Fundamentals of Robotic Mechanical Systems: Theory, Methods, and Algorithms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Angeles, Jorge (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2004.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: Mechanical Engineering Series,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.

Modern robotics dates from the late 1960s, when progress in the development of microprocessors made possible the computer control of a multiaxial manipulator. Since then, robotics has evolved to connect with many branches of science and engineering, and to encompass such diverse fields as computer v...

Table of Contents:

• An Overview of Robotic Mechanical Systems
• Mathematical Background
• Fundamentals of Rigid-Body Mechanics
• Kinetostatics of Simple Robotic Manipulators
• Trajectory Planning: Pick-and-Place Operations
• Dynamics of Serial Robotic Manipulators
• Special Topics in Rigid-Body Kinematics
• Kinematics of Complex Robotic Mechanical Systems
• Trajectory Planning: Continuous-Path Operations
• Dynamics of Complex Robotic Mechanical Systems.