As mechanical and cybernetic technologies gain prominence and usability, robots have become ever more present in our everyday lives, with applications in education, transportation, and the workforce. Robotics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications explores some of the most recent developments in robotic motion, artificial intelligence, and human-machine interaction. The chapters in this extensive multi-volume reference source provide insight into a wide variety of applications and functional areas: from robots used in educational and medical settings to autonomous military and exploratory machines. Scientists, engineers, specialists, and programmers will all find valuable information and insight within these pages, applicable to a multitude of fields and professions.
Table of Contents
Preface xiii
Volume I
Section 1 Fundamental Concepts and Theories
Chapter 1 History of Service Robots 1 (14)
Zielinska Teresa
Chapter 2 Task Coordination for Service 15 (18)
Robots Based on Multiple Markov Decision
Processes
Elva Corona
L. Enrique Sucar
Chapter 3 Task Analysis and Motion 33 (20)
Generation for Service Robots: With
Reference to Region Segregation and Path
Generation for Robotic Ironing
Jian S. Dai
Chapter 4 From Object Recognition to Object 53 (16)
Localization
Rigas Kouskouridas
Antonios Gasteratos
Chapter 5 3D Scene Capture and Analysis for 69 (16)
Intelligent Robotics
Ray Jarvis
Chapter 6 Support Vector Machine Based 85 (27)
Mobile Robot Motion Control and Obstacle
Avoidance
Lihua Jiang
Mingcong Deng
Chapter 7 A Framework for Prototyping of 112 (31)
Autonomous Multi-Robot Systems for Search,
Rescue, and Reconnaissance
Sedat Dogru
Sebahattin Topal
Aydan M. Erkmen
Ismet Erkmen
Chapter 8 Applications of DEC-MDPs in 143 (23)
Multi-Robot Systems
Aurelie Beynier
Abdel-Illah Mouaddib
Chapter 9 The Inevitability of Library 166 (12)
Automation
Edward Iglesias
Chapter 10 Lending and Borrowing Library 178 (15)
Materials: Automation in the Changing
Technology Landscape
Regina H. Gong
Dao Rong Gong
Chapter 11 Educational Robotics Theories 193 (32)
and Practice: Tips for how to do it Right
Amy Eguchi
Section 2 Development and Design Methodologies
Chapter 12 Mission Planning of Mobile 225 (23)
Robots and Manipulators for Service
Applications
Elias K. Xidias
Nikos A. Aspragathos
Philip N. Azariadis
Chapter 13 Relational Representations and 248 (26)
Traces for Efficient Reinforcement Learning
Eduardo F. Morales
Julio H. Zaragoza
Chapter 14 Gesture Learning by Imitation 274 (21)
Architecture for a Social Robot
J.P. Bandera
J.A. Rodriguez
L. Molina-Tanco
A. Bandera
Chapter 15 A Human Affect Recognition 295 (20)
System for Socially Interactive Robots
Derek McColl
Goldie Nejat
Chapter 16 Reasoning about Space, Actions, 315 (35)
and Change: A Paradigm for Applications of
Spatial Reasoning
Mehul Bhatt
Chapter 17 Intelligent Stereo Vision in 350 (16)
Autonomous Robot Traversability Estimation
Lazaros Nalpantidis
Ioannis Kostavelis
Antonios Gasteratos
Chapter 18 Mobile/Wireless Robot Navigation 366 (9)
Amina Waqar
Chapter 19 Self Control and 375 (16)
Server-Supervisory Control for Multiple
Mobile Robots and its Applicability to
Intelligent DNC System
F. Nagata
T. Yamashiro
N. Kitahara
A. Otsuka
K. Watanabe
Maki K. Habib
Chapter 20 Distributed Multi-Robot 391 (16)
Localization
Stefano Panzieri
Federica Pascucci
Lorenzo Sciavicco
Roberto Setola
Chapter 21 Static and Dynamic Multi-Robot 407 (27)
Coverage with Grammatical Evolution Guided
by Reinforcement and Semantic Rules
Jack Mario Mingo
Ricardo Aler
Dario Maravall
Javier de Lope
Chapter 22 How Ants Can Efficiently Solve 434 (16)
the Generalized Watchman Route Problem
Pawel Paduch
Krzysztof Sapiecha
Chapter 23 Distributed Task Allocation in 450 (24)
Swarms of Robots
Aleksandar Jevtic
Diego Andina
Mo Jamshidi
Chapter 24 Design and Operation of Two 474 (27)
Service Robot Arms: A Wide Surface Printing
Robot and an Artist Robot
Jean-Pierre Gazeau
Said Zeghloul
Chapter 25 Prototyping of Lunabotic 501 (36)
Excavator Robotic System
Nicolae Gari
Xingguo Xiong
Section 3 Tools and Technologies
Chapter 26 Modular Cable-Driven Robotic 537 (22)
Arms for Intrinsically Safe Manipulation
Wen Bin Lim
Guilin Yang
Song Huat Yeo
Shabbir Kurbanhusen Mustafa
Chapter 27 Portable Haptic Arm Exoskeleton 559 (23)
Pierre Letier
Andre Preumont
Chapter 28 Lagrangian Dynamics of 582 (13)
Manipulators
Sandipan Bandyopadhyay
Volume II
Chapter 29 Optimal Design of Three-Link 595 (13)
Planar Manipulators Using Grashof's
Criterion
Sarosh H. Patel
Tarek Sobh
Chapter 30 Medical Manipulators for 608 (11)
Surgical Applications
Xing-guang Duan
Xing-tao Wang
Qiang Huang
Chapter 31 Needle Insertion Force Modeling 619 (19)
using Genetic Programming Polynomial Higher
Order Neural Network
Mehdi Fallahnezhad
Hashem Yousefi
Chapter 32 Small Medical Robot 638 (9)
Makoto Nokata
Chapter 33 A Mechatronic Description of an 647 (16)
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Dam
Inspection
Italo Jader Loiola Batista
Antonio Themoteo Varela
Edicarla Pereira Andrade
Jose Victor Cavalcante Azevedo
Tiago Lessa Garcia
Daniel Henrique da Silva
Epitacio Kleber Franco Neto
Auzuir Ripardo Alexandria
Andre Luiz Carneiro Araujo
Chapter 34 Agile Wheeled Mobile Robots for 663 (44)
Service in Natural Environment
Jean-Christophe Fauroux
Belhassen-Chedli Bouzgarrou
Nicolas Bouton
Philippe Vaslin
Roland Lenain
Frederic Chapelle
Chapter 35 Prototyping and Real-Time 707 (36)
Implementation of Bipedal Humanoid Robots:
Dynamically Equilibrated Multimodal Motion
Generation
Barkan Ugurlu
Atsuo Kawamura
Chapter 36 Design of a Mobile Robot to 743 (11)
Clean the External Walls of Oil Tanks
Hernan Gonzalez Acuna
Alfonso Rene Quintero Lara
Ricardo Ortiz Guerrero
Jairo de Jesus Montes Alvarez
Hernando Gonzalez Acevedo
Elkin Yesid Veslin Diaz
Chapter 37 Hardware-In-the-Loop Testing of 754 (31)
On-Board Subsystems: Some Case Studies and
Applications
Luca Pugi
Benedetto Allotta
Chapter 38 Attentive Visual Memory for 785 (27)
Robot Localization
Julio Vega
Eduardo Perdices
Jose Maria Canas
Chapter 39 A Neuromorphic Robot Vision 812 (7)
System to Predict the Response of Visual
Neurons
Kazuhiro Shimonomura
Chapter 40 Visual Control of an Autonomous 819 (19)
Indoor Robotic Blimp
L. M. Alkurdi
R. B. Fisher
Section 4 Utilization and Application
Chapter 41 Indoor Surveillance Application 838 (38)
using Wireless Robots and Sensor Networks:
Coordination and Path Planning
Anis Koubaa
Sahar Trigui
Imen Chaari
Chapter 42 Prototyping of Fully Autonomous 876 (33)
Indoor Patrolling Mobile Robots
Xiaojun Wu
Bingbing Liu
Jun-Hong Lee
Vikas Reddy
Xi Zheng
Chapter 43 Mobile Worm-Like Robots for Pipe 909 (18)
Inspection
Sergey Jatsun
Chapter 44 Study and Design of an 927 (13)
Autonomous Mobile Robot Applied to
Underwater Cleaning
Lafaete Creomar Lima Junior
Armando Carlos de Pina Filho
Aloisio Carlos de Pina
Chapter 45 Safer and Faster Humanitarian 940 (15)
Demining with Robots
Emin Faruk Kececi
Chapter 46 A Swarm Robotics Approach to 955 (15)
Decontamination
Daniel S. F. Alves
E. Elael M. Soares
Guilherme C. Strachan
Guilherme P. S. Carvalho
Marco F. S. Xaud
Marcos V. B. Couto
Rafael M. Mendonca
Renan S. Freitas
Thiago M. Santos
Vanessa C. F. Goncalves
Luiza M. Mourelle
Nadia Nedjah
Nelson Maculan
Priscila M. V. Lima
Felipe M. G. Franca
Chapter 47 A Resource-Oriented Petri Net 970 (42)
Approach to Scheduling and Control of
Time-Constrained Cluster Tools in
Semiconductor Fabrication
NaiQi Wu
MengChu Zhou
Chapter 48 Unpredicted Trajectories of an 1012(8)
Automated Guided Vehicle with Chaos
Magda Judith Morales Tavera
Omar Lengerke
Max Suell Dutra
Chapter 49 Stereoscopic Vision for Off-Road 1020(17)
Intelligent Vehicles
Francisco Rovira-Mas
Chapter 50 Mechatronics Technology for 1037(12)
Solar Cells
H. Henry Zhang
Danny Rodriguez
Qiong Li
Chapter 51 Service Robots for Agriculture: 1049(24)
A Case of Study for Saffron Harvesting
Andrea Manuello Bertetto
Chapter 52 Transforming Technical Services: 1073(23)
Maximizing Technology to Minimize Risk
Lai Ying Hsiung
Wei Wei
Chapter 53 Medical Robotics in K-12 1096(20)
Education
Ronald Rockland
Howard Kimmel
John Carpinelli
Linda S. Hirsch
Levelle Burr-Alexander
Chapter 54 Medical Robotics 1116(32)
Ahmad Taher Azar
M. Sam Eljamel
Chapter 55 Surgical Robots: System 1148(40)
Development, Assessment, and Clearance
Tamas Haidegger
Volume III
Chapter 56 Wearable Power Assist Robot 1188
Driven with Pneumatic Rubber Artificial
Muscles
Toshiro Noritsugu
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