%0 Journal Article %J Robotics and Automation Magazine %D 2007 %T Symbolic Planning and Control of Robot Motion: Finding the Missing Pieces of Current Methods and Ideas %A C. Belta %A A. Bicchi %A M. Egerstedt %A E. Frazzoli %A E. Klavins %A G. J. Pappas %K Embedded Control %K Robotics %X

Approaches to robot motion planning and control that involve tools such as automata, languages, temporal logics, and grammars, have been recently termed "symbolic." In this article, we review some existing results, discuss their relevance and applicability, and outline some of the main open questions and challenges in the area.

%B Robotics and Automation Magazine %V 14 %P 61-70 %G eng