Meta-Heuristic Optimization Techniques and Its Applications in Robotics

Abstract

Robotics is the science of perceiving and manipulating the physical world. Perceive informa‐ tion on their envioronments through sensors, and manipulate through physical forces. To do diversity tasks, robots have tobe able to accomodate the ennormous uncertainty that exist in the physical world. The level of uncertainty depends on the application domain. In some robotics applications, such as assembly lines, humans can cleverly engineer the system so that uncertainty is only a marginal factor. In contrast, robots operating in residential homes, militar operates or on other planets will have to cope with substantial uncertainty. Managing uncertainty is possibly the most important step towards robust real-world robot system.