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Artificial ethology is an exciting new field of research that explores the ways that we can use robots and robotics to enhance our understanding of how real animals behave. Modelling and computer simulations combined with empirical research are the traditional tools of animal behaviour. This new text sets out to show how experimentation with animal-like robots can add a new dimension to our understanding of behavioural questions. Introductory chapters explain the history of the use of models in animal behaviour, and describe how animal like mobile robots 'evolved' during the development of the discipline. Then thematic chapters scrutinise sensory processes and orientation, motor co-ordination, and motivation and learning in turn. Each thematic exploration is exemplified by a series of case studies, written by some of the leading researchers in artificial ethology. From robotic lobsters to robot crickets and robot 'sheepdogs', each of these case studies give a detailed description of a particular problem, research approach, and robot application. The examples bring the text to life, and will enable students to get an in- depth picture of the potential and the practicalities of this research. The text concludes with a discussion of general points arising from the use of robots in biological research, and the rationale for using real robots as opposed to simulation. Aimed at advanced students taking courses in animal behaviour, the text should also be of interest to computer scientists and engineers interested in robotics, artificial intelligence, and the study of biological systems.
| ISBN | 0198510578 | | Pages | 272 | | ISBN13 | 9780198510574
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 001 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Weight (grammes) | 473 | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 230 | | Publication date | 31 May 2001 | | Width (mm) | 150 | | Library of Congress | QL751.65.S | | Spine width (mm) | 25 | | DEWEY | 591.50113 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Preface | | | | Ch. 1 | | History of models in ethology | | 1 | | Ch. 2 | | The evolution of animal-like mobile robots | | 14 | | Ch. 3 | | Sensory processes and orientation | | 42 | | Case Study 1 | | How robotic lobsters locate odour sources in turbulent water by Frank Grasso | | 47 | | Case Study 2 | | Robotic experiments on cricket phonotaxis by Barbara Webb | | 59 | | Case Study 3 | | Gathering and sorting in insects and robots by Owen Holland | | 77 | | Ch. 4 | | Motor co-ordination | | 93 | | Case Study 4 | | How frogs groom by Simon Giszter | | 97 | | Case Study 5 | | Robotic experiments on insect walking by Holk Cruse | | 122 | | Case Study 6 | | Building a robotic lobster by Joseph Ayers | | 139 | | Ch. 5 | | Motivation and learning | | 156 | | Case Study 7 | | Neural nets and robots based upon classical ethology by Janet Halperin | | 162 | | Case Study 8 | | Robotic experiments on rat instrumental learning by Emmet Spier | | 189 | | Case Study 9 | | Robotic experiments on complexity and cognition by Brendan McGonigle | | 210 | | Ch. 6 | | Why robots? | | 225 | | | | Bibliography | | 236 | | | | Index | | 257 |
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