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• Basic concepts of robotics
• Mathematical fundamentals of manipulator
• Kinematics of manipulator
• Dynamics of manipulator
• Manipulator control
• Manipulator planning
• Architecture and dynamics model of mobile robot
• Location and modeling of mobile robot
• Mobilebot navigation
• Intelligent control of mobile robots
• Application and market of robot technology
• Prospect of robotics

This book is a comprehensive collection and practical guide on robotics derived from the author's research in robotics since 1988. The Chinese edition of this book has sold over 300,000 copies, and is one of the best-selling books on robotics in China.The book covers the core technology of robotics, including the basic theories and techniques of robot manipulator, mobile robots to focus on location navigation, and intelligent control underpinned by artificial intelligence and deep learning. Several case studies from national research projects in China are also included to help readers understand the theoretical foundations of robotics and related application developments. This book is a valuable reference for undergraduate and graduate students of robotics courses.
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• From the content: The European Coordination Hub for Open Robotics Development++: An Overview
• The Experiment instrument in ECHORD++: cascade funding for small-scale research projects for facilitating the introduction of robotics technology into industry
• Robotics Innovation Facilities
• Public end-users Driven Technological Innovation (PDTI) in Urban Scenarios.

In this book Part I presents first an overview of the ECHORD++ project, with its mission and vision together with a detailed structure of its functionalities and instruments: Experiments, Robotic Innovation Facilities and Public end-user Driven Technology Innovation PDTI. Chapter 1 explains how the project is born, the partners, the different instruments and the new concept of cascade funding projects. This novelty made ECHORD++ a special project along the huge number of research groups and consortia involved in the whole project. So far, it is the European funded project with more research team and partners involved in the robotic field. In Chapter 2, one of the instruments in ECHORD++ is explained in detail: RIF. Robotic innovation facilities are a set of laboratories across Europe funded with the project with the goal of hosting consortia involved in any experiment that have special needs when testing their robotic research. In the chapter the three different and specific RIFs will be described and analyzed. Chapter 3 explains an important instrument in ECHORD++: the Experiments. In this part, a big number of research groups have been involve in short time funded research projects. The chapter explains the management of such Experiments, from the call for participation, the candidates selection, the monitoring, reviews and funding for each of the 36 experiments funded for Echord. Chapter 4 is very special because it presents the innovation of funding public end-user driven technology, in particular, robotic technology. The robotic challenge is the key of such an instruments together with the management of the different consortia that participated competitively in the success of the robotic challenge proposed by a public entity, selected also with a very special and innovative process.

• Part 1: Educational Robotics and the Maker Movement.- Designing a Makerspace for Children - Let's Do It.- Enactive Robot Assisted Didactics (ERAD): The Role of the Maker Movement.- Introducing the making culture in teacher education: the eCraft2Learn project.-
• Part 2: Pedagogy behind Educational Robotics.- Trans-constructionist prototyping with a rare vintage.- Creativity Thinking Skills Promoted through Educational Robotics.- From Digital Fabrication to Meaningful Creations: Pedagogical Perspectives.- Badges Are Back! - Fostering Self-Assessment during Personalised Learning in Making and Digital Fabrication.-
• Part 3: Programming, Games and Social Robots.- Exploring Escape Games as a Teaching Tool in Educational Robotics.
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This book gathers papers presented at the International Conference "Educational Robotics in the Maker Era - EDUROBOTICS 2018", held in Rome, Italy, on October 11, 2018. The respective chapters explore the connection between the Maker Movement on the one hand, and Educational Robotics, which mainly revolves around the constructivist and constructionist pedagogy, on the other. They cover a broad range of topics relevant for teacher education and for designing activities for children and youth, with an emphasis on using modern low-cost technologies (including block-based programming environments, Do-It-Yourself electronics, 3D printed artifacts, intelligent distributed systems, IoT technology and gamification) in formal and informal education settings. The twenty contributions collected here will introduce researchers and practitioners to the latest advances in educational robotics, with a focus on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) education. Teachers and educators at all levels will find valuable insights and inspirations into how educational robotics can promote technological interest and 21st century skills - e.g. creativity, critical thinking, teamwork, and problem-solving - with a special emphasis on new making technologies.
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• Object recognition of the robotic system with using a parallel convolutional neural network.- Mathematical model of a swarm robotic system with wireless bi-directional energy transfer.- Pareto - Optimal Solutions and Their Application in Designing Robots and Robotic Systems.- Control and Ergonomic problems of Collaborative Robotics.- The Concept of Failure- and Fault-Tolerance on Base of the Dynamic Redundancy for Distributed Control Systems of Spacecraft Groups.- Industrial Robotics Review.- Development of an Information Control System for a Remotely Operated Vehicle with Hybrid Propulsion System.- Control system of a starting -landing platform with parallel kinematics for pilotless flying machines in the conditions of uncertainty.- Intuitive Industrial Robot Programming Interface with Augmented Reality Environment.
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This book focuses on open issues of new intelligent control paradigms and their usage. Industry 4.0 requires new approaches in the context of secure connection, control, and maintenance of robotic systems, as well as enhancing their interaction with humans. The book presents recent advances in industrial robotics, and robotic design and modeling for various domains, and discusses the methodological foundations of the collaborative robotics concept as a breakthrough in modern industrial technologies. It also describes the implementation of multi-agent models, programs and methods that could be used in future processes for control, condition assessment, diagnostics, prognostication, and proactive maintenance. Further, the book addresses the issue of ensuring the space robotics systems and proposes reliable novel solutions. The authors also illustrate the integration of deep-learning methods and mathematical modeling based on examples of successful robotic systems in various countries, and analyze the connections between robotic modeling and design from the positions of new industrial challenges. The book is intended for practitioners and enterprise representatives, as well as scientists and Ph.D. and Master's students pursuing research in the area of cyber-physical system development and implementation in various domains.
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• Preface
• A Source Seeking Algorithm with Application to a Quadcopter Model
• Activation Functions for Deep Learning in Smart Manufacturing
• A New Approach to Kaiser and Gaussian Window Based Cosine Modulated Filter Bank Design
• A Preliminary Study of Region Of Interest Based Functional Connectivity Analysis for Classification of MDD and Healthy Subjects Using Graph Metrics
• Investigation of the Effect of Graphene Oxide and Aluminum Oxide Particles on the Mechanical Properties of Glass / Kevlar /Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites
• Conversion from Conventional Power Distribution Networks to Smart Power Distribution Networks
• A Parametric Study for Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm Used in Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Delivery and Pickup
• Lightweighting Airborne Vehicles Structural Analysis of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Aluminum and High Altitude Long Endurance New Drone: Octocopter Robot Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Design by Computational Fluid Dynamics and Finite Element Method
• Index.
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Optimisation is the process of obtaining the most appropriate solution by providing certain constraints for the given purpose or purposes. Mathematically, optimisation can be briefly defined as minimising or maximising a function. In short, optimisation is to look for the best. The best found is called "optimum. Optimisation is used to accelerate decision-making processes and to solve real-life problems in an effective, accurate and real-time manner. In addition to the economic benefits, optimisation is also used as an effective method to include the preferences and constraints of customers, employers and employees in the decision process and to improve the quality of the resources in the system. The purpose of optimisation is to achieve the best result, the best goal. Improvements can be made to the current situation or situations to achieve the best result. One of the major shortcomings in optimisation and robotic is the transformation of theoretical knowledge into practice. The purpose of the book is to introduce students, teachers, researchers, and practitioners to new advances in this area. The book content includes theoretical and practical studies prepared with the academic contributions of scientists working in different fields. It was decided to publish each chapter in the book after being examined by the scientific board. As an editor, my duty is to ensure breadth, while the chapter authors treat the delegated chapters with depth. The book is designed for practitioners or researchers of all levels of expertise from novice to expert. Each of the book's individual topics could be considered as a compact, self-contained mini-book right under its title. The approach is to provide a framework and a set of techniques for evaluating and improving optimisation and robotic. It presents a specific set of solutions, mostly obtained from real world projects and experimental studies, for routine applications. It further highlights promising emerging techniques for research and exploration opportunities. The development team of this book wants to thank their colleagues who made contributions to this book by providing continuous encouragements and thorough reviews of the chapters of the book.
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The bestselling guide to hobby robotics fully updated for the latest technologies! Learn to build your own robots using the hands-on information contained in this thoroughly revised TAB guide. Written by the "godfather of hobby robotics, " the book clearly explains the essential hardware, circuits, and brains and contains easy-to-follow, step-by-step plans for low-cost, cool robotics projects. Robot Builder's Bonanza, Fifth Edition contains more than two dozen new projects for hobbyists of all ages and skill levels. The projects are modular and can be combined to create a variety of highly intelligent and workable custom robots. Discover how to: -Wire up robotics circuits from common electronic components-Get up and running building your own robots-Attach motors, wheels, legs, arms, and grippers-Make your robots walk, talk, and obey commands-Build brains from Arduino, BBC Micro: bit, Raspberry Pi, and other microcontrollers-Incorporate touch, proximity, navigation, and environmental sensors-Operate your 'bot via remote control -Generate sound and interpret visual feedback-Construct advanced robots that can see light and follow pre-drawn paths!.
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The bestselling guide to robot building-fully updated for the latest technologies Learn to build fun and interesting robots-from kits, pre-made parts, or from scratch-using the hands-on information contained in this practical guide. The book clearly explains the essential hardware, circuits, and brains and contains easy-to-follow, step-by-step plans for low-cost, cool robotics projects. Robot Builder's Bonanza, Fifth Edition contains more than 30 new projects for hobbyists of all ages and skill levels. The projects are modular and can be combined to create a variety of highly intelligent and workable custom robots. Along the way, you will discover the wonders of mechanical design, electronics, and computer programming. Who knew learning could be so fun! *Includes working robot plans for Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and BBC micro:bit *Online content includes source code and extended project plans *Written by a dedicated hobbyist, robotics expert, and experienced author.
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• Embodied language in brains and robots: the question of geometrical reference frames.- The multiple ways of expressing "intelligence".- The stochastic intelligence. A technical model from ancient Greece to robotics.- Metaphor, Metonymy, and Personification in the Language of Robotics.- Artificial moral agents. Really?.- The Language of the Possible.- Beyond the conflict between "Touch" and "Feel" in robotics.- Speaking about robots: languages and characterizations.- Visitor or Artefact ! An experiment with a humanoid robot at the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris.- Adopting the intentional stance towards humanoid robots.- ChatBot the Robot. A philosophical drama in four questions and five acts.
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Robots challenge humans' beliefs and expectations. Hence, regardless of whether they are the audience of a conference, the visitors of a lab, the citizens in general, some journalists, or the European Parliament, the first step in order to gain a better understanding of the field of robotics is obviously to consult the experts. Roboticists seem indeed to be in the best position to guide society in this matter, whether it is in the everyday life or within an official institution. Today however, there is a gap between the robots, as they are actually thought and built, and the intelligent and autonomous machines, as they are perceived by the society. How can we explain it? Do the words borrowed from the living organisms and used to describe robots play a role in the confusion about the status of the discipline of robotics? The texts gathered within this book focus on the problematic of wording robotics from various perspectives. They are the results of a unique interdisciplinary meeting gathering roboticists, linguists, philosophers and neuroscientists, the 4th Workshop of Anthropomorphic Motion Factory held at LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse on Nov 31st - Dec 1st 2017.
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• 1. Where are the intelligent robots?
• 2. Working robots: what robots do now
• 3. Biological robotics
• 4. Becoming human: humanoid and android robots
• 5. Trends in robotics research: new approaches
• 6. Robotic futures
• Further reading.
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Robotics is a key technology in the modern world. Robots are a well-established part of manufacturing and warehouse automation, assembling cars or washing machines, and, for example, moving goods to and from storage racks for Internet mail order. More recently robots have taken their first steps into homes and hospitals, and seen spectacular success in planetary exploration. Yet, despite these successes, robots have failed to live up to the predictions of the 1950s and 60s, when it was widely thought - by scientists and engineers as well as the public - that by turn of the 21st century we would have intelligent robots as butlers, companions, or co-workers. This Very Short Introduction explains how it is that robotics can be both a success story and a disappointment, how robots can be both ordinary and remarkable, and looks at their important developments in science and their applications to everyday life. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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• Part 1--The Art and Science of Robot Building
• Chapter 1. Welcome to the Wonderful World of Robotics
• Chapter 2. Anatomy of a Robot
• Chapter 3. Getting Parts Part 2--Robot Construction
• Chapter 4. Safety First (and Always)
• Chapter 5. Building Robot Bodies--the Basics
• Chapter 6. Mechanical Construction Techniques
• Chapter 7. Working with Wood
• Chapter 8. Build a Motorized Wooden Platform
• Chapter 9. Working with Plastic
• Chapter 10. Build a Motorized Plastic Platform
• Chapter 11. Working with Metal
• Chapter 12. Build a Motorized Metal Platform
• Chapter 13. Assembly Techniques
• Chapter 14. Rapid Prototyping Methods
• Chapter 15. Drafting Bots with Computer-Aided Design
• Chapter 16. Constructing High-Tech Robots from Toys
• Chapter 17. Building Bots from Found Parts Part 3--Power, Motors, and Locomotion
• Chapter 18. All about Batteries
• Chapter 19. Robot Power Systems
• Chapter 20. Moving Your Robot
• Chapter 21. Choosing the Right Motor
• Chapter 22. Using DC Motors
• Chapter 23. Using Servo Motors
• Chapter 24. Mounting Motors and Wheels
• Chapter 25. Robot Movement with Shape Memory Alloy Part 4--Hands-on Robotic Projects
• Chapter 26. Build Robots with Wheels and Tracks
• Chapter 27. Build Robots with Legs
• Chapter 28. Experimenting with Robotic Arms
• Chapter 29. Experimenting with Robotic Grippers Part 5--Robot Electronics
• Chapter 30. Building Robot Electronics--the Basics
• Chapter 31. Common Electronic Components for Robotics
• Chapter 32. Using Solderless Breadboards
• Chapter 33. Making Circuit Boards Part 6--Computers and Electronic Control
• Chapter 34. An Overview of Robot "Brains"
• Chapter 35. Understanding Microcontrollers
• Chapter 36. Programming Concepts: The Fundamentals Part 7--Microcontroller Brains
• Chapter 37. Using the Arduino
• Chapter 38. Using the PICAXE
• Chapter 39. Using the BASIC Stamp
• Chapter 40. Interfacing Hardware with Your Microcontroller or Computer
• Chapter 41. Remote Control Systems Part 8--Sensors, Navigation, and Feedback
• Chapter 42. Adding the Sense of Touch
• Chapter 43. Proximity and Distance Sensing
• Chapter 44. Robotic Eyes
• Chapter 45. Navigating Your Robot
• Chapter 46. Making and Listening to Sound
• Chapter 47. Interacting with Your Creation
• Chapter 48. Danger, Will Robinson Appendix A--RBB Online Support Appendix B--Internet Parts Sources Appendix C--Mechanical Reference Appendix D--Electronic Reference Index.
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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The Bestselling Robotics Book--Now with New Projects and Online Tools!"Amazing...should be required reading for any budding robot builder!" -GeekDad, Wired.com Have fun while learning how to design, construct, and use small robots! This richly illustrated guide offers everything you need to know to construct sophisticated, fully autonomous robots that can be programmed from your computer. Fully updated with the latest technologies and techniques, Robot Builder's Bonanza, Fourth Edition includes step-by-step plans that take you from building basic motorized platforms to giving the machine a brain--and teaching it to walk, talk, and obey commands. This robot builder's paradise is packed with more than 100 affordable projects, including 10 completely new robot designs. The projects are modular and can be combined to create a variety of highly intelligent and workable robots of all shapes and sizes. Mix and match the projects to develop your own unique creations. The only limit is your imagination! Robot Builder's Bonanza, Fourth Edition covers: Parts, materials, and tools Building motorized wooden, plastic, and metal platforms Rapid prototyping methods Drafting bots with computer-aided design Constructing high-tech robots from toys Building bots from found parts Power, motors, and locomotion Robots with wheels, tracks, and legs Constructing robotic arms and grippers Robot electronics and circuit making Computers and electronic control Microcontrollers--Arduino, PICAXE, and the BASIC stamp Remote control systems Sensors, navigation, and visual feedback Robot vision via proximity, light, and distance New! FREE online content at: www.robotoid.com My First Robot tutorial lessons Project parts finder Animated, interactive learning tools How-to videos, robot e-plans, bonus articles, links, and more Plus, go to: www.mhprofessional.com/rbb4 for: Downloadable programs RBB app notes Bonus chapters Make Great Stuff! TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.
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• ch. 1. Challenges and solutions in robotics
• ch. 2. Microsoft robotics development platform
• ch. 3. Microsoft visual programming language
• ch. 4. Visual simulation environment
• ch. 5. Robot I/O unit
• ch. 6. Robot motion behavior
• ch. 7. Controlling the robot through sounds
• ch. 8. Robot vision
• ch. 9. A real application : sumo robot contest
• ch. 10. Related learning resources

• FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRONICS AND MECHANICS Fundamentals of Electronics Practical Electronic Circuits Fundamentals of Machines and Mechanisms Mechanisms BASIC STAMP MICROCONTROLLER Different Versions of BASIC Stamp Development Boards for BS2e BASIC Stamp Editor PBASIC Programming Fundamentals PC INTERFACING Parallel Port Interfacing Serial Port Interfacing USB Interfacing ROBOTIC ARM Construction and Mechanics Electrical Control Parallel Port Interface Circuit Using Relays USB Interface Using Relays Parallel Port Interface Circuit Using Transistors ROBOTIC ARM CONTROL Programmed Tasks Automatic Control Using a Camera Robotic Kinematics Dynamics and Control Some Experiments Control of a Six-Degrees-of-Freedom Arm Robot Examples and MATLAB Programs DIFFERENTIAL DRIVE ROBOT Construction and Mechanics Robot Speed Control Robot Kinematics FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ROBOT Construction and Mechanics Electrical Control HEXAPOD ROBOT Construction and Mechanics Electrical Control BIPED ROBOTS Bigfoot: The Walker The Lynxmotion Biped The Robosapien Biped PROPELLER BASED ROBOTS Wings Propellers Robotic Planes Robotic Helicopter Robotic Boats Robotic Submarines.
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Taking a completely hands-on approach, using cheap and easily available robotics kits, "Practical and Experimental Robotics" provides a detailed exploration of the construction, theory, and experiments for different types of robots. With topics ranging from basic stamp microcontrollers to biped and propeller based robots, the text contains laboratory experiments, examples with solutions, and case studies. The authors begin with a review of the essential elements of electronics and mechanics. They describe the basic mechanical construction and electrical control of the robot, then give at least one example of how to operate the robot using microcontrollers or software. The book includes a reference chapter on Basic Stamp Microcontollers with example code pieces and a chapter completely devoted to PC interfacing.In this book, each chapter begins with the fundamentals, then moves on to advanced topics, thus building a foundation for learning from the ground up. Building a bridge between technicians who have hands-on experience and engineers with a deeper insight into the workings, the book covers a range of machines, from arm, wheel, and leg robots to flying robots and robotic submarines and boats. Unlike most books in this field, this one offers a complete set of topics from electronics, mechanics, and computer interface and programming, making it an independent source for knowledge and understanding of robotics.
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• Robot Vehicles
• Space Robotics
• Humanoids
• Industrial, Personal and Service Robots
• Robotics for Biological and Medical Applications
• Networked Robots.
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This book presents the results of an assessment of the state of robotics in Japan, Korea, Western Europe and Australia and a comparison of robotics R&D programs in these countries with those in the United States. The comparisons include areas like robotic vehicles, space robotics, service robots, humanoid robots, networked robots, and robots for biological and medical applications, and based on criteria such as quality, scope, funding and commercialization. This important study identifies a number of areas where the traditional lead of the United States is being overtaken by developments in other countries.
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• Introduction to Advances in Telerobotics.- Part I Human System Interfaces.- Part II Control.- Part III Applications.
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The main purpose of this book is to provide readers with recent advances in the field of Telerobotics. It describes methods, experimental results, applications, and developments, highly relevant for scientists, researchers, and students in Teleoperation. This book is structured in three parts: Human System Interfaces, Control, and Applications. Chapters in part I concentrate on human interface technology which allows a human operator to close the control loop of a remote robot. Topics related to control algorithms - in particular for the case with time delay in the communication network - are the focus in part II, concentrating on bilateral control methods. Part III presents a variety of advanced applications in surgery, space, and other fields relevant to everyday life. The book is complemented by a CD-ROM containing fifteen research videos, which make the contents of the book even more descriptive.
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• An Overview of Robotic Mechanical Systems.- Mathematical Background.- Fundamentals of Rigid-Body Mechanics.- Geometry of Decoupled Serial Robots.- Kinetostatics of Serial Robots.- Trajectory Planning: Pick-and-Place Operations.- Dynamics of Serial Robotic Manipulators.- Special Topics in Rigid-Body Kinematics.- Geometry of General Serial Robots.- Kinematics of Alternative Robotic Mechanical Systems.- Trajectory Planning: Continuous-Path Operations.- Dynamics of Comples Robotic Mechanical Systems.
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Modern robotics dates from the late 1960s, when progress in the development of microprocessors made possible the computer control of a multiaxial manipulator. Since then, robotics has evolved to connect with many branches of science and engineering, and to encompass such diverse fields as computer vision, artificial intelligence, and speech recognition. This book deals with robots - such as remote manipulators, multifingered hands, walking machines, flight simulators, and machine tools - that rely on mechanical systems to perform their tasks. It aims to establish the foundations on which the design, control and implementation of the underlying mechanical systems are based. The treatment assumes familiarity with some calculus, linear algebra, and elementary mechanics; however, the elements of rigid-body mechanics and of linear transformations are reviewed in the first chapters, making the presentation self-contained. An extensive set of exercises is included. Topics covered include: kinematics and dynamics of serial manipulators with decoupled architectures; trajectory planning; determination of the angular velocity and angular acceleration of a rigid body from point data; inverse and direct kinematics manipulators; dynamics of general parallel manipulators of the platform type; and the kinematics and dynamics of rolling robots. Since the publication of the previous edition there have been numerous advances in both the applications of robotics (including in laprascopy, haptics, manufacturing, and most notably space exploration) as well as in the theoretical aspects (for example, the proof that Husty's 40th-degree polynomial is indeed minimal - mentioned as an open question in the previous edition).
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This work contains a broadly accessible introduction to robotics that spans the most basic concepts and the most novel applications; for students, teachers, and hobbyists."The Robotics Primer" offers a broadly accessible introduction to robotics for students at pre-university and university levels, robot hobbyists, and anyone interested in this burgeoning field. The text takes the reader from the most basic concepts (including perception and movement) to the most novel and sophisticated applications and topics (humanoids, shape-shifting robots, space robotics), with an emphasis on what it takes to create autonomous intelligent robot behavior. The core concepts of robotics are carried through from fundamental definitions to more complex explanations, all presented in an engaging, conversational style that will appeal to readers of different backgrounds."The Robotics Primer" covers such topics as the definition of robotics, the history of robotics ("Where do Robots Come From?") , robot components, locomotion, manipulation, sensors, control, control architectures, representation, behavior ("Making Your Robot Behave"), navigation, group robotics, learning, and the future of robotics (and its ethical implications). To encourage further engagement, experimentation, and course and lesson design, "The Robotics Primer" is accompanied by a free robot programming exercise workbook."The Robotics Primer" is unique as a principled, pedagogical treatment of the topic that is accessible to a broad audience; the only prerequisites are curiosity and attention. It can be used effectively in an educational setting or more informally for self-instruction. "The Robotics Primer" is a springboard for readers of all backgrounds - including students taking robotics as an elective outside the major, graduate students preparing to specialize in robotics, and K-12 teachers who bring robotics into their classrooms.
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