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Contents

Preface xvii

I Robotic Paradigms 1
1 From Teleoperation To Autonomy 13
1.1 Overview 13
1.2 How Can a Machine Be Intelligent? 15
1.3 What Can Robots Be Used For? 16
1.3.1 Social implications of robotics 18
1.4 A Brief History of Robotics 19
1.4.1 Industrial manipulators 21
1.4.2 Space robotics and the AI approach 26
1.5 Teleoperation 28
1.5.1 Telepresence 32
1.5.2 Semi-autonomous control 33
1.6 The Seven Areas of AI 34
1.7 Summary 37
1.8 Exercises 37
1.9 End Notes 39

2 The Hierarchical Paradigm 41
2.1 Overview 41
2.2 Attributes of the Hierarchical Paradigm 42
2.2.1 Strips 44
2.2.2 More realistic Strips example 46
2.2.3 Strips summary 52