The Octopus Arm Edition 2

Author : G Logan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781678195052

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The Octopus Arm Edition 2 by G Logan Pdf

Author : Keith Baker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442458437

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My Octopus Arms by Keith Baker Pdf

Little Crab asks what an octopus can do with his eight arms and gets a surprising, rhyming reply. By the creator of the New York Times best-selling LMNO Peas.

Author : Ann Braden
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781510737525

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The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden Pdf

An NPR Best Book of 2018! Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other things they've got to do. Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. Not that her mom seems to appreciate it. At least there's Lenny, her mom's boyfriend—they all get to live in his nice, clean trailer. At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. Her only friend Fuchsia has her own issues, and since they're in an entirely different world than the rich kids, it's best if no one notices them. Zoey thinks how much easier everything would be if she were an octopus: eight arms to do eight things at once. Incredible camouflage ability and steady, unblinking vision. Powerful protective defenses. Unfortunately, she's not totally invisible, and one of her teachers forces her to join the debate club. Even though Zoey resists participating, debate ultimately leads her to see things in a new way: her mom’s relationship with Lenny, Fuchsia's situation, and her own place in this town of people who think they're better than her. Can Zoey find the courage to speak up, even if it means risking the most stable home she's ever had? This moving debut novel explores the cultural divides around class and the gun debate through the eyes of one girl, living on the edges of society, trying to find her way forward.

Author : Alexander Verl,Alin Albu-Schäffer,Oliver Brock,Annika Raatz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783662445068

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Soft Robotics by Alexander Verl,Alin Albu-Schäffer,Oliver Brock,Annika Raatz Pdf

The research areas as well as the knowledge gained for the practical use of robots are growing and expanding beyond manufacturing and industrial automation, making inroads in sectors such as health care and terrain sensing, as well as general assistive systems working in close interaction with humans. In a situation like this, it is necessary for future robot systems to become less stiff and more specialized by taking inspiration from the mechanical compliance and versatility found in natural materials and organisms. At present, a new discipline is emerging in this area, called »Soft Robotics«. It particularly challenges the traditional thinking of engineers, as the confluence of technologies, ranging from new materials, sensors, actuators and production techniques to new design tools, will make it possible to create new systems whose structures are almost completely made of soft materials, which bring about entirely new functions and behaviors, similar in many ways to natural systems. These Proceedings focus on four main topics: • Soft Actuators and Control • Soft Interactions • Soft Robot Assistants: Potential and Challenges • Human-centered »Soft Robotics«.

Author : Rui Rosa,Ian Gleadall,Graham Pierce,Roger Villanueva
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128208946

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Octopus Biology and Ecology by Rui Rosa,Ian Gleadall,Graham Pierce,Roger Villanueva Pdf

Octopus Biology and Ecology is an all-in-one resource that explains early life history stages, including age and growth maturation, distribution, migration, diet, predators and parasites related to these mollusks. Octopods are becoming a strong source of protein, with information on the species becoming more and more important to fisheries. This reference offers detailed information on the most economically important octopods in the world and addresses the management and future forecasting of octopod fisheries. Special attention is given to octopods in highly variable coastal environments as they constitute a particular challenge. Octopod populations (together with other cephalopod groups) have increased worldwide, suggesting that these commercially relevant mollusks will benefit from the conditions of the oceans of tomorrow (e.g., global warming and decreased competition and predator pressures). This is a complete resource for aquatic scientists, marine biologists, researchers, cephalopod biologists, cephalopod ecologists, fisheries and aquaculture scientists, regulators and students. ? Provides a thorough overview of the biodiversity of octopuses ? Presents a detailed information about 21 different species ? Includes a profound analysis of past, present, and future trends in octopus research

Author : Fabian Meder,Alexander Hunt,Laura Margheri,Anna Mura,Barbara Mazzolai
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031388576

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Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems by Fabian Meder,Alexander Hunt,Laura Margheri,Anna Mura,Barbara Mazzolai Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2022, in Genoa, Italy, held in July 19-22, 2022. The 44 full papers and 14 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 67 submissions. They deal with research on novel life-like technologies inspired by the scientific investigation of biological systems, biomimetics, and research that seeks to interface biological and artificial systems to create biohybrid systems. The conference aims to highlight the most exciting research in both fields united by the theme of "Living Machines."br/ppChapters 3, 9, 11, 12, and 15 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Jong-Hwan Kim,Hyun Myung,Junmo Kim,Weiliang Xu,Eric T Matson,Jin-Woo Jung,Han-Lim Choi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319784526

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Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 5 by Jong-Hwan Kim,Hyun Myung,Junmo Kim,Weiliang Xu,Eric T Matson,Jin-Woo Jung,Han-Lim Choi Pdf

This book includes papers from the 5th International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications held at KAIST, Daejeon, Korea on December 13–15, 2017. It covers the following areas: artificial intelligence, autonomous robot navigation, intelligent robot system design, intelligent sensing and control, and machine vision. The topics included in this book are deep learning, deep neural networks, image understanding, natural language processing, speech/voice/text recognition, reasoning & inference, sensor integration/fusion/perception, multisensor data fusion, navigation/SLAM/localization, distributed intelligent algorithms and techniques, ubiquitous computing, digital creatures, intelligent agents, computer vision, virtual/augmented reality, surveillance, pattern recognition, gesture recognition, fingerprint recognition, animation and virtual characters, and emerging applications. This book is a valuable resource for robotics scientists, computer scientists, artificial intelligence researchers and professionals in universities, research institutes and laboratories.

Author : Winston Frank Ponder,David R. Lindberg,Juliet Mary Ponder
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1091 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351115230

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Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca, Volume 2 by Winston Frank Ponder,David R. Lindberg,Juliet Mary Ponder Pdf

This volume provides individual treatments of the major molluscan taxa. Each chapter provides an overview of the evolution, phylogeny and classification of a group of molluscs, as well as more specific and detailed coverage of their biology (reproduction, feeding and digestion, excretion, respiration etc.), their long fossil record and aspects of their natural history. The book is illustrated with hundreds of colour figures. In both volumes, concepts are summarised in colour-coded illustrations. Key selling features: Comprehensively reviews molluscan biology and evolutionary history Includes a description the anatomy and physiology of anatomical systems Up to date treatment with a comprehensive bibliography Reviews the phylogenetic history of the major molluscan lineages

Author : Andrea d'Avella,Martin Giese,Yuri P Ivanenko,Thomas Schack,Tamar Flash
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9782889198054

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Modularity in Motor Control: From Muscle Synergies to Cognitive Action Representation by Andrea d'Avella,Martin Giese,Yuri P Ivanenko,Thomas Schack,Tamar Flash Pdf

Mastering a rich repertoire of motor behaviors, as humans and other animals do, is a surprising and still poorly understood outcome of evolution, development, and learning. Many degrees-of-freedom, non-linear dynamics, and sensory delays provide formidable challenges for controlling even simple actions. Modularity as a functional element, both structural and computational, of a control architecture might be the key organizational principle that the central nervous system employs for achieving versatility and adaptability in motor control. Recent investigations of muscle synergies, motor primitives, compositionality, basic action concepts, and related work in machine learning have contributed to advance, at different levels, our understanding of the modular architecture underlying rich motor behaviors. However, the existence and nature of the modules in the control architecture is far from settled. For instance, regularity and low-dimensionality in the motor output are often taken as an indication of modularity but could they simply be a byproduct of optimization and task constraints? Moreover, what are the relationships between modules at different levels, such as muscle synergies, kinematic invariants, and basic action concepts? One important reason for the new interest in understanding modularity in motor control from different viewpoints is the impressive development in cognitive robotics. In comparison to animals and humans, the motor skills of today’s best robots are limited and inflexible. However, robot technology is maturing to the point at which it can start approximating a reasonable spectrum of isolated perceptual, cognitive, and motor capabilities. These advances allow researchers to explore how these motor, sensory and cognitive functions might be integrated into meaningful architectures and to test their functional limits. Such systems provide a new test bed to explore different concepts of modularity and to address the interaction between motor and cognitive processes experimentally. Thus, the goal of this Research Topic is to review, compare, and debate theoretical and experimental investigations of the modular organization of the motor control system at different levels. By bringing together researchers seeking to understand the building blocks for coordinating many muscles, for planning endpoint and joint trajectories, and for representing motor and behavioral actions in memory we aim at promoting new interactions between often disconnected research areas and approaches and at providing a broad perspective on the idea of modularity in motor control. We welcome original research, methodological, theoretical, review, and perspective contributions from behavioral, system, and computational motor neuroscience research, cognitive psychology, and cognitive robotics.

Author : Saber Saleuddin,Spencer Mukai
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351799232

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Physiology of Molluscs by Saber Saleuddin,Spencer Mukai Pdf

Physiology of Molluscs: A Collection of Selected Reviews is an informative two-volume sent that brings together some of the most important recent and unique developments in molluscan physiology. Volume Two includes reviews on the neural mechanisms of learning, reproductive behavior, responses to environmental stress and hormones, and neurotransmitters. With the rapid development of cutting-edge proteomic, molecular biological, and cellular imaging techniques, our understanding of molluscan physiology, specifically in the areas of neurobiology, reproductive biology, and shell formation, has increased exponentially over the last several years. With contributions from some of the world's leading experts in the field of molluscan physiology, this valuable two-volume set fills this void and will serve as an important resource for researchers, professors, and students.

Author : Boye Ahlborn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783540208464

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Zoological Physics by Boye Ahlborn Pdf

Zoological Physics presents a physicist's view of life. The primary life functions of animals, such as eating, growing, reproducing and getting around all depend on motion: Motion of food into the organism, motion of materials through the body, motion of limbs and motion of the entire body through water, air, and on land. These activities are controlled by internal information stored in the genes or generated in the brain and by external information gathered by the senses: predominantly eyes and ears. This book models these life functions with the tools of physics. It is aimed at students of life science, engineering and physics, but will also appeal to other readers with a general interest in animals.

Author : Caterina Rizzi,Francesca Campana,Michele Bici,Francesco Gherardini,Tommaso Ingrassia,Paolo Cicconi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030912345

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Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering II by Caterina Rizzi,Francesca Campana,Michele Bici,Francesco Gherardini,Tommaso Ingrassia,Paolo Cicconi Pdf

This book gathers original papers reporting on innovative methods and tools in design, modelling, simulation and optimization, and their applications in engineering design, manufacturing and other relevant industrial sectors. Topics span from advances in geometric modelling, applications of virtual reality, innovative strategies for product development and additive manufacturing, human factors and user-centered design, engineering design education and applications of engineering design methods in medical rehabilitation and cultural heritage. Chapters are based on contributions to the Second International Conference on Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering, ADM 2021, held on September 9–10, 2021, in Rome, Italy, and organized by the Italian Association of Design Methods and Tools for Industrial Engineering, and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale of Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy. All in all, this book provides academics and professionals with a timely overview and extensive information on trends and technologies in industrial design and manufacturing.

Author : Fabio Bonsignorio,Elena Messina,Angel P. del Pobil,John Hallam
Publisher : Springer
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030141264

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Metrics of Sensory Motor Coordination and Integration in Robots and Animals by Fabio Bonsignorio,Elena Messina,Angel P. del Pobil,John Hallam Pdf

This book focuses on a critical issue in the study of physical agents, whether natural or artificial: the quantitative modelling of sensory–motor coordination. Adopting a novel approach, it defines a common scientific framework for both the intelligent systems designed by engineers and those that have evolved naturally. As such it contributes to the widespread adoption of a rigorous quantitative and refutable approach in the scientific study of ‘embodied’ intelligence and cognition. More than 70 years after Norbert Wiener’s famous book Cybernetics: or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (1948), robotics, AI and life sciences seem to be converging towards a common model of what we can call the ‘science of embodied intelligent/cognitive agents’. This book is interesting for an interdisciplinary community of researchers, technologists and entrepreneurs working at the frontiers of robotics and AI, neuroscience and general life and brain sciences.

Author : Daniel Osorio,Chuan-Chin Chiao,Frederike Diana Hanke
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889714070

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Vision in Cephalopods, Volume II by Daniel Osorio,Chuan-Chin Chiao,Frederike Diana Hanke Pdf

Author : Richard Horsey,Tim Wharton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781849048606

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Ugly Food by Richard Horsey,Tim Wharton Pdf

Why don't we eat more octopus? What about gurnard and other ugly fish? Cheeks and feet are cheap and delicious, but people prefer fillet or chops. What about rabbits and squirrels? Where do all the giblets go? And what's wrong with ugly vegetables? This book is about ingredients that are neglected, overlooked, forgotten. They are all tasty, sustainable and cheap, and easy to cook when you know how. Ugly Food aims to change the way people think about them, and the way they think about eating them. The food industry, like the fashion industry, seems driven by the pursuit of impossible perfection: pre-packaged meats with nary a head or foot or set of giblets in sight; rows of blemish-free fruit and vegetables in supermarkets tasting of not-very- much; and a steady stream of cookbooks containing photo-shopped, super-saturated photos of beautiful dishes bathed in sunlight. In contrast, Horsey and Wharton take an unpretentious, practical approach. They reveal the tips and tricks you need to prepare these undervalued foods with ease. And, alongside recipes, they provide social histories of ingredients that are positively brimming over with fascinating facts, fictions, and, of course, flavors. Recipes include: Ox-Cheek Salad à la Hongroise Lao Chicken Feet Salad Maldivian Curried Octopus Spiced Squirrel Popcorn Deep-fried Rabbit Ears Sheep's Brain on Toast Char Siu Pigs' Cheeks