Table of Contents: June 1999

Features
Racing With the Sun: The Optimal Use of the Solar Powered Automobile Michael W. Daniels and P.R. Kumar	12
Vision-Based Control of an Air Hockey Playing Robot Bradley E. Bishop and Mark W. Spong	23
Terrain Navigation Using Bayesian Statistics Niclas Bergman, Lennart Ljung, and Fredrik Gustafsson	33
From Wiener to Hidden Markov Models Brian D.O. Anderson	41
Technique for Enhancing the Performance of Discretized Controllers Daniel Raviv and Eddy W. Djaja	52
Columns
Feedforward: The No Free Lunch Theorem and the Human-Machine Interface Yu-Chi Ho	8
Lecture Notes: Robust Computer Control of an Inverted Pendulum G.A. Medrano-Cerda	58
Applicaton Notes: Qmotor 2.0—A Real-Time PC Based Control Environment N. Costescu, D. Dawson, and M. Loffler	68
Eye on Education: Enhancing Classical Controls Education via Interactive GUI Design Raymond C. Garcia and Bonnie S. Heck	77
Conference Report: CDC 98 at Tampa Bay J. Douglas Birdwell	83
From Membership Activities: Report on the Fuzzy versus Conventional Control Debate Daniel Y. Abramovitch and Linda G. Bushnell	88
Officer’s Communique: Board of Governors Meeting Report Pradeep Misra	92
Business and Technology: Fuzzy Control as a Disruptive Technology Daniel Y. Abramovitch	100
Departments
From the Editor	2
President’s Message	4
News	103
Ph.D. Dissertations	105
Calendar	106
On the Market	109