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From: n8220315@henson.cc.wwu.edu (Richard M Donnelly)
Subject: Mobile robots proceedings from SPIE
Message-ID: <1993Nov2.183511.7422@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
Summary: Mobile Robots VII Conference proceedings 
Keywords: mobile robots
Organization: Western Washington University
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1993 18:35:11 GMT
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Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Re: mobile robots request
Distribution: world
References: <1993Nov1.171939.24589@ee.surrey.ac.uk>


>A new graduate student trying to evaluate the current state of mobile robotics
>with regards to navigation, path planning and remote operation/control requests
>recommendations of any recent papers/books which may be found useful as 
>introductory/semi-advanced  texts.

SPIE has an annual conference on Mobile Robots. The Proceedings of the
November 1992 meeting is available, and should provide an up-to-date
glimpse of the field:

Mobile Robots VII, SPIE Volume 1831, Edited by William J. Wolfe (U. of
Colorado) and Wendell H. Chun, (Martin Marietta Astronautics Group). 60
papers, 682 pages. $71 SPIE members/$85 Working Group Members/$94
nonmembers. ISBN 0-8194-1032-2.

You can download the abstracts via anonymous ftp from mom.spie.org
( /abstracts/1800/1831.txt ). By e-mail, send a message to 
info-optolink-request@mom.spie.org  with the following command in the body
of the message (commands are not case sensitive):
	send [abstracts.1800]1831.txt

SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering
P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010 USA

e-mail  bookorders@mom.spie.org

