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Ken Goldberg. Stochastic Plans for Robotic Manipulation. PhD thesis, CMU School of Computer Science, August 1990. Copies can be obtained from Catherine Copetas (copetas@cs.cmu.edu, 412-268-8525).

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Jean-Claude Latombe. Robot Motion Planning. Kluwer Academic Press, 1991.

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Matthew T. Mason. On the scope of quasi-static pushing. In O. Faugeras and G. Giralt, editors, The Third International Symposium on Robotics Research. MIT Press, 1986.

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Matthew T. Mason, Ken Goldberg, and Russell H. Taylor. Planning sequences of squeeze-grasps to orient and grasp polygonal objects. Technical Report CMU-CS-88-127, Carnegie Mellon University, Computer Science Dept., Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, April 1988.

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Neil C. Singer. Utilizing dynamic and static stability to orient parts. Master's thesis, MIT, 1985.

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Neil C. Singer and Warren Seering. Utilizing dynamic stability to orient parts. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 54, 1987. See also Singer's 1985 MIT Masters Thesis.

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T. Suzuki and M. Kohno. The flexible parts feeder which helps a robot assemble automatically. Assembly Automation, 1981.

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Russ H. Taylor, Matthew M. Mason, and Ken Goldberg. Sensor-based manipulation planning as a game with nature. In Robotics Research: The Fourth International Symposium. MIT Press, 1988.