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D. McCloy D. M. J. Harris SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B. V ISBN 978-94-010-9754-3 ISBN 978-94-010-9752-9 (eBook) DOI 10. 1007/978-94-010-9752-9 First Published 1986 Copyright © 1986 Don McCloy and Michael Harris Originally published by Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1986 All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form by mimeograph or by any other means, without permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data McCloy, D. Robotics: an introduction. - (Robotics series) 1. Robots I. Title II. Harris, D. M. J. III. Series 629. 8'92 TJ211 Text design by Clarke Williams Contents Series Editor's Preface Introduction List of abbreviations and acronyms 1 Chapter 1 From flint tool to flexible manufacture 1 Introduction 1. 1 1 Technology extends human capabilities 1. 2 4 Mechanization 1. 3 5 1. 4 Automatic control 10 1. 5 Automation 11 1. 6 Robotics 13 1. 7 The elements of an industrial robot 16 1. 8 Why robots? 17 1. 9 Robot applications 26 1. 10 Recapitulation Chapter 2 Mechanisms and robot configurations 27 27 2. 1 Introduction 2. 2 Mechanisms 27 vi Contents 2. 3 Simple chains: M = 3 40 2. 4 Geometry of simple chains 43 2. 5 Matrix methods 47 2. 6 Recapitulation 58 Chapter 3 Wrists, hands, legs and feet 59 3. 1 Introduction 59 3. 2 Wrists 59 3. 3 Grippers 61 3. 4 Mobile robots 67 3. 5 Methods of support: wheels and tracks 68 3.

Recursive state estimation -- Gaussian filters -- Robot motion -- Robot perception -- Mobile robot localization : Markov and Gaussian -- Mobile robot localization : grid and Monte Carlo -- Occupancy grid mapping -- Simultaneous localization and mapping -- The graphSLAM algorithm -- The sparse extended information filter -- The fastSLAM algorithm -- Markov decision processes -- Partially observable Markov decision processes -- Approximate POMDP techniques -- Exploration

Known deployments and performance -- Unmanned ground vehicles -- Unmanned aerial vehicles -- Unmanned marine vehicles -- Conducting fieldwork

1 Setting the scene -- 2 Sensing the world -- 3 Artificial sight -- 4 The problem of perception -- 5 Building a knowledge base -- 6 Machinery for thinking about actions -- 7 Speech and language: from mouse to man -- 8 Emulating the expert -- 9 Errors, failures and disasters -- 10 Better by design -- 11 Towards a science of physical manipulation.

Robotics is an extremely dynamic field with thriving advancement in its technology. The capabilities of trusted robots will grow and evolve over time. Robots will be able to explain what they do and why. This will enable people to better understand what we trust in machines and where and how we can use them, and will lead to a better understanding of the new technology and, in particular, confidence in secure use. It remains in the hands of humans how we want to use these machines and robots. The article explains what a robot is made of, where we stand with robots, robot vehicles, robot intelligence, industrial robots, aspects of legislation, legal consequences, artificial intelligence and robots, deep learning systems, the businessman's problem, and the economic model.

"We are standing on the threshold of the robotic era, the fourth industrial revolution. The undeniable impact and consequences of robotics are already raising economic concerns, such as the loss of income tax revenue as robots gradually replace human workers, as well as legal doubts regarding the possible taxation of robots or their owners. Financial law must adapt to this new reality by answering several crucial questions. Should robots pay taxes? Can they? Do they have the ability to pay? Can they be considered entrepreneurs for VAT purposes? These are just some of the many issues that Dr. Álvaro Falcón Pulido lucidly and insightfully addresses in this fascinating new monographic work, which includes an exhaustive bibliography on the subject"--