Prototyping of Robotic Systems : Applications of Design and Implementation

As a segment of the broader science of automation, robotics has achieved tremendous progress in recent decades due to the advances in supporting technologies such as computers, control systems, cameras and electronic vision, as well as micro and nanotechnology. Prototyping a design helps in determining system parameters, ranges, and in structuring an overall better system. Robotics is one of the industrial design fields in which prototyping is crucial for improved functionality. Prototyping of Robotic Systems: Applications of Design and Implementation provides a framework for conceptual, theoretical, and applied research in robotic prototyping and its applications. Covering the prototyping of various robotic systems including the complicated industrial robots, the tiny and delicate nanorobots, medical robots for disease diagnosis and treatment, as well as the simple robots for educational purposes, this book is a useful tool for those in the field of robotics prototyping and as a general reference tool for those in related fields.

Tarek M. Sobh received the B.Sc. in Engineering degree with honors in Computer Science and Automatic Control from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt in 1988, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer and Information Science from the School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania in 1989 and 1991, respectively. He is currently the Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Dean of the School of Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Bridgeport (UB), Connecticut; the Founding Director of the Interdisciplinary Robotics, Intelligent Sensing, and Control (RISC) laboratory; the Founder of the High-Tech Business Incubator at UB (CTech IncUBator), and a Professor of Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

Xingguo Xiong is an Associate Professor in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Bridgepeort, Connecticut, USA. He obtained his B.S. degree in Physics in Wuhan University, Wuhan, China in 1994. He obtained his first PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China in 1999. He obtained his second PhD degree in Computer Engineering in University of Cincinnati, OH, USA in 2005. He joined University of Bridgeport as faculty since Fall 2005. Prof. Xiong's research areas include Microelectromechanical System (MEMS), nanotechnology, as well as VLSI design and testing. He is also interested in robotic system design and prototyping, microrobots, and nanorobots. He has two patents, and published one book chapter and numerous conference/journal papers. He is the recipient of 2009 Northeast ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education) Outstanding Teacher Award.