What is the Role of Intelligent Technologies in the Next Generation of Robots ? This monograph
gives answers to this question and presents emergent trends of Intelligent Systems and
Robotics. After an introductory chapter celebrating 70 year of publishing the McCulloch Pitts
model the book consists of the 2 parts Robotics and Intelligent Systems. The aim of the book is
to contribute to shift conventional robotics in which the robots perform repetitive
pre-programmed tasks to its intelligent form where robots possess new cognitive skills with
ability to learn and adapt to changing environment. A main focus is on Intelligent Systems
which show notable achievements in solving various problems in intelligent robotics. The book
presents current trends and future directions bringing together Robotics and Computational
Intelligence. The contributions include widespread experimental and theoretical results on
intelligent robotics such as e.g. autonomous robotics new robotic platforms or talking
robots.
