Advanced Knowledge Application in Practice

The integration and interdependency of the world economy leads towards the creation of a global market that offers more opportunities, but is also more complex and competitive than ever before. Therefore widespread research activity is necessary if one is to remain successful on the market. This book is the result of research and development activities from a number of researchers worldwide, covering concrete fields of research

Igems - Resource-oriented System for Telerobotics Testbeds

Although robotics is currently a very popular and interesting research area, there still exist two main problems of finance and technology that create barriers for roboticists and computer scientists to have access to sufficient robotic resources to conduct their experiments. In this thesis, we design and create a Resource-Oriented System for Telerobotics Testbeds which allow scientists to connect and use remote robotic resources from other institutions where they may be available. This will help solve the financial problem for small education institutions with a small budget. Besides, the system provides the attached resources as Web Services which can be connected and consumed by diverse technologies and platforms. This overcomes the second big problem of the technology barrier. Our system is implemented on a real server. Our Web Services followed by URIs patterns are very friendly and intuitive to users. The design of URIs enables our framework to be applied for large-scale experiments with a huge amount of attached resources.Computer Science Departmen

Third International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Automation for Space 1994

The Third International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Automation for Space (i-SAIRAS 94), held October 18-20, 1994, in Pasadena, California, was jointly sponsored by NASA, ESA, and Japan's National Space Development Agency, and was hosted by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology. i-SAIRAS 94 featured presentations covering a variety of technical and programmatic topics, ranging from underlying basic technology to specific applications of artificial intelligence and robotics to space missions. i-SAIRAS 94 featured a special workshop on planning and scheduling and provided scientists, engineers, and managers with the opportunity to exchange theoretical ideas, practical results, and program plans in such areas as space mission control, space vehicle processing, data analysis, autonomous spacecraft, space robots and rovers, satellite servicing, and intelligent instruments