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In recent years, robotic technology has been playing a key role in different areas such as domestic, industrial and military applications.The main objective of mobile robotics is to develop robots that are capable of moving autonomously in unknown environment. These robots have been designed with the integration of a variety of sensors makes use in a wide variety of applications in structured as well as in unstructured environments. Outdoor robots can be used for patrol, surveillance, exploring planets in military and space functions. In order to accomplish the assigned tasks, these robots should have an accurate autonomous navigation system.

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Charan Ram Akupati is an Indian who finished Master of Science in Mechatronics at Univerity of Siegen (Germany). His passion towards Autonomous Mobile Robots drives him to write this book.

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