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Robots with internal models: A route to self-aware and hence safer robots (2014)
Book Chapter
Winfield, A. F. (2014). Robots with internal models: A route to self-aware and hence safer robots. In J. Pitt (Ed.), The Computer After Me: Awareness And Self-Awareness In Autonomic Systems (237-252). London: Imperial College Press

The aim of this chapter is to set out the case for building robots with internal models as a possible route toward achieving a level of functional self-awareness that would usefully extend the capabilities of autonomous robots. The chapter argues tha... Read More about Robots with internal models: A route to self-aware and hence safer robots.

Enabling ecotourism: Principles, challenges and achievements from Tambopata, Peru (2014)
Book Chapter
Hill, J., Hill, R., & de Sausmarez, N. (2014). Enabling ecotourism: Principles, challenges and achievements from Tambopata, Peru. In B. Prideaux (Ed.), Rainforest Tourism, Conservation and Management: Challenges for Sustainable Development (146-162). Routledge

This chapter presents a case study of a single ecotourism initiative in Amazonian south-eastern Peru, analysing the operation of one of its lodges in detail (Posada Amazonas Lodge), and reflecting on the extent to which it can be considered a success... Read More about Enabling ecotourism: Principles, challenges and achievements from Tambopata, Peru.

A low-cost real-time tracking infrastructure for ground-based robot swarms (2014)
Book Chapter
Millard, A., Hilder, J., Timmis, J., & Winfield, A. F. (2014). A low-cost real-time tracking infrastructure for ground-based robot swarms. In C. Solnon, T. Stützle, M. Birattari, S. Garnier, H. Hamann, M. Montes de Oca, & M. Dorigo (Eds.), Swarm Intelligence, 9th International Conference, ANTS 2014 (278-279). Springer

A tracking infrastructure is a useful tool for swarm robotics research, and has many potential applications. Unfortunately, for many research laboratories, constructing one may be prohibitively expensive. In this paper we present a low-cost tracking... Read More about A low-cost real-time tracking infrastructure for ground-based robot swarms.

Towards exogenous fault detection in swarm robotic systems (2014)
Book Chapter
Millard, A. G., Timmis, J., & Winfield, A. F. (2014). Towards exogenous fault detection in swarm robotic systems. In C. Melhuish, M. Witkowski, A. Natraj, & S. Cameron (Eds.), Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (429-430). Springer Berlin Heidelberg

It has long been assumed that swarm systems are robust, in the sense that the failure of individual robots will have little detrimental effect on a swarm’s overall collective behaviour. However, Bjerknes and Winfield [1] have recently shown that this... Read More about Towards exogenous fault detection in swarm robotic systems.

Educating (2014)
Book Chapter
Hill, J., & Maddrell, A. (2014). Educating. In R. Lee, N. Castree, R. Kitchin, V. Lawson, A. Paasi, C. Philo, …C. Withers (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Human Geography (381-403). SAGE

This chapter considers the nature of what it is to ‘educate geographically’, how this has developed historically, its impact on students’ world views and experiences, and what key challenges and opportunities face contemporary geographical education.... Read More about Educating.

Public health profession (2014)
Book Chapter
Scally, G. (2014). Public health profession. In T. Culyer (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Health Economics. UK: Elsevier

Source apportionment of industrial fugitive dusts: Case studies with the Environment Agency (2014)
Book Chapter
Fowler, M., Datson, H., Williams, B., & Bruce, J. (2014). Source apportionment of industrial fugitive dusts: Case studies with the Environment Agency. In R. D. Morrison, & G. O'Sullivan (Eds.), Environmental Forensics : Proceedings of the 2013 INEF Conference (146-157). Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781782628347-00146

Fugitive dust from industrial activities is a long-standing and intractable problem. Quarrying and mining, construction and demolition, landfill, waste transfer and reprocessing, bulk materials handling (especially at ports, docks and harbours), and... Read More about Source apportionment of industrial fugitive dusts: Case studies with the Environment Agency.