Geometry is a powerful tool to solve a great number of
problems in robotics and computer vision. Impressive results
have been obtained in these fields in the last decade. It is
a new challenge to solve problems of the actual world which
require the ability to reason about uncertainty and complex
motion constraints by combining geometric, kinematic, and
dynamic characteristics. A necessary step is to develop
appropriate geometric reasoning techniques with reasonable
computational complexity.
This volume is based on a workshop held in Grenoble,
France,in September 1991. It contains selected
contributions on several important areas in the field of
robotics and computer vision. The four chapters cover the
following areas:
- motion planning with kinematic and dynamic constraints,
- motion planning and control in the presence of
uncertainty,
- geometric problems related to visual perception,
-numerical problems linked to the implementation of
practical algorithms for visual perception.