Intelligent Machines: An Introductory Perspective of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Artificial Intelligence: What It Is -- What This Book Will Cover -- Search-oriented Automated Problem-solving And Planning Techniques -- Knowledge Representation -- Computational Logic -- Knowledge Engineering And Expert Systems -- Planning -- Computer Vision -- Natural Language Processing -- Speech Recognition And Speech Understanding -- Applications Of Ai -- What Does It All Mean? -- What Can We Call A Robot? -- What Can Robots Do? -- Primitive Functions Accomplished By A Robot Arm -- Robot Arms -- Sensor-controlled Robots -- Programming A Robot -- Robot Vision Techniques -- Kinematics And Flexure -- Robot Mobility -- Competitive Systems And The State Of The Art -- Research Required -- Players, Research, And Funding -- Applications: Now And In The Future -- The Robot And The Automated Factory -- The Expanding Robot Population -- Robots And The Shape Of The Future. William B. Gevarter. Includes Bibliographies And Indexes.