Household Service Robotics
Author | : Yangsheng Xu |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 565 |
Release | : 2014-12-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780128009437 |
ISBN-13 | : 0128009438 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Download or read book Household Service Robotics written by Yangsheng Xu and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Copyright ©2015 Zhejiang University Press, Published by Elsevier Inc. Household Service Robotics is a collection of the latest technological advances in household service robotics in five main areas: robot systems, manipulation, navigation, object recognition, and human-robot interaction. The book enables readers to understand development s and apply them to their own working areas, including: - Robotic technologies for assisted living and elderly care - Domestic cleaning automation - Household surveillance - Guiding systems for public spaces Service robotics is a highly multidisciplinary field, requiring a holistic approach. This handbook provides insights to the disciplines involved in the field as well as advanced methods and techniques that enable the scale-up of theory to actual systems. It includes coverage of functionalities such as vision systems, location control, and HCI, which are important in domestic settings. - Provides a single source collection of the latest development in domestic robotic systems and control - Covers vision systems, location control, and HCI, important in domestic settings - Focuses on algorithms for object recognition, manipulation, human-robot interaction, and navigation for household robotics