Isaac Asimov Friends robots Countrymen
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Climbing and Walking robots : Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on
The interest in climbing and walking robots (CLAWAR) has intensified in recent years, and novel solutions for complex and very diverse applications have been anticipated by means of significant progress in this area of robotics. The shift of robotics from manufacturing to services is clearly gaining pace as witnessed by…
The robots of Dawn
The Robots of Dawn
Publisher: Spectra | 1994-03-01 | ISBN: 0553299492 | PDF | 448 pages | 584 KB
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A puzzling case of roboticide sends New York Detective Elijah Baley on an intense search for a murderer. Armed with his own instincts, his quirky logic, and the immutable Three Laws…
Humanoid robots
Ben Choi, “Humanoid Robots”
InTech Education and Publishing | 2009 | ISBN: 9537619443 | 388 pages | PDF | 13,9 MB
This book focuses on the state of the art developments of humanoid robots. It aims to facilitate
building robots that resemble the human form and imitate human behaviors. Humanoid
robots are developed…
robots and Screw Theory: Applications of Kinematics and Statics to Robotics
This book describes the mathematical foundations, especially geometric, underlying the motions and force-transfers in robots. The principles developed can be applied to both control of robots and the design of their major moving parts. Comprehensive coverage of the screw and its geometry
bridges the gap between screw theory and traditional mechanics…
Structural Synthesis of Parallel robots: Part 1: Methodology
Structural Synthesis of Parallel Robots: Part 1: Methodology
This is the first book of robotics presenting solutions of uncoupled and fully-isotropic parallel robotic manipulators and a method for their structural synthesis. . The originality of this work resides in combining the new formulae for mobility connectivity, redundancy and overconstraints, and the…
Bio mechanisms of Swimming and Flying: Fluid Dynamics, Biomimetic robots, and Sp
Bio-mechanisms of Swimming and Flying: Fluid Dynamics, Biomimetic Robots, and Sports Science
Publisher: Springer | Pages: 403 | 2007-11-19 | ISBN 4431733795 | PDF | 20 MB
Biomechanics studies of animals in swimming and flying can serve an increasing role in understanding the mechanisms that enable animals to move effectively and…
robots Androids and Animatrons 2Ed: 12 Incredible Projects You Can Build
John Iovine, "Robots, Androids and Animatrons, 2Ed: 12 Incredible Projects You Can Build"
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics | 2001-10-29 | ISBN: 0071376836 | 270 pages | PDF | 3,2 MB
Bring a robot to life without programming or assembly language skills!
There’s never been a better time to explore the world of…
Moral Machines: Teaching robots Right from Wrong
Wendell Wallach, Colin Allen, “Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong”
Oxford University Press, USA | 2008-11-19 | ISBN: 0195374045 | 288 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB
Computers are already approving financial transactions, controlling electrical supplies, and driving trains. Soon, service robots will be taking care of the elderly in…
Structural Synthesis of Parallel robots: Part 2: Translational Topologies with T
Grigore Gogu, “Structural Synthesis of Parallel Robots: Part 2: Translational Topologies with Two and Three Degrees of Freedom”
Springer | 2009 | ISBN: 140209793X | 780 pages | PDF | 6,3 MB
This book represents the second part of a larger work dedicated to the structural synthesis of parallel robots.
The originality…