Introduction to AI Robotics, second edition / Edition 2

by Robin R. Murphy

Overview

A comprehensive survey of artificial intelligence algorithms and programming organization for robot systems, combining theoretical rigor and practical applications.

This textbook offers a comprehensive survey of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and programming organization for robot systems. Readers who master the topics covered will be able to design and evaluate an artificially intelligent robot for applications involving sensing, acting, planning, and learning. A background in AI is not required; the book introduces key AI topics from all AI subdisciplines throughout the book and explains how they contribute to autonomous capabilities.

This second edition is a major expansion and reorganization of the first edition, reflecting the dramatic advances made in AI over the past fifteen years. An introductory overview provides a framework for thinking about AI for robotics, distinguishing between the fundamentally different design paradigms of automation and autonomy. The book then discusses the reactive functionality of sensing and acting in AI robotics; introduces the deliberative functions most often associated with intelligence and the capability of autonomous initiative; surveys multi-robot systems and (in a new chapter) human-robot interaction; and offers a “metaview” of how to design and evaluate autonomous systems and the ethical considerations in doing so. New material covers locomotion, simultaneous localization and mapping,  human-robot interaction, machine learning, and ethics. Each chapter includes exercises, and many chapters provide case studies. Endnotes point to additional reading, highlight advanced topics, and offer robot trivia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780262038485
Publisher:	MIT Press
Publication date:	10/01/2019
Series:	Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series
Edition description:	second edition
Pages:	648
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.40(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Robin R. Murphy is Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, where she is also Director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue. She is the author of Introduction to AI Robotics and Disaster Robotics and the editor of Robotics Through Science Fiction (all published by the MIT Press).

Table of Contents

I	Robotic Paradigms	1
1	From Teleoperation To Autonomy	13
2	The Hierarchical Paradigm	41
3	Biological Foundations of the Reactive Paradigm	67
4	The Reactive Paradigm	105
5	Designing a Reactive Implementation	155
6	Common Sensing Techniques for Reactive Robots	195
7	The Hybrid Deliberative/Reactive Paradigm	257
8	Multi-agents	293
II	Navigation	315
9	Topological Path Planning	325
10	Metric Path Planning	351
11	Localization and Map Making	375
12	On the Horizon	435