Mobile Robots Towards New Applications

Mobile Robots Towards New Applications Mobile Robots Towards New Applications Edited by Aleksandar Lazinica pro literatur Verlag Published by Advanced Robotic Systems International and pro literatur Verlag plV pro literatur Verlag Robert Mayer-Scholz Mammendorf Germany Abstracting and non-profit use of the material is permitted with credit to the source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published articles. Publisher assumes no responsibility liability for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained inside. After this work has been published by the Advanced Robotic Systems International, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are an author or editor, and the make other personal use of the work. © 2006 Advanced Robotic Systems International www.ars-journal.com Additional copies can be obtained from: publication@ars-journal.com First published December 2006 Printed in Croatia A catalogue record for this book is available from the German Library. Mobile Robots, Towards New Applications, Edited by Aleksandar Lazinica p. cm. ISBN 10: 3-86611-314-5 ISBN 13: 978-3-86611-314-5 1. Mobile Robotics. 2. Applications. I. Aleksandar Lazinica V Preface Industrial robots have been widely applied in many fields to increase productivity and flexibility, i.e. to work on repetitive, physically tough and dangerous tasks. Be-cause of similar reasons, the need on robots in service sectors-like robots in the hospital, in household, in underwater applications-is increasing rapidly. Mobile, intelligent robots became more and more important for science as well as for in-dustry. They are and will be used for new application areas. The range of potential applications for mobile robots is enormous. It includes agri-cultural robotics applications, routine material transport in factories, warehouses, office buildings and hospitals, indoor and outdoor security patrols, inventory veri-fication, hazardous material handling, hazardous site cleanup, underwater applica-tions, and numerous military applications. This book is the result of inspirations and contributions from many researchers worldwide. It presents a collection of wide range research results of robotics scien-tific community. Various aspects of current research in new robotics research areas and disciplines are explored and discussed. It is divided in three main parts cover-ing different research areas: - Humanoid Robots, - Human-Robot Interaction, - Special Applications. I hope that you will find a lot of useful information in this book, which will help you in performing your research or fire your interests to start performing research in some of the cutting edge research fields mentioned in the book. Editor Aleksandar Lazinica ... - tailieumienphi.vn