamentals Towards Autonomous Systemscovers the main topics from the wide area of mobile robotics, explaining all applied theory and application. The book gives the reader a good foundation, enabling them to continue to more advanced....
Release Date 2017/02 -
Robot Learning by Visual Observation
Author Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi , Aleksandar Vakanski
This book presents programming by demonstration for robot learning from observations with a focus on the trajectory level of task abstractionDiscusses methods for optimization of task reproduction, such as reformulation of task planning as a constrained optimizatio....
Release Date 2017/02 -
Effective Robotics Programming with ROS - Third Edition
Author Aaron Martinez , Enrique Fernández , Luis Sánchez , Anil Mahtani
Find out everything you need to know to build powerful robots with the most up-to-date ROSAbout This BookThis comprehensive, yet easy-to-follow guide will help you find your way through the ROS frameworkSuccessfully design and simulate your 3D robot model and use p....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Designing for collaborative robotics
Author Jonathan Follett , Jeff Faneuff
New technology is enabling robots to be safer, cheaper, and to work in a wider variety of environments performing new tasks. Robots are starting to work side by side with people—helping doctors, police, fireman, farmers, factory workers, disabled patients, soldiers....
Release Date 2016/10 -
Learning Robotics, with Robotics, by Robotics
Author Elisabetta Zibetti , Ilaria Gaudiello
The relationship between technological and pedagogical innovation has recently created a new field of research at the crossroads between Psychology, Educational Sciences and Artificial Intelligence: Educational Robotics (ER).Through analysis of the achievable educa....
Release Date 2016/10 -
Author Dr. Thomas L. Harman , Carol Fairchild
Bring life to your robot using ROS robotic applicationsAbout This BookThis book will help you boost your knowledge of ROS and give you advanced practical experience you can apply to your ROS robot platformsThis is the only book that offers you step-by-step instruct....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Robot Programming: A Guide to Controlling Autonomous Robots
Author Tracey Hughes , Cameron Hughes
Start programming robots NOW!Learn hands-on, through easy examples, visuals, and codeThis is a unique introduction to programming robots to execute tasks autonomously. Drawing on years of experience in artificial intelligence and robot programming, Cameron and Trac....
Release Date 2016/05 -
Author William D. Smart , Brian Gerkey , Morgan Quigley
Want to develop novel robot applications, but don’t know how to write a mapping or object recognition system? You’re certainly not alone, but you’re not without help. By combining real-world examples with valuable knowledge from the Robot Operating System (ROS) comm....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming
Author Lentin Joseph
Design, build and simulate complex robots using Robot Operating System and master its out-of-the-box functionalitiesAbout This BookDevelop complex robotic applications using ROS for interfacing robot manipulators and mobile robots with the help of high end robotic ....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Kassandra Perch
Design, build, and program your own remarkable robots with JavaScript and open source hardwareAbout This BookLearn how to leverage Johnny-Five's Read, Eval, Print Loop, and Event API to write robot code with JavaScriptUnlock a world of exciting possibilities by hoo....
Release Date 2015/11 -
Robot Building for Beginners, Third Edition
Author David Cook
""I wrote this book because I love building robots. I want you to love building robots, too. It took me a while to learn about many of the tools and parts in amateur robotics. Perhaps by writing about my experiences, I can give you a head start.""--David CookRobot....
Release Date 2015/09 -
Author Rinie van Est , Lamber Royakkers
A social robot is a robot that interacts and communicates with humans or other autonomous physical agents by following social behaviors and rules attached to its role. We seem to accept the use of robots that perform dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs. But how far do ....
Release Date 2015/08 -
Learning ROS for Robotics Programming - Second Edition
Author Aaron Martinez , Anil Mahtani , Luis Sánchez Crespo , Enrique Fernández
Your one-stop guide to the Robot Operating SystemAbout This BookModel your robot on a virtual world and learn how to simulate itCreate, visualize, and process Point Cloud informationEasy-to-follow, practical tutorials to program your own robotsWho This Book Is ForIf....
Release Date 2015/08 -
Learning Robotics Using Python
Author Lentin Joseph
Design, simulate, program, and prototype an interactive autonomous mobile robot from scratch with the help of Python, ROS, and Open-CV!In DetailLearning about robotics will become an increasingly essential skill as it becomes a ubiquitous part of life. Even though r....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Author Luc Jaulin
In order to enable a better understanding of the key concepts of automation, this book develops the fundamental aspects of the field while also proposing numerous concrete exercises and their solutions. The theoretical approach that it presents fundamentally uses t....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Complex Behavior in Evolutionary Robotics
Author Lukas König
Today, autonomous robots are used in a rather limited range of applications such as exploration of inaccessible locations, cleaning floors, mowing lawns etc. However, ongoing hardware improvements (and human fantasy) steadily reveal new robotic applications of signi....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Author Xinyu Wu , Huihuan Qian , Yangsheng Xu
Copyright ©2015 Zhejiang University Press, Published by Elsevier Inc.Household Service Robotics is a collection of the latest technological advances in household service robotics in five main areas: robot systems, manipulation, navigation, object recognition, and hu....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Author Jörg Wolf , Alan Wagner , Manfred Tscheligi , Allison Sauppé , Sandra Okita , Victor
Robots That Talk and Listen provides a forward-looking examination of speech and language in robots from technical, functional, and social perspectives. Contributors address cultural foundations as well as the linguistic skills and technologies that robots need to ....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Implementation of Robot Systems
Author Mike Wilson
Based on the author’s wide-ranging experience as a robot user, supplier and consultant, Implementation of Robot Systems will enable you to approach the use of robots in your plant or facility armed with the right knowledge base and awareness of critical factors to t....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Make a Raspberry Pi-Controlled Robot
Author Wolfram Donat
Make a Raspberry-Pi Controlled Robot teaches you how to build a capable and upgradeable personal robot for around $100. You'll learn how to control servos, respond to sensor input, and know where your bot is using GPS. You'll also learn many ways to connect to you....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Author Kathy Ceceri
Making Simple Robots is based on one idea: Anybody can build a robot! That includes kids, English majors, school teachers, and grandparents. If you can knit, sew, or fold a flat piece of paper into a box, you can build a no-tech robotic part. If you can use a hot gl....
Release Date 2014/09