Neuromorphic and brain-based robots /
Neuromorphic & Brain-Based Robots
Jeffrey L. Krichmar, Hiroaki Wagatsuma.
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Introduction: History and potential of neuromorphic robotics / Neuromorphic Robots: Biologically and Neurally Inspired Designs: Robust haptic recognition by anthropomorphic hand / Biomimetic robots as scientific models: a view from the whisker tip / Sensor-rich robots driven by real-time brain circuit algorithms / Brain-Based Robots: Architectures and Approaches: The RatSLAM project: robot spatial navigation / Evolution of rewards and learning mechanisms in cyber rodents / A neuromorphically-inspired cognitive architecture for cognitive robots / Autonomous visuomotor development for neuromorphic robots / Brain-inspired robots for autistic training and care / Philosophical and Theoretical Considerations: From hardware and software to kernels and envelopes: a concept shift for robotics, developmental psychology and brain sciences / Can cognitive developmental robotics cause a paradigm shift? / A look at the hidden side of situated cognition: a robotic study of brain-oscillation-based dynamics of instantaneous, episodic and conscious memories / The case for using brain-based devices to study consciousness / Ethical Considerations: Toward robot ethics through the ethics of autism / Jeffrey L. Krichmar and Hiroaki Wagatsuma -- Koh Hosoda; Ben Mitchinson, Martin J. Pearson, Anthony G. Pipe and Tony J. Prescott; Andrew Felch and Richard Granger -- Gordon Wyeth, Michael Milford, Ruth Schulz and Janet Wiles; Eiji Uchibe and Kenji Doya; Mitch Wilkes, Erdem Erdemir and Kazuhiko Kawamura; Zhengping Ji, Juyang Weng and Danil Prokhorov; Emilia I. Barakova and Loe Feijs -- Frédéric Kaplan and Pierre-Yves Oudeyer; Minoru Asada; Hiroaki Wagatsuma; Jason Fleischer, Jeffrey McKinstry, David Edelman and Gerald Edelman -- George A. Bekey, Patrick Lin and Keith Abney; Masayoshi Shibata. Part I. 1. Part II. 2. 3. 4. Part III. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Part IV. 10. 11. 12. 13. Part V. 14. Ethical implications of intelligent robots / 15.
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.