Control Problems in Robotics and Automation

The purpose of the book is to focus on the state-of-the-art of control problems in robotics and automation. Beyond its tutorial value, the book aims at identifying challenging control problems that must be addressed to meet future needs and demands, as well as at providing solutions to the identified problems.

The book contains a selection of invited and submitted papers presented at the International Workshop on Control Problems in Robotics and Automation: Future Directions, held in San Diego, California, on December 9, 1997, in conjunction with the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. The Workshop has been jointly sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society

and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.

The key feature of the book is its wide coverage of relevant problems in the field, discussed by world-recognized leading experts, who contributed chapters for the book. From the vast majority of~control aspects related to robotics and automation, the Editors have tried to opt for those "hot" topics which are expected to lead to significant achievements and breakthroughs in the years to come.