Theory of Robot Control By Professor Carlos Canudas de Wit PhD, Professor Bruno Siciliano PhD (auth.), Professor Carlos Canudas de Wit PhD, Professor Bruno Siciliano PhD, Professor Georges Bastin PhD (eds.)
1996 | 392 Pages | ISBN: 1447115031 | PDF | 8 MB
The advent of new high-speed microprocessor technology together with the need for high-performance robots created substantial and realistic place for control theory in the field of robotics. Since the beginning of the 80's, robotics and control theory have greatly benefited from a mutual fertiliza tion. On one hand, robot models (inherently highly nonlinear) have been used as good case studies for exemplifying general concepts of analysis and design of advanced control theory; on the other hand, robot manipulator by using new control algorithms. Fur performance has been improved thermore, many interesting robotics problems, e. g. , in mobile robots, have brought new control theory research lines and given rise to the development of new controllers (time-varying and nonlinear). Robots in control are more than a simple case study. They represent a natural source of inspiration and a great pedagogical tool for research and teaching in control theory. Several advanced control algorithms have been developed for different types of robots (rigid, flexible and mobile), based either on existing control techniques, e. g. , feedback linearization and adaptive control, or on new control techniques that have been developed on purpose. Most of those results, although widely spread, are nowadays rather dispersed in different journals and conference proceedings. The purpose of this book is to collect some of the most fundamental and current results on theory of robot control in a unified framework, by editing, improving and completing previous works in the area.

Thomas Benatouil, Mauro Bonazzi, "Theoria, Praxis, and the Contemplative Life After Plato and Aristotle"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 9004225323 | PDF | pages: 307 | 1.4 mb
This volume deals with the appropriations, criticism and transformation of Plato's and Aristotle's positions about theory, practice and the contemplative life, including their epistemological and metaphysical foundations, from Theophrastus to the end of Antiquity (including Jewish and Christian authors).

The Struggle for Democracy, 2016 Presidential Election Edition
by Edward S. Greenberg
English | 2018 | ISBN: 0134551869 | 673 Pages | PDF True | 128 MB

Kelly Kollman, "The same-sex unions revolution in Western democracies: International norms and domestic policy change"
English | ISBN: 0719084539 | 2013 | 232 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This book examines same-sex unions policy (SSU) developments in eighteen western democracies and seeks to explain why the overwhelming majority of these countries has implemented a national law to recognise gay and lesbian couples since 1989. Drawing on extensive interview and document analysis the book illustrates the ways in which SSU policy debates and outcomes have been catalysed by international norm diffusion and social learning. The second part of the study analyses these processes in greater depth using two comparative case studies (Germany and the Netherlands; the United States and Canada) to identify how the norm influences domestic policy debates as well as which factors determine how much power it can exert in different national environments. The case study analysis also reveals why western democracies have implemented different models of recognition (marriage vs. registered partnership vs. unregistered cohabitant).

The World's Worst Assistant by Sona Movsesian
English | July 19th, 2022 | ISBN: 059318551X | 272 pages | True EPUB | 36.48 MB
From Conan O'Brien's longtime assistant and cohost of his podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, a completely hilarious and irreverent how-to guide for becoming a terrible, yet unfireable employee, spilling her trade secrets for minimizing effort while maximizing the rewards.

Julieanna Hever MS RD CPT, "The Vegiterranean Diet"
English | ISBN: 0738217891 | 2014 | 288 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
The Mediterranean diet has been the gold standard dietary pattern for decades, and with good reason: it has been linked with lowered risks of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's. Now, Julieanna Hever takes the Med to a whole new level! By focusing on whole-plant foods that promote long-term wellness and ideal weight management, you can reap the benefits of the most researched and beloved diet-made even healthier.

The Sumerian Civilization: An Enthralling Overview of Sumer and the Ancient Sumerians (History of Mesopotamia) by Billy Wellman
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0B63Z8K9B | 163 pages | EPUB | 2.47 Mb
How much do you know about the "cradle of civilization?" Come explore the legacy of the brilliant ancient Mesopotamians who transformed the world.

Christopher Schwarz, "The Stick Chair Book"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 9781954697 | 622 pages | True PDF | 65.2 MB
Most woodworkers think it would be easier to grow a third arm than to build a chair.

Michael J Thompson, "The Specter of Babel: A Reconstruction of Political Judgment"
English | ISBN: 1438480369 | 2021 | 380 pages | EPUB | 1301 KB
In an age of rising groupthink, reactionary populism, social conformity, and democratic deficit, political judgment in modern society has reached a state of crisis. In The Specter of Babel, Michael J. Thompson offers a critical reconstruction of the concept of political judgment that can help resuscitate critical citizenship and democratic life. At the center of the book are two arguments. The first is that modern practical and political philosophy has made a postmetaphysical turn that is unable to guard against the effects of social power on consciousness and the deliberative powers of citizens. The second is that an alternative path toward a critical social ontology can provide a framework for a new theory of ethics and politics. This critical social ontology looks at human sociality not as mere intersubjectivity or communication, but rather as constituted by the shapes that our social-relational structures take as well as the kinds of purposes and ends toward which our social lives are organized. Only by calling these into question, Thompson boldly argues, can we once again attempt to revitalize social critique and democratic politics.

The Sexual Reformation: Restoring the Dignity and Personhood of Man and Woman by Aimee Byrd
English | March 8th, 2022 | ISBN: 0310125642 | 224 pages | True EPUB | 0.78 MB
Since the Reformation, Protestants have confessed that the church is reformed and always reforming. But do we really believe this? Why, then, are we so shocked to hear that the church itself needs a sexual reformation? That the church has been fighting to uphold biblical distinction between the sexes against a culture that is rapidly and aggressively challenging this, is certainly one reason. But in trying to be faithful to the beauty of God's design for man and woman, the church has instead latched onto a pagan, Aristotelian concept of man and woman-that woman is by nature inferior to man-which robs us of the dignity of personhood as man and woman created in the image of God.