- Winner of the Outstanding Academic Title distinction from the library magazine CHOICE in 2011
- Simple and clear
- Contains a glossary in English, French and German
- Includes robotics course material (slides) on extras.springer.com
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This introductory text treats the following subjects: the basic characteristics of industrial robot mechanisms; the pose and movement of an object, which are described by homogenous transformation matrices; a geometric model of robot mechanism; a short introduction into kinematics and dynamics of robots; robot sensors and the planning of robot trajectories; basic control schemes resulting in either desired end-effector trajectory or force; robot grippers and feeding devices, which are described together with the basics of robot vision; the planning of robot assembly; and finally, robot standards and safety are briefly dealt with. The book concludes with a glossary in English, French and German.
This volume is supplementary reading for courses in robotics or industrial robotics and requires minimal knowledge of physics and mathematics.
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From the reviews:
“This simply titled work is a result of carefully delivered lectures … for multiple classes of undergraduate engineering students over more than a decade. This exemplary course resource can serve as a basis for the study of robotics. Pedagogically well structured, it covers the fundamentals of industrial robotics … . this book is a concise, readable reference source for those getting their feet wet in the field. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates, two-year technical program students, and general readers.” (G. Trajkovski, Choice, Vol. 47 (11), July, 2010)
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-8
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Homogenous transformation matrices
Pages 9-22
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Geometric description of the robot mechanism
Pages 23-32
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Two-segment robot manipulator
Pages 33-48
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Robot sensors
Pages 49-65
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Robotics
- Authors
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- Tadej Bajd
- Matja# Mihelj
- Jadran Lenarčič
- Aleš Stanovnik
- Marko Munih
- Series Title
- Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering
- Series Volume
- 43
- Copyright
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-90-481-3776-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-90-481-3776-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-3775-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-3157-8
- Series ISSN
- 2213-8986
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 152
- Topics