Introduction to robotics. [Overview -- Early development of the modern robot -- Mechanical considerations -- Drive methods -- Sensors for robots -- Controls and control mechanisms -- Computer hardware for robot systems -- Robot software -- Robot vision -- Applications of robots]

Critchlow, Arthur J.

ISBN 10: 0023255900 / ISBN 13: 9780023255908

Published by New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan, 1985., 1985

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1st printing ; xxxv, 491 p. : illustrated ; 27 cm. ; ISBN: 0023255900; 9780023255908 LCCN: 84-17107 ; OCLC: 11045044 ; LC: TJ211; Dewey: 629.8/92 ; color photographic boards ; no dustjacket ; Contents : Overview -- Early development of the modern robot -- Mechanical considerations -- Drive methods -- Sensors for robots -- Controls and control mechanisms -- Computer hardware for robot systems -- Robot software -- Robot vision -- Applications of robots. ; VG.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to robotics. [Overview -- Early development of the modern robot -- Mechanical considerations -- Drive methods -- Sensors for robots -- Controls and control mechanisms -- Computer hardware for robot systems -- Robot software -- Robot vision -- Applications of robots]
• Publisher: New York : Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan, 1985.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0023255900
• ISBN 13: 9780023255908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Catalog 60 - General

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Synopsis

This book is an attempt to include, in one volume, a useful summary of the many complex technologies that go into a modern robot. Our definition of a robot requires that it be able to operate independently of human control and be capable of movement, either on a mobile base or by the use of a manipulator arm. This definition covers, therefore, industrial robots and the growing category of home robots, office robots, and mobile vehicles or combinations thereof. The broad coverage of robotic engineering and technology makes this book a useful reference on the operation of robots and robotic systems for the practicing engineer, researcher, or robot technologist. A thorough index and a comprehensive glossary have been supplied to make it easy to find and understand the information presented. There is also an extensive list of references to the widely scattered literature in the many fields that are combined to make robotics possible. Appendixes are supplied to describe some terminology and mathematical concepts that may be new to some readers.