Introduction to Robotics  (English, Paperback, Niku Saeed B.)

Published in the year 2011, this second edition of Introduction To Robotics: Analysis, Control, Applications is a book that throws light on key aspects of Robotics.

Summary Of The Book

Robotics is the form of technology that involves designing, constructing, operating, and utilizing robots, which are often in accordance with key principles in Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence. The human mind has always pondered about Robotics, since the time man could build things. Introduction To Robotics: Analysis, Control, Applications throws light on the fundamental aspects of robotics, and deals with industrial manipulator classes of robots. The readers are guided into robotics analysis, applications of robotics, the systems, and subsystems that make up robots and robotic systems. Niku has placed a great deal of stress on design with modeling and analysis.

In total, there are 10 chapters in this book. Some chapters include Fuzzy Logic Control, Actuators and Drive Systems, Differential Motions and Velocities, Motion Control Systems, and Kinematics of Robots: Position Analysis. At the end of each chapter, the readers are provided a brief summary of crucial concepts that have been discussed. The chapter-end also comprises relevant problems, which help the readers test their understanding.

Niku starts off by giving the readers brief information about robotics, cites a few examples, and then touches on some elementary concepts. He has utilized several diagrams to make his point clear to the readers, helping them to grasp the concepts quickly. Niku has included a running design project that helps engineers examine their understanding of the concepts, by putting their knowledge to the test. He has also provided the readers with a brief review of Matrix Algebra and Trigonometry. Niku has also added several references at the end of each chapter for further research.

There are also four appendices at the end of this book. This second edition of Introduction To Robotics: Analysis, Control, Applications is a must-have for computer engineers, engineering technologists, mechanical engineers, and electronic and electric engineers who desire to gain insight into robotics.

About Saeed B. Niku

Saeed B. Niku is an author and professor.

Nikuhas written Creative Design of Products and Systems, Studyguide For Creative Design of Products and Systems, and Boundary Elements Starter Pack for Stress Analysis, Acoustics, and Fracture Mechanics.

Niku currently serves as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Cal Poly State University, San Luis, Obispo. His main areas of research interest lie in Creativity, Design for the Disabled, Biomechanics, Mechanics, Machine Design, and Robotics.