Fundamentals of Robotics: Linking Perception to Action (Machine Perception and Artificial Intelligen

Fundamentals of Robotics: Linking Perception to Action (Machine Perception and Artificial Intelligence, 54)

Publisher:   World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Number Of Pages:   716
Publication Date:   2003-04
Sales Rank:   1718038
ISBN / ASIN:   9812383352
EAN:   9789812383358
Binding:   Paperback
Manufacturer:   World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Studio:   World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Average Rating:   4

Tomorrow's robots, which includes the humanoid robot, can perform task like tutoring children, working as tour guides, driving humans to and from work, do the family shopping etc. Tomorrow's robots will enhance lives in ways we never dreamed possible. No time to attend the decisive meeting on Asian strategy? Let your robot go for you and make the decisions. Not feeling well enough to go to the clinic? Let Dr Robot come to you, make a diagnosis, and get you the necessary medicine for treatment. No time to coach the soccer team this week? Let the robot do it for you.

Tomorrow's robots will be the most exciting and revolutionary things to happen to the world since the invention of the automobile. It will change the way we work, play, think, and live. Because of this, nowadays robotics is one of the most dynamic fields of scientific research. These days, robotics is offered in almost every university in the world. Most mechanical engineering departments offer a similar course at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. And increasingly, many computer and electrical engineering departments are also offering it.

This book will guide you, the curious beginner, from yesterday to tomorrow. The book will cover practical knowledge in understanding, developing, and using robots as versatile equipment to automate a variety of industrial processes or tasks. But, the book will also discuss the possibilities we can look forward to when we are capable of creating a vision-guided, learning machine.

Review:

Pleasure to read

This is one of the books which keeps your fascination alive. The author likes details and is able to write in a quite pedagogic manner allowing the reader to follow all derivations and argumentations. It is quite complete and almost all facetes of itnroductory robotics are covered. If you search for a starter or think about taking robotics as lesson: get this one!

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