1.0 INTRODUCTION The main goa l o f t h i s r e s e a r c h , f rom an AI v i e w p o i n t is the development o f a framework f o r Mo t ion Unders tand ing by Computer. Th is f rame­ work i s expected t o p r o v i d e : (a) A r e p r e s e n t a t i o n of knowledge f o r mot ion concep ts , based on frames [Minsky75] and semant ic networks [Brachman79] . (b) The d e s c r i p t i o n of bas...

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Users o f t ime and p o l a r mot ion i n f o rma t i on have requi rements f o r da ta which a re somewhat d i f f e r e n t f rom those u s u a l l y cons idered f o r ast ronomica l da ta f i l e s . Because o f these requirements. i t i s necessary t o p rov i de immediate access t o t he l a t e s t i n f o rma t i on on Ear th o r i e n t a t i o n and even p r e d i c t i o n s o f f u t...

Recently a t ime d i f fe rence measurement system was developed i n the Frequency & Time Standards Section o f the Nat ional Bureau o f Standards and independently a t the Nat ional Research Council which shows more than three orders of magnitude improvement over that which is cur ren t ly ava i lab le comnerc ia l l y . Cur ren t s ta te -o f the-ar t t ime d i f fe rence measurement devices ...

A m o d i f i c a t i o n o f P o h l ' s b i d i r e c t i o n a l h e u r i s t i c search a l g o r i t h m i s d e s r i b e d t o g e t h e r w i t h a s i m p l i f i e d i m p l e m e n t a t i o n . Theorems are p roved about c o n d i t i o n s y i e l d i n g s h o r t e s t p a t h s . The r e s u l t s a re g i v e n o f a wors t case a n a l y s i s o f d i f f e r e n t a l g o r ...

In t h i s paper we p r o v i d e a b r i e f d i s c u s s i o n o f t he r e l a t i o n s h i p o f t a c t i l e sensa t i on t o o the r sensory m o d a l i t i e s c u r r e n t l y showing prominence i n i n d u s t r i a l r o b o t s . A t a c t i l e sensor i s p resented which p r o v i d e s a m a t r i x o f t he f o r c e s e x i s t i n g between i t and the o b j e c t w i t h w...