Autonomous Robotic Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Almeida, Anibal T.de (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Khatib, Oussama (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1998.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 236
• Subjects: Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.

This book constitutes the presentations made at the Advanced Research Workshop on Autonomous Robotic Systems, which was held at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, June 1997. The aim of the meeting was to bring together leading researchers in the area of autonomous systems for mobility and manipula...

Table of Contents:

• Autonomous outdoor mobile robot navigation the EDEN project
• Active vision for autonomous systems
• Sensors for mobile robot navigation
• Application of odor sensors in mobile robotics
• Advanced telerobotics
• Cooperative behavior between autonomous agents
• Mobile manipulator systems
• Forestry robotics - why, what and when
• Robotics for the mining industry
• HelpMate®, the trackless robotic courier: A perspective on the development of a commercial autonomous mobile robot
• Intelligent wheelchairs and assistant robots
• Robots in surgery
• Legged walking machines
• Climbing robots.