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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438323403321

Titolo

Autonomous technologies : applications that matter / / edited by William Messner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Warrendale, Pennsylvania : , : SAE International, , [2014]

ISBN

0-7680-8692-2

0-7680-8137-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 193 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

629.8/932

Soggetti

Autonomous robots

Automobiles - Automatic control

Agricultural machinery - Automatic control

Autonomous underwater vehicles

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sensors / Greg Kogut -- Automated driving: for real this time / Richard Bishop -- Cargo and freight / Dan Williams -- Agriculture applications / Marcel Bergerman, John Billingsley, Eldert J. van Henten, Frits K. van Evert, Bradley Hamner, John. F. Reid, Sanjiv Singh, and Stewart Moorhead -- Beyond rosey: consumer robots in the 21st century / Brian Yamauchi -- Landscaping applications / Alex D. Foessel-Bunting and Justin A. Kraft -- Unmanned maritime vehicles: new options for ocean operations / Justin Manley and Thomas Altshuler -- Unmanned aircraft systems in environmental monitoring applications / Everett A. Hinkley, Vincent G. Ambrosia, and Steven S. Wegener -- Privacy / Brett Davis -- Conclusion / William Messner.

Sommario/riassunto

"In a unique effort to offer an introduction to the world of autonomous technologies, SAE International and AUVSI are pleased to present the reader with Autonomous Technologies: Applications That Matter. Focusing on nonmilitary use of autonomous mobile devices, the two organizations have teamed up and invited authors from multiple areas of expertise to discuss how the concept of autonomy is becoming a more natural fit with the way we live"--Foreword.