Autonomous Land Vehicles: Steps Towards Service Robots

by Karsten Berns, Ewald von Puttkamer, Ewald Puttkamer

The economic potential of autonomous mobile robots will increase tremendously during the next years. Service robots such as cleaning machines and inspection or assistance robots will bring us great support in our daily lives. This textbook provides an introduction to the methods of controlling these robotic systems. Starting from mobile robot kinematics, the reader receives a systematic overview of the basic problems as well as methods and algorithms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3834804215
• ISBN13: 9783834804211
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Vieweg+teubner Verlag
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.4"