Household Service Robotics

Bys: Xu, Yangsheng, Qian, Huihuan, Wu, Xinyu

Copyright (c)2015 Zhejiang University Press, Published by Elsevier Inc.

Household Service Robotics is a collection of the latest technological advances in household service robotics in five main areas: robot systems, manipulation, navigation, object recognition, and human-robot interaction. The book enables readers to understand development s and apply them to their own working areas, including:

Robotic technologies for assisted living and elderly care Domestic cleaning automation Household surveillance Guiding systems for public spaces

Service robotics is a highly multidisciplinary field, requiring a holistic approach. This handbook provides insights to the disciplines involved in the field as well as advanced methods and techniques that enable the scale-up of theory to actual systems. It includes coverage of functionalities such as vision systems, location control, and HCI, which are important in domestic settings.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0128008814
• ISBN13: 9780128008812
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 564 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.5" x 9.3"