Hour Of The Robot
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Author | : Paul R. McNamee |
Publisher | : Crossroad Press |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2021-07-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1637899769 |
From their nerve center penthouse lair, the Robot supports the extraterrestrial superhero of the shining city of Pallas, the Alien. When a train disaster reveals an arms-smuggling operation, the Alien decides it is time for the Robot to join him in the field. On the other end of the pipeline, in the city of Crowsport, resident vigilante crimefighters, the Protector and his sidekick, the Understudy, are closing in on a local gang boss. Following the leads of their separate investigations, the Alien and the Protector—with the Robot and the Understudy in tow—serendipitously meet, but their joint operation is broken when the Alien is inexplicably murdered. Now, the Robot must step out into the world and work with the crimefighters to bring the suspects to justice. But are there more dangerous forces at work than they realize?
Author | : B.S. Dhillon |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1461231485 |
Robots are increasingly being used in industry to perform various types of tasks. Some of the tasks performed by robots in industry are spot welding, materials handling, arc welding, and routing. The population of robots is growing at a significant rate in various parts of the world; for example, in 1984, a report published by the British Robot Association indicated a robot popula tion distribution between Japan (64,600), Western Europe (20,500), and the United States (13,000). This shows a significant number of robots in use. Data available for West Germany and the United Kingdom indicate that in 1977 there were 541 and 80 robots in use, respectively, and in 1984 these numbers went up to 6600 and 2623, respectively. Just as for other engineering products, the reliability and safety of robots are important. A robot has to be safe and reliable. An unreliable robot may become the cause of unsafe conditions, high maintenance costs, inconvenience, etc. Robots make use of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, electronic, and hydraulic parts. This makes their reliability problem a challenging task because of the many different sources of failures. According to some published literature, the best mean time between failures (MTBF) achieved by robots is only 2500 hours. This means there is definite room for further improvement in robot reliability. With respect to safety, there have been five fatal accidents involving robots since 1978.
Author | : Dustin A. Abnet |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022669271X |
"As Dustin Abnet shows, the robot-whether automaton, Mechanical Turk, cyborg, or iPhone, whether humanized machine or mechanized human being-has long been a fraught embodiment of human fears. Abnet investigates, moreover, how the discourse of the robot has reinforced social and economic inequalities as well as fantasies of social control. "Robots" as a trope are not necessarily mechanical but are rather embodiments of quasi humanity, exhibiting a mix of human and nonhuman characteristics. Such figures are troubling to dominant discourses, which cannot easily assimilate them or identify salient boundaries. The robot lurks beneath the fears that fracture society"--
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Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1998-10-20 |
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Author | : Vanja Bozovic |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 537 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 3902613181 |
The first generation of surgical robots are already being installed in a number of operating rooms around the world. Robotics is being introduced to medicine because it allows for unprecedented control and precision of surgical instruments in minimally invasive procedures. So far, robots have been used to position an endoscope, perform gallbladder surgery and correct gastroesophogeal reflux and heartburn. The ultimate goal of the robotic surgery field is to design a robot that can be used to perform closed-chest, beating-heart surgery. The use of robotics in surgery will expand over the next decades without any doubt. Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) is a revolutionary approach in surgery. In MIS, the operation is performed with instruments and viewing equipment inserted into the body through small incisions created by the surgeon, in contrast to open surgery with large incisions. This minimizes surgical trauma and damage to healthy tissue, resulting in shorter patient recovery time. The aim of this book is to provide an overview of the state-of-art, to present new ideas, original results and practical experiences in this expanding area. Nevertheless, many chapters in the book concern advanced research on this growing area. The book provides critical analysis of clinical trials, assessment of the benefits and risks of the application of these technologies. This book is certainly a small sample of the research activity on Medical Robotics going on around the globe as you read it, but it surely covers a good deal of what has been done in the field recently, and as such it works as a valuable source for researchers interested in the involved subjects, whether they are currently “medical roboticists” or not.
Author | : Karl Bruckner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 1964 |
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Author | : Chrissy Johnson |
Publisher | : Parker Mayhem |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2019-01-03 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 0599063904 |
'The Robot's Enchantment' by Chrissy Johnson is a delightful tale that explores the magical transformation of a robot. The book follows Oliver, a humble robot who works in a grand castle. When he stumbles upon an ancient spellbook, he inadvertently activates a spell that grants him magical abilities. Curious about his newfound powers, Oliver sets out to understand the enchantment and explore the world beyond the castle's walls. Alongside a group of magical allies, he learns the importance of responsibility and the true meaning of magic. This whimsical narrative explores themes of self-discovery, adventure, and the enduring spirit of exploration in a world where technology and magic intersect.
Author | : Tom Logsdon |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2000-12 |
Genre | : Robotics |
ISBN | : 0595149480 |
In a factory on the slopes of Mount Fuji, industrial robots are now making more robots, working flawlessly around the clock with virtually no human supervision. In Beverly Hills, a robot which normally serves drinks at parties is arrested for handing out business cards illegally in a busy downtown street. From forbidding lunar landscapes to mineral-rich ocean floors, robots perform tasks we thought only humans could do-or could not be done at all. In The Robot Revolution, noted author and computer engineer Tom Logsdon reveals the fact-is stranger than fiction world of robots and the impact they are having in all facets of society, from industry and defense to sports and entertainment. He explores their history from the legendary creations of the ancient Greeks to the experimental ultra sensitive machines of today. And he explains just what robot is and why the latest advances in such fascinating fields as artificial intelligence are making real robots more and more similar to R2D2 and C3P0. Ready or not, The Robot Revolution is here and our lives are never going to be the same again.
Author | : B.S. Dhillon |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2015-04-22 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1498706452 |
As robots are used more and more to perform a variety of tasks in a range of fields, it is imperative to make the robots as reliable and safe as possible. Yet no book currently covers robot reliability and safety within one framework. Robot System Reliability and Safety: A Modern Approach presents up-to-date information on robot reliability, safety
Author | : Shuzhi Sam Ge |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 679 |
Release | : 2012-11-04 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 3642341039 |
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2012, held in Chengdu, China, in October 2012. The 66 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on affective and cognitive sciences for socially interactive robots, situated interaction and embodiment, robots to assist the elderly and persons with disabilities, social acceptance of robots and their impact to the society, artificial empathy, HRI through non-verbal communication and control, social telepresence robots, embodiments and networks, interaction and collaboration among robots, humans and environment, human augmentation, rehabilitation, and medical robots I and II.