Robot Motion Planning and Control

How can a robot decide what motions to perform in order to achieve tasks in the physical world? Robot motion planning encompasses several different disciplines, most notably robotics, computer science, control theory and mathematics. This volume presents an interdisciplinary account of recent develo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Laumond, Jean-Paul (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1998, 1998
Edition:1st ed. 1998
Series:Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Guidelines in nonholonomic motion planning for mobile robots
  • Geometry of nonholonomic systems
  • Optimal trajectories for nonholonomic mobile robots
  • Feedback control of a nonholonomic car-like robot
  • Probabilistic path planning
  • Collision detection algorithms for motion planning