Ramsete: Articulated and Mobile Robotics for Services and Technology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783540420903)

Robotics applications, initially developed for industrial and manufacturing contexts, are now strongly present in several elds. Besides well-known space and high-technology applications, robotics for every day life and medical s- vices is becoming more and more popular. As an example, robotic manipu- tors are particularly useful in surgery and radiation treatments, they could be employed for civil demining, for helping disabled people, and ultimately for domestic tasks, entertainment and education. Such a kind of robotic app- cations require the integration of many di erent skills. Autonomous vehicles and mobile robots in general must be integrated with articulated manipu- tors. Many robotic technologies (sensors, actuators and computing systems) must be properly used with speci c technologies (localisation, planning and control technologies). The task of designing robots for these applications is a hard challenge: a speci c competence in each area is demanded, in the e ort of a truly integrated multidisciplinary design.

Author: Salvatore Nicosia
ISBN-10: 3540420908
ISBN-13: 9783540420903
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 06/20/2001
Pages: 273
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.63d