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Quality Matters eBook Series

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  • When Cars Decide to Kill

    100 Pages That Just Might Save Your Life

    by Patricia Herdman ...
    Series Book 1 - Quality Matters
    Your car is now a computer on wheels with up to 20 million lines of software code. When a software glitch happens, it can become an out of control missile that could hurtle you to your death.Worse, just about every car on the road today can be hacked –from anywhere in the world. All someone needs is an iPad and a connection to a cellular network.Even though people have died on our roads because of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Getting Started with BeagleBone

    Linux-Powered Electronic Projects With Python and JavaScript

    by Matt Richardson ...
    Many people think of Linux as a computer operating system, running on users' desktops and powering servers. But Linux can also be found inside many consumer electronics devices. Whether they're the brains of a cell phone, cable box, or exercise bike, embedded Linux systems blur the distinction between computer and device.Many makers love microcontroller platforms such as Arduino, but as the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Zero to Maker

    A Beginner's Guide to the Skills, Tools, and Ideas of the Maker Movement

    by David Lang ...
    Zero to Maker is part memoir and part how-to guidebook for anyone who is having thoughts like these:*I feel like all I can do is write emails. I wish I had more hands-on skills even though I don't know what I would build...I have this one idea I've always wanted to make, but I don't know how to build it...I keep hearing about the "maker movement" but I'm not sure what that means or how I can join ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics

    by Gregory Dudek, Michael Jenkin ...
    This 2010 textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students emphasizes algorithms for a range of strategies for locomotion, sensing, and reasoning. It concentrates on wheeled and legged mobile robots but discusses a variety of other propulsion systems. This edition includes advances in robotics and intelligent machines over the ten years prior to publication, including significant ... Read more

    $72.19 USD

  • Make: Action

    Movement, Light, and Sound with Arduino and Raspberry Pi

    by Simon Monk ...
    Beginning with the basics and moving gradually to greater challenges, this book takes you step-by-step through experiments and projects that show you how to make your Arduino or Raspberry Pi create and control movement, light, and sound. In other words: action!The Arduino is a simple microcontroller with an easy-to-learn programming environment, while the Raspberry Pi is a tiny Linux-based ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Robots are Coming

    A Human's Survival Guide to Profiting in the Age of Automation

    by John Pugliano ...
    A practical guide to surviving—and even thriving—in the new economy where nearly any job can be automated with artificial intelligence.Let's face it: robots are coming for your job. Regardless of your profession, degree or experience, there is no escaping the automated future. However, you can take steps today that will guarantee you not only survive, but thrive in this new economy.The Robots Are ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Joosr Guide to… The Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment

    by Joosr ...
    In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.When we think of robots it seems more science fiction ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gearheads

    The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports

    by Brad Stone ...
    In the early nineties, a visionary special-effects guru named Marc Thorpe conjured a field of dreams different from any the world had seen before: It would be framed by unbreakable plastic instead of cornstalks; populated not by ghostly ballplayers but by remote-controlled robots, armed to the steely teeth, fighting in a booby-trapped ring. If you built it, they'd come all right....In Gearheads, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Autonomous Mobile Robots in Unknown Outdoor Environments

    by Xiaorui Zhu, Youngshik Kim, Mark A. Minor, Chunxin Qiu ...
    Mobile robots have been increasingly applied in many different scenarios, such as space exploration and search and rescue, where the robots are required to travel over uneven terrain while outdoors. This book provides a new framework and the related algorithms for designing autonomous mobile robotic systems in such unknown outdoor environments. ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Introduction to Multicopter Design and Control

    by Quan Quan ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book is the first textbook specially on multicopter systems in the world. Itprovides a comprehensive overview of multicopter systems, rather than focusing on a single method or technique. The fifteen chapters are divided into five parts, covering the topics of multicopter design, modeling, state estimation, control, and decision-making. It differs from other books in the field in three major ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Recent Advances in Robotics and Automation

    Edited by Gourab Sen Gupta, Donald Bailey, Serge Demidenko, Dale Carnegie ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    There isn’t a facet of human life that has not been touched and influenced by robots and automation. What makes robots and machines versatile is their computational intelligence. While modern intelligent sensors and powerful hardware capabilities have given a huge fillip to the growth of intelligent machines, the progress in the development of algorithms for smart interaction, collaboration and ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation

    RWIA’2014

    Edited by Tzyh-Jong Tarn, Shan-Ben Chen, Xiao-Qi Chen ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The primary aim of this volume is to provide researchers and engineers from both academic and industry with up-to-date coverage of new results in the field of robotic welding, intelligent systems and automation. The book is mainly based on papers selected from the 2014 International Conference on Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation (RWIA’2014), held Oct. 25-27, 2014, at Shanghai, China. ... Read more

    $188.09 USD