Download or read book Robotics 98 written by Laura A. Demsetz and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of Robotics 98: Third Specialty Conference on Robotics for Challenging Environments, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 26-30, 1998. This collection contains 49 papers discussing research into robotic technologies and application of those technologies in a variety of challenging environments. Topics include: design and control of flexible manipulators; path planning for mobile robots; sensing and modeling of unknown environments; applications in hazardous environments on Earth; applications in construction; mobile systems and rovers; robotics in education; operator interfaces; and technology transfer.