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Robotics : state of the art and future challenges

Bekey, George A.

2008

Overview

This book presents the results of an assessment of the state of robotics in Japan, South Korea, Western Europe and Australia and a comparison of robotics RD programs in these countries with those in the United States. The comparisons include areas like robotic vehicles, space robotics, service robots, humanoid robots, networked robots, and robots for biological and medical applications, and based on criteria such as quality, scope, funding and commercialization. This important study identifies a number of areas where the traditional lead of the United States is being overtaken by developments in other countries.Sample Chapter(s)Chapter 1: Introduction (84 KB)Contents:Robotic VehiclesSpace RoboticsHumanoidsIndustrial, Personal, and Service RobotsRobotics for Biological and Medical ApplicationsNetworked RobotsReadership: Researchers and graduate students in robotics and automated systems, electrical and mechanical engineering, international economics, artificial intelligence and machine perception.

• Publisher: Imperial College Press,Distributed by World Scientific,PUBLISHED BY IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS AND DISTRIBUTED BY WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO
• Subject: Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic) / Electrical & Electronic Engineering (Circuits & Systems, Communications, Control, Computer Engineering) / Mechanical Engineering / Robotics / Robotics (Machine Vision, Pattern Recognition)
• ISBN: 9781848160064, 1848160062