Introduction to Robotics: Analysis, Control, Applications

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John Wiley & Sons, Sep 22, 2010 - Technology & Engineering - 480 pages
Now in its second edition, Introduction to Robotics is intended for senior and introductory graduate courses in robotics. Designed to meet the needs of different readers, this book covers a fair amount of mechanics and kinematics, including manipulator kinematics, differential motions, robot dynamics, and trajectory planning. It also covers microprocessor applications, control systems, vision systems, sensors, and actuators, making the book useful to mechanical engineers, electronic and electrical engineers, computer engineers and engineering technologists. A chapter on controls presents enough material to make the understanding of robotic controls and design accessible to those who have yet to take a course in control systems.
 

Contents

Chapter
1
Appendix
18
Fundamentals 1
1
Chapter 2
2
Position Analysis 33
33
References 102
102
Differential Motions
114
Problems 143
143
Sensors
319
Sensors 319
319
Summary 348
348
Analysis with Vision Systems 350
350
References 414
414
Fuzzy Logic Control
423
Chapter 10
424
Fuzzy Logic Control 423
423

Dynamic Analysis
147
Contents
175
Chapter 5
178
Trajectory Planning 178
178
References 201
201
Chapter 6
203
Systems 203
203
Controllers 241
241
References 263
263
Actuators and Drive
266
Appendix A Review of Matrix Algebra
443
xii
447
Appendix
449
Appendix B Image Acquisition
449
Appendix B Image Acquisition
450
Root Locus and Bode
454
Appendix C
457
Simulation of Robots
457
Simulation of Robots
458

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Saeed B. Niku is the author of Introduction to Robotics: Analysis, Control, Applications, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

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