This paper surveys the state-of-the-art in machine ethics, that is, considerations of how to
implement ethical behaviour in robots, unmanned autonomous vehicles, or software …

Social insects are biological benchmarks of self-organization and decentralized control.
Their integrated yet accessible nature makes them ideal models for the investigation of …

In this article, we make the case for the new class of Self-aware Cyber-physical Systems. By
bringing together the two established fields of cyber-physical systems and self-aware …

Active Position Estimation (APE) is the task of localizing one or more targets using one or
more sensing platforms. APE is a key task for search and rescue missions, wildlife …

At the current time, there are several fundamental changes in the way computing systems
are being developed, deployed and used. They are becoming increasingly large …

Camera networks become smart when they can interpret video data on board, in order to
carry out tasks as a collective, such as target tracking and (re-) identification of objects of …

Most attempts at inserting ethical behaviour into autonomous machines adopt the
'designer'approach, ie, the ethical principles/behaviour to be implemented are known in …

The field of Game Theory provides a useful mechanism for modeling many decision-making
scenarios. In participating in these scenarios individuals and groups adopt particular …

This chapter defines three reference scenarios to which other chapters may refer for the
purpose of motivating and illustrating architectures, techniques, and methods consistently …

In the recent years, the advances in high performance embedded microcontrollers,
optimized signal processing techniques and reliable communication protocols have fostered …