Behavior-Based Robotics

Arkin, Ronald C.; Ronald C. Arkin (Author); Michael Arbib (Foreword by)

ISBN 10: 0262011654 / ISBN 13: 9780262011655

Published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA & London, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Behavior-Based Robotics

Publisher: The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA & London

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Dust Jacket Condition: Like New

Edition: Third Printing, 2000

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Synopsis:

Foreword by Michael Arbib

This introduction to the principles, design, and practice of intelligent behavior-based autonomous robotic systems is the first true survey of this robotics field. The author presents the tools and techniques central to the development of this class of systems in a clear and thorough manner. Following a discussion of the relevant biological and psychological models of behavior, he covers the use of knowledge and learning in autonomous robots, behavior-based and hybrid robot architectures, modular perception, robot colonies, and future trends in robot intelligence.

The text throughout refers to actual implemented robots and includes many pictures and descriptions of hardware, making it clear that these are not abstract simulations, but real machines capable of perception, cognition, and action.

About the Author:

Ronald C. Arkin is Professor and Director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology.