Experiments with the Mini-Robot Khepera: Proceedings of the 1st International Khepera Workshop, December 1999, Paderborn (HNI-Verlagsschriftenreihe)

Ulrich Rückert; Axel Löffler; Francesco Mondada [editors]

ISBN 10: 3931466639 / ISBN 13: 9783931466633

Published by Heinz Nixdorf Institut & Universität Paderborn, 1999

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Hardcover, 256pp, b&w illustrations in text, NOT ex-library. An editor's private inscription (signed & dated) on the half-title page. Interior is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of stamps, firmly bound. Boards show gentle shelfwear, light indentations on the front panel. Published without a dust jacket. -- The Khepera is a small (5.5 cm) differential wheeled mobile robot that was developed at the LAMI laboratory of Prof. Jean-Daniel Nicoud at EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) in the mid '90s. It was developed by Edo Franzi, Francesco Mondada, André Guignard and others. Small, fast, and architectured around a Motorola 68331, it has served researchers for 10 years, widely used by over 500 universities worldwide. -- Contents: Introduction [Development of Khepera; Introduction to the 1st International Khepera Workshop]; Artificial Evolution [Developing Robots Through Artificial Evolution; Experimental Comparison of Weight Evolution in Neural Control Architectures for a Garbage-Collecting Khepera Robot; Incremental Evolution with Minimal Resources; Deterministic Chaos in Sensory Information of Real Autonomous Mobile Robot Khepera; Autonomous Large Scale Open Field Navigation: Scaling Experiments with a Mini-Robot; Steps Towards Khepera Dance Improvisation; A Genetic Based Navigator System]; Neural Networks and Learning [Autonomous Robots & Neuroethology: Emergence of Behaviour From a Sense of Curiosity; A Modular Neuromorphic Navigation System Applied to Line Following & Obstacle Avoidance Tasks; Learning Elementary Behaviors With Khepera Robot; Controlling the Khepera Robot by Neural Network Modules; Bayesian Learning Experiments with a Khepera Robot; Emergent Robot Behaviour from the Principle of Homeokinesis; Mobile Robot Control Using Fuzzy Logic]; Hardware Design [A Stereo Vision System for the Khepera; Discrete Ultrasonic Sensors for Mobile Autonomous Systems; Khepera-Module for Wireless Infrared CAN Communication; Implementation of Application Specific Neural Hardware on the Mini Robot Khepera]; Human Interfaces [KITE: Khepera Integrated Testing Environment; PYKHEP: Python Based Visualisation Toolkit for the Khepera Robot; ExmoR: Testing Tool for Control Algorithms on Mobile Robots; Speech Recognition Interface to Khepera Robots]; Working Demonstrations [Bayesian Experiments: Nightwatchman Khepera; Steps Towards Khepera Dance Improvisation Demonstration; Autonomous Large Scale Open Field Navigation: Scaling Experiments with a Mini-Robot; Golf Playing Khepera; Operating Wireless CAN Communication System for Khepera Robots; Webots: Powerful Simulator for the Khepera Robot; Easybot: New Robots Simulator; Collecive Cube Clustering Using a Specially Designed Hardware Add-on].

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• Title: Experiments with the Mini-Robot Khepera: Proceedings of the 1st International Khepera Workshop, December 1999, Paderborn (HNI-Verlagsschriftenreihe)
• Publisher: Heinz Nixdorf Institut & Universität Paderborn
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3931466639
• ISBN 13: 9783931466633
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Contents: Introduction [Development of Khepera; Introduction to the 1st International Khepera Workshop]; Artificial Evolution [Developing Robots Through Artificial Evolution; Experimental Comparison of Weight Evolution in Neural Control Architectures for a Garbage-Collecting Khepera Robot; Incremental Evolution with Minimal Resources; Deterministic Chaos in Sensory Information of Real Autonomous Mobile Robot Khepera; Autonomous Large Scale Open Field Navigation: Scaling Experiments with a Mini-Robot; Steps Towards Khepera Dance Improvisation; A Genetic Based Navigator System]; Neural Networks & Learning [Autonomous Robots & Neuroethology: Emergence of Behaviour From a Sense of Curiosity; A Modular Neuromorphic Navigation System Applied to Line Following & Obstacle Avoidance Tasks; Learning Elementary Behaviors With Khepera Robot; Controlling the Khepera Robot by Neural Network Modules; Bayesian Learning Experiments with a Khepera Robot; Emergent Robot Behaviour from the Principle of Homeokinesis; Mobile Robot Control Using Fuzzy Logic]; Hardware Design [A Stereo Vision System for the Khepera; Discrete Ultrasonic Sensors for Mobile Autonomous Systems; Khepera-Module for Wireless Infrared CAN Communication; Implementation of Application Specific Neural Hardware on the Mini Robot Khepera]; Human Interfaces [KITE: Khepera Integrated Testing Environment; PYKHEP: Python Based Visualisation Toolkit for the Khepera Robot; ExmoR: Testing Tool for Control Algorithms on Mobile Robots; Speech Recognition Interface to Khepera Robots]; Working Demonstrations [Bayesian Experiments: Nightwatchman Khepera; Steps Towards Khepera Dance Improvisation Demonstration; Autonomous Large Scale Open Field Navigation: Scaling Experiments with a Mini-Robot; Golf Playing Khepera; Operating Wireless CAN Communication System for Khepera Robots; Webots: Powerful Simulator for the Khepera Robot; Easybot: New Robots Simulator; Collective Cube Clustering Using a Specially Designed Hardware Add-on]