Robotics (Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, 43, Band 43) [Hardcover] Bajd, Tadej; Mihelj, Matjaž; Lenar?i?, Jadran; Stanovnik, Aleš and Munih, Marko

Bajd, Tadej; Mihelj, Matjaž; Lenarčič, Jadran; Stanovnik, Aleš; Munih, Marko

ISBN 10: 9048137756 / ISBN 13: 9789048137756

Published by Springer, 2010

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Title: Robotics (Intelligent Systems, Control and ...

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

The word "robot" does not originate from a science or engineering vocabulary. It was rst used in the Czech drama R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) written by Karel Capek and was rst played in Prague in 1921 (the word itself was invented by his brother Josef). In the drama the "robot" is an arti cial human being which is a brilliant worker, deprived of all unnecessary qualities: feelings, creativity and capacity for feeling pain. In the prologue of the drama the following "de nition" of robots is given: Robots are not people (Roboti nejsou lidé). They are mecha- cally more perfect than we are, they have an astounding intellectual capacity, but they have no soul. The creation of an engineer is technically more re ned than the product of nature. The textbook "Robotics" evolved through more than 10 years of teaching robotics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The way of presenting the rather demanding subject was successfully tested with several generations of undergraduatestudents.

From the Back Cover:

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.