Robotics in the Study of Animal Behavior

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 91-99

  Patricelli, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral trait; Biomimetic; Communication; Methods; Playback experiment; Robot; Signal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069184791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00227-8     Document Type: Chapter

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