Metrics of Sensory Motor Coordination and Integration in Robots and Animals

Metrics of Sensory Motor Coordination and Integration in Robots and Animals
Author: Fabio Bonsignorio
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2019-03-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030141268

This book focuses on a critical issue in the study of physical agents, whether natural or artificial: the quantitative modelling of sensory–motor coordination. Adopting a novel approach, it defines a common scientific framework for both the intelligent systems designed by engineers and those that have evolved naturally. As such it contributes to the widespread adoption of a rigorous quantitative and refutable approach in the scientific study of ‘embodied’ intelligence and cognition. More than 70 years after Norbert Wiener’s famous book Cybernetics: or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (1948), robotics, AI and life sciences seem to be converging towards a common model of what we can call the ‘science of embodied intelligent/cognitive agents’. This book is interesting for an interdisciplinary community of researchers, technologists and entrepreneurs working at the frontiers of robotics and AI, neuroscience and general life and brain sciences.

Metrics of Sensory Motor Coordination and Integration in Robots and Animals

Metrics of Sensory Motor Coordination and Integration in Robots and Animals
Author: Fabio Bonsignorio
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2020
Genre: Robots
ISBN: 9783030141257

This book focuses on a critical issue in the study of physical agents, whether natural or artificial: the quantitative modelling of sensory–motor coordination. Adopting a novel approach, it defines a common scientific framework for both the intelligent systems designed by engineers and those that have evolved naturally. As such it contributes to the widespread adoption of a rigorous quantitative and refutable approach in the scientific study of 'embodied intelligence and cognition More than 70 years after Norbert Wieners famous book Cybernetics: or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (1948), robotics, AI and life sciences seem to be converging towards a common model of what we can call the 'science of embodied intelligent/cognitive agents. This book is interesting for an interdisciplinary community of researchers, technologists and entrepreneurs working at the frontiers of robotics and AI, neuroscience and general life and brain sciences.

Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends

Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends
Author: Juan C. Moreno
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 675
Release: 2021-07-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030695476

This book reports on advanced topics in the areas of wearable robotics research and practice. It focuses on new technologies, including neural interfaces, soft wearable robots, sensors and actuators technologies, discussing industrially and medically-relevant issues, as well as legal and ethical aspects. It covers exemplary case studies highlighting challenges related to the implementation of wearable robots for different purposes, and describing advanced solutions. Based on the 5th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob2020, and on WearRacon Europe 2020, which were both held online on October 13-16, 2020, the book addresses a large audience of academics and professionals working in for the government, in the industry, and in medical centers, as well as end-users alike. By merging together engineering, medical, ethical and industrial perspectives, it offers a multidisciplinary, timely snapshot of the field of wearable technologies.

Robotics, Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems

Robotics, Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems
Author: Péter Galambos
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2022-11-09
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3031196503

This volume constitutes the papers of two workshops which were held in conjunctionwith the First International Conference on Robotics, Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems,ROBOVIS 2020, Virtual Event, in November 4-6, 2020 and Second International Conference on Robotics, Computer Vision and Intelligent Systems,ROBOVIS 2021, Virtual Event, in October 25-27, 2021. The 11 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selectedfrom 53 submissions.

Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems

Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems
Author: Uriel Martinez-Hernandez
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2019-07-05
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030247414

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2019, held in Nara, Japan, in July 2019. The 26 full and 16 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. They deal with research on novel life-like technologies inspired by the scientific investigation of biological systems, biomimetics, and research that seeks to interface biological and artificial systems to create biohybrid systems.

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering
Author: Diane P. Michelfelder
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 793
Release: 2020-12-29
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1351996568

Engineering has always been a part of human life but has only recently become the subject matter of systematic philosophical inquiry. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering presents the state-of-the-art of this field and lays a foundation for shaping future conversations within it. With a broad scholarly scope and 55 chapters contributed by both established experts and fresh voices in the field, the Handbook provides valuable insights into this dynamic and fast-growing field. The volume focuses on central issues and debates, established themes, and new developments in: Foundational perspectives Engineering reasoning Ontology Engineering design processes Engineering activities and methods Values in engineering Responsibilities in engineering practice Reimagining engineering The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering will be of value for both students and active researchers in philosophy of engineering and in cognate fields (philosophy of technology, philosophy of design). It is also intended for engineers working both inside and outside of academia who would like to gain a more fundamental understanding of their particular professional field. The increasing development of new technologies, such as autonomous vehicles, and new interdisciplinary fields, such as human-computer interaction, calls not only for philosophical inquiry but also for engineers and philosophers to work in collaboration with one another. At the same time, the demands on engineers to respond to the challenges of world health, climate change, poverty, and other so-called "wicked problems" have also been on the rise. These factors, together with the fact that a host of questions concerning the processes by which technologies are developed have arisen, make the current Handbook a timely and valuable publication.

Representation and Reality in Humans, Other Living Organisms and Intelligent Machines

Representation and Reality in Humans, Other Living Organisms and Intelligent Machines
Author: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2017-08-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319437844

This book enriches our views on representation and deepens our understanding of its different aspects. It arises out of several years of dialog between the editors and the authors, an interdisciplinary team of highly experienced researchers, and it reflects the best contemporary view of representation and reality in humans, other living beings, and intelligent machines. Structured into parts on the cognitive, computational, natural sciences, philosophical, logical, and machine perspectives, a theme of the field and the book is building and presenting networks, and the editors hope that the contributed chapters will spur understanding and collaboration between researchers in domains such as computer science, philosophy, logic, systems theory, engineering, psychology, sociology, anthropology, neuroscience, linguistics, and synthetic biology.

50 Years of Artificial Intelligence

50 Years of Artificial Intelligence
Author: Max Lungarella
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2007-12-10
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540772952

This Festschrift volume, published in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Artificial Intelligence, includes 34 refereed papers written by leading researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence. The papers were carefully selected from the invited lectures given at the 50th Anniversary Summit of AI, held at the Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, July 9-14, 2006. The summit provided a venue for discussions on a broad range of topics.

Geometric and Numerical Foundations of Movements

Geometric and Numerical Foundations of Movements
Author: Jean-Paul Laumond
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319515470

This book aims at gathering roboticists, control theorists, neuroscientists, and mathematicians, in order to promote a multidisciplinary research on movement analysis. It follows the workshop “ Geometric and Numerical Foundations of Movements ” held at LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse in November 2015[1]. Its objective is to lay the foundations for a mutual understanding that is essential for synergetic development in motion research. In particular, the book promotes applications to robotics --and control in general-- of new optimization techniques based on recent results from real algebraic geometry.