Behavior-Based Robotics (Complex Adaptive Systems)

foreword by Michael Arbib This introduction to the principles, design, and practice of intelligent behavior-based autonomous robotic systems is the firsttrue survey of this robotics field. The author presents the tools and techniquescentral to the development of this class of systems in a clear and thorough manner.Following a discussion of the relevant biological and psychological models ofbehavior, 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 actualimplemented robots and includes many pictures and descriptions of hardware, makingit clear that these are not abstract simulations, but real machines capable ofperception, cognition, and action.