Over the past few decades there has been an exponential growth in service robots
and smart home technologies, which has led to the development of exciting new
products in our daily lives. Service robots can be used to provide domestic aid for
the elderly and disabled, serving various functions ranging from cleaning to enter-
tainment. Service robots are divided by functions, such as personal robots, field
robots, security robots, healthcare robots, medical robots, rehabilitation robots and
entertainment robots. A smart home appears “intelligent” because its embedded
computers can monitor so many aspects of the daily lives of householders. For
example, the refrigerator may be able to monitor its contents, suggest healthy alter-
natives and order groceries. Also, the smart home system may be able to clean the
house and water the plants.
Building a robot and enabling it to sense its environment is a wonderful way to
take your Arduino knowledge to the next level. In writing this book, I have brought
together my love for invention and my experience with electronics, robotics and
microcontrollers. I hope you have as much pleasure building and enhancing your
robot as I did developing the techniques contained in this book.
Phenomenon is an overused and overloaded term, but somehow it seems appropriate for Arduino—an
endeavor that has caught the attention of an astonishingly wide range of people and provided
opportunities for those who might otherwise have never picked up a soldering iron or written a single
line of code. From dyed-in-the-wool hardware hackers to web page developers, robotics enthusiasts to
installation artists, textile students to musicians: all can be found in the Arduino community. The
versatility of the platform encompassing both hardware and software, combined with its inherent
openness, has captured the imagination of tens of thousands of developers.
This book describes a unifying framework to networked teleoperation systems
cutting across multiple research fields including networked control system for linear
and nonlinear forms, bilateral teleoperation, trilateral teleoperation, multilateral
teleoperation, cooperative teleoperation, and some teleoperation application
examples. Networked control has been deeply studied at the intersection of systems
& control and robotics for a long time, and many scholarly books on the topic have
been already published. Nevertheless, the approach remains active even in several
new research fields, such as bilateral teleoperation, single master and multiple
slaves, trilateral teleoperation, and multilateral teleoperation
Modern information technologies and the advent of machines powered by artificial
intelligence (AI) have already strongly influenced the world of work in the 21st century.
Computers, algorithms and software simplify everyday tasks, and it is impossible
to imagine how most of our life could be managed without them. However, is it
also impossible to imagine how most process steps could be managed without
human force? The information economy characterised by exponential growth
replaces the mass production industry based on economy of scales
In this book for the optimisation of assembly conveyor lines we are dealing with series part production
featured by a medium complexity degree and a medium number of individual components and assembly
technique alternatives. Modern production techniques for medium to large series products or mass
production usually involve assembly conveyor lines. They still use hand labour more or less automated.
The aim is to have monotonous and similar in type operations or such causing fatigue, stress and
production traumas, gradually replaced by automated assembly cycles, means and techniques. This
usually widely involves industrial robots and handlers. Higher productivity, lower cost and higher quality
of assembled products are usually required.
