Beyond Webcams: An Introduction to Online Robots - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0262072254 ISBN 13 : 9780262072250

Editeur : The MIT Press, 2001

Synopsis

The design, function, and challenges of online telerobotic systems.

Remote-controlled robots were first developed in the 1940s to handle radioactive materials. Trained experts now use them to explore deep in sea and space, to defuse bombs, and to clean up hazardous spills. Today robots can be controlled by anyone on the Internet. Such robots include cameras that not only allow us to look, but also go beyond Webcams: they enable us to control the telerobots' movements and actions.

This book summarizes the state of the art in Internet telerobots. It includes robots that navigate undersea, drive on Mars, visit museums, float in blimps, handle protein crystals, paint pictures, and hold human hands. The book describes eighteen systems, showing how they were designed, how they function online, and the engineering challenges they meet.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ken Goldberg is Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and founder of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium at the University of California, Berkeley. His Net art installations include "Dislocation of Intimacy," "Memento Mori," and "The Telegarden."

Roland Siegwart is Professor of Autonomous Systems and Director of the Center for Product Design at the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zürich.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262072254
• ISBN 13: 9780262072250
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 353
• Éditeur: Goldberg Ken, Siegwart Roland
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