Overview
- Carefully edited book devoted to Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice - with emphasis is on practical applications
- Special focus to applications of robotics and machine vision in agriculture
- Includes the 30 best papers of the 13th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice held at December 5-7 2006 in Toowoomba, Australia
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (28 papers)
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Robotic Techniques
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Medical Applications
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Front Matter
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Agricultural Applications
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Back Matter
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About this book
From grading and preparing harvested vegetables to the tactile probing of a patient’s innermost recesses, mechatronics has become part of our way of life. The addition of senses and computing intelligence to blend with mechanical actuation gives rise to a breed of new machines with all the best attributes of a robot.
Here we find educational robots competing under water and dancing on land. Surgical robots drill precision holes in the skull while others direct radiation treatment or extract blood from an umbilical cord. Machine vision manages beer kegs and automated paint spraying, while controlling feral animals and the watering of cotton crops.
Although there is no shortage of theoretical and technical detail in these chapters, they have the common theme that they describe work that has been applied in practice. They are vital reading both for students of mechatronics and for engineers harnessing its power to create new products.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"The papers in this volume are vital reading both for students of mechatronics and for engineers harnessing its power to create new products. … The collection of timely and significant papers on mechatronics will satisfy the most desperate of cravings, and many will find the treatment and presentation highly instructive and entertaining. It will enable many to gain the confidence they need to become informed, skilled practitioners in the field." (Current Engineering Practice, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice
Editors: John Billingsley, Robin Bradbeer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74027-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-74026-1Published: 07 December 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09333-3Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-74027-8Published: 15 December 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 348
Topics: Control and Systems Theory, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Engineering Design, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics
Industry Sectors: Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical Manufacturing, Electronics, Engineering, IT & Software, Materials & Steel, Oil, Gas & Geosciences, Telecommunications