Autonomous Mobile Robots Sensing, control, decision making and applications

Serving as the first comprehensive reference on this interdisciplinary technology, Autonomous Mobile Robots authoritatively addresses the theoretical, technical, and practical aspects of the field. The book examines in detail the key components that form ...

 Autonomous Robots From Biological Inspiration to Implemntation and Control

Autonomous robots are intelligent machines capable of performing tasks in the world by themselves, without explicit human control. Examples range from autonomous helicopters to Roomba, the robot vacuum cleaner. In this book, George Bekey offers an introdu...

 Handbook of Virtual Humans

Virtual Humans simulations are becoming increasingly popular and many systems are now available to animate Virtual Humans. Such systems encompass several different domains including autonomous agents in virtual environments, human factors analysis, traini...

 Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots

Mobile robots range from the teleoperated Sojourner on the Mars Pathfinder mission to cleaning robots in the Paris Metro. Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots offers students and other interested readers an overview of the technology of mobility--the ...

  Designing autonomous mobile robots Inside the mind of an intelligent machine

Designing Autonomous Mobile Robots introduces the reader to the fundamental concepts of this complex field. The author addresses all the pertinent topics of the electronic hardware and software of mobile robot design, with particular emphasis on the more ...

 Autonomous Robotic Systems Soft Computing and Hard Computing Methodologies and Applications

This book contains an edited collection of eighteen contributions on soft and hard computing techniques and their applications to autonomous robotic systems. Each contribution has been exclusively written for this volume by a leading researcher. The volum...