This book gathers the outcomes of the thirteenth Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR), the premier event for showcasing cutting-edge research on algorithmic robotics. The latest WAFR, held at Universidad Politecnica de Yucatan in Merida, Mexico on December 9-11, 2018, continued this tradition. This book contains fifty-four papers presented at WAFR, which highlight the latest research on fundamental algorithmic robotics (e.g., planning, learning, navigation, control, manipulation, optimality, completeness, and complexity) demonstrated through several applications involving multi-robot systems, perception, and contact manipulation. Addressing a diverse range of topics in papers prepared by expert contributors, the book reflects the state of the art and outlines future directions in the field of algorithmic robotics.

This book gathers the outcomes of the thirteenth Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR), the premier event for showcasing cutting-edge research on algorithmic robotics. The latest WAFR, held at Universidad Politecnica de Yucatan in Merida, Mexico on December 9-11, 2018, continued this tradition. This book contains fifty-four papers presented at WAFR, which highlight the latest research on fundamental algorithmic robotics (e.g., planning, learning, navigation, control, manipulation, optimality, completeness, and complexity) demonstrated through several applications involving multi-robot systems, perception, and contact manipulation. Addressing a diverse range of topics in papers prepared by expert contributors, the book reflects the state of the art and outlines future directions in the field of algorithmic robotics.

By the dawn of the new millennium,robotics has undergonea major transformation in scope and dimensions. This expansion has been broughtabout by the maturity of the ?eld and the advances in its related technologies. From a largely dominant - dustrial focus, roboticshas been rapidly expandinginto the challengesof the human world.The new generationofrobotsis expectedto safely anddependablyco-habitat withhumansinhomes,workplaces,andcommunities,providingsupportinservices, entertainment, education, healthcare, manufacturing, and assistance. Beyond its impact on physical robots, the body of knowledge robotics has p- duced is revealing a much wider range of applications reaching across diverse research areas and scienti?c disciplines, such as: biomechanics, haptics, neu- sciences, virtual simulation, animation, surgery, and sensor networks among others. In return, the challenges of the new emerging areas are proving an abundant source of stimulation and insights for the ?eld of robotics. It is indeed at the intersection of disciplines that the most striking advances happen. The goal of the series of Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR) is to bring, in a timely fashion, the latest advances and developments in robotics on the basis of their signi?cance and quality. It is our hope that the wider dissemination of research developmentswill stimulate more exchangesand collaborationsamongthe research community and contribute to further advancement of this rapidly growing ?eld. This volume is the outcome of the eight edition of the biennial Workshop Al- rithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR). Edited by G. Chirikjian, H. Choset, M.

By the dawn of the new millennium,robotics has undergonea major transformation in scope and dimensions. This expansion has been broughtabout by the maturity of the ?eld and the advances in its related technologies. From a largely dominant - dustrial focus, roboticshas been rapidly expandinginto the challengesof the human world.The new generationofrobotsis expectedto safely anddependablyco-habitat withhumansinhomes,workplaces,andcommunities,providingsupportinservices, entertainment, education, healthcare, manufacturing, and assistance. Beyond its impact on physical robots, the body of knowledge robotics has p- duced is revealing a much wider range of applications reaching across diverse research areas and scienti?c disciplines, such as: biomechanics, haptics, neu- sciences, virtual simulation, animation, surgery, and sensor networks among others. In return, the challenges of the new emerging areas are proving an abundant source of stimulation and insights for the ?eld of robotics. It is indeed at the intersection of disciplines that the most striking advances happen. The goal of the series of Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR) is to bring, in a timely fashion, the latest advances and developments in robotics on the basis of their signi?cance and quality. It is our hope that the wider dissemination of research developmentswill stimulate more exchangesand collaborationsamongthe research community and contribute to further advancement of this rapidly growing ?eld. This volume is the outcome of the eight edition of the biennial Workshop Al- rithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR). Edited by G. Chirikjian, H. Choset, M.

Magical short stories suggesting better relationships can be achieved among living things given a genuine desire for tolerance: An eagle shows compassion toward its most sought after prey, and in turn wins a friend; A dandelion successfully pleads for mercy from an engineer with a meticulously groomed garden. These stories teach tolerance toward those who possess traits different from our own.

Se describe aqui el Mangu como una comida inevitable en la cocina dominicana, desde las pobres hasta las mas ricas. Aunque si bien, en este libro se idealiza con cierta liberalidad la historia del origen del Mangu como alimento, asi como tambien los comienzos de su nombre, las posibilidades que se sugieren alrededor de ambos no dejan de ofrecer la tentacion de que puedan ser verdaderas. Se presentan diversos acompanamientos del Mangu, incluyendo algunos ni remotamente imaginados por el tradicional consumidor de este importante y apetecible plato dominicano, pero, como se reporta aqui, fueron degustados con toda satisfaccion por un grupo de amigos y el autor. Al final del libro aparecen algunos cuentos acerca del platano y el Mangu en forma de verso, y hasta un himno al Mangu, cuya primera estrofa sigue la musica del himno nacional dominicano, y las siguientes se pueden cantar a ritmo de Merengue. Se podria decir que este libro da una interesante leida."

Este libro ofrece una perspectiva diferente de los anteriores que se han escrito acerca de los eventos del primer libro de la Biblia. Es simplemente un experimento ameno en ideas y pensamientos literarios y filosoficos, sin pretension ni intencion religiosa. Desde el indice de materias, y pasando por las dos creaciones, el acto del pecado, el destierro de Eva y Adan del Paraiso, las varias versiones del Diluvio, y otros mas, esta narracion presenta los detalles de cada evento de Genesis desde un punto de vista natural. Se basa este enfoque en la reaccion de los protagonistas, que son humanos tal como nosotros, a lo que ocurre a cada paso a su alrededor. Para el autor, los seres humanos principales receptores de los beneficios y perjuicios de este mundo todavia nuevo y en cierto grado de agitacion, por lo menos hasta y durante el Diluvio son, Adan, Eva, Cain, Abel, Noe, la esposa de Noe: Naamah, la de Sem: Sedequeteleb, la de Cam: Naltamauk y, la de Jafet: Adataneses. Aparte de Eva, estas mujeres, aunque no se les hace el honor de mencionarlas en el Libro Sagrado, tienen que haber trabajado intensamente, y quien sabe, quizas con mas ahinco que sus esposos, no solamente antes de su forzada aventura acuatica, sino durante su tenebroso confinamiento en el arca junto a tantos animales."