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Summary: The definitive book on behavior-based robotics...
Review: BEHAVIOR-BASED ROBOTICS is an introduction to the principles, design, and practice of intelligent behavior-based autonomous robotic systems. As the first true survey of the robotics field, it is appropriate for graduate students new to AI / Robotics.This is a definitive book on the theory and application of robots based on biological and psychological models of behavior, moving from models of behavior in animals and robots to the use of knowledge and learning in robots, onto colonies of robots and finally to speculation about future trends in robot intelligence. Instead of abstract simulations the text refers back to real implemented robots with many pictures and hardware descriptions, making it clear that these are actual machines capable of perception, cognition and action in the world. BEHAVIOR-BASED ROBOTICS draws examples from engineering, computer science, cognitive science, biology and ethnology.
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Summary: Excellent at nothing (ok, I guess the cover is nice)
Review: From reading this text, it is unclear whether it set out to be a review of or an introduction to behavior based robotics. Although it discusses some the most important and popular work in behavior based AI from the past 20 years, the coverage of these subjects is quite weak. Many pages are devoted to explaining the obvious or irrelevant in excruciating detail. This text is lacking in substance and is definitely not worth its...price tag.
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Summary: Excellent at nothing (ok, I guess the cover is nice)
Review: From reading this text, it is unclear whether it set out to be a review of or an introduction to behavior based robotics. Although it discusses some the most important and popular work in behavior based AI from the past 20 years, the coverage of these subjects is quite weak. Many pages are devoted to explaining the obvious or irrelevant in excruciating detail. This text is lacking in substance and is definitely not worth its...price tag.
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Summary: Possibly the best single text on behaviour-based robotics
Review: Outstanding introduction to the field of behaviour-based robot control. Completely accessible to the non-expert. It starts off with a good treatment of perception and action in animals as motivation. Goes on to discuss different aspects of behavioural control, including formal methods, architectures, various implementations, theoretical limitations, and so on. I use this book as a reference, to help me with my own research into control architectures. Arkin is a leader in this field. Many (most!) of the recent research papers that I've seen cite this book. I think it should be on your bookshelf if you're a researcher or practitioner of AI.
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Summary: Excellence Summary of The Field, a great starting place.
Review: The first thing to realize is this book is a survery of Behavioral Robotics. It does a great job of explaining the various aspects of Beharioral methology, but it is not a colledge textbook. There aren't sets of problems, but there is a whole lot of basic knowledge. I don't have a lot of AI experience, but I was never at a lost reading this book. The book is a great starting point to learn the field. When you finish the book you will have a basic understanding of the different branches of the field, and the Bibliography is truly top notch. With this book you will know which method will best suit you task.
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