Geometry and Robotics [electronic resource] : Workshop, Toulouse, France, May 26–28, 1988 Proceedings / edited by J. -D. Boissonnat, J. -P. Laumond.

Effective semialgebraic geometry -- Curves and computer algebra -- Placement of polygons -- The algorithm by schwartz, sharir and collins on the piano mover's problem -- A practical exact motion planning algorithm for polygonal objects amidst polygonal obstacles -- Motion planning for manipulators in complex environments -- Planning collision free trajectories by a configuration space approach -- Trajectory planning and motion control for mobile robots -- Motion planning for a mobile robot with a kinematic constraint -- Motion from point matches: multiplicity of solutions -- Singular configurations of parallel manipulators and grassmann geometry -- Applications of geometric homology -- Some examples of algorithms analysis in computational geometry by means of mathematical morphological techniques -- An optimal algorithm for the boundary of a cell in a union of rays -- Triangulation in 2D and 3D space -- Hamiltonian cycles in delaunay complexes -- Models of robot manipulators -- Modelling positioning uncertainties -- Contact manipulation and geometric reasoning -- Geometric reasoning in motion planning.