System for robot control inspired by the functionality and organisation of the human nervous system

This paper presents a model of a control system for robot systems inspired by the functionality and organisation of human neuroregulatory system. Our model was specified using software agents within a formal framework and implemented through Web Services. This approach allows the implementation of the control logic of a robot system with relative ease, in an incremental way, using the addition of new control centres to the system as its behaviour is observed or needs to be detailed with greater precision, without the need to modify existing functionality. The tests performed verify that the proposed model has the general characteristics of biological systems together with the desirable features of software, such as robustness, flexibility, reuse and decoupling.

Experiences on using Arduino for laboratory experiments of Automatic Control and Robotics

The free hardware platforms have become very important in engineering education in recent years. Among these platforms, Arduino highlights, characterized by its versatility, popularity and low price. This paper describes the implementation of four laboratory experiments for Automatic Control and Robotics courses at the University of Alicante, which have been developed based on Arduino and other existing equipment. Results were evaluated taking into account the views of students, concluding that the proposed experiments have been attractive to them, and they have acquired the knowledge about hardware configuration and programming that was intended.

Effects of Economic Factors on Adoption of Robotics and Consequences of Automation for Productivity Growth of Dairy Farms. Factor Markets Working Paper No. 32, December 2012

In the long term, productivity and especially productivity growth are necessary conditions for the survival of a farm. This paper focuses on the technology choice of a dairy farm, i.e. the choice between a conventional and an automatic milking system. Its aim is to reveal the extent to which economic rationality explains investing in new technology. The adoption of robotics is further linked to farm productivity to show how capital-intensive technology has affected the overall productivity of milk production. The empirical analysis applies a probit model and an extended Cobb-Douglas-type production function to a Finnish farm-level dataset for the years 2000–10. The results show that very few economic factors on a dairy farm or in its economic environment can be identified to affect the switch to automatic milking. Existing machinery capital and investment allowances are among the significant factors. The results also indicate that the probability of investing in robotics responds elastically to a change in investment aids: an increase of 1% in aid would generate an increase of 2% in the probability of investing. Despite the presence of non-economic incentives, the switch to robotic milking is proven to promote productivity development on dairy farms. No productivity growth is observed on farms that keep conventional milking systems, whereas farms with robotic milking have a growth rate of 8.1% per year. The mean rate for farms that switch to robotic milking is 7.0% per year. The results show great progress in productivity growth, with the average of the sector at around 2% per year during the past two decades. In conclusion, investments in new technology as well as investment aids to boost investments are needed in low-productivity areas where investments in new technology still have great potential to increase productivity, and thus profitability and competitiveness, in the long run.

Inspired millionaires; : a study of the man of genius in business.

Mode of access: Internet.

La boîte à joujoux; ballet pour enfants par André Hellé.

For piano.

Machine intelligence and robotics : report of the NASA Study Group : final report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Robotics and foreign affairs : a symposium /

Mode of access: Internet.

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States of America, and the attempted assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, assistant secretary, on the evening of the 14th of April, 1865 : Expressions of condolence and sympathy inspired by these events.

Cover title: Tributes of the nations to Abraham Lincoln.

The son of Don Juan; an original drama in 3 acts inspired by the reading of Ibsen's work entitled "Gengangere",

"José Echegaray: a sketch. By James Graham": p. [5]-23.

The son of Don Juan, an original drama in three acts inspired by the reading of Ibsen's work entitled "Gengangere."

"José Echegaray: a sketch. By James Graham": p. [5]-23.

A revised translation and interpretation of the sacred scriptures, after the Eastern manner : from current authorities ... shewing that the inspired writings contain the seeds of the valuable sciences, being the source whence the ancient philosophers derived them; also the most ancient histories, and greatest antiquities ... also, the lives and deaths of the apostles.

Preface signed J.M. Ray and dated, London, 1802.

Sacred extracts from the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments : for the more convenient attainment of a knowledge of the inspired writers.

Edited by Joseph McKean.

The books of the Old and New Testaments canonical and inspired; with remarks on the Apocrypha.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Bible class text book, or, Biblical catechism, containing questions, historical, doctrinal, practical, and experimental. Designed to promote an intimate aquaintance with the inspired volume,

Mode of access: Internet.

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln... and the attempted assassination of William H. Seward, secretary of state, and Frederick W. Seward, assistant secretary, on the evening of the 14th of April, 1865. Expressions of condolence and sympathy inspired by these events.

AT head of title: Appendix to diplomatic correspondence of 1865.