This book includes 23 chapters introducing basic research, advanced developments and applications. …
Advances in Human Computer Interaction
In these 34 chapters, we survey the broad disciplines that loosely inhabit the study and practice of human-computer interaction. …
Advances in Service Robotics
This book consists of 18 chapters about current research results of service robots. Topics covered include various kinds of service robots, development environments, architectures of service robots, Human-Robot Interaction, networks of service robots and basic researches such as SLAM, sensor network, etc. …
Modelling and Simulation
This book collects original and innovative research studies concerning modeling and simulation of physical systems in a very wide range of applications, encompassing micro-electro-mechanical systems, measurement instrumentations, catalytic reactors, biomechanical applications, biological and chemical sensors, magnetosensitive materials, silicon photonic devices, electronic devices, optical fibers, electro-microfluidic systems, composite materials, fuel cells, indoor air-conditioning systems, active magnetic levitation systems and more. …
Motion Planning
In this free book, new results or developments from different research backgrounds and application fields are put together to provide a wide and useful viewpoint on these headed research problems mentioned above, focused on the motion planning problem of mobile ro-bots. …
Machine Perception
Machine Perception by Ramakant Nevatia is available online. Machine perception is a field of endeavor attempting to enable man-made machines to perceive their environment by sensory means as humans and animals do. …
Machine Vision
Machine Vision: Automated Visual Inspection and Robot Vision by David Vernon is available online. Machine vision is a multi-disciplinary subject, utilizing techniques drawn from optics, electronics, mechanical engineering, computer science and artificial intelligence. This book provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of machine vision for students. …
Systems Structure and Control
The title of the book System, Structure and Control encompasses broad field of theory and applications of many different control approaches applied on different classes of dynamic systems. …
Brain, Vision and AI
The aim of this book is to provide new ideas, original results and practical experiences regarding service robotics. …
Service Robot Applications
The aim of this book is to provide new ideas, original results and practical experiences regarding service robotics. …