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The development of information technology enabled us to exchange more items of information among us no matter how far we are apart from each other. It also changed our way of communication. Various types of robots recently promoted to be sold to general public hint that these robots may further influence our daily life as they physically interact with us and handle objects in environment. We may even recognize a feel of presence similar to that of human beings when we talk to a robot or when a robot takes part in our conversation. The impact will be strong enough for us to think about the meaning of communication. This e-book consists of various studies that examine our communication influenced by robots. Topics include our attitudes toward robot behaviors, designing robots for better communicating with people, and how people can be affected by communicating through robots.

robot --- human nature --- teleoperation --- enhancement --- embodiment --- Communication

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''Shared Grasping'' describes a new approach to shared autonomy for grasping and manipulation tasks to be used in a telepresence system. It is realized with two assistance functionalities, which simplify the grasping, and a user interface, which merges haptic feedback and visual assistance. User studies confirm a reduction in operator workload and an increase in task performance while maintaining a high immersion of the operator into the remote environment when using the assistance functions.

Greifplanung --- Teilautonomie --- Manipulation --- Grasp Planning --- ManipulationRobotics --- Teleoperation --- Shared Autonomy --- Robotik

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Armored vehicles, Military. --- Combat sustainability (Military science) --- FCS --- SUGV --- teleoperation --- WSRT --- SRW

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Aerial robots with perception, navigation, and manipulation capabilities are extending the range of applications of drones, allowing the integration of different sensor devices and robotic manipulators to perform inspection and maintenance operations on infrastructures such as power lines, bridges, viaducts, or walls, involving typically physical interactions on flight. New research and technological challenges arise from applications demanding the benefits of aerial robots, particularly in outdoor environments. This book collects eleven papers from different research groups from Spain, Croatia, Italy, Japan, the USA, the Netherlands, and Denmark, focused on the design, development, and experimental validation of methods and technologies for inspection and maintenance using aerial robots.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- aerial manipulation --- dual arm --- compliance --- Cartesian manipulator --- hexa-rotor --- multirotor UAV --- translational driving system --- magnetic field navigation --- parallel conductors --- transmission lines --- unmanned aerial vehicles --- inspection and maintenance --- power lines --- arial manipulation --- multirotor systems --- high-voltage power lines --- clip-type bird flight diverters --- aerial robotics --- multirotor control --- inspection --- maintenance --- UAV --- aerial robotic manipulation --- viaduct --- LIDAR --- photogrammetry --- contact --- Structural Health Monitoring --- Unmanned Aircraft System --- drone --- damage detection --- electropermanent magnet --- B-spline impulse response function --- Dynamic Signature Response --- force control --- bilateral teleoperation --- haptics --- quadrotor --- mosquitoes’ control --- drones --- drone regulation --- unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) --- U-space --- SORA methodology --- sterile insect technique (SIT) --- n/a --- mosquitoes' control

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Aerial robots with perception, navigation, and manipulation capabilities are extending the range of applications of drones, allowing the integration of different sensor devices and robotic manipulators to perform inspection and maintenance operations on infrastructures such as power lines, bridges, viaducts, or walls, involving typically physical interactions on flight. New research and technological challenges arise from applications demanding the benefits of aerial robots, particularly in outdoor environments. This book collects eleven papers from different research groups from Spain, Croatia, Italy, Japan, the USA, the Netherlands, and Denmark, focused on the design, development, and experimental validation of methods and technologies for inspection and maintenance using aerial robots.

aerial manipulation --- dual arm --- compliance --- Cartesian manipulator --- hexa-rotor --- multirotor UAV --- translational driving system --- magnetic field navigation --- parallel conductors --- transmission lines --- unmanned aerial vehicles --- inspection and maintenance --- power lines --- arial manipulation --- multirotor systems --- high-voltage power lines --- clip-type bird flight diverters --- aerial robotics --- multirotor control --- inspection --- maintenance --- UAV --- aerial robotic manipulation --- viaduct --- LIDAR --- photogrammetry --- contact --- Structural Health Monitoring --- Unmanned Aircraft System --- drone --- damage detection --- electropermanent magnet --- B-spline impulse response function --- Dynamic Signature Response --- force control --- bilateral teleoperation --- haptics --- quadrotor --- mosquitoes’ control --- drones --- drone regulation --- unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) --- U-space --- SORA methodology --- sterile insect technique (SIT) --- n/a --- mosquitoes' control