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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
February 2010
Print publication year:
2009
Online ISBN:
9780511609688
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511609688
Subjects:
Engineering, Engineering Design, Kinematics, and Robotics, Solid Mechanics and Materials
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Book description

This book is written as an initial course in robotics. It is ideal for study of unmanned aerial or underwater vehicles, a topic on which few books exist. It presents the fundamentals of robotics, from an aerospace perspective, by considering only the field of robot mechanisms. For an aerospace engineer, three dimensional and parallel mechanisms – flight simulation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and space robotics – take on an added significance. Biomimetic robot mechanisms are fundamental to manipulators, walking, mobile, and flying robots. As a distinguishing feature, this book gives a unified and integrated treatment of biomimetic robot mechanisms. It is ideal preparation for the next robotics module: practical robot control design. While the book focuses on principles, computational procedures are also given due importance. Students are encouraged to use computational tools to solve the examples in the exercises. The author has included some additional topics for the enthusiastic reader to explore.

Reviews

'… well-organized book … an excellent textbook for beginners in robotics and those interested in performing control tasks both on mobile robots and on manipulators, especially for aerial or underwater mechanisms. … introduces every aspect in a progressive way … exercises at the end of each chapter … help the reader to test and reinforce the theories and methods described. … The book is written in nontechnical language and gives many practical examples. … I definitely would recommend this book for the beginner in robotics and as a good reference text for the advanced student, because it covers in a deep but quick way the most necessary and interesting topics both for manipulators and for mobile robotics. The author recommends this book for students of aerospace and underwater robotics, but it is perfectly suitable for the mathematical study of robotics in general. We have to thanks Dr Vepa for his excellent summarizing work.'

Source: Artificial Life

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