Editor: Nak Y. Chong

Networking Humans, Robots and Environments

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Library License: US $276
ISBN: 978-1-60805-732-0 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-60805-731-3 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2013
DOI: 10.2174/97816080573131130101

Introduction

This book dives into the heart of how to design distributed control architectures for heterogeneous teams of humans, robots, and automated systems, enabling them to achieve greater cooperation and autonomy through the use of network technologies. It covers a wide range of practical, proven strategies for pervasive communication and collaborative problem solving abilities of humans, robots, and their environments. Each chapter consists of a presentation of findings from the latest research in networked robots and ambient intelligence. The chapters also detail how to allow robots to achieve universal access to the extended functionality of the environment that brings various cost effective services to those in need. Readers can envision a realistic view of what can be expected from a networked human robot cooperative environment in the next decade. The multidisciplinary content of this book is a handy reference for anyone interested in the future direction of ubiquitous computing and networked robots.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Nak Y. Chong
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Japan




Contributor(s):
Gerard McKee
School of Systems Engineering
University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, Reading
Berkshire, RG6 6AY
United Kingdom


Gerard McKee
Faculty of Computer Science and IT
University of Baze
Abuja
Nigeria


Dezhen Song
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Texas A&M University
College Station
TX, 77843
USA


Fulvio Mastrogiovanni
Department of Computer, Communication and System Sciences
Faculty of Engineering, University of Genova
Via Opera Pia 13
Genova, 16145
Italy


Geunho Lee
School of Information Science
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Ishikawa
Japan


Kevin Lynch
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University
Evanston
IL, 60208
USA


Lichuan Liu
Department of Electrical Engineering
Northern Illinois University
DeKlab
IL, DeKlab
USA


Takeshi Sasaki
Institute of Industrial Science
The University of Tokyo
Tokyo, 108-8548
Japan


Bong K. Kim
Intelligent Systems Research Institute
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Tsukuba
Ibaraki, 305-8561
Japan


Wonpil Yu
Robot Research Department
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institut
Daejeon
Korea


Dongjun Lee
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
TN, 37996
USA


Jee-Hwan Ryu
School of Mechanical Engineering
Korea University of Technology and Education
Cheonan
Chungnam
Korea


Nak Y. Chong
School of Information Science
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
1-1 Asahidai
Nomi
Ishikawa, 923-1292
Japan




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