Robot Manipulator Control: Theory and Practice (Automation and Control Engineering)

Robot Manipulator Control offers a complete survey of control systems for serial-link robot arms and acknowledges how robotic device performance hinges upon a well-developed control system. Containing over 750 essential equations, this thoroughly up-to-date Second Edition, the book explicates theoretical and mathematical requisites for controls design and summarizes current techniques in computer simulation and implementation of controllers. It also addresses procedures and issues in computed-torque, robust, adaptive, neural network, and force control. New chapters relay practical information on commercial robot manipulators and devices and cutting-edge methods in neural network control.

Frank L. Lewis, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, U.S.A. Darren M. Dawson, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, U.S.A. Chaouki T. Abdallah, University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A