"This book is a refreshing and much needed addition to the field of Robotics, and concentrates on the application of soft computing for intelligent sensing, learning, and robot navigation ... the book is particularly valuable for researchers and practitioners of intelligent robot navigation, as a convenient and advanced reference. The authors have been able to expand the horizons of the field and to introduce novel ways of looking at the traditional problem of robot navigation. Some research topics are indicated as well, making the book suitable for researchers in the use of soft computing in robotic navigation. The book is quite readable, and it challenges the readers to explore further ideas and issues in the field."IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine