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Introduction to Robotics: Analysis, Systems, Applications

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It starts off well. The sections on kinematics and motion are okay, and even the dynamic analysis is not bad, though a bit light for electrical engineers. Then it takes a turn for the worse and gives a generalized picture of sensors and actuators and vision systems, which is okay if it has never been seen before, but for electrical engineers it is not needed. The section on fuzzy logic is interesting but it is dissapointing that there is not a section on real control systems. I hope that fuzzy logic is not a substitute for convention control as this book seems to imply. Paul's book has much more substance dispite its age. Still, for a survey of the topic or for the computer scientist, maybe it is not that bad of a text.

This books is fairly easy to read, the class that I needed this book for is a senior level robotics class. The class itself is fairly confusing. This books is easy to read comparably to other texts I've had in the past. Quick and easy ordering. Prompt delivery.

I was looking for an overview of robotics parts so I borrowed this form the library. While there was a lot of math, it was a good opportunity to review linear algebra from college. There was an appendix for people like me who have forgotten a lot.

The concepts were explained well for someone who didn't know them. I especially liked the degrees of freedom at the beginning. Later on, I started skimming. Once I got the concepts, I flipped through to the next chapter. If this were for a course, I'm sure that part would have been more useful.