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Emergent Trends in Robotics and Intelligent Systems Where is the Role of Int…
What is the Role of Intelligent Technologies in the Next Generation of Robots ? This monograph gives answers to this question and presents emergent trends of Intelligent Systems and Robotics. After an introductory chapter celebrating 70 year of publishing the McCulloch Pitts model the book consists of the 2 parts „Robotics“ and „Intelligent Systems“. The aim of the book is to contribute…
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- 978-3-319-10783-7
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Whole-Body Impedance Control of Wheeled Humanoid Robots
Introducing mobile humanoid robots into human environments requires the systems to physically interact and execute multiple concurrent tasks. The monograph at hand presents a whole-body torque controller for dexterous and safe robotic manipulation. This control approach enables a mobile humanoid robot to simultaneously meet several control objectives with different pre-defined levels of priorit…
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- 978-3-319-40557-5
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Person, thing, robot :a moral and legal ontology for the 21st century and bey…
"An argument for overturning the Kantian terms of rights and ethics in order to make progress on the robot rights debate"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262375221
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Robot ethics
"A concise overview of the ethical issues that are likely to emerge as robots become more social and more integrated into human life"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262370509
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Making meaning with machines :somatic strategies, choreographic technologies,…
"Using a well-known and successful dance and performance method, the authors describe how avatars and robots can be designed to be more comfortable with these technologies"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262375122
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R.U.R. and the vision of artificial life
A new translation of Karel Capek's play R.U.R . -- which famously coined the term "robot" -- and a collection of essays reflecting on the play's legacy from scientists and scholars who work in artificial life and robotics. Karel Capek's "R.U.R." and the Vision of Artificial Life offers a new, highly faithful translation by `tep?n `imek of Czech novelist, playwright, and critic Karel Capek's pla…
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- 0262371901
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- 1 online resource (344 pages).
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Tokyoids :the robotic face of architecture
"Part photographic survey, part theoretical inquiry, Tokyoids focuses on the field of robotic aesthetics from a conceptual point of view, and identifies the robotic face as a critical apparatus of modern culture"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262370964
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The smart wife :why Siri, Alexa, and other smart home devices need a feminist…
"A fascinating look at the gendering of smart homes, how they came to be so, and how modern households can and should be domains of equality"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262360039
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How to grow a robot: :developing human-friendly, social AI
"Mark Lee considers that the current gains in machine learning and deep learning will not produce robots that can interact effectively with humans. The book then explores how robots can become more human-like, more general-purpose, and more social. The book introduces us to the core ideas in Developmental Robotics - showing how this new approach can "grow" robots through (their own) experience …
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- 0262357852
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The machine question :critical perspectives on AI, robots, and ethics
An investigation into the assignment of moral responsibilities and rights to intelligent and autonomous machines of our own making.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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