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Robotics, Vision and Control: Fundamental Algorithms in MATLAB (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics) 1st ed. 2011 Edition
Author: Peter Corke ID: 3642201431
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From the reviews:
“I like the book and the provided code. I think that this book is good to give you an overview of a bunch of key robotics topics . If you are looking at testing an algorithm, getting a high level understanding, or getting a guide to use the tool boxes then this book is for you. Also if you are a student looking to learn by implementation then this book will be good for you.” (robotsforroticists.com, March, 2014)
“Good reading for starters in the field, but also for experienced researchers or practitioners. It is a pleasure to go through this book. It is written like an encyclopedia about robotics and computer vision also, throughout the entire manuscript one can find the Matlab code for testing the presented theory. The author is also the creator of the two Matlab toolboxes robotics and machine vision, so there is probably no better way to understand and follow the topics than from the current book.” (Catalin Stoean, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1233, 2012)
From the Back Cover
The practice of robotics and computer vision both involve the application of computational algorithms to data. Over the fairly recent history of the fields of robotics and computer vision a very large body of algorithms has been developed. However this body of knowledge is something of a barrier for anybody entering the field, or even looking to see if they want to enter the field What is the right algorithm for a particular problem?, and importantly, How can I try it out without spending days coding and debugging it from the original research papers?
The author has maintained two open-source MATLAB Toolboxes for more than 10 years: one for robotics and one for vision. The key strength of the Toolboxes provide a set of tools that allow the user to work with real problems, not trivial examples. For the student the book makes the algorithms accessible, the Toolbox code can be read to gain understanding, and the examples illustrate how it can be used instant gratification in just a couple of lines of MATLAB code. The code can also be the starting point for new work, for researchers or students, by writing programs based on Toolbox functions, or modifying the Toolbox code itself.
The purpose of this book is to expand on the tutorial material provided with the toolboxes, add many more examples, and to weave this into a narrative that covers robotics and computer vision separately and together. The author shows how complex problems can be decomposed and solved using just a few simple lines of code, and hopefully to inspire up and coming researchers. The topics covered are guided by the real problems observed over many years as a practitioner of both robotics and computer vision. It is written in a light but informative style, it is easy to read and absorb, and includes a lot of Matlab examples and figures. The book is a real walk through the fundamentals of robot kinematics, dynamics and joint level control, then camera models, image processing, feature extraction and epipolar geometry, and bring it all together in a visual servo system.
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Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (Book 73)Paperback: 570 pagesPublisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2011 edition (March 1, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 3642201431ISBN-13: 978-3642201431 Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.7 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #193,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #9 in Books > Engineering & Transportation > Engineering > Telecommunications & Sensors > Signal Processing #18 in Books > Engineering & Transportation > Engineering > Electrical & Electronics > Electric Machinery & Motors #37 in Books > Textbooks > Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence
Pretty much covers all the essentials for programming / control of robots in conjunction with vision systems. Not limited to conventional 6 dof, coordinate based systems. In conjunction with the Matlab tool boxes provided, is an outstanding asset for developing complex robotic / vision systems.
understandable explanation with useful MATLAB examples to graduate students who will potentially use vision and control algorithms in domains of aerospace, robotics, and others.
This is a great book for those who want to practice robotic concepts in MATLAB! The (free) robotics toolbox is a great tool to work with manipulators, and the book has several examples with real robots (like the famous PUMA). It also has some useful tools for mobile robots, but it only deals with the car-like and the quadrotor models. It misses the widely applied unicycle model, although it is ease to adapt the toolbox to work with the unicycle as well.
I didn’t have time to get to the machine vision part, but the final part of the book unites robotics and machine vision, dealing with visual control for robots.
I think it is a very nice book for everybody that works with robotics!
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Fear the Dark: Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Book 16 Audible – Abridged dged
Author: Kay Hooper ID: B015EOG1FE
In New York Times best-selling author Kay Hooper’s new novel, an SCU team investigates a troubling string of disappearances. But how do you find someone who has vanished without a trace? Something strange is happening in the small mountain town of Serenity, Tennessee. People going on routine errands never reach their destination. It’s as if they simply disappear. Over the past few weeks, it’s happened to five men and women – and now a child. The local police chief calls the FBI, and a team from the Special Crimes Unit is immediately sent in. Agents Lucas and Samantha Jordan, partners in work and in life, have very different abilities. Samantha is clairvoyant and Lucas possesses a unique ability to find the lost or abducted. With them are new partners Dante Swann, a medium, and Robbie Hodge, a telepath. The town is already on the edge of panic, but the mysterious events take a sinister turn when a body unrelated to the missing persons case surfaces and one of the SCU agents vanishes. Now, the team’s hunt for the lost has turned into something very personal…and very dangerous.
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Audible Audio EditionListening Length: 4 hours and 47 minutesProgram Type: AudiobookVersion: AbridgedPublisher: Brilliance AudioAudible.com Release Date: October 20, 2015Language: EnglishID: B015EOG1FE Best Sellers Rank: #1943 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Mysteries & Thrillers > Suspense #2346 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Supernatural #22744 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Suspense
"What did you sense?"
"Something dark…something really, really dark. And really, really hungry."
FINAL DECISION: An intriguing mystery combined with the presence of some of my favorite SCU characters make this a good entry into the series.
THE STORY: When people begin to disappear seemingly into thin air, two pairs of SCU agents come to a small town to assist the local police. Lucas (who has the ability to find people through their fear) and Samantha Jordan (a clairvoyant) who appeared in HUNTING FEAR join with Dante Swann (a medium) and Robbie Hodge (a telepath). When their investigation leads them to the conclusion that the person responsible for the crimes has powerful psychic powers, the investigators may also be in danger.
OPINION: I am a fan of this series, but admittedly, I like the stories of the characters better than the investigation into the crimes. I liked this one because there was a healthy dose of Noah and MIranda (who are the reason I keep reading this series) and also Lucas and Samantha Jordan who I liked before and am happy to see them again. (I hope we get to see more of the previous couples in the series in the future). I also really liked the developing story regarding the small town cop (who has some mysteries which I hope will be explored more in the future.) I had less interest in the other new characters.
I thought the mystery was very creepy (the best SCU ones are) although there was no way to find out the identity of the perpetrator until it was revealed. Despite that, I thought the drama and the clock ticking to find out what happened to the missing people was good enough especially when combined with the character development. Download Fear the Dark: Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, Book 16 Audible – Abridged dged Free PDF
Once a Warrior—Always a Warrior: Navigating the Transition from Combat to Home—Including Combat Stress, PTSD, and mTBI MP3 CD – Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
Author: Charles W. Hoge M.D. ID: 1452657548
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“A workmanlike but user-friendly guide for returning combat vets experiencing a broad variety of adjustment problems.” —Library Journal
About the Author
Charles W. Hoge, M.D., is a nationally known expert on post-traumatic stress disorder, mild traumatic brain injury, and other physiological reactions to war, as well as treatment strategies for war-related conditions.
John Pruden is a professional voice actor who records audiobooks, corporate and online training narrations, animation and video game characters, and radio and TV commercials. An AudioFile Earphones Award winner, John has a solid creative foundation from which to draw for his intelligent audiobook narrations.
MP3 CDPublisher: Tantor Audio; MP3 – Unabridged CD edition (April 23, 2012)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1452657548ISBN-13: 978-1452657547 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.6 x 7.4 inches Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #148,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #159 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Mental Health > Post-traumatic Stress Disorder #247 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > Mental Illness #266 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > Neuropsychology
Why is this book great
1. Page 146. There is a specific scale which clearly defines control issues or extended use of controls in a person’s life to help stabilize PTSD. These control factors can bring a sense of stability to a person but turn off other people. Because of these control issues, I have people turn against me. That hurts me and probably them-which is why they turned against me.
2. Page 175. Brings home FULLY why people do not get help. Anyone who wants to work with those of us who have these PTSD conditions needs to understand this. Not just read the page-have this page burned in our memory. Xerox this page and carry it in your pocket.
3. Page 275. The V’s at the end of the book are the solution to get us somewhat stable from the PTSD mess left in our heads. These V’s can build good action plans. These V’s should be the foundation of everyone’s encounter notes!
This book also teaches all the therapies and treatments out there. The book doesn’t really make judgements. This book just lays out the options. The same could be said for navigating the system. Most people do not understand how navigate the system. Most people do not know-they are about to enter a system. They just want help. They are about to get that help by entering a system. Navigating the system is almost never taught or recognized.
If I had enough money I would buy this book and drop it by air drop all across America.
The down side
The author doesn’t seem to recognize the importance of the amount of veteran’s returning with characteristics of Axis II. Axis II symptoms are in large numbers of current returning veterans. Repeated deployments? I do not know.
There is:
I want you-I hate you.
I am here-I am gone.
This is a soldier’s book. Written by a military psychiatrist whose published articles in scientific and medical journals has been on the cutting edge of military traumatic disability research, Once a Warrior dispenses with doctor-talk and is directed to the grunt at the front who is trying to come home – in every sense of the word.
Using a format that consists of both didactic, plain-talk instruction and a set of self-help exercises, this book addresses what have been called the "signature injuries" of the Iraq and Afghanistan theater wars, posttraumaric stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), specifically focusing on so-called mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), which usually does not result in dramatic symptoms and impairments like loss of vision, impaired speech, or immobility, but which can produce a wide range of more subtle, yet significantly disabling physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms. These include dizziness, sleep loss, fatigue, sensory hypersensitivity, impaired concentration and memory, irritability, impulsivity, and depression. In fact, many of the symptoms of mTBI overlap with those of PTSD, often confounding accurate differential diagnosis and appropriate treatment planning.
Early chapters describe the challenges of transitioning from a red-alert war-zone mentality to the vagaries of civilian work and family life. Subsequent chapters provide practical strategies for dealing with tension and stress, improving sleep, avoiding overuse of alcohol and drugs, modulating anxiety levels, managing anger, dealing with irrational guilt and justifiable grief, and using meditation, mindfulness, and narrative approaches to lower stress. Download Once a Warrior—Always a Warrior: Navigating the Transition from Combat to Home—Including Combat Stress, PTSD, and mTBI MP3 CD – Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged Pdf Download
Constitutional Law and the Criminal Justice System 6th Edition
Author: Visit ‘s J. Scott Harr Page ID: 128545796X
About the Author
The late J. Scott Harr worked in various areas of the law for 30 years. He was the Chief Law Enforcement Officer and Public Safety Director for a suburb of the Twin Cities and served as a police officer for two other cities prior to that. In addition, he served as a firefighter and emergency medical technician. Licensed as a lawyer, police officer, and private investigator, he taught at Normandale Community College, Metropolitan State University, and Concordia University.
Kären Matison Hess, PhD., (d. 2010) wrote extensively in law enforcement and criminal justice, gaining a respected reputation for the consistent pedagogical style around which she structured each textbook. She developed the original edition of MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT with Wayne Bennett and carried it through four very successful revisions; much of her work and influence remains unchanged in this new edition.
Christine Hess Orthmann holds an M.S. in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati and has been writing and researching in various aspects of criminal justice for over 20 years. She is the author of numerous Cengage Learning textbooks, a former reserve officer with the Rosemount (Minnesota) Police Department, and a member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), the American Society of Criminology (ASC), the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA), and the National Criminal Justice Honor Society (Alpha Phi Sigma).
Jonathan Kingsbury has been a sworn officer with the Minneapolis, Minnesota Police Department since 1995. In addition to his time in uniform, he has experience as a department physical fitness instructor, defense tactics coordinator, field training officer, and in-service trainer. Sgt. Kingsbury received a B.A. from the University of Minnesota and a J.D. from Hamline Justice University School of Law. He is an instructor in the department of criminal justice at St. Cloud State University.
Hardcover: 528 pagesPublisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 6 edition (January 1, 2014)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 128545796XISBN-13: 978-1285457963 Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.3 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #106,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #50 in Books > Textbooks > Law > Constitutional Law #87 in Books > Textbooks > Social Sciences > Criminology #106 in Books > Textbooks > Education > Counseling
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Unknown BindingPublisher: Prufrock Press (2005)ID: B0083YT4KW Best Sellers Rank: #7,363,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
We didn’t try this book 1 initially; we had bought the newer version which at the time was Book 2 Lollipop Logic, Book 2 (Grades K-2). After we finished book 2, I really wished that the author had created more of these books. I would have preferred one 50-page book for each age group (e.g. K, 1st, 2nd, etc.). The enjoyment and the learning that this book created with a fun environment prompted me to order book 1 right away.
While some mention that book 1 is pretty easy, there are a couple more difficult areas in the book for deduction and critical analysis that I suspect most preK’s and K’s would certainly not get without parents help. I also disagree with the reviews that say this is better suited for preschoolers. I think it is age appropriate for most K and 1st graders, and some 2nd graders. The only area that might be pushing 2nd grade with a challenge is the critical analysis. Sadly, critical analysis was only 3 pages (one problem/page). I would have loved to see 50 pages of these, they were very fun puzzles to try to solve. These critical analysis exercises are at the very end of the book. Please NOTE: I did find an error in the answer section for lesson 51 (detailed later).
Yes, this book 1 was still fun and it kept my son’s attention. Yes, we got through it in only a few sittings. However, it was very similar in structure to book 2, and we preferred Book 2.
The first 8 pages are ordering SEQUENCES (i.e. cubes being stacked, heart puzzle being assembled, fruit being picked from a tree, birds hatching in a nest, pumpkin being carved, snowman being built, glasses being filled, cookies being eaten). Download Lollipop Logic: Critical Thinking Activities Unknown Binding – 2005 PDF
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PaperbackLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0553533819ISBN-13: 978-0553533811 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.5 x 8.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #1,291,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Rachel Hartman’s Seraphina was a subtle, exquisitely quiet novel, nuanced and filled with sharply realized characters. I absolutely fell in love with it, placing it on my list of top reads that year, so it kills me to report that the eagerly-awaited sequel, Shadow Scale, not only failed to meet my (admittedly high) expectations, but really disappointed across the board.
Shadow Scale picks up shortly after the events of Seraphina, with dragons involved in an all-out civil war and their ousted leader Comonot allied with the human land of Goredd. While Princess Glisselda and Prince Kiggs prepare for war, Seraphina travels to find other ityasaari (half-dragons) such as herself, prompted by a discovery by Orma (her full dragon uncle) that the half-dragons might be able to provide a magical defense against dragon attacks. Her antagonist in this endeavor is Jannoula, the ityasaari who nearly possessed her mind in the prior novel and who uses that talent to take over other nearly all the half-dragons in this one
I had several issues with Shadow Scale. One is the pacing felt way off. The novel comes in at about 600 pages, which felt over-long by several hundred pages. The story started off slowly, then plodded along from place to place, much as Seraphina herself did, with little variation — no sense of urgency even when the storyline seemed to call for it, no slowing down for quieter moments. That isn’t to say there were no quiet moments, but it all felt apace; those moments didn’t stand out at all. The whole thing just dragged for me, and it never really felt like the author was fully in control or cognizant of the pacing.
"The world is seldom so simple that it hinges on us alone."
The kingdom of Goredd has had an uneasy peace with the dragons found in the neighboring Tanamoot for the past forty years–a time in which the arts have flourished while Goredd’s dragon-fighting tools have languished.
When mounting tensions between humans and dragons threatens to draw Goredd into the middle of another treacherous war, Seraphina reluctantly finds herself as the center of the conflict. Goredd has few tools left to fight dragons save for rumors of a magical weapon used during the Age of Saints. A weapon Seraphina might be able to recreate with help from other half-dragons like herself.
After spending years hiding her true self, Seraphina sets out across kingdoms to seek out the other half-dragons–beings she’s only ever previously encountered in her own mind–before war breaks out.
As Seraphina gathers her motley band of allies, she soon realizes that war is not the only threat to the half-dragons, her kingdom, or even herself. With so many trying to stop her, Seraphina will have to embrace her true identity, and the ramifications it will have for herself and the other half-dragons, if she has any hope of stopping this senseless war in Shadow Scale (2015) by Rachel Hartman.
Shadow Scale is the highly anticipated sequel to Hartman’s debut novel Seraphina. While this book does an excellent job of explaining key events from book one, it’s still crucial to read these in order.
Every aspect of Shadow Scale is handled brilliantly and often surpasses the achievements and charms of Seraphina, which is no small feat. This book is intricate, clever and often unexpected as many given facts from Seraphina are challenged or turned upside down.
Book two started with a prologue written by a future scholar who was looking back on past events, recalling the very events that made up book two. Right away I got this gut feeling that a certain plotline was going to turn out in a way I wasn’t particularly fond of. So I started reading this book with a hesitant mindset.
This book was all about preparing for war and assembling the pieces to the puzzle of the human-dragon hybrids that we started to uncover back in book one. Shadow Scale takes place a few months after book one ends, but you do not really feel like much time has passed between the two books.
I hated the romance in this book. While I never got the feeling the romance was going to be the main plot after reading book one, I wanted something more -anything- to happen in this one. Neither Prince Kiggs nor Seraphina wanted to overstep that line that would end our suffering from watching their longing. He was promised to marry his cousin, whom both he and Seraphina were fond of, and neither felt it was the right time to hurt her by sharing their newfound feelings with each other. So we waited. We sent covert glances to each other. We ignored the other. We waited. We did our duty.
It was like we have this fiery explosion at the end of book one, and then reality sat back in and it was over. I wanted them to get together. I wanted them to make it work. But as the story continued, we lost that focus and it became all about the half-dragons and the saints of old.
Which isn’t to say it took a bad turn, because I loved meeting the rest from her garden. Even if there were parts in her journey that felt redundant because of the sheer number of characters. Download Seraphina 02. Shadow Scale PDF
. If you are looking at testing an algorithm, getting a high level understanding, or getting a guide 
What is the right algorithm for a particular problem?, and importantly, How can I try it out without spending days coding and debugging it from the original research papers?
