Table of Contents

Preface vii
I Neurorobot Background and Foundations 1
1 Neurorobotics: Origins and Background 3
2 Neuroscience: Background for Creating Neurorobots 17
3 Learning and Memory 49
4 Reinforcement Learning and Prediction 67
II Neurorobot Design Principles 87
5 Neurorobot Design Principles 1: Every Action Has a Reaction 89
6 Neurorobot Design Principles 2: Adaptive Behavior, a Change for the Better 113
7 Neurorobot Design Principles 3: Behavioral Trade-Offs Because Life Is Full of Compromises 135
III Neurorobot Applications 153
8 Neurorobotic Navigation 155
9 Developmental and Social Robotics 183
10 Neurorobotics: Past, Present, and Future 205
Glossary 215
References 221
Index 231

About the Author

Tiffany J. Hwu is a research scientist working on projects in autonomous agents and human-machine communication. Jeffrey L. Krichmar is a Professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences and the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine, where he teaches courses in artificial intelligence, cognitive robotics, and computational neuroscience.