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Bio-Inspired Mattiussi Floreano and
Artificial Intelligence Bio-Inspired
THEORIES, METHODS, AND
TECHNOLOGIES
Dario Floreano Artificial Intelligence
and Claudio Mattiussi
Artificial Intelligence Artificial Bio-Inspired
New approaches to artiÞcial intelligence spring from the idea Dario Floreano is Director of the Laboratory of Intelligent
that intelligence emerges as much from cells, bodies, and so- Systems at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in THEORIES, METHODS, AND
cieties as it does from evolution, development, and learning. Lausanne (EPFL). He is the coauthor of Evolutionary Robotics:
Traditionally, artiÞcial intelligence has been concerned with The Biology, Intelligence, and Technology of anizing TECHNOLOGIES
reproducing the abilities of human brains; newer approaches Machines (MIT Press, 2000). Claudio Mattiussi is a researcher
take inspiration from a wider range of biological structures at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL.
that are capable of autonomous anization. Examples
of these new approaches include putation INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS AND AuTONOMOuS AGENTS SERIES
and evolutionary electronics, artiÞcial works, immune
systems, biorobotics, and swarm intelligenceÑto mention ÒBio-Inspired ArtiÞcial Intelligence brings together all the things
only a few. This book offers prehensive introduction to IÕve been interested in for the last twenty-Þve years, and sur-
the emerging Þeld of biologically inspired artiÞcial intelligence prises me by providing a coherent intellectual framework for
that can be used as an upper-level text or as a reference for them all. This book is a treasure trove of history from Darwin to Md. Dalim #974743 7/16/08 Orange Gray
researchers. Gibson and Walter, an unambiguous tutorial on how to build a
Each chapter putational approaches inspired plethora putational models, and a healthy exploration of
by a different biological system; ea