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As autonomous robots expand into the service domain, new solutions to the challenge of operating in domestic environments must be developed. Widespread adoption of service robots demands high robustness to environmental change and operational wear, and minimal reliance on application specific knowledge. As such, rich sensing modalities such as vision will play a central role in their success. This book takes steps towards the realization of domestic robots by presenting an integrated systems view of computer vision and robotics, covering fundamental topics including optimal sensor design, visual servoing, 3D object modelling and recognition, and multi-cue tracking, with a solid emphasis on robustness throughout. With in-depth treatment of both theory and implementation, extensive experimental results and comprehensive multimedia support including video clips, VRML data, C++ code and lecture slides, this book has wide appeal to both theoretical and practical roboticists and stands as a valuable teaching resource.

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Anyone who has watched a kangaroo bounce through a dense forest, or seen a falcon swoop down to catch a field mouse knows that animals have fast, reliable, and precise visual systems. Can these systems be exploited for other applications, such as robot design and novel algorithms? This book explores the possibility; the articles, written with little jargon, invite a fresh approach to an area normally dominated by engineering methods.

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One day, fleets of insect robots may work in all sorts of jobs, from searching for crime clues to prospecting for gold. Award-winning author Clive Gifford takes young readers on this adventure into the fascinating world of insects and how they’ve inspired scientists developing the world’s most exciting machines—robots. The world of biomimetics—the science of creating machines and materials by copying nature—is explored here. When they’re done exploring this beautifully illustrated and wonderfully informative book, kids can then build their very own robotic hornet that crawls with light-up eyes, a moving tail, and fluttering wings.

Features

• Manufacturer's Suggested Age: 8 Years and Up
• Number of Players: 1 Player
• Number of Pieces: 14
• Travel Size: Yes
• Dimensions: Length: 11.0 "; Height: 10.25 "; Width: 2.1 "; Depth: 2.1 "
• Product Weight: 2.8 Lb.

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This is a ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A146893. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach to predicting high- speed aerodynamic flow fields of interest to the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has been carried out The aerodynamic problems of particular interest are: (1) supersonic flow past the aftbody of projectiles with base mass injection, (2) supersonic flow past the M549 projectile, and (3) subsonic, transonic, and supersonic flow past an M864 projectile with base bleed and wake combustion. The commercially available FLUENT (Fluent, Inc. FLUENT. Version 5.1.1, Lebanon, NH, 1999.) CFD code was utilized. The computational effort supports an ongoing ARL- sponsored experimental investigation. Of particular interest in the present investigation is the careful characterization of the various turbulence models employed in the CFD code. Additionally, the ease of use and set-up as well as the computational time will be described. An experimental effort (Dutton, J. C., and A. L. Addy. 'Fluid Dynamic Mechanisms and Interactions Within Separated Flows'. U.S. Army Research Office Research Grant DAAH04-93-G-0226 and the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of illinois, Urbana-Champagne, Urbana, IL, August 1998.) consisting of detailed laser Doppler velocimeter (LDV), particle image velocimeter (PIV), and high-speed wall pressure measurements has been made in axisymmetric and planar subsonic and supersonic flows with embedded separated regions. The present work seeks to predict similar flow fields computationally and to address areas of agreement and disagreement.