Daniela Rus

"Urges readers to consider how they might be used to enhance human work and to support human flourishing." -Valerie Thompson, Science

Daniela Rus, a leading roboticist and computer scientist, explores how we can use a new generation of smart machines to help humankind. Meer

Algorithms that control the computational processes relating sensors and actuators are indispensable for robot navigation and the perception of the world in which they move. Meer

At the dawn of the new millennium, robotics is undergoing a major transformation in scope and dimension. From a largely dominant industrial focus, robotics is rapidly expanding into the challenges of unstructured environments. Meer

This is the proceedings of the tenth WAFR, held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in June 2012. Its 37 papers address a broad range of topics, from fundamental theoretical issues in robot motion planning, control and perception, to novel applications. Meer