Essential Principles for Autonomous Robotics (Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Le)

From driving, flying, and swimming, to digging for unknown objects in space exploration, autonomous robots take on varied shapes and sizes. In part, autonomous robots are designed to perform tasks that are too dirty, dull, or dangerous for humans. With nontrivial autonomy and volition, they may soon claim their own place in human society. These robots will be our allies as we strive for understanding our natural and man-made environments and build positive synergies around us. Although we may never perfect replication of biological capabilities in robots, we must harness the inevitable emergence of robots that synchronizes with our own capacities to live, learn, and grow. This book is a snapshot of motivations and methodologies for our collective attempts to transform our lives and enable us to cohabit with robots that work with and for us. It reviews and guides the reader to seminal and continual developments that are the foundations for successful paradigms. It attempts to demystify the abilities and limitations of robots. It is a progress report on the continuing work that will fuel future endeavors. Table of Contents: Part I: Preliminaries/Agency, Motion, and Anatomy/Behaviors / Architectures / Affect/Sensors / Manipulators/Part II: Mobility/Potential Fields/Roadmaps / Reactive Navigation / Multi-Robot Mapping: Brick and Mortar Strategy / Part III: State of the Art / Multi-Robotics Phenomena / Human-Robot Interaction / Fuzzy Control / Decision Theory and Game Theory / Part IV: On the Horizon / Applications: Macro and Micro Robots / References / Author Biography / Discussion

從駕駛、飛行、游泳，到在太空探索中挖掘未知物體，自主機器人的形狀和大小各不相同。自主機器人的設計目的之一是執行對人類來說太骯髒、太單調或太危險的任務。憑藉著非平凡的自主性和意志力，它們可能很快就會在人類社會中佔有一席之地。這些機器人將成為我們的盟友，我們努力理解自然和人造環境，並在我們周圍建立積極的協同效應。儘管我們可能永遠無法完美地複製生物能力在機器人中，但我們必須利用不可避免的機器人出現，使其與我們自身的生活、學習和成長能力同步。本書是我們共同努力改變生活、使我們能夠與與我們合作的機器人共同生活的動機和方法論的一個快照。它回顧並引導讀者了解開創性和持續發展，為成功範式奠定基礎的重要發展。它試圖揭示機器人的能力和限制。它是對將推動未來努力的持續工作的進展報告。目錄：第一部分：前言/代理、運動和解剖/行為/架構/情感/感測器/操縱器/第二部分：移動/潛力場/路線圖/反應式導航/多機器人地圖：磚與灰泥策略/第三部分：現狀/多機器人現象/人機交互/模糊控制/決策理論和博弈論/第四部分：展望/應用：宏觀和微觀機器人/參考文獻/作者簡介/討論