Mobile Robots for Dynamic Environments

<p><b>For several decades now mobile robots have been integral to the development of new robotic systems for new applications even in nontechnical areas.</b></p><p>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.</p><p>Readers will enjoy this book and its companion. They 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.</p><p>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 which is described in one of the chapters. The companion volume for this book <i>Designs and Prototypes of Mobile Robots</i> is also available from Momentum Press.</p>