Mechanical Engineering: Hot Topics

Provides step-by-step guidance in leveraging C++ to build an intelligent robot that can detect and avoid obstacles and respond to voice commands.

Explores the multidisciplinary field of automation and robotics for industrial applications. Includes the important concepts of hydraulics and pneumatics, electric and electronic controls, and robotics and robotic programming in industrial automation.

Examines research-backed examples of how robots are being employed to assist healthcare procedures, including the use of robots in surgery and employing nanobots to target specific cells with appropriate drugs.

Covers all types of robotics for the exploration of planet surfaces as well as robotics used in orbit around the Earth for thecurrent and future development of mission-defined machines that can survive in space while performing exploration, assembly, construction, maintenance and servicing tasks

Explores human-robot collaboration (HRC), an interdisciplinary research area comprising of robotics, artificial intelligence, design and cognitive sciences. Industrial applications of human-robot collaboration involve collaborative robots which physically interact with humans in shared workspaces to complete tasks such as collaborative manipulation or object handovers.

A novel approach to building AI-powered intelligent robots takes inspiration from the way natural cognitive systems-in humans, animals, and biological systems-develop This volume reports on the current state of the art in cognitive robotics, offering the first comprehensive coverage of building robots inspired by natural cognitive systems. They describe in detail five main approaches- developmental, neuro, evolutionary, swarm, and soft robotics.

Explores state-of-the-art robot assisted therapies available for supporting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the impact of various robot assisted therapies on communication skills, challenges with robotic therapies, and policy recommendations.

A journey into the state of the art of agricultural robotics, this book provides a nuanced look at the industry’s most pressing topics, from the overarching impact of the global food crisis to the everyday influence of semi-autonomous tractors on a family-owned farm in France. Includes 27 agricultural robot information sheets.

Futurist, entrepreneur, and innovation coach Bill Bishop describes 29 bold, exciting and unexpected strategies for success in the New Economy. Bishop also explains how embodied pattern recognition, unbridled curiosity, purpose-driven ideation, ethical framing, and metaphoric communication -- give us a competitive edge over robots and other advanced technology.

Presents detailed findings about the ethical, legal, and social acceptance of robots from the Bremen AI Delphi survey of scientists and politicians and a related population survey. The focus is on trust in robotic assistance, human willingness to use this assistance, and the expected personal well-being in human-robot interaction.

The book focuses on East-West points of contrast and convergence along the Taichi metaphorical line, namely cognitive neuroscience, embodied cognition, cognitive robotics, and contemporary dance.