The Third Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics

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Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (3rd : 1998 :   Houston, Tex.)      Robotics : the algorithmic perspective : 1998 Workshop on the   Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics / edited by Pankaj K. Agarwal,   Lydia E. Kavraki, Matthew T. Mason.          p.   cm.      Includes bibliographical references and index.

TJ210.3.W664 1998

629.8'92 dc21 98-20972

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Cover illustration: Mechanical drawing of Leonardo da Vinci. From Leonardo da Vinci, Cod. Atl., fol. 357 r-a.Reynal and Company, New York, p. 498. Copyright in Italy by the Istituto Geograqfico De Agostini - Novara - 1956.

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