ASME Mobile Robots for Dynamic Environments

Edited by: Emin Faruk Kececi and Marco Ceccarelli ASME Press Robotics Engineering Book Series Vladimir Vantsevich, Series Editor Browse sample pages from the eBook edition on The ASME Digital Collection: http://ebooks.asmedi gitalcollection.asme .org/book.aspx?booki d=1730 For several decades now, mobile robots have been integral to the development of new robotic systems for new applications, even in non-technical areas. Mobile robots have already been developed for such uses as industrial automation, medical care, space exploration, demining operations, surveillance, entertainment, museum guides and many other industrial and non-industrial applications. In some cases these products are readily available on the market. A considerable amount of literature is also available; not all of which pertains to technical issues, as listed in the chapters of this book and its companion. Readers will enjoy this book and its companion and will utilize the knowledge gained with satisfaction and will be assisted by its content in their interdisciplinary work for engineering developments of mobile robots, in both old and new applications. This book and its companion can be used as a graduate level course book or a guide book for the practicing engineer who is working on a specific problem described in one of the chapters. The companion volume for this book, Designs and Prototypes of Mobile Robots, is available separately. Click here to view the table of contents. Hardcover