Robotics Books

New and Published Books

1. Parallel Robots

   Mechanics and Control

   By Hamid D. Taghirad

   Parallel structures are more effective than serial ones for industrial automation applications that require high precision and stiffness, or a high load capacity relative to robot weight. Although many industrial applications have adopted parallel structures for their design, few textbooks...

   Published February 19th 2013 by CRC Press
2. A Philosophy of Material Culture

   Action, Function, and Mind

   By Beth Preston

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   This book focuses on material culture as a subject of philosophical inquiry and promotes the philosophical study of material culture by articulating some of the central and difficult issues raised by this topic and providing innovative solutions to them, most notably an account of improvised action...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
3. Human-Robot Interaction in Social Robotics

   By Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro

   Human–Robot Interaction in Social Robotics explores important issues in designing a robot system that works with people in everyday environments. Edited by leading figures in the field of social robotics, it draws on contributions by researchers working on the Robovie project at the ATR Intelligent...

   Published September 25th 2012 by CRC Press
4. Creation of a Conscious Robot

   Mirror Image Cognition and Self-Awareness

   By Junichi Takeno

   Present-day computers lack well-defined functions to accept various kinds of sensual information such as vision, hearing and smelling (binding problem). Computers also lack any well-defined mechanisms to coordinate various behaviors in the presence of an object (conscious mechanism). This book...

   Published August 6th 2012 by Pan Stanford Publishing
5. Microsurgery

   Advances, Simulations and Applications

   Edited by Toshio Fukuda, Carlos Tercero

   This book explains, using the example of endovascular intervention, the development of in vitro simulators for biomedical applications based on the scientific context in the robotics area and the explanation of the medical procedure to be simulated. It presents modeling methods for in vitro...

   Published April 23rd 2012 by Pan Stanford Publishing
6. Robots Unlimited

   Life in a Virtual Age

   By David Levy

   Consider this: Robots will one day be able to write poetry and prose so touching that it will make men weep; compose dozens or even hundreds of symphonies that will rival the work of Mozart; judge a court case with absolute impartiality and fairness; or even converse with the natural ease of your...

   Published November 15th 2005 by A K Peters/CRC Press
7. Robot Teams

   From Diversity to Polymorphism

   Edited by Tucker Balch, Lynne E. Parker

   This is a comprehensive volume on robot teams that will be the standard reference on multi-robot systems. The volume provides not only the essentials of multi-agent robotics theory but also descriptions of exemplary implemented systems demonstrating the key concepts of multi-robot research....

   Published April 16th 2002 by A K Peters/CRC Press
8. Algorithmic and Computational Robotics

   New Directions 2000 WAFR

   Edited by Bruce Donald, Kevin Lynch, Daniela Rus

   Algorithms that control the computational processes relating sensors and actuators are indispensable for robot navigation and the perception of the world in which they move. Therefore, a deep understanding of how algorithms work to achieve this control is essential for the development of efficient...

   Published April 20th 2001 by A K Peters/CRC Press
9. Service Robots

   By Rolf Dieter Schraft, Gernot Schmierer

   The copious photographs in this book lavishly illustrate the current and future applications for robots in a wide scope of fields such as entertainment, medicine, space exploration, underwater navigation, and many more. Everyone from professional roboticists to amateur robot and technology...

   Published June 20th 2000 by A K Peters/CRC Press
10. Build Your Own Robot!

    By Karl Lunt

    This book, a compilation of articles from Karl Lunt's long-running column for Nuts & Volts magazine, is a must-read for all beginner and intermediate-level robotics enthusiasts. Written in a friendly, straightforward manner, it contains entertaining anecdotes as well as practical advice and...

    Published March 14th 2000 by A K Peters/CRC Press