Bruno Siciliano, Università di Napoli Federico II
Lorenzo Sciavicco, Università di Roma Tre
Luigi Villani, Università di Napoli Federico II
Giuseppe Oriolo, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

Springer, 2009
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ISBN: 978-1-84628-641-4
Language: English

Written for graduate and senior undergraduate students, this book provides comprehensive coverage on the foundations of robotics, modeling, planning, and control. The text begins with the fundamental and technological aspects of robotics, including manipulator structures, kinematics, sensors, and control units. Later chapters deal with advanced aspects including dynamics, motion control, interaction control, mobile robots and motion planning. Over 150 end-of-chapter problems are presented. This text is also available as an e-book (ISBN 978-1-84628-642-1).

In addition, a set of MATLAB M-files and Simulink models is available to instructors of the text for download from the publisher’s Web site.

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