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Autonomous robots : from biological inspiration to implementation and control
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Autonomous robots : from biological inspiration to implementation and control

Author: George A Bekey
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2005.
Series: Intelligent robotics and autonomous agents.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: George A Bekey
ISBN: 0262025787 9780262025782
OCLC Number: 57349190
Description: xv, 577 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Autonomy and Control in Animals and Robots --
What Is Autonomy? --
What Is a Robot? --
Problems of Robot Control --
Biologically Inspired Robot Control --
Sensors --
Actuators --
Intelligence --
A Brief Survey of Current Robots and Associated Control Issues --
Concluding Remarks and Organization of the Book --
Control and Regulation in Biological Systems --
Homeostasis --
Engineering and Biological Control Systems --
Multiple Levels of Control: Control Architecture --
Other Biological Control Systems --
Nonlinearities in Biological Control Systems --
Cost Functions --
Control of Functional Motions in Humans --
Relevance to Robot Control --
Historical Background --
Fundamental Structural Elements --
The Structural Elements --
Actuators for Robots --
Sensors for Robots --
Localization --
Computation and Communication --
Low-Level Robot Control --
Engineering Control: An Intuitive Introduction to Its Advantages and Limitations --
Robot Controller Design Principles --
Control of Multilink Structures --
State Space Approach: Theory, Advantages, and Limitations --
Nonlinear Robot Control --
Adaptive Control and Other Approaches --
Model-Free Approaches to Control --
Uncertainty in Control System Design --
Biologically Inspired Control: Basic Principles --
Software Architectures for Autonomous Robots --
What Is a Robot Architecture? --
Where Does Control Fit into Robot Software? --
A Brief History --
Hierarchical and Deliberative Architectures --
Reactive and Behavior-Based Architectures --
Hybrid Reactive-Deliberative Architectures.
Series Title: Intelligent robotics and autonomous agents.
Responsibility: George A. Bekey.

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