Beyond Webcams
Subtitle: An Introduction to Online Robots
Contributors: Ken Goldberg (Editor); Roland Siegwart (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: December 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780262072250
Subjects: Internet; Robotics; Automation; Computer Networks; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Computer Books: Operating Systems; Computer Science; Internet - General; Computers / Computer Science; Engineering - Mechanical; Control systems; Remote control; Robots
First sentence: Online robots are constrained by the physics of operating a mechanical device, by the need to communicate via a low-bandwidth connection, by the unpredictability of a real-world environment, and by the need to interact with a human via a simple interface.