Artificial ethology
By: [edited by] Owen Holland and David McFarland
Contributors: Holland, Owen; McFarland, David
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Animal behavior -- Simulation methods -- Congresses; Robotics -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Based on proceedings of the Artificial Ethology Workshop, held at Puerto Chico, Playa Blanca de Yaiza, Lanzerote in July 1998

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-255)
Table of contents: History of models in ethology; The evolution of animal-like mobile robots; Sensory processes and orientation.  How robotic lobsters locate odour sources in turbulent water / Frank Grasso ;  Robotic experiments on cricket phonotaxis / Barbara Webb ;  Gathering and sorting in insects and robots / Owen Holland; Motor co-ordination.  How frogs groom / Simon Giszter ; Robotic experiments on insect walking / Holk Cruse ;  Building a robotic lobster / Joseph Ayers; Motivation and learning.  Neural nets and robots based upon classical ethology / Janet Halperin ; Robotic experiments on rat instrumental learning / Emmet Spier ; Robotic experiments on complexity and cognition / Brendan McGonigle; Why robots?