Description: Neural Preprocessing and Control of Reactive Walking Machines by Poramate Manoonpong This book presents biologically inspired walking machines interacting with their physical environment, and shows how the morphology and behavior control of machines can benefit from biological studies. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Biologically inspired walking machines are fascinating objects to study, from thepointofviewoftheirmechatronicaldesignaswellastherealisationofc- trol concepts. Research on this subject takes its place in a rapidly growing, highly interdisciplinary ?eld, uniting contributions from areas as diverse as biology, biomechanics, material science, neuroscience, engineering, and c- puter science. Nature has found fascinating solutions for the problem of legged loco- tion, and the mechanisms generating the complex motion patterns performed by animals are still not very well understood. Natural movements provide the impressionofeleganceandsmoothness,whereastheimitationoftheirarti?cial analogues still looks rather clumsy. The diverse research on arti?cial legged locomotion mainly concentrated on the mechanical design and on pure movement control of these machines; i.e., in general these machines were unable to perceive their environment and reactappropriately.Contributionsdevelopingembodiedcontroltechniquesfor sensor-driven behaviors are rare, and if considered, they deal only with one type of behavior; naturally, this is most often an obstacle avoidance behavior. There are only a few approaches devoted to the multimodal generation of several reactive behaviors. This book presents a pioneering approach to tackle this challenging pr- lem. Inspired by the obstacle avoidance and escape behaviors of cockroaches and scorpions, which here are understood as negative tropisms, and by the prey-capturing behavior of spiders, taken as a positive tropism, corresponding sensors and neural control modules are introduced in such a way that wa- ing machines can sense and react to environmental stimuli in an animal-like fashion. Notes This book presents biologically inspired walking machines interacting with their physical environment. It describes how the designs of the morphology and the behavior control of walking machines can benefit from biological studies. Coverage develops a modular structure of neural control generating different reactive behaviors of the physical walking machines, analyzes the neural mechanisms underlying the reactive behaviors, and demonstrates the sensor fusion technique leading to smooth switching between appropriate behaviors, like obstacle avoidance and sound tropism.The book offers an example of artificial perception-action systems and emphasizes the close relationship between biological studies, computational neuroscience and engineering. The book will be of interest to researchers, engineers and students in the fields of robotics, biologically inspired mechatronics, electronics engineering, control, and artificial intelligence. Back Cover This book presents biologically inspired walking machines interacting with their physical environment. It describes how the designs of the morphology and the behavior control of walking machines can benefit from biological studies. The purpose of this book is to develop a modular structure of neural control generating different reactive behaviors of the physical walking machines, to analyze the neural mechanisms underlying the reactive behaviors, and to demonstrate the sensor fusion technique leading to smooth switching between appropriate behaviors, like obstacle avoidance and sound tropism. The author offers an example of artificial perception-action systems and emphasizes the close relationship between biological studies, computational neuroscience and engineering. The book will be of interest to researchers, engineers and students in the fields of robotics, biologically inspired mechatronics, electronics engineering, control, and artificial intelligence. Table of Contents Biologically Inspired Perception-Action Systems.- Neural Concepts and Modeling.- Physical Sensors and Walking Machine Platforms.- Artificial Perception-Action Systems.- Performance of Artificial Perception-Action Systems.- Conclusions. Long Description Biologically inspired walking machines are fascinating objects to study, from thepointofviewoftheirmechatronicaldesignaswellastherealisationofc- trol concepts. Research on this subject takes its place in a rapidly growing, highly interdisciplinary ?eld, uniting contributions from areas as diverse as biology, biomechanics, material science, neuroscience, engineering, and c- puter science. Nature has found fascinating solutions for the problem of legged loco- tion, and the mechanisms generating the complex motion patterns performed by animals are still not very well understood. Natural movements provide the impressionofeleganceandsmoothness,whereastheimitationoftheirarticial analogues still looks rather clumsy. The diverse research on articial legged locomotion mainly concentrated on the mechanical design and on pure movement control of these machines; i.e., in general these machines were unable to perceive their environment and reactappropriately.Contributionsdevelopingembodiedcontroltechniquesfor sensor-driven behaviors are rare, and if considered, they deal only with one type of behavior; naturally, this is most often an obstacle avoidance behavior. There are only a few approaches devoted to the multimodal generation of several reactive behaviors. This book presents a pioneering approach to tackle this challenging pr- lem. Inspired by the obstacle avoidance and escape behaviors of cockroaches and scorpions, which here are understood as negative tropisms, and by the prey-capturing behavior of spiders, taken as a positive tropism, corresponding sensors and neural control modules are introduced in such a way that wa- ing machines can sense and react to environmental stimuli in an animal-like fashion. Feature Offers an example of artificial perception-action systems emphasizing the close relationship between biological studies, computational neuroscience and engineering Description for Sales People This book presents biologically inspired walking machines interacting with their physical environment. It describes how the designs of the morphology and the behavior control of walking machines can benefit from biological studies. Coverage develops a modular structure of neural control generating different reactive behaviors of the physical walking machines, analyzes the neural mechanisms underlying the reactive behaviors, and demonstrates the sensor fusion technique leading to smooth switching between appropriate behaviors, like obstacle avoidance and sound tropism. The book offers an example of artificial perception-action systems and emphasizes the close relationship between biological studies, computational neuroscience and engineering. The book will be of interest to researchers, engineers and students in the fields of robotics, biologically inspired mechatronics, electronics engineering, control, and artificial intelligence. Details ISBN364208835X Author Poramate Manoonpong Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Series Cognitive Technologies Year 2010 ISBN-10 364208835X ISBN-13 9783642088353 Format Paperback Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Place of Publication Berlin Country of Publication Germany DEWEY 573.8 Edition 1st Short Title NEURAL PREPROCESSING & CONTROL Language English Media Book Subtitle Towards Versatile Artificial Perception-Action Systems Pages 187 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-68803-7 Publication Date 2010-11-30 Edition Description Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007 Alternative 9783540688020 Audience Professional & Vocational Illustrations XVI, 187 p. We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:144094608;
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ISBN-13: 9783642088353
Book Title: Neural Preprocessing and Control of Reactive Walking Machines
Number of Pages: 187 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Neural Preprocessing and Control of Reactive Walking Machines: Towards Versatile Artificial Perception-Action Systems
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
Publication Year: 2010
Subject: Engineering & Technology, Computer Science, Biology
Item Height: 235 mm
Item Weight: 320 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Poramate Manoonpong
Subject Area: Material Science, Mechanical Engineering
Item Width: 155 mm
Format: Paperback
