Edited by: Emin Faruk Kececi and Marco Ceccarelli

ASME Press Robotics Engineering Book Series

Vladimir Vantsevich, Series Editor

For several decades now, mobile robots have been integralto the development of new robotic systems for new applications,even in non-technical areas. Mobile robots have already beendeveloped for such uses as industrial automation, medical care,space exploration, demining operations, surveillance,entertainment, museum guides and many other industrial andnon-industrial applications. In some cases these products arereadily available on the market. A considerable amount ofliterature is also available; not all of which pertains totechnical issues, as listed in the chapters of this book and itscompanion.

Readers will enjoy this book and its companion and will utilize theknowledge gained with satisfaction and will be assisted by itscontent in their interdisciplinary work for engineeringdevelopments of mobile robots, in both old and new applications.This book and its companion can be used as a graduate level coursebook or a guide book for the practicing engineer who is working ona specific problem described in one of the chapters.

The companion volume for this book, Designs and Prototypes ofMobile Robots, is available separately.

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