Advances in Intelligent Autonomous Systems

by Tzafestas, Spyros G.

• ISBN13: 9780792355809
• ISBN10: 0792355806
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This book presents a collection of twenty-three timely contributions that cover a well-selected repertory of topics within the autonomous systems field. Intelligent autonomous systems (IAS) are finding new applications in industrial production, health-care service and other sectors of modern life. The book is divided into the following three parts: Part 1 - General Concepts, Architectures and Technologies, Part 2 - Mobile, Walking and Snake-Like Robots, and Part 3 - Applications. Part 1 contains seven chapters dealing with the requirements, architectures and implementation(s) of intelligent/sensor-based autonomous systems and robots: Part 2 presents eleven contributions covering the design, path-planning, navigation, and motion-planning and control of mobile robots including legged robots and snake-like robots. Finally, Part 3 involves five important applications, namely: cellular manufacturing, robotic wheelchairs, robotic excavators, robotic explorers and autonomously controlled vehicles on the highway. The book can serve as a reference for the young and senior researcher and practitioner in the field. A wide repertory of IAS design, construction, control and operation problems can be found along with a multiplicity of well-established and novel solutions.

Table of Contents

Preface
Contributors
PART 1 GENERAL CONCEPTS, ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNOLOGIES
Intelligent Autonomous Robotic Systems: Some General Issues And Two Representative Research Prototypes
S. G. Tzafestas
Introduction	3	(1)
Basic Architecture of Intelligent Autonomous Robotic Systems	4	(1)
Path Planning of Intelligent Autonomous Robotic Systems	5	(4)