The Edge of Light by Joan Wolf

The Edge of Light by Joan Wolf

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The Edge of Light by Joan Wolf

This book is a collection of scienti c papers presented at the German Workshop on Robotics-a convention of researchers from academia and industry working on mathematical and algorithmic foundations of robotics, on the design and ana- sis of robotic systems as well as on robotic applications. As a new event of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur ] Robotik (DGR, German Robotics Society), the workshop took place at the Technische Universitat ] Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig on June 9-10, 2009. Covering some of the most important ongoing robotics research topics, this v- ume contains 31 carefully selected and discussed contributions. All of them were presented at the workshop that was attended by 80 researchers representing a wide range of research areas within robotics. The papers are organized in ten scienti c tracks: Kinematic and Dynamic Modeling, Motion Generation, Sensor Integration, Robot Vision, Robot Programming, Humanoid Robots, Grasping, Medical Rob- ics, AutonomousHelicopters, andRobotApplications.Two invitedtalksbyAntonio Bicchi and Atsuo Takanishi presented surveys of research activities in the elds of human-robotinteraction and humanoid robotics. The Program Committee was comprised of Karsten Berns, Oliver Brock, W- fram Burgard, Martin Buss, Thomas Christaller, Ru ]diger Dillmann, Bernd Fin- meyer, Martin Hagel ] e, Bodo Heimann, Dominik Henrich, Gerd Hirzinger, Alois Knoll, Helge-Bjorn ] Kuntze, Gisbert Lawitzky, Jur ] gen Ro mann, Roland Siegwart, Markus Vincze, and Heinz Worn. ] After an extensive review and discussion process, the committee met at February 17, 2009, and composed the scienti c program from a pool of 49 submissions.

Joan Wolf was born in New York City but has spent the majority of her adult life in Connecticut with her husband, raising two children and a variety of animals. Joan is the author of several historical books, including The Way to Avalon, which Publishers Weekly praised as high-quality historical fiction.

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ISBN 13 9780451402868
ISBN 10 0451402863
Titel The Edge of Light
Autor Wolf Joan
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Penguin Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 1992-01-30
Seitenanzahl 512
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