epub, mobi |eng | 2012-09-26 | Author:Alan Winfield [Winfield, Alan]

13. Jules, an expressive high-fidelity android robot head Jules also has motors for gross head movements to nod or tilt the head, or simply provide small random movements (a robot ...

azw3 |eng | 2015-12-09 | Author:Blum, Richard & Bresnahan, Christine [Blum, Richard]

A. No, Python doesn’t support protected methods. You can, however, use the same idea as with private attributes and name your method starting with two underscores. The method is still ...

epub |eng | 2015-07-10 | Author:John Markoff

6|COLLABORATION In a restored brick building in Boston, a humanoid figure turned its head. The robot was no more than an assemblage of plastic, motors, and wires, all topped by ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2013-06-12 | Author:Rick Anderson & Dan Cervo

Figure 7-5 . Proportional control: Kp = 1 (left) and Kp = 7 (right) Figure 7-6 demonstrates the addition of the integral component, making a PI controller. The left side ...

azw3, epub |eng | 2014-08-07 | Author:Blum, Richard [Blum, Richard]

* * * Try It Yourself: Creating the Library Code File Let’s create a library of simple math functions that we can import into our sketches. Follow these steps: 1. ...

epub |eng | 2015-08-27 | Author:Charles Platt

Draw a schematic and make sure that you understand it. Modify it to fit the pattern of conductors on a breadboard. Install components on the breadboard and test the basic ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2012-02-16 | Author:Simon Monk [Simon Monk]

Conclusion This is a useful little alarm. One slight flaw is that there is no way to deactivate the alarm without triggering it, so a text message will get sent ...

epub |eng | | Author:Wendell Wallach [Wallach, Wendell]

RESEARCH ETHICS Research ethics will play a crucial role in the development of technologies that enhance human capabilities. The protections in place to oversee the ethical treatment of human subjects ...

epub |eng | 2013-09-04 | Author:Bergeron, Bryan & Talbot, Thomas

Bill of Materials To construct this next phase of the project, you’ll need the items from the original experiment plus the following: • PIR sensors (2) • Pan or turret ...

epub |eng | 2013-04-02 | Author:Gordon McComb [McComb, Gordon]

In most cases the DC motors you use will be attached to a gearbox, which reduces the speed of the motor to something more usable for your robot. This gearing ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2005-08-30 | Author:David Levy [Levy, David]

to recognize the most recently presented pattern every time, but all the other patterns never. The Creativity Machine A remarkable and highly original application for ANNs has been devised by ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2008-11-19 | Author:Wendell Wallach & Colin Allen [Wallach, Wendell & Allen, Colin]

biological creatures depend on specialized receptors called nociceptors— neurons that are dedicated to detecting noxious stimuli. Pain is not simply the result of high-intensity stimulation of pressure and temperature receptors. ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2012-07-13 | Author:David J. Gunkel [Gunkel, David J.]

Chapter 2 bodily expression. It is neither trope-free nor a fantastic kind of “ natural authenticity. ” It is instead a reciprocal exchange situated in the meeting of the gaze ...

epub |eng | 2010-10-06 | Author:Meeko Mitsuko K. Oishi & Ian M. Mitchell & H. F. Machiel van Der Loos [Oishi, Meeko Mitsuko K. & Mitchell, Ian M. & Loos, H. F. Machiel van Der]

60 Nigel J. Livingston CanAssist and appointed a full-time director. In addition, CanAssist has been given dedicated space (approximately 6,000 square feet) that includes laboratories, machine and fabrication shops and ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-07 | Author:P. W. Singer

IT BECAME NECESSARY TO DESTROY THE VILLAGE IN ORDER TO SAVE IT Through these types of technologies, many science fiction writers envision how the “war on terrorism” might ultimately be ...