“…Figure 1 generalizes the approaches taken by the PerceptOR teams. The researchers have documented the autonomous robotics technology developed ( Ansar et al, 2004;Huertas et al, 2005;Kelly et al, 2004;Kluge and Morgenthaler, 2004;Matthies et al, 2003aMatthies et al, , 2003bMatthies and Rankin, 2003;Ollis and Jochem, 2003;Rankin et al, 2005;Spofford et al, 2003;Stentz et al, , 2003Vandapel et al, 2003Vandapel et al, , 2006, so this article will neither present nor review those contributions.…”