Multiple Abstraction Hierachies for Mobile Robot Operation in Large Environments

• Main Authors: Galindo, Cipriano (Author), Fernández-Madrigal, Juan-Antonio (Author), Gonzáez, Javier (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence, 68
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

This book focuses on the efficient performance of mobile robots through the use of multi-hierarchical symbolic representations of the environment. A mobile robot intended to perform deliberative actions must possess some symbolic representation of its workspace, but such representations of real envi...