Neuromorphic and brain-based robots /

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Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description:	ix, 364 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Neural networks (Computer science) Brain -- Computer simulation. Neural Networks (Computer) Robotics. Biomimetics. Brain. Cognition. Models, Neurological. Autonomous robots. Neuromorphics Brain -- Computer simulation. Neural networks (Computer science)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8514605

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Other authors / contributors:	Krichmar, Jeffrey L. Wagatsuma, Hiroaki.
ISBN:	9780521768788 (hardback : alk. paper) 0521768780 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Neuromorphic and brain-based robotics have enormous potential for furthering our understanding of the brain. By embodying models of the brain on robotic platforms, researchers can investigate the roots of biological intelligence and work towards the development of truly intelligent machines. This book provides a broad introduction to this groundbreaking area for researchers from a wide range of fields, from engineering to neuroscience. Case studies explore how robots are being used in current research, including a whisker system that allows a robot to sense its environment and neurally inspired navigation systems that show impressive mapping results. Looking to the future, several chapters consider the development of cognitive, or even conscious robots that display the adaptability and intelligence of biological organisms. Finally, the ethical implications of intelligent robots are explored, from morality and Asimov's three laws to the question of whether robots have rights"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

List of contributors
Preface
Part I. Introduction
1. History and potential of neuromorphic robotics
Part II. Neuromorphic robots: biologically and neurally inspired designs
2. Robust haptic recognition by anthropomorphic robot hand
3. Biomimetic robots as scientific models: a view from the whisker tip
4. Sensor-rich robots driven by real-time brain circuit algorithms
Part III. Brain-based robots: architectures and approaches
5. The RatSLAM project: robot spatial navigation
6. Evolution of rewards and learning mechanisms in Cyber Rodents
7. A neuromorphically inspired architecture for cognitive robots
8. Autonomous visuomotor development for neuromorphic robots
9. Brain-inspired robots for autistic training and care
Part IV. Philosophical and theoretical considerations
10. From hardware and software to kernels and envelopes: a concept shift for robotics, developmental psychology, and brain sciences
11. Can cognitive developmental robotics cause a paradigm shift?
12. A look at the hidden side of situated cognition: a robotic study of brain-oscillation-based dynamics of instantaneous, episodic, and conscious memories
13. The case for using brain-based devices to study consciousness
Part V. Ethical considerations
14. Ethical implications of intelligent robots
15. Toward robot ethics through the ethics of autism
Index

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