Introduction to Robotics Lecture Notes
This note provides an overview of robot mechanisms, dynamics, and intelligent controls. Topics covered includes: planar and spatial kinematics, and motion planning, mechanism design for manipulators and mobile robots, multi-rigid-body dynamics, 3D graphic simulation, control design, actuators, and sensors, wireless networking, task modeling, human-machine interface, and embedded software.
Author(s): Prof. Harry Asada and Prof. John Leonard
NA Pages 
Design Optimization in Industrial Robotics
This PDF book Design Optimization in Industrial Robotics covers the following topics related to Industrial Robotics : Industrial robotics, Drive train design, Optimization, Design examples, Concluding remarks.
Author(s): Marcus Pettersson
81 Pages
Introduction to Robotics Lecture Notes
This note provides an overview of robot mechanisms, dynamics, and intelligent controls. Topics covered includes: planar and spatial kinematics, and motion planning, mechanism design for manipulators and mobile robots, multi-rigid-body dynamics, 3D graphic simulation, control design, actuators, and sensors, wireless networking, task modeling, human-machine interface, and embedded software.
Author(s): Prof. Harry Asada and Prof. John Leonard
NA Pages
This note deals with two major components: robot manipulators and image processing. Topics covered includes: Manipulator kinematic configurations and the robot work space, Manipulator specifications and criteria for selection, Task primitives and programming, Determining path trajectories, Static forces and their control, Manipulator dynamics, Manipulator control, Manipulator peripherals, Sensor integration.
Author(s): The University of Minnesota
NA Pages
Intelligent Industrial Robots (PDF 66P)
An intelligent industrial robot is a remarkably useful combination of a manipulator, sensors and controls. This PDF covers the following topics related to Industrial Robotics : Introduction, Automation and Robotics, Robot Characteristics, Robot Control Strategies, Artificial Neural Networks, Robot Arm Kinematics, Manipulator Arm Kinematic Equations.
Author(s): Wanek Golnazarian, Ernest L. Hall, University of Cincinnati
66 Pages
