Autonomous Robots Research Advances

by Yang, Weihua

• ISBN13: 9781604561852
• ISBN10: 1604561858
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-30
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

Autonomous robots are robots which can perform desired tasks in unstructured environments without continuous human guidance. Many kinds of robots have some degree of autonomy. Different robots can be autonomous in different ways. A high degree of autonomy is particularly desirable in fields such as space exploration, where communication delays and interruptions are unavoidable. Some modern factory robots are "autonomous" within the strict confines of their direct environment. The exact orientation and position of the next object of work and (in the more advanced factories) even the type of object and the required task must be determined. This can vary unpredictably (at least from the robot's point of view). One important area of robotics research is to enable the robot to cope with its environment whether this be on land, underwater, in the air, underground, or in space. This book presents the latest research from around the globe.

Table of Contents

Construction Robotics and Automation	p. 1
Navigation and Control Schemes for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: Recent Advances and New Challenges	p. 35
Robot Vision for Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles	p. 69
VLSI Architectures for Autonomous Robots - A Review	p. 105
Behavioral Multi-agent Based Control Architecture for Autonomous Robotic Systems	p. 121
Advanced Lane Detection for Autonomous Navigation	p. 141
Autonomous Vehicle Path Planning Specially According to the Narrow Passage and Goal Position Reaching	p. 179
Perception Through Scattering Media for Autonomous Vehicles	p. 223
Development of a Dynamic Visual Tracking System Based On Multi-Cue Matching and Target Position Prediction	p. 269
A Mobile Parallel Manipulator: Conceptual Design and Modeling	p. 295
Development of a Construction Robot for Heavy Material Installation: Experiment on a Prototype and Proposal of a New Design Concept	p. 313
Index	p. 345
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