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Sociorobot World [electronic resource] : A Guided Tour for All / by Spyros Tzafestas.

By: Tzafestas, Spyros [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering: 80Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016Description: XII, 223 p. 121 illus., 90 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319214221.Subject(s): Engineering | Rehabilitation | Application software | Control engineering | Robotics | Mechatronics | Engineering | Control, Robotics, Mechatronics | Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences | RehabilitationAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 629.8 Online resources: Click here to access online
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.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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 sociorobot intelligent control architectures, robot learning, and human robot interaction.
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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.

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 sociorobot intelligent control architectures, robot learning, and human robot interaction.

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