
Cambrian Intelligence
The Early History of the New AI
Rodney A. Brooks(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 6. July 1999
Book
Hardback
211 pages
978-0-262-02468-6 (ISBN)
Description
Until the mid-1980s, AI researchers assumed that an intelligent system doing
high-level reasoning was necessary for the coupling of perception and action. In this traditional
model, cognition mediates between perception and plans of action. Realizing that this core AI, as it
was known, was illusory, Rodney A. Brooks turned the field of AI on its head by introducing the
behavior-based approach to robotics. The cornerstone of behavior-based robotics is the realization
that the coupling of perception and action gives rise to all the power of intelligence and that
cognition is only in the eye of an observer. Behavior-based robotics has been the basis of
successful applications in entertainment, service industries, agriculture, mining, and the home. It
has given rise to both autonomous mobile robots and more recent humanoid robots such as Brooks'
Cog.
This book represents Brooks' initial formulation of and contributions to the
development of the behavior-based approach to robotics. It presents all of the key philosophical and
technical ideas that put this "bottom-up" approach at the forefront of current research in not only
AI but all of cognitive science.
high-level reasoning was necessary for the coupling of perception and action. In this traditional
model, cognition mediates between perception and plans of action. Realizing that this core AI, as it
was known, was illusory, Rodney A. Brooks turned the field of AI on its head by introducing the
behavior-based approach to robotics. The cornerstone of behavior-based robotics is the realization
that the coupling of perception and action gives rise to all the power of intelligence and that
cognition is only in the eye of an observer. Behavior-based robotics has been the basis of
successful applications in entertainment, service industries, agriculture, mining, and the home. It
has given rise to both autonomous mobile robots and more recent humanoid robots such as Brooks'
Cog.
This book represents Brooks' initial formulation of and contributions to the
development of the behavior-based approach to robotics. It presents all of the key philosophical and
technical ideas that put this "bottom-up" approach at the forefront of current research in not only
AI but all of cognitive science.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Illustrations
39
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 0 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-02468-6 (9780262024686)
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