An Introduction to AI Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents) (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series) 1st Edition

by Robin R. Murphy (Author)

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A comprehensive introduction to the AI approach to robotics, combining theoretical rigor and practical applications; with case studies and exercises.

This text covers all the material needed to understand the principles behind the AI approach to robotics and to program an artificially intelligent robot for applications involving sensing, navigation, planning, and uncertainty. Robin Murphy is extremely effective at combining theoretical and practical rigor with a light narrative touch. In the overview, for example, she touches upon anthropomorphic robots from classic films and science fiction stories before delving into the nuts and bolts of organizing intelligence in robots.

Following the overview, Murphy contrasts AI and engineering approaches and discusses what she calls the three paradigms of AI robotics: hierarchical, reactive, and hybrid deliberative/reactive. Later chapters explore multiagent scenarios, navigation and path-planning for mobile robots, and the basics of computer vision and range sensing. Each chapter includes objectives, review questions, and exercises. Many chapters contain one or more case studies showing how the concepts were implemented on real robots. Murphy, who is well known for her classroom teaching, conveys the intellectual adventure of mastering complex theoretical and technical material. An Instructor's Manual including slides, solutions, sample tests, and programming assignments is available to qualified professors who are considering using the book or who are using the book for class use.

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About the Author

Robin R. Murphy is Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, where she is also Director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue. She is the author of Introduction to AI Robotics and Disaster Robotics and the editor of Robotics Through Science Fiction (all published by the MIT Press).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ A Bradford Book; 1st edition (November 13, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0262133830
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0262133838
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 1.35 x 9 inches

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Robin R. Murphy is the Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University and a founding director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue. She helped create the fields of disaster robotics and human-robot interaction, concentrating on developing human-centered AI for ground, air, and marine robots for extreme conditions. The character of Jae in Charlie Huston's novel Skinner is loosely based on her. Her work is captured in the Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Robots: Case Studies of Successful Systems (AAAI Press) which was cited by Michael Crichton in his best-seller Prey, Introduction to AI Robotics (MIT Press), and the award-winning Disaster Robotics (MIT Press) and a TED talk. She has also won awards for her innovative teaching of artificial intelligence and robotics, which has resulted in Robotics Through Science Fiction: Artificial Intelligence Explained Through Six Classic Stories (MIT Press), the Robotics Through Science Fiction blog, and the science fiction/science fact series for the magazine Science Robotics.

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Ryan R.

All over the place

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2018

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I did not enjoy reading this book. Too many typos.

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twinkster

alright

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2013

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i'm not sure what i was expecting from this text, but paired with my class i wasn't impressed. although it's not difficult text, i was expecting something closer to an engineering text.

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Not Happy

Written for Academics by Academics to be useful only in the world of academia

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2016

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Worthless. Written for Academics by Academics to be useful only in the world of academia.

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Billy McCafferty

Great introduction to robotics control

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2006

I'm not sure what chip "A reader" had on his/her shoulder with the earlier review. I felt this book was exactly what I needed as I slowly work my way into robotics from more mainstream programming. With 10 years of web app development experience, I'm an experienced programmer but know little about architecting software for autonomous robots. This book takes you through different architectural approaches that have been used throughout the past 50 years including relatively current recommendations for hybrid deliberative/reactive solutions along with multi-agent design considerations. This book provides almost the same depth with respect to robotics as Russell/Novig's "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach" does for AI in general. Furthermore, Murphy's writing style is easy to follow and enjoyable to read. Although this is only my first robotics-specific book, I believe I chose the perfect place to start; it provides a great spring board for seeking out more in-depth, implementation-focused works.

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Pri$m

Excellent Introductory Text

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2001

This book presents a well-thought out and structured introduction to an exciting field. The material is well pitched, well described and always placed in context.
Additional information, such as the history of various approaches, timelines, and end of chapter notes, add to the instructional material in the book and provided some insight into the world of the Roboticist.
Each concept was described in sufficient detail for someone who, like me, was looking for a reasonably detailed overview of the field before becoming more involved, and provided sufficient detail to motivate a reader to experiment on their own, and accomplish a great deal. Once, however, you decide that you wish to dig further, a more specialised book in a particular sub-field might be advisable.
The book also ends with a chapter on the future of the field, which was interesting as well as useful.
One annoying thing about the book was that, as a first edition, it contained many spelling and word omission errors. While none of these individually impacted my appreciation of the book, they did interrupt of the flow of some chapters.
Overall, though, an excellent and exciting text.

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Howie M. Choset

One stop shopping for AI in Mobile Robotics

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2001

Robin Murphy's book is a one-stop shopping source for AI and Motion planning in mobile robotics. She provides a breadth of topics and puts them in an organized historical context. I plan on using this book as a supplement for my undergraduate course on robotics, as well as my graduate course on motion planning. This book has also inspired me to write a conference on the relationships between architectures and behavior-based methods. The book also contains examples of many up-to-date robots. Barring popular media-style books, this book contains the most vast collection of robots and relates them to the academic principles outlined in the book. Finally, the text contains many useful examples. I like that Dr. Murphy straddles the hobbyist-collegiate border by allowing for earlier examples to be constructed from LEGO Mindstorms.

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Andi Scharfstein

Very good

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2001

Well, this may be not especially useful to you, but I also own the book and just wanted to give you a second opinion, which happens to be that Pri$m is completely right. Every single word is true. I don't know what more to write... Maybe just my pre-education: I am fairly familiar with computers and programming, but didn't know too much about robotics prior to reading this book. Nevertheless, it was very interesting and I recommend, too. Buy it if you are interested in the topic!

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An excellent book

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2004

I wonder how the first reviewers gave so bad comments on the book. I think it is not the author but the first reviewers who mislead the readers. If I took their comments, I would miss a really excellent book.
The contents in this book are rich, entensive, systematic and well-organized. One of my colleagues borrowed it from me several times, and finally he ordered another copy himself!
We really appreciate the book and the author.

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Bernardo D'Auria

Muy contento de la compra

Reviewed in Spain on January 10, 2017

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El producto ha llegado sin problemas, naturalmente ha necesitado algo de tiempo para llegar pero me lo esperaba. Está en condiciones muy buenas, mejor del equivalente libro que tomé en préstamo de la biblioteca. Algunas paginas están subrayada pero muy ligeramente, es solo por eso que pongo 4 estrellas en lugar de 5.

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