Sound And Robotics

Author : Richard Savery
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000993653

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Sound and Robotics by Richard Savery Pdf

Sound in human–robot interaction currently encompasses a wide range of approaches and methodologies not easily classified, analyzed or compared among projects. This edited book covers the state of the art in sound and robotics, aiming to gather existing approaches in a combined volume. Collecting chapters from world-leading academic and industry authors, Sound and Robotics: Speech, Non-Verbal Audio and Robotic Musicianship explores how robots can communicate through speech, non-verbal audio and music. The first set of chapters explores how robots use verbal communication, considering the possibilities of speech for human–robot interaction. The second section shifts to roles of non-verbal communication in HRI, including consequential sound, sonification and audio cues. The third and final section describes current approaches to robotic musicianship and their evaluation. This book is primarily aimed at HRI researchers, ranging from those who have never used sound to those very experienced with sound. Alongside robotic researchers, this book will present avenues for a diverse range of musicians, composers and sound designers to become introduced to the world of HRI and learn of potential creative directions in robotics.

Author : Jorge Solis,Kia Ng
Publisher : Springer
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642222917

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Musical Robots and Interactive Multimodal Systems by Jorge Solis,Kia Ng Pdf

Musical robotics is a multi- and trans-disciplinary research area involving a wide range of different domains that contribute to its development, including: computer science, multimodal interfaces and processing, artificial intelligence, electronics, robotics, mechatronics and more. A musical robot requires many different complex systems to work together; integrating musical representation, techniques, expressions, detailed analysis and controls, for both playing and listening. The development of interactive multimodal systems provides advancements which enable enhanced human-machine interaction and novel possibilities for embodied robotic platforms. This volume is focused on this highly exciting interdisciplinary field. This book consists of 14 chapters highlighting different aspects of musical activities and interactions, discussing cutting edge research related to interactive multimodal systems and their integration with robots to further enhance musical understanding, interpretation, performance, education and enjoyment. It is dichotomized into two sections: Section I focuses on understanding elements of musical performance and expression while Section II concentrates on musical robots and automated instruments. Musical Robots and Interactive Multimodal Systems provides an introduction and foundation for researchers, students and practitioners to key achievements and current research trends on interactive multimodal systems and musical robotics.

Author : Sam Taplin
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Board books
ISBN : 1409507785

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Noisy Robots by Sam Taplin Pdf

Let's children press the buttons to make the noises of the different robots.

Author : Becky Chambers
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250236227

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A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Pdf

Winner of the Hugo Award! In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, bestselling Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk and Robot series, gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They're going to need to ask it a lot. Becky Chambers's new series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Richard Pak,Ewart J. de Visser,Ericka Rovira
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780128156353

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Living with Robots by Richard Pak,Ewart J. de Visser,Ericka Rovira Pdf

Living with Robots: Emerging Issues on the Psychological and Social Implications of Robotics focuses on the issues that come to bear when humans interact and collaborate with robots. The book dives deeply into critical factors that impact how individuals interact with robots at home, work and play. It includes topics ranging from robot anthropomorphic design, degree of autonomy, trust, individual differences and machine learning. While other books focus on engineering capabilities or the highly conceptual, philosophical issues of human-robot interaction, this resource tackles the human elements at play in these interactions, which are essential if humans and robots are to coexist and collaborate effectively. Authored by key psychology robotics researchers, the book limits its focus to specifically those robots who are intended to interact with people, including technology such as drones, self-driving cars, and humanoid robots. Forward-looking, the book examines robots not as the novelty they used to be, but rather the practical idea of robots participating in our everyday lives. Explores how individual differences in cognitive abilities and personality influence human-robot interaction Examines the human response to robot autonomy Includes tools and methods for the measurement of social emotion with robots Delves into a broad range of domains - military, caregiving, toys, surgery, and more Anticipates the issues we will encountering with robots in the next ten years Foreword by Maggie Jackson, author of Distracted

Author : Gil Weinberg,Mason Bretan,Guy Hoffman,Scott Driscoll
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030389307

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Robotic Musicianship by Gil Weinberg,Mason Bretan,Guy Hoffman,Scott Driscoll Pdf

This book discusses the principles, methodologies, and challenges of robotic musicianship through an in-depth review of the work conducted at the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (GTCMT), where the concept was first developed. Robotic musicianship is a relatively new research field that focuses on the design and development of intelligent music-making machines. The motivation behind the field is to develop robots that not only generate music, but also collaborate with humans by listening and responding in an expressive and creative manner. This combination of human and machine creativity has the potential to surprise and inspire us to play, listen, compose, and think about music in new ways. The book provides an in-depth view of the robotic platforms designed at the GTCMT Robotic Musicianship Group, including the improvisational robotic percussionists Haile and Shimon, the personal robotic companion Shimi, and a number of wearable robots, such as the Robotic Drumming Prosthesis, The Third Drumming Arm, and the Skywalker Piano Hand. The book discusses numerous research studies based on these platforms in the context of five main principles: Listen like a Human, Play Like a Machine, Be Social, Watch and Learn, and Wear It.

Author : Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,Junsong Yuan,Daniel Thalmann,Bum-Jae You
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319199474

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Context Aware Human-Robot and Human-Agent Interaction by Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,Junsong Yuan,Daniel Thalmann,Bum-Jae You Pdf

This is the first book to describe how Autonomous Virtual Humans and Social Robots can interact with real people, be aware of the environment around them, and react to various situations. Researchers from around the world present the main techniques for tracking and analysing humans and their behaviour and contemplate the potential for these virtual humans and robots to replace or stand in for their human counterparts, tackling areas such as awareness and reactions to real world stimuli and using the same modalities as humans do: verbal and body gestures, facial expressions and gaze to aid seamless human-computer interaction (HCI). The research presented in this volume is split into three sections: ·User Understanding through Multisensory Perception: deals with the analysis and recognition of a given situation or stimuli, addressing issues of facial recognition, body gestures and sound localization. ·Facial and Body Modelling Animation: presents the methods used in modelling and animating faces and bodies to generate realistic motion. ·Modelling Human Behaviours: presents the behavioural aspects of virtual humans and social robots when interacting and reacting to real humans and each other. Context Aware Human-Robot and Human-Agent Interaction would be of great use to students, academics and industry specialists in areas like Robotics, HCI, and Computer Graphics.

Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691202266

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Gods and Robots by Adrienne Mayor Pdf

Traces the story of how ancient cultures envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices and human enhancements, sharing insights into how the mythologies of the past related to and shaped ancient machine innovations.

Author : Robin Stevenson
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459805989

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Ben's Robot by Robin Stevenson Pdf

Seven-year-old Ben loves pretending to be a robot, but his best friend Jessy is tired of being ordered to oil his knee joints and check his batteries. She says the robot game is boring and runs off to play with someone else. So Ben decides to build a real robot instead. He's built all kinds of things before: wind generators, solar-powered marble launchers, pinball machines. But none of his creations have ever really worked. Until now. When his robot begins talking, Ben is thrilled. However, nothing goes quite the way he thinks it will. Ben's robot is rather difficult to get along with. He complains a lot. He's bossy. He never wants to do anything Ben suggests. Having a real robot isn't nearly as much fun as Ben thought it would be. And to make things worse, no one—not even Jessy—will believe him.

Author : Belinda J. Dunstan,Jeffrey T. K. V. Koh,Deborah Turnbull Tillman,Scott Andrew Brown
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031281389

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Cultural Robotics: Social Robots and Their Emergent Cultural Ecologies by Belinda J. Dunstan,Jeffrey T. K. V. Koh,Deborah Turnbull Tillman,Scott Andrew Brown Pdf

This edited collection approaches the field of social robotics from the perspective of a cultural ecology, fostering a deeper examination of the reach of robotic technology into the lived experience of diverse human populations, as well as the impact of human cultures on the development and design of these social agents. To address the broad topic of Cultural Robotics, the book is sectioned into three focus areas: Human Futures, Assistive Technologies, and Creative Platforms and their Communities. The Human Futures section includes chapters on the histories and future of social robot morphology design, sensory and sonic interaction with robots, technology ethics, material explorations of embodiment, and robotic performed sentience. The Assistive Technologies section presents chapters from community-led teams, and researchers working to adopt a strengths-based approach to designing assistive technologies for those with disability or neurodivergence. Importantly, this section contains work written by authors belonging to those communities. Creative Platforms and their Communities looks to the creative cross-disciplinary researchers adopting robotics within their art practices, those contributing creatively to more traditional robotics research, and the testing of robotics in non-traditional platforms such as museum and gallery spaces. Cultural Robotics: Social Robots and their Emergent Cultural Ecologies makes a case for the development of social robotics to be increasingly informed by community-led transdisciplinary research, to be decentralised and democratised, shaped by teams with a diversity of backgrounds, informed by both experts and non-experts, and tested in both traditional and non-traditional platforms. In this way, the field of cultural robotics as an ecological approach to encompassing the widest possible spectrum of human experience in the development of social robotics can be advanced.

Author : Jim Benton
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545651202

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Robot Kitties: An Up & Down Book by Jim Benton Pdf

Jim Benton brings on the humor in a brand-new line of board books! Robot kitties everywhere!They're on the ground. They're in the air.They're flying low. They're flying high,some far away, and some nearby.Jim Benton, the international bestselling author and illustrator of Dear Dumb Diary, presents a clever, rollicking new board book program that will leave toddlers wide-eyed and laughing. Fans of Sandra Boynton will rejoice in this fresh line of funny stories!Each board book features: - Hilarious stories based on early concepts - Endearing characters- Young, bold, colorful artwork

Author : Peter Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-09-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316581097

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The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Pdf

Soon to be a DreamWorks movie, coming to theaters 9/27/24! Includes 8 pages of full color stills from the movie! Wall-E meets Hatchet in this #1 New York Times bestselling illustrated middle grade novel from Caldecott Honor winner Peter Brown Can a robot survive in the wilderness? When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a violent storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants. As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island starts to feel like home--until, one day, the robot's mysterious past comes back to haunt her. From bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Peter Brown comes a heartwarming and action-packed novel about what happens when nature and technology collide.

Author : Adrian Benigno Latupeirissa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9180408311

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From Motion Pictures to Robotic Features by Adrian Benigno Latupeirissa Pdf

Author : Barton Swaim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476769929

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The Speechwriter by Barton Swaim Pdf

From 2007 to 2010 Swaim worked for Mark Sanford, South Carolina's governor, as a communications officer and speechwriter. Everyone knows this kind of politician: a charismatic maverick who goes up against the system and its ways, but thinks he doesn't have to live by the rules. Swaim tells the story of a band of believers who attach themselves to this sort of ambitious narcissist-- and what happens when it all comes crashing down.

Author : E. Sandry
Publisher : Springer
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137468376

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Robots and Communication by E. Sandry Pdf

This book explores communication between humans and robots. Using a range of communication theories, it highlights how each theory provides a different perspective on the communication that occurs. The analysis of human interactions with a variety of forms of robot suggests new ways to perceive what communication, and being a communicator, entails.