Spatial Temporal Patterns for Action-Oriented Perception in Roving Robots

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Arena, Paolo. (Editor), Patan,̈ Luca. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Cognitive Systems Monographs, 1
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Physics.; Vibration.; Control engineering systems.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Complexity.; Control , Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88464-4

This volume collects the most significant results of the European research Project called "SPARK", whose aim was to develop new cognitive architectures and new sensing-perceiving-moving artefacts, inspired by the basic principles of living systems and based on the concept of "self-org...

Table of Contents:

• Perception for action in insects
• Principles of insect locomotion
• Bottom-up approach for cognitive control
• High level approaches to cognitive control
• Model for action oriented perception, starting from the application of nonlinear dynamics
• Rigorous proofs on the learning abilities of the Recurrent neural networks used for memory and planning
• New visual sensor and processor
• SPARK hardware board
• The robotic platforms.