Trajectory Planning for Automatic Machines and Robots
Luigi Biagiotti Claudio Melchiorri
Trajectory Planning for
Automatic Machines
and Robots
Dr. Luigi Biagiotti
DII, University of Modena
and Reggio Emilia
Via Vignolese 905
41100 Modena
Italy
luigi.biagiotti@unimore.it
Prof. Claudio Melchiorri
DEIS, University of Bologna
Via Risorgimento 2
40136 Bologna
Italy
cmelchiorri@deis.unibo.it
ISBN: 978-3-540-85628-3 e-ISBN: 978-3-540-85629-0
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