The book gives a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art research and engineering in
theory and application of Lattice Automata in design and control of autonomous Robots. Automata
and robots share the same notional meaning. Automata (originated from the latinization of the
Greek word mi ni) as self-operating autonomous machines invented from ancient years can be
easily considered the first steps of robotic-like efforts. Automata are mathematical models of
Robots and also they are integral parts of robotic control systems. A Lattice Automaton is a
regular array or a collective of finite state machines or automata. The Automata update their
states by the same rules depending on states of their immediate neighbours.In the context of
this book Lattice Automata are used in developing modular reconfigurable robotic systems path
planning and map exploration for robots as robot controllers synchronisation of robot
collectives robot vision parallel robotic actuators. All chapters are written in an
accessible manner and lavishly illustrated. The book will help computer and robotic scientists
and engineers to understand mechanisms of decentralised functioning of robotic collectives and
to design future and emergent reconfigurable parallel and distributed robotic systems.
