The Robot Olympics

Author : Victor Appleton
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 9781599613512
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Robot Olympics written by Victor Appleton and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Swift has been training his entry, SwiftBot, for the upcoming Robot Olympics, but when an anti-science group of terrorists threaten the competition, he has to find a way to stop them and win the game.

Author : Victor Appleton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439103712
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Robot Olympics written by Victor Appleton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ROBOTS + TERRORISTS = TROUBLE FOR TOM Tom's been training his entry, SwiftBot, for the upcoming Robot Olympics -- a major event being sponsored by the White House's Office of Science and Technology. Teenage inventors from around the country will be bringing their homemade robots to compete in a series of athletic competitions. The Road Back, an antiscience terrorist group, has issued a statement condemning the event, and Tom hopes that the tight security at the Robot Olympics will keep TRB from causing trouble. But no such luck. Someone is playing dirty . . . and things are going to get dangerous.

Author : Yuji Sone
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137525274
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Robot Culture written by Yuji Sone and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-17 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese Robot Culture examines social robots in Japan, those in public, domestic, and artistic contexts. Unlike other studies, this book sees the robot in relation to Japanese popular culture, and argues that the Japanese ‘affinity’ for robots is the outcome of a complex loop of representation and social expectation in the context of Japan’s continuing struggle with modernity. Considering Japanese robot culture from the critical perspectives afforded by theatre and performance studies, this book is concerned with representations of robots and their inclusion in social and cultural contexts, which science and engineering studies do not address. The robot as a performing object generates meaning in staged events and situations that make sense for its Japanese observers and participants. This book examines how specific modes of encounter with robots in carefully constructed mises en scène can trigger reflexive, culturally specific, and often ideologically-inflected responses.

Author : Munir Merdan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030269450
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robotics in Education written by Munir Merdan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceedings book gathers the latest achievements and trends in research and development in educational robotics from the 10th International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE), held in Vienna, Austria, on April 10–12, 2019. It offers valuable methodologies and tools for robotics in education that encourage learning in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) through the design, creation and programming of tangible artifacts for creating personally meaningful objects and addressing real-world societal needs. It also discusses the introduction of technologies ranging from robotics platforms to programming environments and languages and presents extensive evaluations that highlight the impact of robotics on students’ interests and competence development. The approaches included cover the entire educative range, from the elementary school to the university level in both formal and informal settings.

Author : Nikos Katevas
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 9781586030797
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mobile Robotics in Healthcare written by Nikos Katevas and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text presents the conclusions of four years joint work of 12 European laboratories on mobile robotics technology for healthcare services. The book bridges the human factors and the demands of real-life applications to the achievements of the robotics technology. It is organize d in 15 chapters analyzing topics covering all the related fields and including but not limited to: user - application requirements, human machine interfacing, mobile robots' and mobile manipulators' control architectures, navigation and sensing strategies, and robot - smart building interconnection. It also provides technical details and hints to the reader on how to address real-life problems. The book also performs a historical review and includes an overview of the contemporary developments worldwide.

Author : Andres Oppenheimer
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525565000
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Robots Are Coming! written by Andres Oppenheimer and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Staying true to his trademark journalistic approach, Andrés Oppenheimer takes his readers on yet another journey, this time across the globe, in a thought-provoking search to understand what the future holds for today's jobs in the foreseeable age of automation. The Robots Are Coming! centers around the issue of jobs and their future in the context of rapid automation and the growth of online products and services. As two of Oppenheimer's interviewees -- both experts in technology and economics from Oxford University -- indicate, forty-seven percent of existing jobs are at risk of becoming automated or rendered obsolete by other technological changes in the next twenty years. Oppenheimer examines current changes in several fields, including the food business, legal work, banking, and medicine, speaking with experts in the field, and citing articles and literature on automation in various areas of the workforce. He contrasts the perspectives of "techno-optimists" with those of "techno-negativists" and generally attempts to find a middle ground between an alarmist vision of the future, and one that is too uncritical. A self-described "cautious optimist", Oppenheimer believes that technology will not create massive unemployment, but rather will drastically change what work looks like.

Author : Heather Rule
Publisher : SportsZone
ISBN 13 : 9781532111594
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in the Olympics written by Heather Rule and published by SportsZone. This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's Contributions to the sports world have helped shape the future for today's young athletes. Women in Sports celebrates the pioneers who paved the way and the stars of today who amaze us with their athletic excellence. Action-packed photos and colorful text bring these incredible moments and people to life in this empowering look at women in sports. Book jacket.

Author : Xefteris, Stefanos
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1668438631
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on Integrating ICTs in STEAM Education written by Xefteris, Stefanos and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-05-27 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern society gives great importance to scientific and technological literacy, development of “21st century skills,” and creating individuals who are not passive users of ICT tools but active thinkers and even tinkerers. The learning process is thus constantly evolving to facilitate the acquisition of such skills, such as setting goals and making evidence-based decisions, thinking critically, and solving problems while efficiently managing time as well as using technology, cooperating ethically, and communicating effectively. STEAM is the approach to learning that uses concepts from natural sciences, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics to foster critical thinking, computational and design thinking, as well working effectively together, mimicking the process followed by scientists. The end goal is engaged and motivated students who participate in experiential and inquiry-based learning in fun, immersive environments that facilitate learning through a creative process. The Handbook of Research on Integrating ICTs in STEAM Education includes current research focusing on the development of STEAM and ICT educational practices, tools, workflows, and frames of operation that encourage science skills, but also skills related to the arts and humanities such as creativity, imagination, and reflection on ethical implications. Covering topics such as early childhood education, machine learning education, educational robotics, and web-based simulations, this major reference work is an essential resource for engineers, educators of both K-12 and higher education, education administration, libraries, pre-service teachers, computer scientists, researchers, and academics.

Author : Jennifer Robertson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520283198
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robo Sapiens Japanicus written by Jennifer Robertson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan is arguably the first postindustrial society to embrace the prospect of human-robot coexistence. Over the past decade, Japanese humanoid robots designed for use in homes, hospitals, offices, and schools have become celebrated in mass and social media throughout the world. In Robo sapiens japanicus, Jennifer Robertson casts a critical eye on press releases and public relations videos that misrepresent robots as being as versatile and agile as their science fiction counterparts. An ethnography and sociocultural history of governmental and academic discourse of human-robot relations in Japan, this book explores how actual robots—humanoids, androids, and animaloids—are “imagineered” in ways that reinforce the conventional sex/gender system and political-economic status quo. In addition, Robertson interrogates the notion of human exceptionalism as she considers whether “civil rights” should be granted to robots. Similarly, she juxtaposes how robots and robotic exoskeletons reinforce a conception of the “normal” body with a deconstruction of the much-invoked Theory of the Uncanny Valley.

Author : Joseph L. Jones
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439863989
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mobile Robots written by Joseph L. Jones and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-11-15 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated, the second edition includes several new chapters with projects and applications. The authors keep pace with the ever-growing and rapidly expanding field of robotics. The new edition reflects technological developments and includes programs and activities for robot enthusiasts. Using photographs, illustrations, and informative t