Evolutionary Robotics: From Algorithms to Implementations (Wang, L. et al.; 2006) [Book Review]

This book concentrates on the application of soft computing - evolutionary algorithms, neural networks, and fuzzy logic - for intelligent sensing, learning, and robot navigation. It consists of nine chapters which cover such topics as: evolvable hardware in robots; autonomous robot navigation systems; intelligent sensor fusion and learning; task-oriented developmental learning; bipedal walking through reinforcement learning; and swing time generation for bipedal walking. The book is well written, readable, and is concise yet comprehensive. It is more suited as a convenient reference book for researchers and practicing professionals, rather than a classroom textbook. If worked examples and end-of-chapter problems were added, the book would easily serve as a text for a graduate course on Intelligent Walking Robots.