Screen LibrarySociorobot world : a guided tour for all /
This book makes a consolidated guided tour to the world of sociorobots (social or socialized robots). Sociorobots and assistive robots provide entertainment, assistance to the handicapped, companionship to the elderly, and health care to autistic children and people with dementia among others. The b...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Intelligent systems, control and automation: science and engineering,
volume 80 |
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| Summary: |
This book makes a consolidated guided tour to the world of sociorobots (social or socialized robots). Sociorobots and assistive robots provide entertainment, assistance to the handicapped, companionship to the elderly, and health care to autistic children and people with dementia among others. The book provides, in a fluent educational way, all major concepts, architectures, and design methodologies. All types of sociorobots are examined, namely walking anthropomorphic, wheeled anthropomorphic, fixed-place anthropomorphic, and zoomorphic sociorobots. The book provides an outline of sociorobo |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783319214214 3319214217 |
| Index Number: | TJ211 |
| CLC: | TP242-05 |
| Call Number: | TP242-05/T998 |
| Contents: | Background Concepts -- Intelligent Control System Architectures -- Sociorobot Learning -- Human-Robot Social Interaction -- Walking Anthropomorphic Sociorobots -- Wheeled Mobile Anthropomorphic Sociorobots -- Fixed-Place Anthropomorphic Sociorobots -- Zoomorphic Sociorobots -- Sociorobot Field Studies -- Complementary Sociorobot Issues. |