{"product_id":"mobile-robotics-a-practical-introduction-9781852337261","title":"Mobile Robotics: A Practical Introduction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMobile Robotics: A Practical Introduction (2nd edition) is an excellent  introduction to the foundations and methods used for designing completely  autonomous mobile robots.  A fascinating, cutting-edge, research topic, autonomous mobile robotics is  now taught in more and more universities.  In this book you are introduced  to the fundamental concepts of this complex field via twelve detailed case  studies that show how to build and program real working robots.  Topics covered in clued learning, autonomous navigation in unmodified,  noisy and unpredictable environments, and high fidelity robot simulation.  This new edition has been updated to include a new chapter on novelty  detection, and provides a very practical introduction to mobile robotics  for a general scientific audience.  It is essential reading for 2nd and  3rd year undergraduate students and postgraduate students studying  robotics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science and robot  engineering.  The update and overview of core concepts in mobile robotics  will assist and encourage practitioners of the field and set challenges to  explore new avenues of research in this exiting field.  The author is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science at the  University of Essex.  \"A very fine overview over the relevant problems to be solved in the  attempt to bring intelligence to a moving vehicle.\"  Professor Dr. Ewald von Puttkamer, University of Kaiserslautern  \"Case studies show ways of achieving an impressive repertoire of kinds of  learned behaviour, navigation and map-building.  The book is an admirable  introduction to this modern approach to mobile robotics and certainly  gives a great deal of food for thought.  This is an important and  though-provoking book.\"  Alex M. Andrew in Kybernetes Vol 29 No 4 and Robotica Vol 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the reviews of the second edition:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book is an admirable introduction to its modern approach to mobile robotics and certainly gives a great deal of food for thought. … Like its first edition, this is an important and thought-provoking book.\" (Alex M. Andrew, Robotica, Vol. 22 (347), 2004)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Mobile Robotics: A Practical Introduction (2nd edition) is an excellent introduction to the foundations and methods used for designing completely autonomous mobile robots. … provides a very practical introduction to mobile robotics for a general scientific audience. It is essential reading for 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate students and postgraduate students studying robotics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science and robot engineering. … is an admirable introduction to this modern approach to mobile robotics and certainly gives a great deal of food for thought.\" (Alex M. Andrew, Artificial Life \u0026amp; Robotics, Vol. 7 (4), 2004)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Foundations Robot Hardware Robot Learning: Making Sense of Raw Sensor Data Navigation Novelty Detection Simulation: Modelling Robot-Environment Interaction Analysis of Robot Behaviour Outlook","brand":"Springer London Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771647590743,"sku":"9781852337261","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781852337261.jpg?v=1758728633","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mobile-robotics-a-practical-introduction-9781852337261","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}