Foundations of AI and Robotics

Two Volume Set
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-67319-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 680 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a complicated science that combines philosophy, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, mathematics and logic (logicism), economics, computer science, computability, and software. Meanwhile, robotics is an engineering field that compliments AI. There can be situations where AI can function without a robot (e.g. Turing Test) and robotics without AI (e.g. teleoperation), but in many cases, each technology requires each other to exhibit a complete system: having “smart” robots and AI being able to control its interactions (i.e., effectors) with its environment. This book provides a complete history of computing, AI and robotics from its early development to state-of-the-art technology, providing a roadmap of these complicated and constantly evolving subjects.

Divided into two volumes covering the progress of symbolic logic and the explosion in learning/deep learning in natural language and perception, the first volume investigates the coming together of AI (the mind) and robotics (the body), as well as discussing the state of AI today.The second volume goes more in-depth into the history of artificial intelligence, starting with key people and important events that bring us to the present day.

Key Features:

- Provides a complete overview of the topic of artificial intelligence, starting with philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and logicism, and extending to the action of the robots and artificial intelligence needed for a futuristic society

- Provides a holistic view of AI, and touches on all the misconceptions and tangents to the technologies through taking a systematic approach.

- Provides a glossary of terms, list of notable people and extensive references

- Provides the interconnections and history of the progress of technology for over 100 years as both the hardware (Moore’s Law, GPUs) and software, i.e. generative AI, has advanced

Intended as a complete reference, this book is useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students of computing, as well as the general reader. It also can be used as a textbook by course convenors. If you only had one book on AI and robotics, this set would be the first reference to acquire and learn about the theory and practice.

Zielgruppe

Academic and General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chun, Wendell

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Robotik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Maschinelles Lernen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1 

Foreword

 About the Author

1.      AI Background                                                                                        

2.      Robotics              

3.       Autonomy

4.       Artificial Intelligence                               

5.       Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Robotics              

6.       Artificial Intelligence: Today

7.       Epilogue                      

8.       Glossary of Terms    

9.       List of Figures                           

10.   References         

         

Volume 2

Foreword                            

About the Author

 1.      Review of Robotics and AI from Vol. 1        

2.      Short History of Early Robotics and AI        

3.      Research and Applied Research setting the foundation for AI and Robotics

4.      Groundbreaking Events                               

5.      History of AI & Robotics at Martin Marietta (1980’s - Early 2000’s)

6.      Early in the Development of the Technologies       

7.      What to Expect in the Coming Future? 

8.      Epilogue                    

Glossary of Terms

List of Figures                   

List of Notable People                                     

References

Über Autor(innen)

Wendell Chun has thirty-plus years designing and building robots with autonomous capability at the former Martin Marietta Space Systems Company.  He is currently a Director in Systems Engineering and Assistant Professor at the University of Denver.  Professor Chun bridges industry, academia, and government in the areas of robotics and artificial intelligence, serving as a consultant, subject matter expert, and reviewer in this field since the early 1980’s.