From AI to robotics : mobile, social, and sentient robots / Arkapravo Bhaumik.

"A Chapman & Hall Book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-387) and index.

Section I Theory -- Chapter 1 and then there were mobile roots -- 1.1 Early pioneers and the story till shakey -- 1.2 Current-day mobile robotics -- Cultural and social impact -- Chapter 2 Embodied AI, or the tale of taming the fungus eater -- 2.1 From AI to robots -- 2.2 Artificial intelligence for robots -- 2.3 Embodied AI - making of autonomous agents -- 2.4 Anthropomorphism - a treasure trove from mother nature -- 2.5 Evaluating performance - AI vs. engineering -- 2.6 Three forks in the road -- Chapter 3 Control paradigms for mobile robots -- 3.1 Control paradigms -- 3.2 Braitenberg's vehicles 1 to 4 - engineering behaviour -- 3.3 Deliberative approach -- 3.4 Reactive approach -- 3.5 A Critique of the Nouvelle AI -- 3.6 Hybrid architectures -- Section II Implementation, or how to make robots -- Chapter 4 Tools for a roboticist -- 4.1 The tools: navigation and adaptivity -- 4.2 Navigation, path planning and mapping -- 4.3 Adaptibility and learning -- Chapter 5 Software, simulation & control -- 5.1 Software for robotics -- A Very short introduction to ROS -- Section III Robot-Robot & Human-Robot Interactions -- Chapter 6 Robot-robot interaction, groups and swarms -- 6.1 Many robot systems -- 6.2 Networked robotics -- 6.3 Swarm robotics -- Chapter 7 Human-robot interaction and robots for human society -- 7.1 Human-robot interaction -- 7.2 Social robotics -- 7.3 Applications -- 7.4 Japan, robot history in the making -- Chapter 8 Robots with moral agency, in the footsteps of Asimov -- 8.1 The Need for the good robot -- 8.2 Morality and ethics -- 8.3 Asimov's 3 laws and their limitations -- 8.4 Ethical theory for robots -- 8.5 Social changes and the near future -- Section IV ...the future -- Chapter 9 Quest for the sentient robot -- 9.1 Can robots be conscious? -- 9.2 Self-awareness, consciousness and free will -- 9.3 From machines to (near) human beings -- 9.4 Semi-sentient paradigm and it's limitations -- 9.5 Memories, meditation and the inner world -- 9.6 Experiments - COG, Mirror cognition and the 3 wise robots -- Chapter 10 Super intelligent robots and other predictions -- 10.1 Peering into the crystal ball -- Twilight or rebirth of our civilisation? -- Superintelligence, future technology and Ray Kurzweil -- Appendix A Running the examples -- A.1 Braitenberg simulator -- A.2 Walle EvaChat.

"The book furthers the discussion with concepts of Artificial Intelligence and how it manifests in robotic agents. Discussions across various topics are presented in the book, including control paradigm, navigation, software, multi-robot systems, swarm robotics, robots in social roles, and artificial consciousness in robots. These discussions help to provide an overall picture of current day agent- based robotics and its prospects for the future. Examples of software and implementation in hardware are covered in Chapter 5 to encourage the imagination and creativity of budding robot enthusiasts."--Back cover.

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