[LNCIS 236] Autonomous Robotic Systems (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences) 1998.pdf

Lecture Notes
in Control and Information Sciences 236
Editor: M. Thoma
Anibal T. de Almeida and OussamaKhatib (Eds)
Autonomous
Robotic Systems
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Series Advisory Board
A. Bensoussan • . Grimble P. Kokotovic • H. Kwakernaak
. Massey • . Tsypkin
Editors
Professor Anibal T. de Almeida
Instituto de Sistemas e Rob6tica
Departamento de Engenharia ica, Universidade de Coimbra,
Polo II, 3030 Coimbra, Portugal
Professor Oussama Khatib
Department puter Science, University of Stanford, Palo Alto, CA 94305,
USA
ISBN 1-85233-036-8 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Autonomous robotic systems. (Lecture notes in control and
information sciences ; 236)

, Anibal T. de , O. (Oussama)
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ISBN 1852330368
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