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This book is an excellent introduction to the fundamentals and methods of designing and testing autonomous mobile robots. The discussion presents in a clear and rigorous way the central themes of this complex field of research: robot learning and training; autonomous navigation in unmodified environments, subject to noise and unpredictable events; the analysis of the behavior of the robot; the recognition of perceptual novelties; the simulation of real robots. Thirteen detailed case studies show how to design and program real robots that can perform assigned tasks. The book is an indispensable reference for students of university and specialization courses in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, cognitive sciences and robot engineering, but is also accessible to readers with non-specific scientific preparation