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h1. Overview of RST Types and Namespaces
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This page shall give a short summary of the _stable_ RST Types and their semantic structuring into distinct namespaces. As such, it shall give component developers a brief overview of the overall library and describe the rationale behind the different namespaces. Ideally, parts of this page will be auto-generated in the future (cf. #630) from the respective type folder in the RST repository, which can also be accessed directly via the repository browser: https://code.cor-lab.org/projects/rst/repository/show/trunk/rst/proto/stable/rst
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_this page is work in progress_
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h2. Rationale for Package Names
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h3. Geometry
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_Geometry is a branch of mathematics concerned with questions of shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space._ ("source":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry)
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Related:
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* http://www.ros.org/wiki/geometry_msgs
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h3. Kinematics
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_Kinematics is the branch of classical mechanics that describes the motion of bodies (objects) and systems (groups of objects) without consideration of the forces that cause the motion._ ("source":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinematics)
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h3. Dynamics
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_In the field of physics, the study of the causes of motion and changes in motion is dynamics. In other words the study of forces and why objects are in motion. Dynamics includes the study of the effect of torques on motion._ ("source":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamics)
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h3. Vision
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_In electrical engineering and computer science, image processing is any form of signal processing for which the input is an image_ ("source":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_processing)
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h3. Audition
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_Audio signal processing, sometimes referred to as audio processing, is the intentional alteration of auditory signals, or sound._ ("source":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_signal_processing)
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h3. Stochastics
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_The use of the term stochastic to mean based on the theory of probability_ ("source":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic)
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h3. Communication Patterns
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_Refers to additional prototypes for advanced communication patterns at the integration level such as the Task-State pattern._
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The term was introduced (?) in Robotics in a paper by Christian Schlegel. We could cite this as a source here.
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Related:
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* ROS Action lib
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TODO 
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* add related work for each namespace