Recent Trends In Mobile Robots

The book is a collection of the most recent works in mobile robots. The contributing authors are experts in the area and are from all over the world, including Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, Norway and the US. These experts report on advanced technologies as well as fundamental issues. From the book, readers will be able to see the recent trends in mobile robots from an international perspective. The following topics are covered: motion planning of mobile robots in unknown environments; environment modelling using advanced sensing technologies; dynamic mobile robot navigation; non-linear control of mobile robots; computation environments for mobile robots; coordination between mobility and manipulability; and advanced applications of mobile robots.