… -motion planning-is the central theme of this book. It can be loosely stated as follows: How
can a robot decide what motions … since, by definition, a robot accomplishes tasks by moving in …

… motions of programmable robots: devices that can be programmed to execute a wide variety
of motions… There is no widespread consensus on what a robot is. Almost any device capable …

… Since the robot motion field is indeed broad, this book cannot cover all the topics, nor do we
… on robot motion. We do, however, point the reader to Jean-Claude Latombe's Robot Motion …

… of motion in collaborations between humans and robots, and how planning robot motion that
… Imagine the situation from Fig.1, where a human and a robot collaborate on putting together …

… current issues in robotics. For instance, … motion planning and to assess selected planners,
examine implementation details and above all shed a light on the current challenges in motion …

… of essentially distinct motions which may … motion planners on a given configuration space
X. We study a number of specific problems: motion of a rigid body in R3, a robot arm, motion in …

… We consider motion planning for a robot with a fixed number of degrees of freedom in an …
, and in which the robot has constraints on its velocity. If there are no motion. constraints, and …

… only by the data of real robot motion at the previous trial and at the desired motion. If some …
motion are satisfied, the robot motion converges to the desired one by repeating test motions. …

… obtain good agreement with measured robot motions for both small and large amplitude
motions. Motion-Control Performance Requirements The performance of motion controls is best …

… In this study we investigated the relation between robot motion and the perceived affective
state of the robot. From literature we derived two motion characteristics that seemed to be …