Field and Service Robotics - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1852330392 ISBN 13 : 9781852330392

Editeur : Springer London Ltd, 1998

Synopsis

This text presents a selection of papers from an international conference dedicated to field and service applications of robotics. The papers come from research laboratories and companies that are building and selling robotic technology. Aspects from robotics ranging from mining, agriculture, construction, cargo handling, subsea operations, and the removal of landmines, to terrestrial exploration are described. The text also covers a range of service applications, such as cleaning, propagation plants and aiding the elderly and handicapped, and looks at the technology required to realise robust, reliable and safe robots.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Joe Engelberger, the pioneer of the robotics industry, wrote in his 1989 book Robotics in Service that the inspiration to write his book came as a reaction to an industry-sponsored forecast study of robot applications, which predicted that in 1995 applications of robotics outside factories - the traditional domain of industrial robots - would amount to less than 1% of total sales. Engelberger believed that this forecast was very wrong, and instead predicted that the non-industrial class of robot applications would become the largest class. Engelbergers prediction has yet to come to pass. However, he did correctly foresee the growth in non-traditional applications of robots. Robots are now beginning to march from the factories and into field and service applications. This book presents a selection of papers from the first major international conference dedicated to field and service applications of robotics. This selection includes papers from the leading research laboratories in the world together with papers from companies that are building and selling new and innovative robotic technology. It describes interesting aspects of robots in the field ranging from mining, agriculture, construction, cargo handling, subsea operations, removal of landmines, to terrestrial exploration. It also covers a diverse range of service applications, such as cleaning, propagating plants and aiding the elderly and handicapped, and gives considerable attention to the technology required to realise robust, reliable and safe robots.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer London Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1852330392
• ISBN 13: 9781852330392
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 650
• Éditeur: Zelinsky Alexander
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Springer-Verlag GmbH; customerservice@springernature.com; ; Tiergartenstraße 17; Heidelberg; Baden-Württemberg; 69121; Allemagne