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Autonomous Robots

From Biological Inspiration to Implementation and Control

By: George A. Bekey

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Autonomous Robots

From Biological Inspiration to Implementation and Control

By: George A. Bekey

An introduction to the science and practice of autonomous robots that reviews over 300 current systems and examines the underlying technology.

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MIT Press

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ISBN 10

0262025787

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9780262025782

Robotics: State Of The Art And Future Challenges

By: George A Bekey,Robert Ambrose,Vijay Kumar,Arthur C Sanderson,Brian Wilcox,Yuan F Zheng,Jun-ku Yuh,David Lavery

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Robotics: State Of The Art And Future Challenges

By: George A Bekey,Robert Ambrose,Vijay Kumar,Arthur C Sanderson,Brian Wilcox,Yuan F Zheng,Jun-ku Yuh,David Lavery

This book presents the results of an assessment of the state of robotics in Japan, South Korea, Western Europe and Australia and a comparison of robotics R&D programs in these countries with those in the United States. The comparisons include areas like robotic vehicles, space robotics, service robots, humanoid robots, networked robots, and robots for biological and medical applications, and based on criteria such as quality, scope, funding and commercialization. This important study identifies a number of areas where the traditional lead of the United States is being overtaken by developments in other countries./a

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153

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World Scientific

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ISBN 10

1908978961

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9781908978967

Military Ethics

What Everyone Needs to Know®

By: George R. Lucas

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Military Ethics

What Everyone Needs to Know®

By: George R. Lucas

A comprehensive and case-driven account of the core ethical principles of the "Profession of Arms," together with a description of the rigorous ethical demands and moral dilemmas these principles impose upon individuals, both in and beyond combat. A thorough but readable, engaging account addressed both to military personnel and the wider public.

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281

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Oxford University Press

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0199336881

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9780199336883

Space Trek

The Endless Migration

By: Jerome Clayton Glenn,George S. Robinson

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Space Trek

The Endless Migration

By: Jerome Clayton Glenn,George S. Robinson

Mass human migrations into outer space may begin this century! Are Earth’s inhabitants prepared for this next giant leap? Millions of tax dollars are being employed in NASA and Defense Department research facilities to answer this urgent question. Can humankind migrate to space intelligently, in a civilized manner without real Star Wars? Are these justifiable economic, political, and philosophical reasons for undertaking such a vast project? What legal and institutional implications will surface in distinguishing Earthkind from Spacekind? The immediate and long-range effects of space migration—on earth and its inhabitants, on the solar system and its pioneers—are brought into sharp focus here, within the perspective of the heated debates now taking place in the highest government, scientific, business, and academic circles. From the development of the space shuttle Enterprise and the uses and objectives of the Space Transportation System to the U.S. and Soviet space arsenals of hunter-killer satellites and Fractional Orbit Bombardment Systems (FOBS)—all known aspects of space migration and colonization are examined and presented with a depth and clarity appreciated by laymen, popular scientist, and aerospace engineer alike.

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224

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Stackpole Books

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0811766675

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9780811766678

Ethics and Military Strategy in the 21st Century

Moving Beyond Clausewitz

By: George R. Lucas, Jr.

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Ethics and Military Strategy in the 21st Century

Moving Beyond Clausewitz

By: George R. Lucas, Jr.

This book examines the importance of "military ethics" in the formulation and conduct of contemporary military strategy. Clausewitz’s original analysis of war relegated ethics to the side-lines in favor of political realism, interpreting the proper use of military power solely to further the political goals of the state, whatever those may be. This book demonstrates how such single-minded focus no longer suffices to secure the interest of states, for whom the nature of warfare has evolved to favor strategies that hold combatants themselves to the highest moral and professional standards in their conduct of hostilities. Waging war has thus been transformed in a manner that moves beyond Clausewitz’s original conception, rendering political success wholly dependent upon the cultivation and exercise of discerning moral judgment by strategists and combatants in the field. This book utilizes a number of perspectives and case studies to demonstrate how ethics now plays a central role in strategy in modern armed conflict. This book will be of much interest to students of just war, ethics, military strategy, and international relations.

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253

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Routledge

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1351745174

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9781351745178

Law, Ethics and Emerging Military Technologies

Confronting Disruptive Innovation

By: George Lucas

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Law, Ethics and Emerging Military Technologies

Confronting Disruptive Innovation

By: George Lucas

This book addresses issues of legal and moral governance arising in the development, deployment, and eventual uses of emerging technologies in military operations. Proverbial wisdom has it that law and morality always lag behind technological innovation. Hence, the book aims to identify, enumerate, and constructively address the problems of adequate governance for the development, deployment, and eventual uses of military technologies that have been newly introduced into military operations or which will be available in the near future. Proposals for modifications in governance, the book argues, closely track the anxieties of many critics of these technologies to the extent that they will proliferate, prove destructive in unanticipated ways, and partially or wholly escape regulation under current treaties and regulatory regimes. In addition to such concerns in domestic and especially in international law, the book addresses ethical norms in the professions involved in the design and eventual use of specific technologies, principally involving the professional norms of practice in engineering and the military (as well as biomedical and health care practice), which impose moral obligations on their members to avoid reckless endangerment or criminal negligence in the course of their activities. Thus, in addition to exploring the application of existing legal regimes and moral norms, the book examines how these professions might develop or improve the voluntary constraints on forms of malfeasance that are enshrined in their histories and codes of best practices. This book should prove of great interest to students of ethics, military studies, philosophy of war and peace, law, and international relations.

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187

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Taylor & Francis

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1000806197

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9781000806199

Aerosols

An Industrial and environmental science

By: George Hidy

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Aerosols

An Industrial and environmental science

By: George Hidy

Aerosols: An Industrial and Environmental Science is a comprehensive account of the science and technology of aerosols as well as their aerodynamic and physico-chemical properties. Measurement techniques and results are presented in terms of a framework of classical mechanics and macroscopic chemistry. This book is comprised of 10 chapters and begins with a discussion on the foundations of modern aerosol science and technology, followed by a review of the dynamic theory of aerosols as rigid spheres. The production of particle suspensions, the methods of particle sampling and measurement, and physical or chemical characterization are then considered, along with particle diffusion by Brownian motion, particle formation and growth, and coagulation processes. The formation of particle clouds is described by means of molecular agglomeration (condensation) processes, breakup and disintegration, and chemical reactions. The remaining chapters focus on several major applications of aerosol science in areas such as combustion, agriculture, and medicine. This monograph is intended to serve scientists and engineers who are concerned with the underlying principles of aerodynamic and physical chemical behavior of aerosols, and could also be used as a text for graduate students in specialized courses on aerosol or colloid chemistry, atmospheric processes, and chemical, mechanical, or environmental engineering.

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795

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Elsevier

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0323142516

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9780323142519

Intelligent Systems and Robotics

By: George Zobrist,C Y Ho

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Intelligent Systems and Robotics

By: George Zobrist,C Y Ho

Intelligent Systems and Robotics focuses on new developments in robotics and intelligent systems and provides insight, guidance and specific techniques vital to those concerned with the design and implementation of robotics and intelligent system applications. Intelligent Systems and Robotics presents information on a 3-D vision for robots and intelligent control of a vision-based reasoning system with a robot manipulator. The reader will find authoritative presentations on autonomous land vehicle navigation, manipulator reachable workspace problems and the formulation of algorithms for their solution. Covered are methods for medical applications utilizing expert adaptive control, the integrated piezoelectric sensor/actuator design for distributed identification and control of smart machines, including theory, experiments, finite element formulation and analysis. Automatic repair of aircraft transparencies and geometric modeling utilized in robot task planning as well as the evaluation of standard fieldbus networks utilized in the factory environment are presented.

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466

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CRC Press

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9056996657

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9789056996659

The Coming Age of Robots

Implications for Consumer Behavior and Marketing Strategy

By: George Pettinico,George R. Milne

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The Coming Age of Robots

Implications for Consumer Behavior and Marketing Strategy

By: George Pettinico,George R. Milne

This book provides an in-depth look at how American consumers will react to the significant social, economic and marketplace changes that will be brought about by the robot revolution. Over the next twenty years, the presence of robots will dramatically increase in our daily lives. Robots will serve as maids, gardeners, companions, waiters, security guards, nurses, teachers, playmates, receptionists, chauffeurs and prostitutes – to name only a few roles they will assume. These robots will be intelligent, autonomous, communicative, emotional, and continually progressing in their abilities. This book provides an in-depth look at how American consumers will react to the significant social, economic and marketplace changes that will be brought about by the robot revolution. Our insights come from national surveys of over 2,700 Americans, as well as a thorough review of existing academic research and expert predictions. We provide suggestions for publically-acceptable robot roles, robot design and the optimal marketplace approaches for successful human-robot interactions. Ready or not, it’s coming. And sooner than you might think.

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157

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Business Expert Press

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1951527690

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9781951527693

A Table of the Cases contained in the Three Volumes of The United States Digest, And in the Two Volumes of the Supplement

Alphabetically arranged, with a Represence for each Case to the Volume and Page of the Report Whence the Case is taken, and to the Volume and Page od the Digest where it is found

By: George Partridge Sanger

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A Table of the Cases contained in the Three Volumes of The United States Digest, And in the Two Volumes of the Supplement

Alphabetically arranged, with a Represence for each Case to the Volume and Page of the Report Whence the Case is taken, and to the Volume and Page od the Digest where it is found

By: George Partridge Sanger

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752520396

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9783752520392

Book's by George Bekey

Autonomous Robots

Autonomous Robots

Robotics: State Of The Art And Future Challenges

Robotics: State Of The Art And Future Challenges

Military Ethics

Military Ethics

Space Trek

Space Trek

Ethics and Military Strategy in the 21st Century

Ethics and Military Strategy in the 21st Century

Law, Ethics and Emerging Military Technologies

Law, Ethics and Emerging Military Technologies

Aerosols

Aerosols

Intelligent Systems and Robotics

Intelligent Systems and Robotics

The Coming Age of Robots

The Coming Age of Robots

A Table of the Cases contained in the Three Volumes of The United States Digest, And in the Two Volumes of the Supplement

A Table of the Cases contained in the Three Volumes of The United States Digest, And in the Two Volumes of the Supplement

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