This book, with the subtitle "Build and control robots powered by the Robot Operating System, machine learning, and virtual reality" covers projects in the latest distribution of the open source robotics framework ROS (Robot Operating System). Authors Ramkumar Gandhinathan and Lentin Joseph introduce the reader to ROS-2 and explain how it differs from ROS-1. The projects described include mobile manipulators, self-driving cars, and industrial robots.

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Trend following algorithms have seemingly become outdated, but this book, which asks on its cover "Can You Reboot and Fix Yesterday's Algorithms to Work with Today's Markets?" argues that with today's technology, they can be brought back to life. In his "DIY Project - Batteries Included" George Pruitt takes the reader on a journey of algorithm development by sharing his 30 years of experience working with retail and institutional clients. The book presents, tests and evaluates the most popular trend following algorithms, and many other not so well known algorithms are also be put under the microscope to see if there is a gold nugget hidden away in one of the oldest trading libraries available.

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This is the second edition, after 15 years, of a cult book about a cult company. Authors Leander Kahney and David Pierini bring the reader into the world of Apple today while also filling in the missing history since the 2004 edition, including the creation of Apple brand loyalty, the introduction of the iPhone and the death of Steve Jobs. The book explores how enthusiastic fans line up for the latest product releases, how artists pay tribute to Steve Jobs' legacy in sculpture and opera, and why some photographers and filmmakers have eschewed traditional gear in favor of iPhone cameras.

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Subtitled "Thirty Years of Recollections about Satellite Reconnaissance at Kodak", this is the story of Kodak photographic satellite reconnaissance efforts, from the 1950's to the mid-1980's. A key part of the National Reconnaissance Program, they were some of the very first satellites placed in orbit, and were at the state of the art. With their ability to image objects as small as a foot, from 100 miles away, these systems helped make the SALT treaties possible and helped select the landing sites for the Apollo Program. The narrative is based upon personal recollections plus a discussion of recently declassified material from the National Reconnaissance Office and the CIA.

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This book on Swift, Xcode, and Cocoa basics invites you to move into iOS development by getting a firm grasp of its fundamentals, including the Xcode 10 IDE, Cocoa Touch, and the latest version of Apple's programming language, Swift 5. With this thoroughly updated guide from Matt Neuburg, you'll learn the Swift language, understand Apple's Xcode development tools, and discover the Cocoa framework. Once you master the fundamentals, you'll be ready to tackle the details of iOS app development with the author 's companion guide, Programming iOS 13.

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If you need something to keep kids happy over the holidays, this book is designed for young robot builders (ages 5 – 10). In these do-it-yourself robotics for kids projects author Bob Katovich teaches about science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) as readers assemble an amazing collection of real working robots! From scribblebots to two-legged walkers, this book start out simple and get more advanced as you go. Sounds like an ideal way to introduce robotics to kids. 

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Donald Knuth's multi-volume work on the analysis of algorithms, often abbreviated to TAoCP, has long been recognized as the definitive description of classical computer science. To continue the fourth and later volumes of the set, and to update parts of the existing volumes, Knuth created a series of small books called fascicles, which are published at regular intervals. Each fascicle encompasses a section or more of wholly new or revised material. This one forms the first third of what will eventually become hardcover Volume 4B. Brimming with lively examples, it begins with a 26-page tutorial on the major advances in probabilistic methods that have been made during the past 50 years, then it introduces the fundamental principles of efficient backtrack programming, a family of techniques that have been a mainstay of combinatorial computing since the beginning.

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This is a step-by-step guide to building microservices using Python and Docker, along with managing and orchestrating them with Kubernetes. Author Jaime Buelta start by showing how to design an efficient strategy for migrating a legacy monolithic system to microservices before moving on to building a RESTful microservice with Python and showing how to encapsulate the code for the services into a container using Docker. As the systems become complex and grow in size, Kubernetes is introduced alongside how to orchestrate a system of containers while managing multiple services.

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This book is a professional reference for building Java applications for desktop, mobile, and embedded in the cloud age. It aims to teach how to upgrade legacy client applications, develop cross-platform applications in Java, and build enhanced desktop and mobile native clients. Authors Stephen Chin, Johan Vos and James Weaver show how these applications can take advantage of the latest user interface components, 3D technology, and cloud services.

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This introduction to deep reinforcement learning (RL) combines both theory and implementation. Authors Laura Graesser and Wah Loon Keng starts with intuition, then carefully explain the theory of deep RL algorithms, discuss implementations in its companion software library SLM Lab, and finish with the practical details of getting deep RL to work. This guide is aimed both at computer science students and software engineers who are familiar with basic machine learning concepts and have a working understanding of Python.

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This book shows how to build effective LabVIEW programs. The authors Richard Jennings and Fabiola De la Cueva have updated all content to align with the latest version and added new chapters that clearly explain object-oriented programming methods, and programming in teams using the cloud. The book begins with basics for beginners and quickly progresses to intermediate and advanced programming techniques. This hands-on guide shows how to work with data types, start building your own applications, handle I/O, and use the DAQmix library.

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This book introduces the WebAssembly stack and walks you through the process of writing and running browser-based applications. Author Gerard Gallant gives a firm foundation of the structure of a module, HTML basics, JavaScript Promises, and the WebAssembly JavaScript API and covers how to write and run high-performance browser-based applications using C++ and other languages supported by WebAssembly, including how to create native WebAssembly modules, interact with JavaScript components, and maximize performance with web workers and pthreads.

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