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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.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782374503321

Titolo

Gender, religion and diversity [[electronic resource] ] : cross-cultural perspectives / / edited by Ursula King and Tina Beattie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London [England] ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2005

ISBN

1-281-78419-2

9786611784195

0-8264-2330-2

Edizione

[1st pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KingUrsula

BeattieTina <1955->

Disciplina

200.82

201.7

Soggetti

Women and religion

Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors and Editors; Preface and Acknowledgements; General Introduction: Gender-Critical Turns in the Study of Religion; I. Theoretical Perspectives; II. Historical and Textual Perspectives; III. Cultural and Contextual Perspectives; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Gender, Religion and Diversity provides an introduction to some of the most challenging perspectives in the contemporary study of gender and religion. In recent years, women's and gender studies have transformed the international study of religion through the use of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural methodologies, which have opened up new and highly controversial issues, challenging previous paradigms and creating fresh fields of study. As this book shows, gender studies in religion raises new and difficult questions about the gendered nature of religious phenomena, the relationship between