Tag: Robotics

Free Download Recent Advances in Robotics and Automation by Gourab Sen Gupta, Donald Bailey, Serge Demidenko, Dale Carnegie
English | 2013 | ISBN: 3642373860 | 344 Pages | PDF | 10.8 MB
There isn’t a facet of human life that has not been touched and influenced by robots and automation.

Free Download Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics X: Proceedings of the Tenth Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics by Emilio Frazzoli, Tomas Lozano-Perez, Nicholas Roy, Daniela Rus
English | 2013 | ISBN: 3642362788 | 626 Pages | PDF | 25.3 MB
Algorithms are a fundamental component of robotic systems. Robot algorithms process inputs from sensors that provide noisy and partial data, build geometric and physical models of the world, plan high-and low-level actions at different time horizons, and execute these actions on actuators with limited precision.

Free Download State Estimation for Robotics (2nd Edition)
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1009299891 | 531 Pages | PDF | 130 MB
A key aspect of robotics today is estimating the state (e.g., position and orientation) of a robot, based on noisy sensor data. This book targets students and practitioners of robotics by presenting classical state estimation methods (e.g., the Kalman filter) but also important modern topics such as batch estimation, Bayes filter, sigmapoint and particle filters, robust estimation for outlier rejection, and continuous-time trajectory estimation and its connection to Gaussian-process regression. Since most robots operate in a three-dimensional world, common sensor models (e.g., camera, laser rangefinder) are provided followed by practical advice on how to carry out state estimation for rotational state variables. The book covers robotic applications such as point-cloud alignment, pose-graph relaxation, bundle adjustment, and simultaneous localization and mapping. Highlights of this expanded second edition include a new chapter on variational inference, a new section on inertial navigation, more introductory material on probability, and a primer on matrix calculus.

Robotics Research

Free Download Robotics Research: The Nineth International Symposium by John M. Hollerbach, Daniel E. Koditschek
English | PDF | 2000 | Pages | ISBN : 1447112547 | 99 MB

Free Download Mobile Robotics: A Practical Introduction by Ulrich Nehmzow
English | PDF | 2000 | 249 Pages | ISBN : 1852331739 | 43 MB
Mobile Robotics: A Practical Introduction is an excellent introduction to the foundations and methods used for designing completely autonomous mobile robots. In this book you are introduced to the fundamental concepts of this complex field via twelve detailed case studies which show how to build and program real working robots. This book provides a very practical introduction to mobile robotics for a general scientific audience, and is essential reading for final year undergraduate students and postgraduate students studying Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Robot Engineering. Its update and overview of core concepts in mobile robotics will assist and encourage practitioners of the field, and set challenges to explore new avenues of research in this exciting field.

Free Download Robotics, Vision and Control: Fundamental Algorithms in Python by Peter Corke
English | August 8, 2023 | ISBN: 3031064682 | 850 pages | MOBI | 129 Mb
This textbook provides a comprehensive, but tutorial, introduction to robotics, computer vision, and control. It is written in a light but informative conversational style, weaving text, figures, mathematics, and lines of code into a narrative that covers robotics and computer vision―separately, and together as robotic vision. Over 1600 code examples show how complex problems can be decomposed and solved using just a few simple lines of code.

Free Download Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico: Build autonomous robots with the versatile low-cost Raspberry Pi Pico controller and Python by Danny Staple
English | March 17, 2023 | ISBN: 1803246073 | 400 pages | PDF | 35 Mb
Design, build, and program a mobile robot platform while gaining an understanding of the Raspberry Pi Pico, Free CAD, and robot sensors using Python to code, Bluetooth to connect & smartphone to control your projects

Free Download Cultural Robotics: Social Robots and Their Emergent Cultural Ecologies (Springer Series on Cultural Computing) by Belinda J. Dunstan, Jeffrey T. K. V. Koh, Deborah Turnbull Tillman
English | May 12, 2023 | ISBN: 3031281373 | 293 pages | MOBI | 14 Mb
This edited collection approaches the field of social robotics from the perspective of a cultural ecology, fostering a deeper examination of the reach of robotic technology into the lived experience of diverse human populations, as well as the impact of human cultures on the development and design of these social agents.

Free Download Nahid Bayat Bodaghi Loh Sau Cheong, Loo Chu Kiong, "Transforming Classroom Practice through Robotics Education"
English | ISBN: 1527515761 | 2018 | 205 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book offers a thorough and reader-friendly discussion of the relevance of incorporating robotics into the 21st century classroom. It explores essential topics including outcome-based education, robotics technology, the use robotics in education, and its theoretical underpinnings, among others. It also provides a wide range of examples and figures, making the book relevant across multiple disciplines in the social, educational and computer sciences. As such, it will appeal to students, teachers, researchers, and practitioners who intend to conduct robotics training in schools or institutions.

Free Download Soft and Stiffness-controllable Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery: The STIFF-FLOP Approach by Jelizaveta Konstantinova
English | PDF | 2018 | 420 Pages | ISBN : 8793519729 | 335.6 MB
In Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), tools go through narrow openings and manipulate soft organs that can move, deform, or change stiffness. There are limitations on modern laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgical systems due to restricted access through Trocar ports, lack of haptic feedback, and difficulties with rigid robot tools operating inside a confined space filled with organs. Also, many control algorithms suffer from stability problems in the presence of unexpected conditions. Yet biological "manipulators", like the octopus arm can manipulate objects while controlling the stiffness of selected body parts and being inherently compliant when interacting with objects. STIFF-FLOP robot is an innovative soft robotic arm that can squeeze through a standard MIS, reconfigure itself and stiffen by hydrostatic actuation to perform compliant force control tasks while facing unexpected situations.