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Mobile Robotics: A Practical Introduction

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Ulrich Nehmzow

    1. Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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  • A thorough introduction to the design, construction and evaluation of autonomous mobile robots - the science of mobile robots

Part of the book series: Applied Computing (APPLCOMP)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Ulrich Nehmzow
    Pages 1-5

  3. Foundations

    • Ulrich Nehmzow
    Pages 7-22

  4. Robot Hardware

    • Ulrich Nehmzow
    Pages 23-42

  5. Robot Learning: Making Sense of Raw Sensor Data

    • Ulrich Nehmzow
    Pages 43-85

  6. Navigation

    • Ulrich Nehmzow
    Pages 87-151

  7. Simulation: Modelling Robot-Environment Interaction

    • Ulrich Nehmzow
    Pages 153-166

  8. Analysis of Robot Behaviour

    • Ulrich Nehmzow
    Pages 167-211

  9. Outlook

    • Ulrich Nehmzow
    Pages 213-217

  10. Answers to Exercises

    • Ulrich Nehmzow
    Pages 219-226

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 227-243
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About this book

Mobile Robotics: A Practical Introduction is an excellent introduction to the foundations and methods used for designing completely autonomous mobile robots. In this book you are introduced to the fundamental concepts of this complex field via twelve detailed case studies which show how to build and program real working robots. This book provides a very practical introduction to mobile robotics for a general scientific audience, and is essential reading for final year undergraduate students and postgraduate students studying Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Robot Engineering. Its 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 exciting field.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Ulrich Nehmzow

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mobile Robotics: A Practical Introduction

  • Authors: Ulrich Nehmzow

  • Series Title: Applied Computing

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3392-6

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-3392-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1542

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 244

  • Topics: Robotics and Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Complexity

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