Fundamentals of mechanics of robotic manipulation. (English) Zbl 1113.93001
International Series on Microprocessor-Based and Intelligent Systems Engineering 27. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers (ISBN 1-4020-1810-X). xi, 310 p. (2004).
Publisher’s description: This book treats analysis and design of manipulations, manipulators and grippers by discussing basic concepts and fundamental formulation. It is a novel book dealing with manipulations that can be performed by robotic manipulators. The content of the book has been kept at a fairly practical level with the aim to teach how to model, simulate, and operate robotic mechanical systems. The chapters have been written and organized in a way that they can be read even separately, so that they can be used separately for different courses and readers. An introductory Chapter 1 illustrates motivations and historical developments of robotic mechanical systems. Chapter 2 describes the analysis and design of manipulations by automatic machinery and robots. Chapter 3 deals with the mechanics of manipulators with the aim to propose algorithms for analysis, simulation and design purposes. Chapter 4 addresses the attention to mechanical two-finger grippers and related mechanics of grasping.
MSC:
93-02 | Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to systems and control theory |
93C85 | Automated systems (robots, etc.) in control theory |
68T40 | Artificial intelligence for robotics |