Robot Cognition and Navigation: An Experiment with Mobile Robots

✍ Scribed by Srikanta Patnaik (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 291
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this book the author employs a cybernetic view of robot cognition and perception as he examines mobile robot simulations, realizations and experiments, and explains the related mathematical models and algorithms. Chapters are dedicated to map building, path planning, navigation using genetic algorithms, and robot programming packages. Then detailed chapters examine the programs required for robot parameter display, gripper control, sonar reading display, teleoperation, autonomous navigation, image capture and 3D perception.

This book will be useful for students and engineers building intelligent robots, and researchers migrating to this field. The required source code is included in the book or available online.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Cybernetic View of Robot Cognition and Perception....Pages 1-20
Map Building....Pages 21-38
Path Planning....Pages 39-58
Navigation Using a Genetic Algorithm....Pages 59-76
Robot Programming Packages....Pages 77-113
Robot Parameter Display....Pages 115-125
Program for BotSpeak....Pages 127-136
Gripper Control Program....Pages 137-150
Program for Sonar Reading Display....Pages 151-161
Program for Wandering Within the Workspace....Pages 163-173
Program for Tele-operation....Pages 175-188
A Complete Program for Autonomous Navigation....Pages 189-199
Imaging Geometry....Pages 201-220
Image Capture Program....Pages 221-225
Building 3D Perception Using a Kalman Filter....Pages 227-250
Program for 3D Perception....Pages 251-262
Perceptions of Non-planar Surfaces....Pages 263-275
Intelligent Garbage Collection....Pages 277-282
Back Matter....Pages 281-289

✦ Subjects

Signal, Image and Speech Processing