Learning Robot Control

Robots are mechanical structures with sensors, effectors and control system. Coupling of sensory inputs to effector outputs requires a robotic control law. Unfortunately, the construction of such control laws is a complicated task. Automatisation of this process requires the incorporation of machine learning techniques. Robots capable of learning are not necessarily synonymous with intelligent or autonomous robots, since artificial intelligence can be achieved without learning. However, robot learning is seen as the key ingredient for the development of future autonomous robots [7].