Overview
- Practical examples of modelling and analysing observed behaviour, taken from real-world robotics scenarios
- Numerous listings of Scilab programs for modelling and statistical analysis of behavioural data
- Numerous exercises with solutions
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Robots have evolved impressively since the 3-D manipulator built by C.W. K- ward (1957), the two little electromechanical turtles Elmer and Elsie [Walter, 1950, Walter, 1951], and the ?rst mobile robots controlled by comp- ers, Shakey [Nilsson, 1984], CART [Moravec, 1979, Moravec, 1983], and - lare [Giralt et al., 1979]. Since then, we have seen industrial robot manipu- tors working in car factories, automatic guided vehicles moving heavy loads along pre-de?ned routes, human-remotely-operated robots neutralising bombs, and even semi-autonomous robots, like Sojourner, going to Mars and moving from one position to another commanded from Earth. Robots will go further and further in our society. However, there is still a kind of robot that has not completely taken off so far: autonomous robots. Autonomy depends upon working without human supervision for a considerable amount of time, taking independent decisions, adapting to new challenges in dynamic environments, interacting with other systems and humans, and so on. Research on autonomy is highly motivated by the expectations of having robots that can work with us and for us in everyday environments, assisting us at home or work, acting as servants and companions to help us in the execution of different tasks, so that we can have more spare time and a better quality of life.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Robot Behaviour
Book Subtitle: Design, Description, Analysis and Modelling
Authors: Ulrich Nehmzow
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-397-2
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84800-396-5Published: 28 November 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84800-397-2Published: 18 December 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 252
Number of Illustrations: 125 b/w illustrations
Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Behavioral Sciences