Robot Mechanisms

• Main Authors: Lenarcic, Jadran (Author), Bajd, Tadej (Author), Stanišić, Michael M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, 60
• Subjects: Engineering.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mechanics.; Robotics.; Automation.; Robotics and Automation.; Applications of Mathematics.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the area of robot mechanisms, primarily considering industrial manipulators and humanoid arms. The book is intended for both teaching and self-study. Emphasis is given to the fundamentals of kinematic analysis and the design of robot mechanisms. The...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Kinematics of Rigid Bodies
• Mechanisms
• Serial Mechanisms
• Evaluation of Mechanisms
• Singular Planes and Dexterous Robot Mechanisms.- Redundant Mechanisms.- Parallel Mechanisms
• Robot Contact
• Robot Grasp
• Kinematic Model of the Human Hand.-Index.