Mobile Robotics: Navigation and Mapping

The book "Mobile Robotics: Navigation and Mapping" aims to cover the forefront of mobile robotics research, with a particular focus on the latest developments that are pushing the boundaries of what these robots can achieve. It seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of the challenges and solutions associated with mobile robot navigation and mapping-a critical aspect of mobile robotics that enables these machines to understand and move through their environments intelligently. This book is dedicated to exploring the myriad of research efforts surrounding mobile robots, particularly addressing the fundamental problems that have been observed within these systems. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, it emphasizes the importance of integrating contributions from various fields, including navigation, learning and adaptation, networked systems, biologically inspired robots, and cognitive methods, among others. Such an integrative approach is crucial for developing sophisticated mobile robots that can navigate and operate autonomously in complex and dynamic environments.