Robotics Books

Book SynopsisA Sunday Times Business Book of the Year.Scary Smart will teach you how to navigate the scary and inevitable intrusion of Artificial Intelligence, with an accessible blueprint for creating a harmonious future alongside AI. From Mo Gawdat, the former Chief Business Officer at Google [X] and bestselling author of Solve for Happy.Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented degree. This book is not for engineers who write the code or the policy makers who claim they can regulate it. This is a book for you. Because, believe it or not, you are the only one that can fix it. – Mo GawdatArtificial intelligence is smarter than humans. It can process information at lightning speed and remain focused on specific tasks without distraction. AI can see into the future, predict outcomes and even use sensors to see around physical and virtual corners. So why does AI frequently get it so wrong and cause harm?The answer is us: the human beings who write the code and teach AI to mimic our behaviour. Scary Smart explains how to fix the current trajectory now, to make sure that the AI of the future can preserve our species. This book offers a blueprint, pointing the way to what we can do to safeguard ourselves, those we love, and the planet itself.'No one ever regrets reading anything Mo Gawdat has written.' – Emma Gannon, author of The Multi-Hyphen Method and host of the podcast Ctrl Alt DeleteTrade ReviewMo Gawdat is my life guru. His writing, his ideas and his generosity in sharing them has changed my life for the better in so many ways. Everything he writes is an enlightening education in how to be human. -- Elizabeth DayMo is an exquisite writer and speaker with deep expertise of technology . . . This book will teach you how to navigate the scary and inevitable intrusion of AI as well as who really is in control. Us. -- Dr Rupy Aujla, MBBS, BSc, MRCGP, Founder of "The Doctor's Kitchen"A proactive and bold read that provides the shake that humans need to take back our agency over AI, and therefore the fate of the world as we see it. -- Dr Camilla Pang, author of Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us About Life, Love and RelationshipsA brilliant mind . . . Mo takes us on a whirlwind exploration of the fast-approaching singularity, and offers a desperate last chance to have a say in the future of humanity. Read this book! -- Tim Ash, bestselling author of Unleash Your Primal BrainNo one ever regrets reading anything Mo Gawdat has written. -- Emma Gannon, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Multi-Hyphen Method and host of award-winning podcast Ctrl Alt DeleteScary Smart is unlike anything I’ve ever read . . . What Mo does is help us analyze what it means to be human, by looking at what can or cannot happen with the rise of artificial intelligence. -- Poppy Jamie, author and founder of Happy Not Perfect

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Spatial Transformations 3. Forward Kinematics 4. Inverse Kinematics 5. Velocities, Static Forces, and Jacobians 6. Dynamics 7. Trajectory Planning 8. Mechanical Design of Robots 9. Linear Control 10. Non-Linear Control 11. Force Control 12. Programming Languages and Systems 13. Simulation and Off-Line Programming

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Book SynopsisReady to enter the robot world? This book walks you through building your very own little metal assistant from a kit, dressing it up, giving it a brain, programming it to do things, even making it talk. It also includes some titbits about robot history, icons and other navigational aids; tear-out cheat sheet; and top ten lists.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 1 What You’re Not to Read 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Book Is Organized 3 Part I: Getting Started with Robotics 3 Part II: Programmable Robot Prep 4 Part III: Building a Programmable Robot 4 Part IV: Augmenting Your Programmable Robot 4 Part V: The Part of Tens 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Where to Go from Here 6 Part I: Getting Started with Robotics 7 Chapter 1: So, You Want to Build a Robot? 9 The Robotics Revolution 10 Where have we been? 10 Are we there yet? 10 Where are we going? 11 Robot Uses 12 Security 12 Surveillance and exploration 13 Human helper 14 Chapter 2: Plotting a Path 15 Starting with a Kit 15 Selecting a Robot Kit 16 Nonprogrammable kits 17 Programmable kits 21 Moving Up to Robot Construction Sets 24 Anatomy of a robot construction set 24 Grow, grow, and outgrow! 25 Building a Robot from Scratch 25 Choosing what to get off the shelf 25 Parts sources 27 Economics and Time Considerations 28 Start small 28 Haste makes waste 29 Don’t get stuck in a rut! 29 Reuse and recycle 29 Get testy with your robot 30 Get on the right path 30 Chapter 3: Building Your First Robot 31 Robot Kit to the Rescue 31 On Your Mark, Get Set 32 Making time 32 Your workspace 33 Tools and grunting noises 33 Precautions 34 It’s in the book 36 Let the Building Begin 36 Jumping ahead 36 Going nuts 37 Cutting up 37 The story of gears and motors 37 Batteries are last 37 Extra parts 38 Testing and Troubleshooting 38 The dead robot 39 Motor problems 39 Side stepping 40 Soccer Jr in Action 40 Soccer 40 Gathering balls 41 Shooting pool 41 Sumo without the bulk 42 Learning Your Robot Chops 42 Motors making my head spin 42 Grinding those gears 43 Cams, but not for the Web 44 Juicing it up with batteries 45 Baby Robot Steps 48 Part II: Programmable Robot Prep 49 Chapter 4: Setting Up Your Robot Workshop 51 Creating an Ideal Work Area 51 Getting Organized 53 Tool Time 54 Personal computer 54 Testing equipment 55 Power strips 59 Machining 60 CAD software 60 Testing your circuit board design 60 Integrated development environment 61 Device programmers 61 How to Solder 62 Soldering 101 62 Undoing solder mistakes 63 Soldering tips 64 How do you keep it so clean? 66 Anti-Static Considerations: Can’t Touch This! 66 Mr Owl, how many volts does it take ? 66 The honorable discharge 67 A Robot Library 68 Chapter 5: The Nuts and Bolts of Robot Building 71 Pieces and Parts 71 What’s It All Made Of? 72 Heavy metal 72 One word — plastic 73 It was good enough for Pinocchio 73 Nuts and Bolts 74 Double standards 74 Don’t fall apart on me 74 Motors for Locomotion 75 The useful DC gear motor 75 The versatile RC servo 79 Making Sense of Sensors 82 Electronics Primer 83 Resistors resist 83 Take charge with capacitors 85 Cable, connectors, and wires 87 Semiconductors 88 Creating circuit boards 90 Power to the Robots 94 Series and parallel demystified 95 Bench DC power supply 95 Tethered power 97 Chapter 6: A Programming Primer 99 Software and Computers 99 Keep it modular 100 Programming: The low road 100 Programming: The high road 101 Programming quick-start 101 Anatomy of a Program 102 Comments 102 Declarations 103 Instructions 104 Sample program 104 Useful Code Snippets 105 Useful Subroutines 107 Starting a program 108 Backing away to the left 108 Sounding an alarm 109 Okay, I Programmed Now What? 110 Part III: Building a Programmable Robot 111 Chapter 7: Preparing to Build a Programmable Robot 113 Robot Components Overview 114 Looking at basic robot parts 114 Looking at ARobot’s components 116 Assembly Process Overview 117 Organizing and Prepping the Parts 118 Gathering your tools 119 Preparing the parts 119 To Paint or Not to Paint? 120 The rugged look 120 The snazzy look 121 Chapter 8: From Whiskers to Wheels 123 Starting with Whiskers 123 Attaching the Drive Motor 125 Dealing with Wheels 126 The encoder sensor 126 The front wheel axle 126 Rear steering alignment 129 Chapter 9: If I Only Had a Brain 133 Adding the Controller 133 Selecting just the right controller 134 Installing the controller board 135 Installing the controller 136 Connecting the battery cable 136 Connecting the body cable 138 Finishing Touches 138 Turning ARobot On 139 Chapter 10: Introducing Your Robot to Your Computer 141 Working with the Basic Stamp Editor 141 Installing the software 142 Opening the editor 142 Loading or creating a program 142 Downloading a program to ARobot 142 Troubleshooting downloading 145 Running the Built-In Programs 146 Testing the robot’s functions 146 Adjusting the steering 149 Wandering around with the Wander program 150 Troubleshooting 150 Tricky whiskers 151 Steering gone astray 151 Getting the drive motor right 152 Controller, this is the tower We have a problem 152 The dead robot 153 Part IV: Augmenting Your Programmable Robot 155 Chapter 11: Expanding Your Robot’s Universe 157 Adding Rear Whiskers 157 All about whiskers 158 Collecting the parts 159 Installing the whiskers 160 Controlling the whiskers 163 Adding an Expansion Board 165 Collecting the parts 167 Preparing the board 167 Installing the expansion board 168 Building a Motorized Head 172 Selecting a motor 173 Mounting the motor 174 Adding a perf board 175 Controlling the motor 175 Troubleshooting 177 Accessorizing 177 Wheel covers 178 Handles 178 Beefing up the payload capacity 179 Running lights 181 Clear dome 182 Rubber bumpers 183 Chapter 12: Making Your Robot See the Light 185 Making Sense of Light Sensors 185 The hardware part 186 And the software part 186 Pulling Together the Light-Sensing Hardware 187 Selecting the sensor 188 Testing the sensor before you commit 188 Planning and building the circuit 189 Interfacing to the controller 192 Writing the Software That Interprets the Hardware 195 Writing the low-level software 195 Hooking up with the high-level software 196 Troubleshooting the software 197 Putting Your Sensor to Work: Real-World Applications 198 Making your robot sleepy 198 Programming a light alarm 200 Positioning the light sensor 202 More Light Sensor Ideas 205 Improving direction sensing 206 Software filtering 206 Overdoing it 207 Chapter 13: Some Like It Hot 209 Sensational Temperature Sensors 209 Thermistors can take the heat 210 Semiconductors: Sensitive, three-legged creatures 211 Building the Temperature-Sensor System 212 Under the hood: Creating a temperature-sensor circuit 213 Collecting the parts 214 Installing the temperature sensor 215 Temperature sensor, meet the controller 215 Turning the switch 217 The Brains of the Beast: The Software 218 The driver at the lower level 218 Taking things to a higher level 219 Hot or cold: Testing the software 220 Making sense of the numbers 221 Troubleshooting temperature-sensor software 221 Turning Up the Heat: Real-World Applications 222 Your new hobby: Temperature logging 223 Danger: Temperature alarm 227 Robots that run hot and cold 229 Chapter 14: Halt! Who Goes There? 233 Detecting Motion: An Overview 233 Building the Motion-Detector System 235 Collecting the parts 235 Wired for motion 237 Testing the motion detector 240 Troubleshooting the motion-detector sensor 242 The assembly: Putting the sensor in place 243 The Brains of the Beast: The Software 244 Low-level code 245 High-level code 245 Troubleshooting 246 Real-World Applications 247 Doorway greeting 247 Pest alarm 250 Chapter 15: Yakety-Yak: Adding Speech to Your Robot 251 Straight Talk about Speech Technology 252 Electronic deflation to the rescue 252 The power of text-to-speech systems 253 Building a Speech System 255 Getting speech off-the-shelf 255 Collecting the parts 258 Wiring 258 Mounting the speech module 260 Testing 261 Troubleshooting 262 Creating Sound Software 263 Communicating with the sound module 263 The sound module command reference 264 Recording sound 266 Building Your Robot’s Vocabulary 268 Putting Speech to Work 268 Debugging 269 Navigation 269 Safety 269 Security 269 Data collection 269 Making music 270 Talking about Robots 270 Chapter 16: I See You 271 All about Video Systems 271 Some general guidelines 272 Cameras 272 Monitors 276 Tethered or wireless? 277 To hear or not to hear 279 Where to buy? 280 Pretesting 281 Mounting a Board Camera 282 Collecting components 282 Mounting the camera 283 Providing power 286 Determining connector gender 287 Making and soldering the cable 288 Creating a Tethered Video System 289 Video-only tether 290 Tethering other signals 291 Attaching cables 292 Using the tethered video system 294 Creating a Wireless Video System 294 Installing the transmitter 294 Connecting the receiver and monitor 295 Using the wireless video system 295 Troubleshooting 296 Wireless Data Links 297 Camera Positioning 298 Facing straight 299 Three-step panning 299 Slow scanning 300 Adding a tilt axis 301 Applications Using the Video System 302 Navigation 302 Inspection 303 Exploration 303 Security 303 A Robot’s Vision 304 Chapter 17: Controlling Your Robot from Afar 305 All about Remote Control 305 Optical remote control 306 Tethered remote control 306 Radio-frequency remote control 307 The Lowdown on RC Systems 307 Model RC systems 308 RC servo motors: The power behind RC 309 The RC servo-motor interface 310 RC system frequencies 310 Channels 311 Purchasing an RC System 311 What’s the cost? 311 Buying online 312 Installing an RC System 312 Wiring 313 Mounting the RC receiver 316 Antenna 318 Testing 319 Software 319 Troubleshooting 322 Half and Half: RC and Autonomous Behavior 322 Getting things wired 324 Software 324 Part V: The Part of Tens 327 Chapter 18: Ten Excellent Parts Suppliers 329 Tower Hobbies 329 Supercircuits 330 Mouser Electronics 330 Parallax 331 McMaster-Carr 332 Stock Drive Products 332 Radio Shack 333 80/20 334 Edmund Scientific 334 Parts Suppliers a la Carte 335 Circuit Specialties 335 Jameco Electronics 335 Marlin P Jones & Assoc 336 All Electronics 336 Mendelsons Electronics 336 Ramsey Kits 336 Small Parts 336 JK Micro 337 Carl’s Electronics 337 Chapter 19: Ten Safety Pointers 339 Cut Away from Your Body 339 Avoid the Pinch Points 339 Slipping Is Bad 340 Soldering Pitfalls 340 Hot Glue Follies 340 Super Glue on You 341 Dancing around the Drill 341 AC Stands for Are You Crazy! 341 Discharging Capacitors 342 Clipping Nippers 342 Index 343

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe title says it all, really, Robots Won't Save Japan, but do read the book if you want to be convinced, because you will be. The author, anthropologist and science and technology studies (STS) scholar James Wright, has adopted this title in reaction to a Japanese book from a generation ago, Robots Will Save Japan (Nakayama 2006). * Anthropology & Aging *Robots Won't Save Japan is a vivid example for how ethnographic research can enrich and deepen our understanding of complex social and political problems * Contemporary Japan *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Crisis and Care Robots 2. Developing Robots and Designing Algorithmic Care 3. Portrait of a Care Home 4. Hug: Reconfiguring Lifting 5. Paro: Reconfiguring Communication 6. Pepper: Reconfiguring Recreation 7. Beyond Care Robots

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Book SynopsisA New Edition Featuring Case Studies and Examples of the Fundamentals of Robot Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control In the 2nd Edition of Robot Modeling and Control, students will cover the theoretical fundamentals and the latest technological advances in robot kinematics. With so much advancement in technology, from robotics to motion planning, society can implement more powerful and dynamic algorithms than ever before. This in-depth reference guide educates readers in four distinct parts; the first two serve as a guide to the fundamentals of robotics and motion control, while the last two dive more in-depth into control theory and nonlinear system analysis. With the new edition, readers gain access to new case studies and thoroughly researched information covering topics such as: ? Motion-planning, collision avoidance, trajectory optimization, and control of robots ? Popular topics within the robotics industry and how they apply to various teTable of ContentsPreface v 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Mathematical Modeling of Robots 5 1.1.1 Symbolic Representation of Robot Manipulators 5 1.1.2 The Configuration Space 5 1.1.3 The State Space 6 1.1.4 The Workspace 7 1.2 Robots as Mechanical Devices 7 1.2.1 Classification of Robotic Manipulators 8 1.2.2 Robotic Systems 10 1.2.3 Accuracy and Repeatability 10 1.2.4 Wrists and End Effectors 12 1.3 Common Kinematic Arrangements 13 1.3.1 Articulated Manipulator (RRR) 13 1.3.2 Spherical Manipulator (RRP) 14 1.3.3 SCARA Manipulator (RRP) 14 1.3.4 Cylindrical Manipulator (RPP) 15 1.3.5 Cartesian Manipulator (PPP) 15 1.3.6 Parallel Manipulator 18 1.4 Outline of the Text 18 1.4.1 Manipulator Arms 18 1.4.2 Underactuated and Mobile Robots 27 Problems 27 Notes and References 29 I The Geometry of Robots 33 2 Rigid Motions 35 2.1 Representing Positions 36 2.2 Representing Rotations 38 2.2.1 Rotation in the Plane 38 2.2.2 Rotations in Three Dimensions 41 2.3 Rotational Transformations 44 2.4 Composition of Rotations 48 2.4.1 Rotation with Respect to the Current Frame 48 2.4.2 Rotation with Respect to the Fixed Frame 50 2.4.3 Rules for Composition of Rotations 51 2.5 Parameterizations of Rotations 52 2.5.1 Euler Angles 53 2.5.2 Roll, Pitch, Yaw Angles 55 2.5.3 Axis-Angle Representation 57 2.5.4 Exponential Coordinates 59 2.6 Rigid Motions 61 2.6.1 Homogeneous Transformations 62 2.6.2 Exponential Coordinates for General Rigid Motions 65 2.7 Chapter Summary 65 Problems 67 Notes and References 73 3 Forward Kinematics 75 3.1 Kinematic Chains 75 3.2 The Denavit-Hartenberg Convention 78 3.2.1 Existence and Uniqueness 80 3.2.2 Assigning the Coordinate Frames 83 3.3 Examples 87 3.3.1 Planar Elbow Manipulator 87 3.3.2 Three-Link Cylindrical Robot 89 3.3.3 The Spherical Wrist 90 3.3.4 Cylindrical Manipulator with Spherical Wrist 91 3.3.5 Stanford Manipulator 93 3.3.6 SCARA Manipulator 95 3.4 Chapter Summary 96 Problems 96 Notes and References 99 4 Velocity Kinematics 101 4.1 Angular Velocity: The Fixed Axis Case 102 4.2 Skew-Symmetric Matrices 103 4.2.1 Properties of Skew-Symmetric Matrices 104 4.2.2 The Derivative of a Rotation Matrix 105 4.3 Angular Velocity: The General Case 107 4.4 Addition of Angular Velocities 108 4.5 Linear Velocity of a Point Attached to a Moving Frame 110 4.6 Derivation of the Jacobian 111 4.6.1 Angular Velocity 112 4.6.2 Linear Velocity 113 4.6.3 Combining the Linear and Angular Velocity Jacobians 115 4.7 The Tool Velocity 119 4.8 The Analytical Jacobian 121 4.9 Singularities 122 4.9.1 Decoupling of Singularities 123 4.9.2 Wrist Singularities 125 4.9.3 Arm Singularities 125 4.10 Static Force/Torque Relationships 129 4.11 Inverse Velocity and Acceleration 131 4.12 Manipulability 133 4.13 Chapter Summary 136 Problems 138 Notes and References 140 5 Inverse Kinematics 141 5.1 The General Inverse Kinematics Problem 141 5.2 Kinematic Decoupling 143 5.3 Inverse Position: A Geometric Approach 145 5.3.1 Spherical Configuration 146 5.3.2 Articulated Configuration 148 5.4 Inverse Orientation 151 5.5 Numerical Inverse Kinematics 156 5.6 Chapter Summary 158 Problems 160 Notes and References 162 II Dynamics and Motion Planning 163 6 Dynamics 165 6.1 The Euler-Lagrange Equations 166 6.1.1 Motivation 166 6.1.2 Holonomic Constraints and Virtual Work 170 6.1.3 D'Alembert's Principle 174 6.2 Kinetic and Potential Energy 177 6.2.1 The Inertia Tensor 178 6.2.2 Kinetic Energy for an n-Link Robot 180 6.2.3 Potential Energy for an n-Link Robot 181 6.3 Equations of Motion 181 6.4 Some Common Configurations 184 6.5 Properties of Robot Dynamic Equations 194 6.5.1 Skew Symmetry and Passivity 194 6.5.2 Bounds on the Inertia Matrix 196 6.5.3 Linearity in the Parameters 196 6.6 Newton-Euler Formulation 198 6.6.1 Planar Elbow Manipulator Revisited 206 6.7 Chapter Summary 209 Problems 211 Notes and References 214 7 Path and Trajectory Planning 215 7.1 The Configuration Space 216 7.1.1 Representing the Configuration Space 217 7.1.2 Configuration Space Obstacles 218 7.1.3 Paths in the Configuration Space 221 7.2 Path Planning for Q = ℝ2 221 7.2.1 The Visibility Graph 222 7.2.2 The Generalized Voronoi Diagram 224 7.2.3 Trapezoidal Decompositions 226 7.3 Artificial Potential Fields 229 7.3.1 Artificial Potential Fields for Q = ℝn 230 7.3.2 Potential Fields for Q ≠ ℝn 235 7.4 Sampling-Based Methods 245 7.4.1 Probabilistic Roadmaps (PRM) 246 7.4.2 Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees (RRTs) 250 7.5 Trajectory Planning 252 7.5.1 Trajectories for Point-to-Point Motion 253 7.5.2 Trajectories for Paths Specified by Via Points 261 7.6 Chapter Summary 263 Problems 265 Notes and References 267 III Control of Manipulators 269 8 Independent Joint Control 271 8.1 Introduction 271 8.2 Actuator Dynamics 273 8.3 Load Dynamics 276 8.4 Independent Joint Model 278 8.5 PID Control 281 8.6 Feedforward Control 288 8.6.1 Trajectory Tracking 289 8.6.2 The Method of Computed Torque 291 8.7 Drive-Train Dynamics 292 8.8 State Space Design 297 8.8.1 State Feedback Control 299 8.8.2 Observers 301 8.9 Chapter Summary 304 Problems 307 Notes and References 309 9 Nonlinear and Multivariable Control 311 9.1 Introduction 311 9.2 PD Control Revisited 313 9.3 Inverse Dynamics 317 9.3.1 Joint Space Inverse Dynamics 317 9.3.2 Task Space Inverse Dynamics 320 9.3.3 Robust Inverse Dynamics 322 9.3.4 Adaptive Inverse Dynamics 327 9.4 Passivity-Based Control 329 9.4.1 Passivity-Based Robust Control 331 9.4.2 Passivity-Based Adaptive Control 332 9.5 Torque Optimization 333 9.6 Chapter Summary 337 Problems 341 Notes and References 343 10 Force Control 345 10.1 Coordinate Frames and Constraints 347 10.1.1 Reciprocal Bases 347 10.1.2 Natural and Artificial Constraints 349 10.2 Network Models and Impedance 351 10.2.1 Impedance Operators 353 10.2.2 Classification of Impedance Operators 354 10.2.3 Thévenin and Norton Equivalents 355 10.3 Task Space Dynamics and Control 355 10.3.1 Impedance Control 356 10.3.2 Hybrid Impedance Control 358 10.4 Chapter Summary 361 Problems 362 Notes and References 364 11 Vision-Based Control 365 11.1 Design Considerations 366 11.1.1 Camera Configuration 366 11.1.2 Image-Based vs. Position-Based Approaches 367 11.2 Computer Vision for Vision-Based Control 368 11.2.1 The Geometry of Image Formation 369 11.2.2 Image Features 373 11.3 Camera Motion and the Interaction Matrix 378 11.4 The Interaction Matrix for Point Features 379 11.4.1 Velocity Relative to a Moving Frame 380 11.4.2 Constructing the Interaction Matrix 381 11.4.3 Properties of the Interaction Matrix for Points 384 11.4.4 The Interaction Matrix for Multiple Points 385 11.5 Image-Based Control Laws 386 11.5.1 Computing Camera Motion 387 11.5.2 Proportional Control Schemes 389 11.5.3 Performance of Image-Based Control Systems 390 11.6 End Effector and Camera Motions 393 11.7 Partitioned Approaches 394 11.8 Motion Perceptibility 397 11.9 Summary 399 Problems 401 Notes and References 405 12 Feedback Linearization 409 12.1 Background 410 12.1.1 Manifolds, Vector Fields, and Distributions 410 12.1.2 The Frobenius Theorem 414 12.2 Feedback Linearization 417 12.3 Single-Input Systems 419 12.4 Multi-Input Systems 429 12.5 Chapter Summary 433 Problems 433 Notes and References 435 IV Control of Underactuated Systems 437 13 Underactuated Robots 439 13.1 Introduction 439 13.2 Modeling 440 13.3 Examples of Underactuated Robots 443 13.3.1 The Cart-Pole System 443 13.3.2 The Acrobot 445 13.3.3 The Pendubot 446 13.3.4 The Reaction-Wheel Pendulum 447 13.4 Equilibria and Linear Controllability 448 13.4.1 Linear Controllability 450 13.5 Partial Feedback Linearization 456 13.5.1 Collocated Partial Feedback Linearization 457 13.5.2 Noncollocated Partial Feedback Linearization 459 13.6 Output Feedback Linearization 461 13.6.1 Computation of the Zero Dynamics 463 13.6.2 Virtual Holonomic Constraints 466 13.7 Passivity-Based Control 466 13.7.1 The Simple Pendulum 467 13.7.2 The Reaction-Wheel Pendulum 471 13.7.3 Swingup and Balance of The Acrobot 473 13.8 Chapter Summary 474 Problems 476 Notes and References 477 14 Mobile Robots 479 14.1 Nonholonomic Constraints 480 14.2 Involutivity and Holonomy 484 14.3 Examples of Nonholonomic Systems 487 14.4 Dynamic Extension 493 14.5 Controllability of Driftless Systems 495 14.6 Motion Planning 499 14.6.1 Conversion to Chained Forms 499 14.6.2 Differential Flatness 506 14.7 Feedback Control of Driftless Systems 509 14.7.1 Stabilizability 509 14.7.2 Nonsmooth Control 511 14.7.3 Trajectory Tracking 513 14.7.4 Feedback Linearization 515 14.8 Chapter Summary 519 Problems 520 Notes and References 521 A Trigonometry 523 A.1 The Two-Argument Arctangent Function 523 A.2 Useful Trigonometric Formulas 523 B Linear Algebra 525 B.1 Vectors 525 B.2 Inner Product Spaces 526 B.3 Matrices 528 B.4 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors 530 B.5 Differentiation of Vectors 533 B.6 The Matrix Exponential 534 B.7 Lie Groups and Lie Algebras 534 B.8 Matrix Pseudoinverse 536 B.9 Schur Complement 536 B.10 Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) 537 C Lyapunov Stability 539 C.1 Continuity and Differentiability 539 C.2 Vector Fields and Equilibria 541 C.3 Lyapunov Functions 545 C.4 Stability Criteria 545 C.5 Global and Exponential Stability 546 C.6 Stability of Linear Systems 547 C.7 LaSalle's Theorem 548 C.8 Barbalat's Lemma 549 D Optimization 551 D.1 Unconstrained Optimization 551 D.2 Constrained Optimization 552 E Camera Calibration 555 E.1 The Image Plane and the Sensor Array 555 E.2 Extrinsic Camera Parameters 556 E.3 Intrinsic Camera Parameters 557 E.4 Determining the Camera Parameters 557 Bibliography 561 Index 576

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Book SynopsisVirtual reality is a powerful emerging technology using advanced computing techniques to create perceptual illusions that transcend ordinary human experiences. This interdisciplinary text explains fundamentals and industry insights from engineering to psychology, enabling students, researchers, and developers to contribute to this growing field.Trade Review'Steve is a titan of his field, and Virtual Reality is a compelling capstone to the work he has done for VR over the past decade.' Palmer Luckey, Founder of Oculus VR and Anduril'The book by LaValle provides a principled and comprehensive introduction to Virtual Reality. It is a fine exposition of the concepts, algorithms, and system issues that arise in virtual reality technologies. The author offers excellent coverage of different areas, including audio, geometry, interactions, optics, perception, rendering, tracking, etc., used in designing simulated and immersive environments.' Dinesh Manocha, University of Maryland at College Park'The book is great source for everybody interested in VR as it provides an extensive overview about the most important topics of virtual reality with lots of helpful illustrations and examples, and at the same time covers several technical and mathematical aspects in depth.' Frank Steinicke, University of Hamburg'LaValle's book is probably the best way to get into the science and engineering of virtual reality. It is comprehensive, yet very accessible, full of illustrations and plain-English explanations. The book is an excellent choice for students and engineers interested in future VR technologies.' Rafal Mantiuk, University of Cambridge'An excellent introductory textbook for VR, well-organized, with broad coverage, and clear prose. LaValle is a knowledgeable guide through the wide variety of topics germane to VR, from the history of the field, to visual perception, to mathematics of 3D geometry, to displays, rendering, tracking, audio, user interaction, and much more. If there is a better introductory VR textbook, I've yet to find it.' Henry Fuchs, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Bird's-eye view; 3. The geometry of virtual worlds; 4. Light and optics; 5. The physiology of human vision; 6. Visual perception; 7. Visual rendering; 8. Motion in real and virtual worlds; 9. Tracking; 10. Interaction; 11. Audio; 12. Evaluating VR systems and experiences; 13. Frontiers; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisCollins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.Part of the Shinoy and the Chaos Crew non-fiction series, this information book ties into The Day of the Dodgy Doubles.Find out the answers to questions you''ve always wanted to know about robots.Robots aren't just scientific-looking people. They're all around us, and can do a lot of human jobs. Find out all about robots, and what the future holds for them.Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language.Ideas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.

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Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.

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Book SynopsisBig Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.This little robot is fully energised and ready to go, it''s time to explore! But danger strikes when all of a sudden a huge creature blocks his path. How will the robot use its skills to escape the creature's sharp claws and spiky teeth?

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Book SynopsisComputers are already approving financial transactions, controlling electrical supplies, and driving trains. Soon, service robots will be taking care of the elderly in their homes, and military robots will have their own targeting and firing protocols. Colin Allen and Wendell Wallach argue that as robots take on more and more responsibility, they must be programmed with moral decision-making abilities, for our own safety. Taking a fast paced tour through the latest thinking about philosophical ethics and artificial intelligence, the authors argue that even if full moral agency for machines is a long way off, it is already necessary to start building a kind of functional morality, in which artificial moral agents have some basic ethical sensitivity. But the standard ethical theories don''t seem adequate, and more socially engaged and engaging robots will be needed. As the authors show, the quest to build machines that are capable of telling right from wrong has begun. Moral Machines is Trade ReviewWhen machines go it alone, accountability disappears - and with it the rule of law. Which is why philosophers Wendall Wallach and Colin Allen are asking how we can persuade robots to do the right thing. The result, in their seminal...book Moral Machines, makes clear just how far we have to go. * Stephen Cave, Financial Times *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Who Machine Morality? ; 2. Engineering Morality ; 3. Do We Want Computers Making Moral Decisions ; 4. Can (Ro)bots Really be Moral? ; 5. Philosophers, Engineers, and the Design of Artificial Moral Agents; ; 6. Top Down Morality ; 7. Bottom-Up and Developmental Approaches ; 8. Merging Top Down and Bottom Up ; 9. Beyond Vaporware? ; 10. Beyond Reason ; 11. A More Human-Like AMA ; 12. Beyond the Beyond: Managing Dangers, Rights, and Responsibilities ; Epilogue

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Book SynopsisTechniques for reasoning about actions an change in the physical world is one of the classical research topics in artificial intelligence. It is motivated by the needs of autonomous robots which must be able to anticipate their immediate future, to plan their future actions, and to figure out what went wrong in case of problems. It is also motivated by the needs of common-sense reasoning for example in the understanding of natural language texts, where processes and change over time is an ever-present phenomenon. The same set of problems arises in several other areas of computing such as in conceptual modelling for data bases, and in the rapidly growing area of intelligent control.The present research monograph presents and uses a novel methodology for reasoning about actions and change. Traditional research contributions have proposed new logic variants which were only supported by episodical examples. THe work described here uses a systematic methodology for identifying the exact ranTrade ReviewThe book presents deep and serious insight into inert and inhabited dynamical systems (IDS). * Zentralblatt fur Mathematik *Those working in nonmonotonic reasoning, planning, temporal logic, reasoning about actions and change, and related areas will find this book worth reading. * Computing Reviews *Table of ContentsInert and inhabited dynamical systems ; Inference operations on scenario descriptions ; Underlying semantics for IDS worlds ; Elementary feature logic and meta-logical concepts ; Lexical-domain object-feature logic ; Temporal feature logic for discrete time domains ; Chronicle completion in k-IA ; Intended models for chronicles in k-IA ; Entailment methods for k-IA using DFL-1 ; Duration constraints ; Entailment methods for k-OA using occlusion ; Composite actions ; Upper applicability bounds and assessment of soundness ; Future directions ; Terms index ; Notation ; References to related work

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Book SynopsisDynamic 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.Trade Review"A thorough and systematic introduction to dynamic field theory and its applications to perception, cognition, and action. This book will allow students and researchers interested in this important modeling framework to learn all about it, and join in its future development. "-Jay McClelland, Director, Center for Mind, Brain, and Computation, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsContributors Abbreviations General Introduction John Spencer and Gregor Schöner Part 1 Integrating Lower-Level Perception-Action with Higher-Level Cognition Introduction to Part 1 Gregor Schöner and John P. Spencer Chapter 1: The Dynamics of Neural Activation Variables Gregor Schöner, Hendrik Reimann, and Jonas Lins Chapter 2: Dynamic Field Theory Gregor Schöner and Anne Schutte Chapter 3: The Ties of DFT to Neurophyisology Sebastian Schneegans, Jonas Lins, and Gregor Schöner Chapter 4: Embodied Neural Dynamics Gregor Schöner, Christian Faubel, Evelina Dineva, and Estela Bicho Part 2 Integrating Lower-Level Perception-Action with Higher-Level Cognition Introduction to Part 2 John P. Spencer and Gregor Schöner Chapter 5: Integration and Selection in Multi-Dimensional Dynamic Fields. Sebastian Schneegans, Jonas Lins, and John P. Spencer Chapter 6: Integrating Perception and Working Memory in a Three-Layer Dynamic Field Model Jeffrey S. Johnson and Vanessa R. Simmering Chapter 7: Sensory-Motor and Cognitive Transformation Sebastian Schneegans Chapter 8: Integrating "What" and "Where": Visual Working Memory for Objects in a Scene Sebastian Schneegans, John P. Spencer, and Gregor Schöner Chapter 9: Dynamic Scene Representations and Autonomous Robotics Stephan K. U. Zibner and Christian Faubel Part 3 Integrating Thinking over Multiple Timescales Introduction to Part 3 John P. Spencer and Gregor Schöner Chapter 10: Developmental Dynamics: The Spatial Precision Hypothesis Vanessa Simmering and Anne Schutte Chapter 11: A Process View of Learning and Development in an Autonomous Exploratory System Sammy Perone and Joseph P. Ambrose Chapter 12: Grounding Word Learning in Space and Time Larissa K. Samuelson and Christian Faubel Chapter 13: The Emergence of Higher-level Cognitive Flexibility: DFT and Executive Function Aaron T. Buss, Timothy Wifall, and Eliot Hazeltine Chapter 14: Autonomous Sequence Generation in Dynamic Field Theory Yulia Sandamirskaya Conclusions: A 'How-to' Guide to Modeling with Dynamic Field Theory Joseph Ambrose, Sebastian Schneegans, Gregor Schöner, and John P. Spencer

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Book SynopsisAn invaluable guide to avoiding the stuff of science-fiction nightmares.--John Gilby, Times Higher EducationMoral Machines is a fine introduction to the emerging field of robot ethics. There is much here that will interest ethicists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, and roboticists.-Peter Danielson, Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsWritten with an abundance of examples and lessons learned, scenarios of incidents that may happen, and elaborate discussions on existing artificial agents on the cutting edge of research/practice, Moral Machines goes beyond what is known as computer ethics into what will soon be called the discipline of machine morality. Highly recommended.-G. Trajkovski, CHOICE...the book does succeed in making the essential point that the phrase ''moral machine'' is not an oxymoron. It also provides a window onto an area of research with which psychologists are unlikely to be familiar and one from which, at some point, we may be able to learn quite a lot.-PsycCRITIQUES MTrade ReviewAn invaluable guide to avoiding the stuff of science-fiction nightmares. * John Gilby, Times Higher Education *Table of ContentsPREFACE

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Book SynopsisLearn the incredible battle secrets of amazing LEGO mechs and compare your favourites. From Lloyd''s Titan Mech to Spiderman''s Spider Mech, discover all the most fearsome LEGO mechs and what gives them the edge in battle. Find out how many mechs Batman has, and read about all the battle features of LEGO Jurassic World''s Dino-Mech. See awesome mechs go head-to-head, plus read how you can up-spec your mech. With amazing photography that shows off each mech in stunning detail, plus fact-packed data boxes so you can compare each mech, this book is perfect for any fan of LEGO mechs.2021 The LEGO Group.

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Book SynopsisHow to develop robots that will be more like humans and less like computers, more social than machine-like, and more playful and less programmed.Most robots are not very friendly. They vacuum the rug, mow the lawn, dispose of bombs, even perform surgery—but they aren't good conversationalists. It's difficult to make eye contact. If the future promises more human-robot collaboration in both work and play, wouldn't it be better if the robots were less mechanical and more social? In How to Grow a Robot, Mark Lee explores how robots can be more human-like, friendly, and engaging.Developments in artificial intelligence—notably Deep Learning—are widely seen as the foundation on which our robot future will be built. These advances have already brought us self-driving cars and chess match-winning algorithms. But, Lee writes, we need robots that are perceptive, animated, and responsive—more like humans and less like computers, more social than mac

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Book SynopsisThe truth about robots: two experts look beyond the hype, offering a lively and accessible guide to what robots can (and can't) do.There’s a lot of hype about robots; some of it is scary and some of it utopian. In this accessible book, two robotics experts reveal the truth about what robots can and can’t do, how they work, and what we can reasonably expect their future capabilities to be. It will not only make you think differently about the capabilities of robots; it will make you think differently about the capabilities of humans. Ruth Aylett and Patricia Vargas discuss the history of our fascination with robots—from chatbots and prosthetics to autonomous cars and robot swarms. They show us the ways in which robots outperform humans and the ways they fall woefully short of our superior talents. They explain how robots see, feel, hear, think, and learn; describe how robots can cooperate; and consider robots as pets, butlers, and companions

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Book SynopsisStories from the future of intelligent machines—from rescue drones to robot spouses—and accounts of cutting-edge research that could make it all possible.Tech prognosticators promised us robots—autonomous humanoids that could carry out any number of tasks. Instead, we have robot vacuum cleaners. But, as Dario Floreano and Nicola Nosengo report, advances in robotics could bring those rosy predictions closer to reality. A new generation of robots, directly inspired by the intelligence and bodies of living organisms, will be able not only to process data but to interact physically with humans and the environment. In this book, Floreano, a roboticist, and Nosengo, a science writer, bring us tales from the future of intelligent machines—from rescue drones to robot spouses—along with accounts of the cutting-edge research that could make it all possible. These stories from the not-so-distant future show us robots that can be used for m

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to the mathematical foundations of movement and actuation that apply equally to animals and machines.This textbook offers a computational framework for the sensorimotor stage of development as applied to robotics. Much work in developmental robotics is based on ad hoc examples, without a full computational basis. This book's comprehensive and complete treatment fills the gap, drawing on the principal mechanisms of development in the first year of life to introduce what is essentially an operating system for developing robots. The goal is to apply principles of development to robot systems that not only achieve new levels of performance but also provide evidence for scientific theories of human development.

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Book SynopsisThe idea of technological singularity, and what it would mean if ordinary human intelligence were enhanced or overtaken by artificial intelligence.The idea that human history is approaching a “singularity”—that ordinary humans will someday be overtaken by artificially intelligent machines or cognitively enhanced biological intelligence, or both—has moved from the realm of science fiction to serious debate. Some singularity theorists predict that if the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to develop at its current dizzying rate, the singularity could come about in the middle of the present century. Murray Shanahan offers an introduction to the idea of the singularity and considers the ramifications of such a potentially seismic event.Shanahan's aim is not to make predictions but rather to investigate a range of scenarios. Whether we believe that singularity is near or far, likely or impossible, apocalypse or utopia, the very idea rais

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Book SynopsisHow to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover—filling needs that even the most sophisticated robot cannot.Driverless cars are hitting the road, powered by artificial intelligence. Robots can climb stairs, open doors, win Jeopardy, analyze stocks, work in factories, find parking spaces, advise oncologists. In the past, automation was considered a threat to low-skilled labor. Now, many high-skilled functions, including interpreting medical images, doing legal research, and analyzing data, are within the skill sets of machines. How can higher education prepare students for their professional lives when professions themselves are disappearing? In Robot-Proof, Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun proposes a way to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover—to fill needs in society that even the most sophisticated artificial intelligence agent cannot.A

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Book SynopsisA rigorous primer in movement studies for designers, engineers, and scientists that draws on the fields of dance and robotics.How should a gestural interface react to a ?flick? versus a ?dab?? Versus a ?punch?? Should robots reach out to a human counterpart with a direct, telescoping action or through a circuitous arc in space? Just as different movements express the different internal states of human movers, so too can the engineered systems behind robots. In Making Meaning with Machines, Amy LaViers and Catherine Maguire offer a refreshingly embodied approach to machine design that supports the growing need to make meaning with machines by using the field of movement studies, including choreography, somatics, and notation, to engage in the process of designing expressive robots.Drawing upon the Laban/Bartenieff tradition, LaViers and Maguire sharpen the movement analysis methodology, expanding the material through their work with machines and putting forward new conventions, such as capitalization, naming, and notation schemes, that make the embodied work more legible for academic contexts. The book includes an overview of movement studies, exercises that define the presented taxonomy and principles of movement, case studies in movement analysis of both humans and robots, and state-of-the-art research at the intersection of robotics and dance.Making Meaning with Machines is a much-needed primer for observing, describing, and creating a wide array of movement patterns, which ultimately can help facilitate broader and better design choices for roboticists, technologists, and designers.

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Neural Networks and Backpropagation 3. Convolutional Neural Networks 4. Graph Convolutional Networks 5. Recurrent Neural Networks 6. Deep Reinforcement Learning 7. Lightweight Deep Learning 8. Knowledge Distillation 9. Progressive and Compressive Deep Learning 10. Representation Learning and Retrieval 11. Object Detection and Tracking 12. Semantic Scene Segmentation for Robotics 13. 3D Object Detection and Tracking 14. Human Activity Recognition 15. Deep Learning for Vision-based Navigation in Autonomous Drone Racing 16. Robotic Grasping in Agile Production 17. Deep learning in Multiagent Systems 18. Simulation Environments 19. Biosignal time-series analysis 20. Medical Image Analysis 21. Deep learning for robotics examples using OpenDR

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1 Introduction-The Growing Role of Robotics in Health Care 2 How Robotics Will Affect the Practice of Medicine for Practitioners 3 How Robotics Will Affect the Experience of Health Care for Patients 4 Robot and Artificial Intelligence Companies Around the Globe 5 Medical Robotics in Acute Care Medicine (Urgent Care, Pain Management, and Robot-Assisted Surgery) 6 Robotics in Rehabilitation Medicine: Prosthetics, Exoskeletons, All Else in Rehabilitation Medicine 7 Neuroprosthesis Applications of Robotic Exoskeletons 8 Robots on the Battlefield and for Space Travel 9 The Economics of the Robotic Industry 10 Brain-Controlled Assistive Robotics and Prosthetics 11 Artificial Intelligence in Radiology 12 The Future of Robots in Medicine Index

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Technological solutions regarding mental health of frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic using artifical intelligence 3. Effective algorithms for solving statistical problems posed by the COVID-19 andemic 4. Artifical intelligence to analyse pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 5. Covid-19: artificial intelligence solutions, prediction with country cluster analysis and time series forecasting 6. Graph convolutional networks for pain detection via telehealth 7. The role of social media in the battle against COVID-19 8. De-identification techniques to preserve privacy in medical record 9. Estimation of COVID-19 fatality associated to different SARS-CoV-2 variants 10. Artificial intelligence for segmenting CT chest imaging in the fight of COVID-19

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Artificial Intelligence enabled Internet of Medical Things for Enhanced Healthcare Systems 2. Integrating Sensor, Actuators and IoT for for Smart Healthcare in Post COVID-19 World 3. Voice Signal based Disease Diagnosis using IoT and Learning Algorithms for Healthcare 4. Intelligent and sustainable approaches for medical big data management 5. A Predictive method for Emotional Sentiment Analysis by Machine Learning from EEG of Brainwave Data 6. Role of AI and IoT based medical diagnostics smart health care system for post-Covid-19 world 7. Windowed Modified Discrete Cosine Transform based Textural Descriptor approach for Voice Disorder Detection 8. Internet of Medical Things for Abnormality detection in Infants using Mobile Phone App with cry Signal Analysis 9. IoT based Effective Wearable Healthcare Monitoring System for Remote Areas 10. Blockchain for Transparent, Privacy Preserved and Secure Health Data Management 11. SPSHS: Security and Privacy Concerns in Smart Healthcare System

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction to Digital Twin 2. Under-Actuated Digital Twin’s Robotic Hands with Tactile Sensing Capabilities for Well-being 3. Digital Twin for Healthcare Immersive Services 4. Challenges of Digital Twin in Healthcare 5. Architecture Reference Models of Digital Twins for Healthcare 6. Artificial Intelligence Models in Digital Twins for Health and Well-being 7. COVIDMe: A Digital Twin for COVID-19 self-assessment and detection 8. Improve Human Living Environment and Human Health by Environmental Digital Twins Technology 9. Role of smart technologies in detecting cognitive impairment and enhancing assisted living 10. Digital Twins and Cybersecurity in Healthcare systems 11. Potential applications of Digital Twin in Medical care 12. Digital Twin in Prognostics and Health Management System 13. Digital Twin for Cardiology 14. Applications of digital twins to migraine disease 15. Digital Twins for Nutrition 16. Digital Twins for Allergies

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Book SynopsisArtificial Intelligence (AI) is undoubtedly playing an increasingly significant role in automobile technology. In fact, cars inhabit one of just a few domains where you will find many AI innovations packed into a single product.AI for Cars provides a brief guided tour through many different AI landscapes including robotics, image and speech processing, recommender systems and onto deep learning, all within the automobile world. From pedestrian detection to driver monitoring to recommendation engines, the book discusses the background, research and progress thousands of talented engineers and researchers have achieved thus far, and their plans to deploy this life-saving technology all over the world.Table of ContentsForeword Preface AI for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Automatic Parking Traffic Sign Recognition Driver Monitoring System Summary AI for Autonomous Driving Perception Planning Motion Control Summary AI for In-Vehicle Infotainment Systems Gesture Control Voice Assistant User Action Prediction Summary AI for Research & Development Automated Rules Generation Virtual Testing Platform Synthetic Scenario Generation Summary AI for Services Predictive Diagnostics Predictive Maintenance Driver Behavior Analysis Summary The Future of AI in Cars A Tale Of Two Paradigms AI & Car Safety AI & Car Security Summary Further Reading References

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding Geometric Algebra: Hamilton, Grassmann, and Clifford for Computer Vision and Graphics introduces geometric algebra with an emphasis on the background mathematics of Hamilton, Grassmann, and Clifford. It shows how to describe and compute geometry for 3D modeling applications in computer graphics and computer vision.Unlike similar texts, this book first gives separate descriptions of the various algebras and then explains how they are combined to define the field of geometric algebra. It starts with 3D Euclidean geometry along with discussions as to how the descriptions of geometry could be altered if using a non-orthogonal (oblique) coordinate system. The text focuses on Hamiltonâs quaternion algebra, Grassmannâs outer product algebra, and Clifford algebra that underlies the mathematical structure of geometric algebra. It also presents points and lines in 3D as objects in 4D in the projective geometry framework; explores conformal geometryTrade Review"Several software tools are available for executing geometric algebra, but the purpose of the book is to bring about a deeper insight and interest in the theory on which these tools are based."—Zentralblatt MATH 1319Table of ContentsIntroduction. 3D Euclidean Geometry. Oblique Coordinate Systems. Hamilton's Quaternion Algebra. Grassmann's Outer Product Algebra. Geometric Product and Clifford Algebra. Homogeneous Space and Grassmann-Cayley Algebra. Conformal Space and Conformal Geometry: Geometric Algebra. Camera Imaging and Conformal Transformations. Answers. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisAlgorithms will soon know more about us than we know ourselves Where should machine automation end? Is it acceptable to have a digital assistant arrange your calendar, but not to have a robot spouse? Are companion robots acceptable for seniors in need of comfort, but not okay for toddlers exposed to emotional software that could influence their behavior? Is it desirable to live a life within the virtual reality of Facebook’s Oculus Rift, but not if your thoughts are sold to advertisers who manipulate your purchases? We’ve entered an era where a myriad of personalization algorithms influence our every decision, and the lines between human assistance, automation, and extinction have blurred.  We need to create ethical standards for the Artificial Intelligence usurping our lives, and allow individuals to control their identity based on their values. Otherwise, we sacrifice our humanity for productivity versus purpose and for profits versus people.&

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Book Synopsis"Lucid, comprehensive, and unafraid...an indispensable contribution to a long-running argument." -Los Angeles TimesTrade Review"Of all the moderns who have written on automation and rising joblessness, Martin Ford is the original. His Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future is due out this May... Self-recommending." --Marginal Revolution "Robots, and their like, are on the rise. Their impact will be an important question in the next decade and beyond. Martin Ford has been thinking in this area before most others, so this book deserves very careful consideration." --Lawrence Summers, President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University "It's not easy to accept, but it's true. Education and hard work will no longer guarantee success for huge numbers of people as technology advances. The time for denial is over. Now it's time to consider solutions and there are very few proposals on the table. Rise of the Robots presents one idea, the basic income model, with clarity and force. No one who cares about the future of human dignity can afford to skip this book." --Jaron Lanier, author of You Are Not a Gadget and Who Owns the Future? "Compelling and well-written... In his conception, the answer is a combination of short-term policies and longer-term initiatives, one of which is a radical idea that may gain some purchase among gloomier techno-profits: a guaranteed income for all citizens. If that stirs up controversy, that's the point. The book is both lucid and bold, and certainly a starting point for robust debate about the future of all workers in an age of advancing robotics and looming artificial intelligence systems." --ZDNet "An alarming new book." --Esquire "A thorough look at how far machines have come" --Washington Post, Innovations blog "Ford offers ideas on changes in social policies, including guaranteed income, to keep our economy humming and prepare ourselves for a more automated future." --Booklist "A careful and courageous examination of automation and its possible impact on society." --Kirkus Reviews "In Rise of the Robots, Ford coolly and clearly considers what work is under threat from automation." --New Scientist "Makes clear the need to come to grips with ever more rapidly advancing technology and its effects on how people make a living and how the economy functions." --Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "Whether you agree or not with the policy prescriptions put forward by [Martin Ford's Rise of the Robots and Anne-Marie Slaughter's Unfinished Business] these two well-written books, and quite a few will likely disagree, they are important reads for those wishing to better understand and influence the future." --Bloomberg Business, Mohamed El-Erian "Few captured the mood as well as Martin Ford in The Rise of the Robots, the winner of the FT and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, which painted a bleak picture of the upheavals that would come as ever-greater numbers of even highly skilled workers were displaced by machines." --Financial Times "[A] breathtaking new book on modern economics." --Forbes.com "Lucid, comprehensive and unafraid to grapple fairly with those who dispute Ford's basic thesis, Rise of the Robots is an indispensable contribution to a long-running argument." --Los Angeles Times "If The Second Machine Age was last year's tech-economy title of choice, this book may be 2015's equivalent." --Financial Times, Summer books 2015, Business, Andrew Hill "[Ford's] a careful and thoughtful writer who relies on ample evidence, clear reasoning, and lucid economic analysis. In other words, it's entirely possible that he's right." --Daily Beast "Rise of the Robots is an excellent book. Fair-minded, balanced, well-researched, and fully thought through." --Inside Higher Ed, Learn blog "Surveying all the fields now being affected by automation, Ford makes a compelling case that this is an historic disruption--a fundamental shift from most tasks being performed by humans to one where most tasks are done by machines." --Fast Company "Well written with interesting stories about both business and technology." --Wired/Dot Physics Winner of the 2015 FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award A New York Times Bestseller Top Business Book of 2015 at Forbes One of NBCNews.com 12 Notable Science and Technology Books of 2015 "For nonfiction, I tip my hat to Martin Ford's Rise of the Robots, which is vacuuming up accolades and is recommended reading for IIF staff. Ford's analysis, in a somewhat crowded field of similar books, offers a sobering assessment of how technology (robotics, machine learning, AI, etc.) is reshaping labor markets, the composition of growth, and the distribution of income and wealth, and calls for enlightened political and policy leadership to address coming, accelerating disruptions and dislocations." --Bloomberg Business, Timothy Adams "We are in an era of technological optimism but sociological pessimism. Martin Ford's Rise of the Robots captures why these shifts are related and what challenges this might pose to our conventional economic and social infrastructures." --Bloomberg Business, Andy Haldane "Ever since the Luddites, pessimists have believed that technology would destroy jobs. So far they have been wrong. Martin Ford shows with great clarity why today's automated technology will be much more destructive of jobs than previous technological innovation. This is a book that everyone concerned with the future of work must read." --Lord Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick, co-author of How Much Is Enough?: Money and the Good Life and author of the three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes "Martin Ford has thrust himself into the center of the debate over AI, big data, and the future of the economy with a shrewd look at the forces shaping our lives and work. As an entrepreneur pioneering many of the trends he uncovers, he speaks with special credibility, insight, and verve. Business people, policy makers, and professionals of all sorts should read this book right away--before the 'bots steal their jobs. Ford gives us a roadmap to the future." --Kenneth Cukier, Data Editor for the Economist and co-author of Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think "If the robots are coming for my job (too), then Martin Ford is the person I want on my side, not to fend them off but to construct a better world where we can all--humans and our machines--live more prosperously together. Rise of the Robots goes far beyond the usual fear-mongering punditry to suggest an action plan for a better future." --Cathy N. Davidson, Distinguished Professor and Director, The Futures Initiative, The Graduate Center, CUNY and author of Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn "Mr. Ford lucidly sets out myriad examples of how focused applications of versatile machines (coupled with human helpers where necessary) could displace or de-skill many jobs... His answer to a sharp decline in employment is a guaranteed basic income, a safety net that he suggests would both cushion the effect on the newly unemployable and encourage entrepreneurship among those creative enough to make a new way for themselves. This is a drastic prescription for the ills of modern industrialization--ills whose severity and very existence are hotly contested. Rise of the Robots provides a compelling case that they are real, even if its more dire predictions are harder to accept." --Wall Street Journal "Well-researched and disturbingly persuasive." --Financial Times "[Rise of the Robots is]about as scary as the title suggests. It's not science fiction, but rather a vision (almost) of economic Armageddon." --Frank Bruni, New York Times "As Martin Ford documents in Rise of the Robots, the job-eating maw of technology now threatens even the nimblest and most expensively educated...the human consequences of robotization are already upon us, and skillfully chronicled here." --New York Times Book Review

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Book SynopsisComplete, state-of-the-art coverage of robot analysis This unique book provides the fundamental knowledge needed for understanding the mechanics of both serial and parallel manipulators. Presenting fresh and authoritative material on parallel manipulators that is not available in any other resource, it offers an in-depth treatment of position analysis, Jacobian analysis, statics and stiffness analysis, and dynamical analysis of both types of manipulators, including a discussion of industrial and research applications. It also features: * The homotopy continuation method and dialytic elimination method for solving polynomial systems that apply to robot kinematics * Numerous worked examples and problems to reinforce learning * An extensive bibliography offering many resources for more advanced study Drawing on Dr. Lung-Wen Tsai''s vast experience in the field as well as recent research publications, Robot Analysis is a first-rate text for upperTable of ContentsPosition Analysis of Serial Manipulators. Position Analysis of Parallel Manipulators. Jacobian Analysis of Serial Manipulators. Jacobian Analysis of Parallel Manipulators. Statics and Stiffness Analysis. Wrist Mechanisms. Tendon-Driven Manipulators. Dynamics of Serial Manipulators. Dynamics of Parallel Manipulators. Appendices. Index.

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