ISBN: 3790815462
TITLE: Autonomous Robotic Systems
AUTHOR: Zhou, Maravall, Ruan
TOC:

Foreword v
M.M. Gupta
Preface vii
C. Zhou, D. Maravall and D. Ruan
Part 1: Basic Principles and Methodologies 1
Where is Knowledge in Robotics? Some Methodological Issues on Symbolic and 
Connectionist Perspectives of AI 3
J. Mira and A.E. Delgado
Introduction to Fusion Based Systems - Contributions of Soft Computing 
Techniques and Application to Robotics 35
M. Oussalah
Part 2: Planning and Navigation
Applied Soft Computing Strategies for Autonomous Field Robotics
E. Tunstel, A. Howard, T. Huntsberger, A. Trebi-Ollennu and J.M. Dolan
Integration of Reactive Utilitarian Navigation and Topological Modeling 103
J. de Lope and D. Maravall
Line-Crawling Robot Navigation: A Rough Neurocomputing Approach 141
J.F. Peters, T.C. Ahn, M. Borkowski, V. Degtyaryov and S. Ramanna
Hierarchical Planning in a Mobile Robot for Map Learning and Navigation 165
C. Urdiales, A. Bandera, E. Prez, A. Poncela
and F. Sandoval
An Analytical Method for Decomposing the External Environment Representation 
Task for a Robot with Restricted Sensory Information 189
F. de la Paz, J.R. lvarez. and J. Mira
Evolutionary Artificial Potential Field - Applications to Mobile Robot Path 
Planning 217
P. Vadakkepat, T. H. Lee and L. Xin
Part 3: Learning, Adaptation and Control 233
Using Hierarchical Fuzzy Behaviors in the RoboCup Domain
A. Saffiotti and Z. Wasik
A Bio-Inspired Robotic Mechanism for Autonomous Locomotion in Unconventional 
Environments 263
D. Maravall and J. de Lope
Online Learning and Adaptation for Intelligent Embedded Agents Operating in 
Domestic Environments 293
H. Hagras, V. Callaghan, M. Colley, G. Clarke and H. Duman
Integration of Soft Computing Towards Autonomous Legged Robots 323
A. Wong and M.H. Ang Jr
Grasp Learning by Active Experimentation Using Continuous B-Spline Model 353
J. Zhang and B. Rssler
Online Adaptive Fuzzy Neural Identification and Control of Nonlinear Dynamic 
Systems 373
M.J. Er and Y. Gao
Hybrid Fuzzy Proportional-Integral plus Conventional Derivative Control of 
Robotics Systems 403
M.J. Er and Y. L. Sun
Part 4: Vision and Perception
Robot Vision Using Cellular Neural Networks 431
M. Balsi and X. Vilass-Cardona
Multiresolution Vision in Autonomous Systems 451
P. Camacho, F. Arrebola and F. Sandoval
A Computer Vision Based Human-Robot Interface 471
J. M. Buenaposada and L Baumela
Subject Index 493
Contributors 497
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