In the first part of the book, Murphy Focuses on the evolution of architecture paradigms for autonomous robots, from the classic model-based systems over the reactive experiment of the 80s to todays dominating hybrid structures. He gives a good outline of the principles of every approach, and closes with more in-depth case studies. In the second part adresses the topic of localization Murphy under its diverse Approaches.
Every chapter closes with a series of questions are indeed quite helpful for Actively learning the content.
I noticed some factual inaccuracies, like the serious claim deed with Increasing computing power, questions of computational complexity were of lesser importance then a few years ago. So I disliked Murphys tendency to give concrete figures, like "occupancy grids may measure 5-10 cm" or "Perception May Occur with about 1 Hz" - These Are of course predestined to become outdated, not to talk of the non-abstract style ,
So, I came across a small number of sentences That did not make sense and thatwere probably messed up in the editing process - Honestly I think did a book in that price class deserves more proofreading.
Good introductory works on robotics are rare, and this one Would certainly deserve a reversed edition.
