Robot Behaviour

Author : Ulrich Nehmzow
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781848003972

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Robot Behaviour by Ulrich Nehmzow Pdf

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.

Author : Ulrich Nehmzow
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-07-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781846282607

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Scientific Methods in Mobile Robotics by Ulrich Nehmzow Pdf

Mobile robotics has until now focused on issues like design of controllers and robot hardware. It is now ready to embrace theoretical methods from dynamical systems theory, statistics and system identification to produce a formalized approach based on quantitative analyses and computer models of the interaction between robot, task and environment. This book is a step towards a theoretical understanding of the operation of autonomous mobile robots. It presents cutting-edge research on the application of chaos theory, parametric and non-parametric statistics and dynamical systems theory in this field. Practical examples and case studies show how robot behaviour can be logged, analysed, interpreted and modelled, aiding design of controllers, analysis of agent behaviour and verification of results. As the first book to apply advanced scientific methods to mobile robots it will interest researchers, lecturers and post-graduate students in robotics, artificial intelligence and cognitive science.

Author : Kerstin Dautenhahn,Joe Saunders
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789027204554

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New Frontiers in Human-robot Interaction by Kerstin Dautenhahn,Joe Saunders Pdf

Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) considers how people can interact with robots in order to enable robots to best interact with people. HRI presents many challenges with solutions requiring a unique combination of skills from many fields, including computer science, artificial intelligence, social sciences, ethology and engineering. We have specifically aimed this work to appeal to such a multi-disciplinary audience. This volume presents new and exciting material from HRI researchers who discuss research at the frontiers of HRI. The chapters address the human aspects of interaction, such as how a robot may understand, provide feedback and act as a social being in interaction with a human, to experimental studies and field implementations of human–robot collaboration ranging from joint action, robots practically and safely helping people in real world situations, robots helping people via rehabilitation and robots acquiring concepts from communication. This volume reflects current trends in this exciting research field.

Author : Michele Colledanchise,Petter Ögren
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780429950896

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Behavior Trees in Robotics and AI by Michele Colledanchise,Petter Ögren Pdf

Behavior Trees (BTs) provide a way to structure the behavior of an artificial agent such as a robot or a non-player character in a computer game. Traditional design methods, such as finite state machines, are known to produce brittle behaviors when complexity increases, making it very hard to add features without breaking existing functionality. BTs were created to address this very problem, and enables the creation of systems that are both modular and reactive. Behavior Trees in Robotics and AI: An Introduction provides a broad introduction as well as an in-depth exploration of the topic, and is the first comprehensive book on the use of BTs. This book introduces the subject of BTs from simple topics, such as semantics and design principles, to complex topics, such as learning and task planning. For each topic, the authors provide a set of examples, ranging from simple illustrations to realistic complex behaviors, to enable the reader to successfully combine theory with practice. Starting with an introduction to BTs, the book then describes how BTs relate to, and in many cases, generalize earlier switching structures, or control architectures. These ideas are then used as a foundation for a set of efficient and easy to use design principles. The book then presents a set of important extensions and provides a set of tools for formally analyzing these extensions using a state space formulation of BTs. With the new analysis tools, the book then formalizes the descriptions of how BTs generalize earlier approaches and shows how BTs can be automatically generated using planning and learning. The final part of the book provides an extended set of tools to capture the behavior of Stochastic BTs, where the outcomes of actions are described by probabilities. These tools enable the computation of both success probabilities and time to completion. This book targets a broad audience, including both students and professionals interested in modeling complex behaviors for robots, game characters, or other AI agents. Readers can choose at which depth and pace they want to learn the subject, depending on their needs and background.

Author : Richard J. Duro,Jose Santos,Manuel Grana
Publisher : Physica
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783790817751

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Biologically Inspired Robot Behavior Engineering by Richard J. Duro,Jose Santos,Manuel Grana Pdf

The book presents an overview of current research on biologically inspired autonomous robotics from the perspective of some of the most relevant researchers in this area. The book crosses several boundaries in the field of robotics and the closely related field of artificial life. The key aim throughout the book is to obtain autonomy at different levels. From the basic motor behavior in some exotic robot architectures right through to the planning of complex behaviors or the evolution of robot control structures, the book explores different degrees and definitions of autonomous behavior. These behaviors are supported by a wide variety of modeling techniques: structural grammars, neural networks, and fuzzy logic and evolution underlies many of the development processes. Thus this text can be used by scientists and students interested in these areas and provides a general view of the field for a more general audience.

Author : Jacky Baltes,Michail G. Lagoudakis,Tadashi Naruse,Saeed Shiry
Publisher : Springer
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642118760

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RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII by Jacky Baltes,Michail G. Lagoudakis,Tadashi Naruse,Saeed Shiry Pdf

This book includes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th RoboCup International Symposium, held in Graz, Austria, in June/July, 2009. They cover scientific contributions to a variety of research areas related to all RoboCup divisions.

Author : Alonso, Eduardo,Mondrag¢n, Esther
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781609600235

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Computational Neuroscience for Advancing Artificial Intelligence: Models, Methods and Applications by Alonso, Eduardo,Mondrag¢n, Esther Pdf

"This book argues that computational models in behavioral neuroscience must be taken with caution, and advocates for the study of mathematical models of existing theories as complementary to neuro-psychological models and computational models"--

Author : Bilge Mutlu,Ginevra Castellano,James Everett Young,Séverin Lemaignan,Adriana Tapus
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9782889767571

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Rising Stars in Human-Robot Interaction by Bilge Mutlu,Ginevra Castellano,James Everett Young,Séverin Lemaignan,Adriana Tapus Pdf

Author : Shuzhi Sam Ge,Oussama Khatib,John-John Cabibihan,Reid Simmons,Mary Anne Williams
Publisher : Springer
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642341038

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Social Robotics by Shuzhi Sam Ge,Oussama Khatib,John-John Cabibihan,Reid Simmons,Mary Anne Williams Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2012, held in Chengdu, China, in October 2012. The 66 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on affective and cognitive sciences for socially interactive robots, situated interaction and embodiment, robots to assist the elderly and persons with disabilities, social acceptance of robots and their impact to the society, artificial empathy, HRI through non-verbal communication and control, social telepresence robots, embodiments and networks, interaction and collaboration among robots, humans and environment, human augmentation, rehabilitation, and medical robots I and II.

Author : Adriana Tapus,Elisabeth André,Jean-Claude Martin,François Ferland,Mehdi Ammi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319255545

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Social Robotics by Adriana Tapus,Elisabeth André,Jean-Claude Martin,François Ferland,Mehdi Ammi Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2015, held in Paris, France, in October 2015. The 70 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 126 submissions. The papers focus on the interaction between humans and robots and the integration of robots into our society and present innovative ideas and concepts, new discoveries and improvements, novel applications on the latest fundamental advances in the core technologies that form the backbone of social robotics, distinguished developmental projects, as well as seminal works in aesthetic design, ethics and philosophy, studies on social impact and influence pertaining to social robotics, and its interaction and communication with human beings and its social impact on our society.

Author : David Obdrzalek,Achim Gottscheber
Publisher : Springer
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642219757

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Research and Education in Robotics - EUROBOT 2011 by David Obdrzalek,Achim Gottscheber Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Conference on Research and Education in Robotics, EUROBOT 2011, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in June 2011. The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers present current basic research such as robot control and behaviour, applications of autonomous intelligent robots, and perception, processing and action; as well as educationally oriented papers addressing issues like robotics at school and at university, practical educational robotics activities, practices in educational robot design, and future pedagogical activities.

Author : Ulrich Nehmzow
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781447133926

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Mobile Robotics: A Practical Introduction by Ulrich Nehmzow Pdf

This book is an introduction to the foundations and methods used for designing completely autonomous mobile robots. Readers are introduced to the fundamental concepts of mobile robotics via twelve detailed case studies which show how to build and program real working robots. The book provides a very practical introduction to mobile robotics for a general scientific audience, and is essential reading for practitioners and students working in robotics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science and robot engineering.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1801 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781466646087

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Robotics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

"This book explores some of the most recent developments in robotic motion, artificial intelligence, and human-machine interaction, providing insight into a wide variety of applications and functional areas"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Owen Bishop
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080554016

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Robot Builder's Cookbook by Owen Bishop Pdf

Owen Bishop introduces, through hands-on project work, the mechanics, electronics and programming involved in practical robot design-and-build. The use of the PIC microcontroller throughout provides a painless introduction to programming whilst harnessing the power of a highly popular microcontroller used by students and design engineers worldwide. This is a book for first-time robot builders, advanced builders wanting to know more about programming robots and students in Further and Higher Education tackling microcontroller-based practical work. They will all find this book a unique and exciting source of projects, ideas and techniques, to be combined into a wide range of fascinating robots. · Full step-by-step instructions for 5 complete self-build robots · Introduces key techniques in electronics, programming and construction - for robust robots that work first time · Illustrations, close-up photographs and a lively, readable text make this a fun and informative guide for novice and experienced robot builders

Author : Paul Levi,Serge Kernbach
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642116926

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Symbiotic Multi-Robot Organisms by Paul Levi,Serge Kernbach Pdf

This book examines the evolution of self-organised multicellular structures, and the remarkable transition from unicellular to multicellular life. It shows the way forward in developing new robotic entities that are versatile, cooperative and self-configuring.