Electrical Engineering :
Robotics Book,
Handbook and Manual
Socially Intelligent Agents - Creating Relationships with Computers and Robots (MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS, ARTIFICIAL SOCIETIES, AND SIMULATED
(Multiagent Systems, ... Societies, and Simulated Organizations)
The field of Socially Intelligent Agents (SIA) is a fast growing and increasingly important area that comprises highly active research activities and strongly
interdisciplinary approaches. Socially Intelligent Agents, edited by Kerstin Dautenhahn, Alan Bond, Lola Cañamero and Bruce Edmonds, emerged
from the AAAI Symposium "Socially Intelligent Agents - The Human in the Loop". The book provides 32 chapters, written by leading SIA researchers,
addressing topics such as: social robotics, embodied conversational agents, affective computing, anthropomorphism, narrative and story-telling, social
aspects in multi-agent systems, new technologies for education and therapy, and more. This breadth of topics covered in Socially Intelligent Agents
provides the reader with a comprehensive look at current research activities in the area. Socially Intelligent Agents serves as an excellent reference for a
wide readership, e.g. computer scientists, roboticists, web programmers and designers, computer users, cognitive scientists, and other researchers interested
in the study of how humans relate to computers and robots, and how these agents in return can relate to humans. This book is also suitable as research
material in a variety of advanced level courses, including Applied Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Agents, Human-Computer Interaction, Situated,
Embodied AI

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LEGO Mindstorms Masterpieces: Building Advanced Robots
Text presents very sophisticated projects with the maximum level of detail. Includes step-by-step instructions for building robots: a complete description of
each of them, including goals, building techniques, programming techniques, and the theory supporting the designer's choices. CD-ROM includes
complete RCX and NQC Code Files, and movies of robots in action. Softcover.
REVIEWS:
Great Addition To The Lego Mindstorms Community, September 21, 2003
Reviewer: J. Laleman (East Moline, IL USA)
After building many of the robots presented in Lego Mindstorms Masterpieces published by Syngress, I feel I am now qualified to give a fair personal
assessment of this book. I have purchased many Lego Mindstorms books and each one has great ideas and a lot to offer. All books have shortcomings and
room for improvement. How good a book is depends on how well it address the readers needs. My needs center on my use of Lego Mindstorms to teach
mechanical engineering, logic, programming and robotics to my 13-year-old daughter. Lego Mindstorms Masterpieces is the newest addition to our Lego
toolbox. There are so many positive things to say about this publication I'll place the very few items I would have preferred done differently at the end of
this review.
A few key benefits this book offers to anyone involved with Lego Mindstorms are complete, well illustrated assembly instructions, detailed commentary by
the authors with additional tips to aid in the construction, explanations of where the inspirations for the creation came from with historical references, web
site listings for additional information and a e-book CD-ROM with program files. Many of the authors have active web sites of their own and are available to
generously help people stuck during construction.
Lego Masterpieces not only expand the reader's knowledge of Lego Mindstorms applications, but engineering and robots in general. The concepts
presented can be applied anywhere the logic, computers, or machines are designed and built. The book shows that the construction of a machine must go
hand in hand with the programming to best fit an application. Giulio Ferrari explores basic Artificial Intelligence and the foundations of modern computers
with the Turing Machine. Another chapter presents the mechanics and theory of creating logic cells amazingly through the use of pneumatics and then
combining them into the synchronous PneumADDic II calculating machine by Kevin Clague. And again by Kevin, the building of an asynchronous
artificial muscle using Autonomous Pneumatic Circuits in the Synchropillar without RCX programmed control. An all terrain wheeled vehicle by Doug
Carlson uses his Tri-Star drive design called the Stair Climber and will crawl over and out of almost anything. A spy robot by Miguel Aguilio called The
Shape-Shifting Camera Tank utilizes Vision Command's camera, can increase or decrease it's height and you may control it with it's own Lego parts
constructed joystick. The Learning Brick Sorter by Mario Ferrari, which combines a robotic arm with an automated task, blends the machine with excellent
basic AI programming, which can learn new tasks. And finally, the most advance Lego robotic arm I've ever seen is in the chapter on CyberArm IV by
Hideaki Yabuki. Not only does this arm have five Degrees of Freedom and 180-degree rotation, but you can also build the optional Power Glove to operate
the robotic arm from your own hand movements!
The few complaints I have of this book are that the Bill Of Materials on some of the chapters are printed so small and illegible that I couldn't read them
with a magnifying glass! Adding a page and printing the illustrations larger and clearer would have better represented the quality of the overall material.
The other complaint is found in most books. Someone should proof read it before publication. Spell checkers don't think!
My final message about this book is BUY IT and start collecting the parts you'll need. It expands the frontiers of Lego Mindstorms and you'll need all the
parts you can get your hands on!
Real robots, backed by real robotics, and made with LEGOs, May 16, 2003
Reviewer: Amorette Pedersen "Amys" (Massachusett)
This book has gathered together "Masterpieces" from some of the the world's greatest LEGO creators. Builders from the US, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, and
Japan have brought you their passions, the theories behind each masterpiece, and detailed building and programming techniques. "LEGO Mindstorms
Masterpieces" is truly at the zenith of all related books and I believe it will become a true masterpiece both in name and in reality.
This book began in July of 2002. And, while the the creation, writing and editing was extremely difficult, the authors fought mightily to accomplish our
goal: to build LEGO robots both suitable for Master Builders and worthy of this book's title! Amazing PneumADDic II and Synchropillar by Kevin as a
computer processor specialist and creator of LPub and LSynth. Splendid Stair-Climber by Doug who is a well known creator of several Omni Drive
Vehicles. And, two awesome works - Learning Brick Sorter and The LEGO Turing Machine that were invented by the famous Ferrari brothers - they are co-
authors of the best selling "Building Robots with LEGO Mindstorms" and have been called the "DaVincis of LEGO". Biped robot expert Miguel created
complex SSCT faithfully based on the real robot that was active for life search and explore in WTC, New York. Lastly, a robotic arm driven by 10 motors
and feedback system - CyberArm IV that I have created as a series in four years. All of these are the real robots that are backed by real robotics - only the
materials are LEGO! We are very pleased that we could explore a new frontier in LEGO Mindstorms, and be able to offer it in book form.
As the one of pioneers of LEGO robots, I have had my experience of the results in the MIT Media Lab fortunately in the middle of the 80s, and the result of
my writing of over half year keeping is included in bundle CD-ROM as a over 50 pages bonus chapter. I have tried to write about a lot of topics to explain
the world of robots and LEGO Mindstorms - history of LEGO robot or their philosophy of the LEGO Group, precious list and description of early LEGO
educational sets for control learning, personal robot boom in the 80s, from a more than 300-year-old Japanese automata (the Karakuri) to the latest state-of-
the-art robotics. I believe that my discussion and description about the way of thinking and creation - included building, programming, CAD and even
about Art - are useful in particular.
We hope that this book will never lose its value and that it will become loved by people of all generations

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Cool LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 2 Projects: Amazing Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour
10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 2 Projects introduces readers to the creative and exciting world of LEGO Mindstorms. Robotics
Invention System 2.0 enables users ages 12 and up to design and program real robots that do what they want. Users can create almost anything, including
a key card protected security vault, a robot that draws it own art, and a light sensitive dispenser that sorts their favorite candy by its color. Updated features
allow users to invent robots that gather a richer array of sensory information, learn from their environment, and prioritize their actions. Designed for users
new to the Mindstorm community, readers will learn to create 10 robotics projects through the detailed step-by-step instructions and illustrations
His current interest is the use of LEGO in the teaching of science and creativity
Giulio Ferrari is a student in economics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where he also studied engineering. He is fond of computers and
has developed utilities, entertainment software, and Web applications for several companies. Giulio discovered robotics in 1998, with the arrival of
MINDSTORMS, and held an important place in the creation of the Italian LEGO community. He shares a love for LEGO bricks with his oldest brother,
Mario, and a strong curiosity for the physical and mathematical sciences. Giulio has contributed to two other books for Syngress Publishing, Building
Robots with LEGO MINDSTORMS (ISBN: 1-928994-67-9) and Programming LEGO MINDSTORMS with Java
Luke Ma is a student at Brown University in Providence, RI. He is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Music and Computer Science. Luke has worked
for Latitude Communications, Inc. as an engineering intern, helping the company develop and expand its Web-conferencing platform. He also has
extensive experience in designing Web pages. He is fluent in C/C++, JavaScript, HTML/DHTML, Chinese, English, and hopefully French and German
sometime in the future
Mario Ferrari received his first LEGO box around 1964, when he was four-years-old. LEGO was his favorite toy for many years, until he thought he was too
old to play with it. In 1998, the LEGO MINDSTORMS RIS set gave him reason to again have LEGO become his main addiction. Mario believes LEGO is
the closest thing to the perfect toy. He is Managing Director at EDIS, a leader in finishing and packaging solutions and promotional packaging. The advent
of the MINDSTORMS product line represented for him the perfect opportunity to combine his interest in IT and robotics with his passion for LEGO bricks.
Mario has been an active member of the online MINDSTORMS community from the beginning and has pushed LEGO robotics to its limits. Mario holds a
bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Turin and has always nourished a strong interest for physics, mathematics, and
computer science. He is fluent in many programming languages and his background includes positions as an IT Manager and as a Project Supervisor.
With his brother Giulio Ferrari, Mario is the co-author of the highly successful book Building Robots with LEGO MINDSTORMS (Syngress Publishing, ISBN:
1-928994-67-9). Mario estimates he owns over 60,000 LEGO pieces. Mario works in Modena, Italy, where he lives with his wife, Anna, and his children,
Sebastiano and Camilla

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Robot Builder's Bonanza (Tab Electronics)
Author: Gordon McComb
Edition: 2 edition (September 21, 2000)
Paperback: 720 pages
A major revision of the bestselling "bible" of amateur robotics building--packed with the latest in servo motor technology, microcontrolled robots, remote
control, Lego Mindstorms Kits, and other commercial kits.
Gives electronics hobbyists fully illustrated plans for 11 complete Robots, as well as all-new coverage of Robotix-based Robots, Lego Technic-based
Robots, Functionoids with Lego Mindstorms, and Location and Motorized Systems with Servo Motors.
Features a pictures and parts list that accompany all projects, and material on using the BASIC Stamp and other microcontrollers

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PDA Robotics
Author: Doug Williams
Edition: 1 edition July 4, 2003
Paperback: 232 pages
Easy-to-read guide provides directions on integrating personal digital assistants and robots into a single, remote-controlled powerhouse. Discusses
innovative concepts and designs, showing how to allow any PDA to communicate with and control a robot; establish a wireless link between a PDA and a
robot; and acquire low cost, standard, and easily obtainable components. Softcover
BUILD A ROBOT AND MAKE IT RUN — RIGHT FROM YOUR PDA
The virtual chasm between PDAs and robots has been spanned, with McGraw-Hill’s PDA Robotics: Using Your Personal Digital Assistant to Control Your
Robot, an easy-to-read guide to integrating these two pieces of technology into a single, remote-controlled powerhouse
Written in easy-to-understand language by a renowned software designer and robotics expert, this unique resource reveals innovative concepts and
designs, helping you to build your own PDA-controlled robot from the ground up. As a result, you’ll be able to
* Allow any PDA to communicate with and control your robot
* Establish a wireless RF link between your PDA and robot
* Acquire low-cost, standard, and easily obtainable components
* Learn about special software, control circuits, and interface ideas for creating artificial life forms
* Customize modules easily
* And more
Perfect for hobbyists, students of electronics, and engineers alike, this book is your entrée into the brave new world of PDA-controlled robots
Inside
* The Anatomy of a PDA
* Software IDEs and Electronic Design
* Movement Systems
* Wireless RF
* Room Radar and Sonar Devices
* And Much More

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ISBN: 0824758242
Title: Micro Electro Mechanical System Design (Mechanical Engineering)
Author: James J. Allen
Publisher: CRC
Publication Date: 2005-07-08
Number Of Pages: 496
Micro Electro Mechanical System Design presents a unified treatment of all micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) design procedures. The author
focuses on the complete process required for designing and developing MEMS. Instead of focusing on only the detailed engineering and physics
underlying a MEMS device, such as a gyroscope or fluidic device, this book looks at the entire process that a MEMS design engineer must consider in
order to make informed technical decisions. The chapters answer important questions such as: What fabrication process do I use? Will this design
approach produce a device that can be reliable and have a good yield? What are the packaging and assembly requirements?

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ISBN: 0849391385
Title: MEMS (Mechanical Engineering)
Author: Mohamed Gad-el-Hak (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Publication Date: 2005-11-29
Number Of Pages: 664
Thoroughly revised and updated, the new edition of the best-selling MEMS Handbook is now presented as a three-volume set that offers state-of-the-art
coverage of microelectromechanical systems. Through chapters contributed by top experts and pioneers in the field, MEMS: Design and Fabrication
presents a comprehensive look at the materials, procedures, tools, and techniques of MEMS fabrication. New chapters in this edition examine the
materials and fabrication of polymer microsystems and optical diagnostics for investigating the entrance length in microchannels. Rigorous yet accessible,
this volume provides the practical knowledge needed for work in cutting-edge MEMS applications

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ISBN: 0849391377
Title: MEMS (Mechanical Engineering)
Author: Mohamed Gad-el-Hak (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Publication Date: 2005-11-29
Number Of Pages: 488
Thoroughly revised and updated, the new edition of the best-selling MEMS Handbook is now presented as a three-volume set that offers state-of-the-art
coverage of microelectromechanical systems. The first volume, MEMS: Introduction and Fundamentals builds the required background and explores
various physical considerations of MEMS. Topics include scaling, simulation models, the basics of control theory, and the physics of materials flow, thin
liquid films, and bubble/drop transport. New chapters in this edition address lattice Boltzmann simulations and microscale hydrodynamics. Standing well
on its own, this books builds an outstanding foundation for further exploration of MEMS and their applications

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ISBN: 0849391393
Title: MEMS Mechanical Engineering
Author: Mohamed Gad-el-Hak Editor
Publisher: CRC
Publication Date: 2005-11-29
Number Of Pages: 568
Thoroughly revised and updated, the new edition of the best-selling MEMS Handbook is now presented as a three-volume set that offers state-of-the-art
coverage of microelectromechanical systems. Through chapters contributed by top experts in the field, this volume explores a wide range of MEMS
applications, ranging from inertial sensors, microactuators, and microscale vacuum pumps to microrobtics and micro-droplet generators. The final section
of the book looks toward the future of MEMS, including MEMS autonomous control of free-shear flows and fabrication technologies for nanoscale devices.
New chapters in this edition explore topics such as nonlinear electrokinetic devices and molecular self-assembly

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ISBN: 1402046952
Title: Mechatronics: Dynamics of Electromechanical and Piezoelectric Systems (Solid Mechanics and Its Applications)
Author: A. Preumont
Publisher: Springer (September 25, 2006)
Publication Date: 2006-09-25
Number Of Pages: 207
This volume treats Lagrange equations for electromechanical systems, including piezoelectric transducers and selected applications.
It is essentially an extension to piezoelectric systems of the work by Crandall et al.:"Dynamics of Mechanical and Electromechanical Systems", McGraw-
Hill, published in 1968. The first three chapters contain classical material based on this and other well-known standard texts in the field, such as Methods
of Analytical Dynamics by L. Meirovitch, McGraw-Hill, 1970. Some applications are new (e.g. geophone). Chapters 4 to 6 consist of new material which
has not been published in a monograph before. They deal with piezoelectric systems in a unified way, starting from a Lagrangian approach.
This book will appeal to the research community and graduate students at the MSc and PhD level

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Paperback: 1088 pages
Size : 20Mo
Publisher: CRC; 2nd edition (May 29, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN: 084931173X
Book Description
With the rapid pace of advances in communications, no reference can claim to be current for more than a very few years after publication. The bestselling
first edition of this remarkable dictionary drew praise from readers around the world as a distinctive work written at the right level, with the right scope for the
home market as well as for professionals. With the addition of more than 1000 new definitions, the second edition expands its coverage to reflect areas of
growing interest, including greater attention to fiberoptic networking and to UNIX. Refinements in layout and organization make the new edition even
friendlier than the first and arguably the best telecommunications dictionary on the market.

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Paperback: 920 pages
Size: 7.88Mo
Publisher: CMP Books; 20th edition (February 2004)
Language: English
ISBN: 1578203090
Book Description
Newton's Telecom Dictionary helps technology and business professionals stay on top of the ever-changing network, telecom, and IT industry. The tech
industry hype has cooled dramatically, but nonetheless new telecom and networking technology and services continue to be adopted at a rapid pace, and
new terms and acronyms sprout just as quickly. Industry guru Harry Newton explains technical concepts in non-technical language that anyone in business
can understand, making it an essential reference tool for anyone involved with telecom and IT systems and services

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Paperback: 805 pages
Size : 46.05Mo
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 2nd edition (May 25, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN: 0071398511
Book Description
Broadband telecommunications, the delivery of lightning fast internet access to the home or office, is a field confusing, competing technologies: DSL,
cable, wireless, optical, and many more. This book breaks down each broadband technology and explains it by function, asking Bates’ 3 Questions: What is
it, what will it do for me, and what is it going to cost me?

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Hardcover: 394 pages
Size : 2.90Mo
Publisher: Artech House Publishers; 2nd Bk&Cdr edition (December 30, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN: 1580538169
Book Description
This expanded second edition of an Artech house bestseller helps engineers, mathematicians, and programmers answer the call, by providing the clearest
presentation of radar system principles and system-level modeling procedures available.


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Data and Computer Communications
William Stallings, Data and Computer Communications
Fifth Edition, 1997
PDF and PPT | 23.84 MB | ISBN 0024154253
Slides (Lectures) and suplementary material

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Space Time Coding, including discussions on diversity gain, the encoding and transmission sequence, the combining s cheme and ML decision rule for
two-branch transmit diversity scheme with one and M receivers.
Ultra Wide Band Radio, UWB multiple access in Gaussian channels, the UWB channel, UWB system with M-ary modulation, M-ary PPM UWB multiple
access, coded UWB schemes, multi-user detection in UWB radio, UWB with space time processing and beam forming for UWB radio.
Antenna array signal processing with focus on Space-Time receivers for CDMA communications, MUSIC and ESPRIT DOA estimation, joint array
combining and MLSE receivers, joint combiner and channel response estimation and complexity reduction in the wide-band beam forming
Channel modeling and measurement, adaptive MAC, adaptive routing and TCP layer are also addressed.
This book will supply the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between the systems performance, its complexity/reliability and
cost-effectiveness. It gives an insight into the impact of existing and new technologies on the receiver structure and provides an understanding of current
approaches and evolving directions for personal and indoor communication

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Microwaves and Wireless Simplified
(Artech House Antennas and Propagation Library)
Author: Thomas S. Laverghetta
Publisher: Artech House Publishers
Publication Date: 1997-12
Number Of Pages: 222
Using simple, down-to-earth language, without any math, Microwaves and Wireless Simplified explains the meaning of microwave and wireless
engineering expressions such as VSWR, Characteristic Impedance, Reflection Coefficient, and many more. The book is written especially for non-
technical managers, marketers, and sales people in high-tech industries who communicate with engineers and technical personnel every day. It enables a
clear understanding of microwave and wireless concepts
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