IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine - September 2010 - 1

Vol. 17, No. 3 September 2010
ISSN 1070-9932

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Medical and Health-Care Robotics
Achievements and opportunities
By Allison M. Okamura, Maja J. Mataric and Henrik I. Christensen

Modular Robot Systems
From self-assembly to self-disassembly
By Kyle Gilpin and Daniela Rus

The GRASP Multiple Micro-UAV Test bed
Experimental evaluation
of multirobot aerial control algorithms
By Nathan Michael, Daniel Mellinger, Quentin Lindsey, and Vijay Kumar

Flexible Vision
Mobile agent approach
to distributed vision sensor fusion

n this issue, we celebrate 50 years of
robotics, following up on the theme
from this year's IEEE International
Conference on Robotics and Automation held in Anchorage, Alaska.
This issue features three articles drawn
from presentations given at the ''Celebrating 50 Years of Robotics'' symposium at the University of Pennsylvania
in December 2009, which describe new
directions for robotics research.

By Stephen S. Nestinger and Harry H. Cheng

Image: ' Ingram Publishing, Stockbyte

The Robockey Cup
A look at mechatronics education in 2009
By Jonathan Fiene

A Beginner's Guide to 6-D Vectors (Part 1)
What they are, how they work, and how to use them
By Roy Featherstone

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From the Editor's Desk
President's Message
From the Guest Editor
Student's Corner
News and Views
Industrial Activities
Education

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Competitions
ROS Topics
Editor's Corner
Society News
TC Spotlight
Calendar
Turning Point

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