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Sociorobot 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 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
eBook, English, 2016
Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2016
1 recurso en línea : XII, 223 p. 121 illustrations, 90 illustrations in color
9783319214221, 3319214225
974387771
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