Spatial Temporal Patterns for Action-Oriented Perception in Roving Robots

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Arena, Paolo (Editor), Patanè, Luca (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Cognitive Systems Monographs, 1
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Vibration.; Dynamics.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Automation.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Robotics and Automation.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

This volume collects the most significant results of the European research Project called "SPARK", whose aim was to develop new cognitive architectures and new sensing-perceiving-moving artefacts, inspired by the basic principles of living systems and based on the concept of "self-org...

Table of Contents:

• Systems
• Perception for Action in Insects
• Principles of Insect Locomotion
• Low Level Approaches to Cognitive Control
• Cognitive Models
• A Bottom-Up Approach for Cognitive Control
• Mathematical Approach to Sensory Motor Control and Memory
• From Low to High Level Approach to Cognitive Control
• Complex Systems and Perception
• Software/Hardware Cognitive Architecture and Experiments
• New Visual Sensors and Processors
• Visual Algorithms for Cognition
• SPARK Hardware
• Robotic Platforms and Experiments.