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Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong
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Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong
by Wendell Wallach

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Computers 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...
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First Lego League: The Unofficial Guide
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First Lego League: The Unofficial Guide
by James Floyd Kelly

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FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an international program for kids ages 9-14 that combines a hands-on, interactive robotics program and research presentation with a sports-like atmosphere. "FIRST LEGO League: The Unofficial Guide" is the go-to source for...
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Maximum Lego Nxt: Building Robots with Java Brains
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Maximum Lego Nxt: Building Robots with Java Brains
by Brian Bagnall

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Featuring updated instructions for the improved leJOS NXJ software, this accessible manual is the perfect guide to LEGO Mindstorms NXT, an incredible new kit for building and programming your own robots. Using Java, the most popular and easy-to-use...
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Human-Machine Interfaces for Industrial Robotic Cells
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Human-Machine Interfaces for Industrial Robotic Cells
by J. Norberto Pires

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Human-Machine Interfaces for Industrial Robotic Cells, discusses how to make human-machine interfaces more natural and accessible to humans. Programming robots is still too complex and too slow. Consequently this process is often not completed properly...
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Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics #47: Algorithmic Foundation of Robotics VII: Selected Contributions of the Seventh International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics
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Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics #47: Algorithmic Foundation of Robotics VII: Selected Contributions of the Seventh International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics
by Srinivas Akella

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Algorithms are a fundamental component of robotic systems: they control or reason about motion and perception in the physical world. They receive input from noisy sensors, consider geometric and physical constraints, and operate on the world through...
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Rise of the Thinking Machines: The Science of Robots (Headline Science)
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Rise of the Thinking Machines: The Science of Robots (Headline Science)
by Jennifer Vanvoorst

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- Sidebars - Timeline - Book List - Content Consultants - Table of Contents, Glossary, and Index - Relevant Web sites at www.FactHound.com - National Academy Press. National Science Education Standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996, pp...
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Elementary Logic: For Software Development
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Elementary Logic: For Software Development
by Robert Lover

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The ability to reason correctly is critical to most aspects of computer science and to software development in particular. This book teaches readers how to better reason about software development, to communicate reasoning, to distinguish between good...
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Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics #48: Spatial Representation and Reasoning for Robot Mapping: A Shape-Based Approach
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Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics #48: Spatial Representation and Reasoning for Robot Mapping: A Shape-Based Approach
by Diedrich Wolter

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This book addresses spatial representations and reasoning techniques for mobile robot mapping, providing an analysis of fundamental representations and processes involved. A spatial representation based on shape information is proposed and shape analysis...
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Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics #49: Cartesian Impedance Control of Redundant and Flexible-Joint Robots
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Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics #49: Cartesian Impedance Control of Redundant and Flexible-Joint Robots
by Christian Ott

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The monograph written by Christian Ott is devoted to the classical research topic of impedance control which has recently found new interest after the progress in the mechanical design of lightweight robotic systems with improved actuation and sensing...
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science #5140: Algebraic Methodology and Software Technology: 12th International Conference, Amast 2008 Urbana, Il, USA, July 28-31, 2008 Proceedings
by Josa(c) Meseguer

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Algebraic Methodology and Software Technology, AMAST 2008, held in Urbana, IL, USA, in July 2008. The 28 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited talks...
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The Allure of Machinic Life: Cybernetics, Artificial Life, and the New AI (Bradford Books)
by John Johnston

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In The Allure of Machinic Life, John Johnston examines new forms of nascent life that emerge through technical interactions within human-constructed environments--andquot;machinic lifeandquot;--in the sciences of cybernetics, artificial life, and...
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Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability #14: Controlled Diffusion Processes
by N. V. Krylov

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This book deals with the optimal control of solutions of fully observable ItA-type stochastic differential equations. The validity of the Bellman differential equation for payoff functions is proved and rules for optimal control strategies are developed....
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Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics #50: Motion Planning in Medicine: Optimization and Simulation Algorithms for Image-Guided Procedures
by Ron Alterovitz

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The monograph written by Ron Alterovitz and Ken Goldberg combines ideas from robotics, physically-based modeling, and operations research to develop new motion planning and optimization algorithms for image-guided medical procedures. A challenge...
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science #5133: Mathematics of Program Construction: 9th International Conference, MPC 2008 Marseille, France, July 15-18, 2008 Proceedings
by Philippe Audebaud

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mathematics of Program Construction, MPC 2008, held in Marseille, France in July 2008. The 18 revised full papers presented together with 1 invited talk were carefully...
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Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors #6: Hydrogel Sensors and Actuators: Engineering and Technology
by Gerald Gerlach

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Hydrogels are a fascinating class of polymers which show a immense ability of swelling under the influence of temperature, the pH value or concentrations of different species in aqueous solutions. The volume change can amount up to several hundred...
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The Lego Mindstorms Nxt Idea Book, Volume 2: 10 More Amazing Robots for You to Build Now!
by James Floyd Kelly

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This is the latest volume in No Starch Press line of LEGO-related titles and a follow-on to our best-selling The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book. Volume 2 in this series dives headfirst into the creative thrill of robot-building. Eight authors contribute...
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Autonomous Systems a " Self-Organization, Management, and Control: Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop Held at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
by Bernd Mahr

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The 2008 TUB-SJTU joint workshop on a oeAutonomous Systems a Self-Organization, Management, and Controla was held on October 6, 2008 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. The workshop, sponsored by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Technical...
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Robotics: Modelling, Planning and Control (Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing)
by Bruno Siciliano

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The classic text on robot manipulator control now covers mobile robots too Based on the successful Modelling and Control of Robot Manipulators by Sciavicco and Siciliano (Springer, 2000), Robotics has been expanded to include coverage of mobile robots...
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science #5147: Algebraic Biology: Third International Conference, AB 2008, Castle of Hagenberg, Austria, July 31-August 2, 2008 Proceedings
by Katsuhisa Horimoto



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Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships
by David Levy



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