Case studies of applying Gibson's ecological approach to mobile robots Academic Article

abstract

• Gibson's ecological approach to perception has recently received significant attention in the robotics literature. The approach relies on the identification and application of affordances for a behavior. Unfortunately, determining suitable affordances has been treated as an art rather than a science. This paper presents a methodology for deciding whether an affordance-based approach should be pursued for a specific behavior and for isolating a reliable affordance. Three case studies on three mobile robots are presented which used this methodology successfully. The case studies illustrate the advantages and limitations of affordances, as well as offer practical insights into applying the ecological approach. 1999 IEEE.

authors

• Murphy, Robin

published proceedings

• IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems

author list (cited authors)

• Murphy, R. R.

citation count

• 32

complete list of authors

• Murphy, RR

publication date

• December 1999

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems  Journal

keywords

• 46 Information And Computing Sciences
• 4602 Artificial Intelligence

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/3468.736365

start page

• 105

end page

• 111

volume

• 29

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/3468.736365