This book provides an overview of a series of advanced research lines in robotics as well as of design and development methodologies for intelligent robots and their intelligent components.

Richard Duro, Yuriy Kondratenko

1 A Modular Architecture for Developing Robots for Industrial Applications 2 The Dynamic Characteristics of a Manipulator with Parallel Kinematic Structure Based on Experimental Data 3 An Autonomous Scale Ship Model for Parametric Rolling Towing Tank Testing 4 Autonomous Knowledge Discovery Based on Artificial Curiosity-Driven Learning by Interaction 5 Information Technology for Interactive Robot Task Training Through Demonstration of Movement 6 A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach for the Efficient Control of Mobile Robots 7 Underwater Robot Intelligent Control Based on Multilayer Neural Network 8 Advanced Trends in Design of Slip Displacement Sensors for Intelligent Robots 9 Distributed Data Acquisition and Control Systems for a Sized Autonomous Vehicle 10 Polymetric Sensing in Intelligent Systems 11 Design and Implementation of Wireless Sensor Network Based on Multilevel Femtocells for Home Monitoring 12 Common Framework Model for Multi-Purpose Underwater Data Collection Devices Deployed with Remotely Operated Vehicles 13 M2M in Agriculture - Business Models and Security Issues