Service robots and robotics : design and application

• Other Authors: Ceccarelli, Marco, Zielinska, Teresa, Ding, Xilun, Chen, Hao, Xu, Kun, Dai, Jian S., Xidias, Elias K., Aspragathos, Nikos A., Azariadis, Philip N., Bandyopadhyay, Sandipan, Cabanes, Itziar, Kawano, Alexandre, Solis, Jorge, Takanishi, Atsuo, Gonçalves, Rogério Sales, Carvalho, João Carlos Mendes, Kececi, Emin Faruk, Jatsun, Sergey, Cigola, Michela, Hu, Jwu-Sheng, Chang, Yung-Jung, Gazeau, Jean-Pierre, Zeghloul, Saïd, Wen, Bin Lim, Fauroux, Jean-Christophe, Borangiu, Theodor, Anton, Florin Daniel, Anton, Silvia, Bertetto, Andrea Manuello
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, PA : Engineering Science Reference, ©2012.
• Series: Premier reference source
• Subjects: Robotics > Research.; Robotics > Design and construction.; Robots, Industrial > Research.; Robots, Industrial > Design and construction.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781621989691; 1621989690; 9781466602915; 1466602910; 9781466602922; 1466602929; 9781466602939; 1466602937; 1280561920; 9781280561924; 9786613597205; 6613597201
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 419 pages) : illustrations.

"This book offers the latest research within the field of service robotics, using a mixture of case studies, research, and future direction in this burgeoning field of technology"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• History of Service Robots / Zielinska Teresa
• Kinematics Design for Structures and Algorithms / Ding Xilun, Chen Hao, Xu Kun
• Task Analysis and Motion Generation for Service Robots: With Reference to Region Segregation and Path Generation for Robotic Ironing / Jian S. Dai
• Mission Planning of Mobile Robots and Manipulators for Service Applications / Elias K. Xidias, Nikos A. Aspragathos, Philip N. Azariadis
• Lagrangian Dynamics of Manipulators / Sandipan Bandyopadhyay
• Multidisciplinary Project-Based Learning of Robotics / Itziar Cabanes [and others]
• An Integrated Approach for Teaching Robotics based on the Development of Low-Cost Parallel Robots / Alexandre Kawano [and others]
• Human-Friendly Robots for Entertainment and Education / Jorge Solis, Atsuo Takanishi
• Robot Modeling for Physical Rehabilitation / Rogério Sales Gonçalves, João Carlos Mendes Carvalho
• Safer and Faster Humanitarian Demining with Robots / Emin Faruk Kececi
• Mobile Worm-Like Robots for Pipe Inspectio / Sergey Jatsun, South-West State University
• Service Robots for Restoration of Goods of Cultural Heritage / Marco Ceccarelli, Michela Cigola
• Self-Calibration of Eye-to-Hand and Workspace for Mobile Service Robot / Jwu-Sheng Hu, Yung-Jung Chang
• Design and Operation of Two Service Robot Arms: A Wide Surface Printing Robot and an Artist Robot / Jean-Pierre Gazeau, Saïd Zeghloul
• Modular Cable-Driven Robotic Arms for Intrinsically Safe Manipulation / Wen Bin Lim [and others]
• Agile Wheeled Mobile Robots for Service in Natural Environment / Jean-Christophe Fauroux [and others]
• Dual Robot Control for Part Handling Services with Human Interaction / Theodor Borangiu, Florin Daniel Anton, Silvia Anton
• Service Robots for Agriculture: A Case of Study for Saffron Harvesting / Andrea Manuello Bertetto.