Introduction to Humanoid Robotics

• Main Authors: Kajita, Shuuji (Author), Hirukawa, Hirohisa (Author), Harada, Kensuke (Author), Yokoi, Kazuhito (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 101
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; System theory.; Machinery.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Machinery and Machine Elements.; Systems Theory, Control.

This book is for researchers, engineers, and students who are willing to understand how humanoid robots move and be controlled. The book starts with an overview of the humanoid robotics research history and state of the art. Then it explains the required mathematics and physics such as kinematics of...