Looks at the robots of today's popular films and at the real robots who now work in factories, laboratories, and outer space and who will one day be working in our homes

Product Description: "Richard Paul is perhaps the world's leading authority on the science of robot manipulation. He has contributed to almost every aspect of the field. His impressive publication record includes important articles on the kinematics of robot arms, their dynamics, and their control...read more

Explores the possible uses of robots in industry, the home, and scientific research and explains how robots work and how computers are used to program them

This is a self-contained, modern treatment of the algebraic theory of machines. Dr Holcombe examines various applications of the idea of a machine in biology, biochemistry and computer science and gives also a rigorous treatment of the way in which these machines can be decomposed and simulated by simpler ones. This treatment is based on fundamental ideas from modern algebra. Motivation for many of the newer results is provided by way of applications so this account should be accessible and valuable for those studying applied algebra or theoretical computer science at advanced undergraduate or beginning postgraduate level, as well as for those undertaking research in those areas.

Book by Bavel, Zamir

Examines the use of robots in medicine, industry, space, and the home and surveys their portrayal in books and films

Product Description: Both theoretical and practical considerations motivate the repre­ sentation of objects as certain compositions of simpler ones. In the theory of automata this observation has led to the concepts of pro­ ducts and complete systems of automata...read more

Product Description: This book is an introduction to the elementary structure theory of finite state machines. After preliminary definitions, the book discusses what it means for one machine to implement another, using the notation of a realization, and in particular, the notion of machine reduction...read more

Product Description: This volume contains the proceedings of ICALP 88, held at Tampere University of Technology, Finland, July 11-15, 1988. ICALP 88 is the 15th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming in a series of meetings sponsored by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS)...read more