Springer - Spatial Temporal Patterns for Roving Robots Book

Explore the fundamental connection between biological sensing and robotic perception with this academic text from Springer. Part of the Cognitive Systems Monographs series, this book examines how spatial-temporal dynamics guide sensing, perception, and action in biological systems. By analyzing how senses like vision, hearing, and touch process signals distributed in space and time, the text provides insights into how complex time evolution affects information processing. The content uses the mammalian retina as a primary example, explaining how parallel representations of the visual world are embodied into layers to represent specific scene details. This research demonstrates that visual perception begins at the retinal level rather than being limited to higher cognitive functions. This volume is an essential resource for those studying the intersection of biological principles and autonomous robotic systems.