Robotics & Automation

This comprehensive treatment of the analysis and design of continuous-time control systems provides a gradual development of control theory-and shows how to solve all computational problems with MATLAB. In this book, the basic concepts involved are emphasized and highly mathematical arguments are ca... More

This text is designed for the first course in CONTROL SYSTEMS at the level of senior engineering students. It is a comprehensive treatment of the analysis and design of continuous-time control systems. The basic concepts involved are emphasized and all the material has been organized towards a gradu... More

This updated edition describes the design and implementation of the MicroC/OS-II real-time operating system and offers an extremely detailed and highly readable design study useful to students.MicroC/OS II Second Edition describes the design and implementation of the MicroC/OS-II real-time operating... More

The 4th Edition of Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation by Burgelman, Christensen, and Wheelwright continues its unmatched tradition of market leadership, by using a combination of text, readings, and cases to bring to life the latest business research on these critical business challen... More

A comprehensive treatment of the analysis and design of discrete-time control systems which provides a gradual development of the theory by emphasizing basic concepts and avoiding highly mathematical arguments. The book features comprehensive treatment of pole placement, state observer design, and ... More

Ideal for students of electronics/communication/instrumentation and computer science, this book offers a comprehensive introduction to 8051 microcontroller using both assembly language programming and C programming. The book also explains interfacing of 8051 with the real-world devices and discuses... More

Table of Contents......1. Introduction to Process Control2. Analog Signal Conditioning3. Digital Signal Conditioning4. Thermal Sensors5. Mechanical Sensors6. Optical Sensors7. Final Control8. Discrete-State Process Control 9. Controller Principles10. Analog Controllers11. Computer-Based Control12. C... More

This introductory text covers the fundamentals of robotics, including the components, systems and subsystems that constitute robots, and the applications of robotics. Written in an easy-read to read style, it is both design and application oriented, which lends solidity to the text. This book begins... More

"Find the design principles you need to move vision-based control out of the lab and into the real world. In this edited collection of state-of-the-art papers, contributors highly regarded in robust vision bring you the latest applications in the field. Whatever your industry - from space ventures t... More

This book presents the most recent research results on modeling and control of robot manipulators. Chapter 1 gives unified tools to derive direct and inverse geometric, kinematic and dynamic models of serial robots and addresses the issue of identification of the geometric and dynamic parameters of... More

This book contains a comprehensive coverage of the subject ranging from conventional control to modern control including non-linear control, digital control systems and applications of fuzzy logic. Emphasis has been laid on the pedagogical aspects of the subject. Features Frequency domain design me... More