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The Robotics Primer (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series)

By Maja J. Mataric, Ronald C. Arkin (Series Editor), Nathan Koenig, Mj Mataric

ISBN: 9780262633543

Published: 2007

Number of Pages: 328

Edition: 1st

Binding: Paperback


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Product Type: Book

Publisher: The MIT Press

Description: The Robotics Primer offers a broadly accessible introduction to robotics for students at pre-university and university levels, robot hobbyists, and anyone interested in this burgeoning field. The text takes the reader from the most basic concepts (including perception and movement) to the most novel and sophisticated applications and topics (humanoids, shape-shifting robots, space robotics), with an emphasis on what it takes to create autonomous intelligent robot behavior. The core concepts of robotics are carried through from fundamental definitions to more complex explanations, all presented in an engaging, conversational style that will appeal to readers of different backgrounds. The Robotics Primer covers such topics as the definition of robotics, the history of robotics ("Where do Robots Come From?"), robot components, locomotion, manipulation, sensors, control, control architectures, representation, behavior ("Making Your Robot Behave"), navigation, group robotics, learning, and the future of robotics (and its ethical implications). To encourage further engagement, experimentation, and course and lesson design, The Robotics Primer is accompanied by a free robot programming exercise workbook that implements many of the ideas on the book on iRobot platforms. The Robotics Primer is unique as a principled, pedagogical treatment of the topic that is accessible to a broad audience; the only prerequisites are curiosity and attention. It can be used effectively in an educational setting or more informally for self-instruction. The Robotics Primer is a springboard for readers of all backgrounds--including students taking robotics as an elective outside the major, graduate students preparing to specialize in robotics, and K-12 teachers who bring robotics into their classrooms.Maja J Mataric [acute accent over c] is Professor of Computer Science and Neuroscience and Director of the Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems at the University of Southern California, where she is also Codirector of the Robotics Research Lab and Senior Associate Dean for research in the Viterbi School of Engineering.


Library of Congress Control Number
   - LC control Number:  2007000981
   - LC control Number: 2007000981

National Bibliography Number
   - Source: bnbGBA742908

National Bibliographic Agency Control Number
   - Source: Uk
   - Record control number: 013761180

International Standard Book Number: 026263354X (pbk. : alk. paper)97802626335439780262633543 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Level of Bibliographic Control and Coding Detail: COUTTS

Library of Congress Call Number
   - Classification number: TJ
   - Classification number: TJ211
   - Item number: .M3673 2007

Dewey Decimal Classification Number
   - Edition number: 22
   - Classification number: 629.8/92

Main Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Matari∩┐╜c, Maja J
   - Personal name: Matari∩┐╜c, Maja J.
   - Personal name: Matari─ç, Maja J.
   - Personal name: Mataric, Maja J.

Title Statement
   - Title: The robotics primer /
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: Maja J Mataric ; illustrations by Nathan Koenig.
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: Maja J. Matari∩┐╜c ; illustrations by Nathan Koenig
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: Maja J. Matari∩┐╜c ; illustrations by Nathan Koenig.
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: Maja J. Matari─ç ; illustrations by Nathan Koenig.
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: Maja J. Mataric ; illustrations by Nathan Koenig.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Cambridge, MA :
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Cambridge, Mass. :
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: MIT Press,
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: The MIT Press,
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: c2007
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: c2007.

Physical Description
   - Extent: xvii, 306 p.
   - Extent: xvii, 306 p. :
   - Other physical details: ill. ;
   - Dimensions: 23 cm
   - Dimensions: 23 cm.

Series Statement/Added Entry - Title: Intelligent robotics and autonomous agents

Series Statement: Intelligent robotics and autonomous agents series

Bibliography, etc. Note
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-291) and index
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-291) and index.

Formatted Contents Note: What is a robot? -- Where do robots come from? -- What's in a robot? -- Arms, legs, wheels, tracks, and what really drives them -- Move it! -- Grasping at straws -- What's going on? -- Switch on the light -- Sonars, lasers, and cameras -- Stay in control -- The building blocks of control -- What's on your head? -- Think hard, act later -- Don't think, react! -- Think and act separately, in parallel -- Think the way you act -- Making your robot behave -- When the unexpected happens -- Going places -- Go, team -- Things keep getting better -- Where to next?

Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Robotics
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Robotics.

Series Added Entry - Uniform Title
   - Uniform title: Intelligent robotics and autonomous agents
   - Uniform title: Intelligent robotics and autonomous agents.
   - Uniform title: Intelligent robotics and autonomous agents;


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