Robot Navigation from Nature Simultaneous Localisation, Mapping, and Path Planning based on Hippocampal Models /

• Main Author: Milford, Michael John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 41
• Subjects: Engineering.; Neurosciences.; Artificial intelligence.; System theory.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Automation.; Robotics and Automation.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Systems Theory, Control.

This book describes the development of a robot mapping and navigation system inspired by models of the neural mechanisms underlying spatial navigation in the rodent hippocampus. Computational models of animal navigation systems have traditionally had limited performance when implemented on robots. T...

Table of Contents:

• Mapping and Navigation
• Robotic Mapping Methods
• Biological Navigation Systems
• Emulating Nature: Models of Hippocampus
• Robotic or Bio-inspired: A Comparison
• Pilot Study of a Hippocampal Model
• RatSLAM: An Extended Hippocampal Model
• Goal Memory: A Pilot Study
• Extending RatSLAM: The Experience Mapping Algorithm
• Exploration, Goal Recall, and Adapting to Change
• Discussion.