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The text is suitable for mechanical and electrical engineers who want to familiarize themselves with methods of modelinganalysiscontrol that have been proven. The path to autonomous robots essays in honor of george a. Introduction to autonomous robotics eecs 398002 winter 2016 mw 1. The degree of intelligence with which mobile robots are endowed is highly variable. From biological inspiration to implementation and control pdf by george a. The waseda piano playing robot was a simple translator. Bekey the mit press cambridge, massachusetts tondon, england. Hadaegh and others adaptive sampling for field reconstruction with multiple mobile robots. The path to autonomous robots essays in honor of george. Autonomous robots from biological inspiration to implementation and control george a. The artificial intelligence community frequently views robots as embodied intelligent agents.
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