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by Thomas R. Kurfess (Editor) "The history of robotics is one that is highlighted by a fantasy world that has provided the inspiration to convert fantasy into reality..." (more)
Key Phrases: virtual coupler, hybrid impedance control, interchangeable end effectors, New York, Dynamic Syst, International Conference (more...)
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This is a wonderful reference for designing, modeling, controlling, and interfacing robotics…well presented…provides a great foundation relating manipulator tasks, design, and control…Modern techniques of force and impedance (hybrid) control, sliding mode control, and input shaping for vibration are shown with clear examples.
- International Journal of Engineering Education, October 2005

This is a wonderful reference for designing, modeling, controlling, and interfacing robotics…well presented…provides a great foundation relating manipulator tasks, design, and control…Modern techniques of force and impedance (hybrid) control, sliding mode control, and input shaping for vibration are shown with clear examples.
- International Journal of Engineering Education, October 2005

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The Robotics and Automation Handbook addresses the major aspects of designing, fabricating, and enabling robotics systems and their various applications. The chapters cover the development and implementation of specifications for a robotic system and the issues related to the forces and torques generated on a robotic system. The author presents kinetic and dynamic analyses to demonstrate how a robotic system is analyzed. The book includes coverage of a variety of controls approaches including classical, multivariable and optimal. Also covered are the specific difficulties of particular applications and how these are addressed in the development of the robot.

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  • Hardcover: 608 pages
  • Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (June 15, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0849318041
  • ISBN-13: 978-0849318047
  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.2 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,260,081 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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virtual coupler, hybrid impedance control, interchangeable end effectors, interaction calculator, first camera frame, generalized active forces, position control objective, multiple mobile manipulators, regressor form, precision machine design, environmental impedance, force control objective, kinesthetic interfaces, manipulator impedance, generalized inertia forces, constrained configuration space, generalized speeds, partial velocities, metrology loop, swept envelope, coordinated motion control, exciting trajectory, impedance controller, joint coordinate frames, partial angular velocities
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New York, Dynamic Syst, International Conference, Prentice Hall, Boca Raton, Robotics Res, John Wiley, Stanford University, American Control Conference, Englewood Cliffs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bill Goodwine, Further Readings, Canudas de Wit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, San Francisco, Control Appl, Mechanism Dynamics, Upper Saddle River, Academic Press, Additional Considerations, Isaac Asimov, Knowledge Revolution, Mathematical Introduction, National Instruments
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good and informative book for robotics engineers and students, November 9, 2005
I am studying robotics. I find this book very useful.

Chapter 6: "Kane's Method in Robotics" introduces KANE method to drive dynamics equations for robotics in detail with example.

Other chapters are well written with C source code. I have not tested these code carefully.

Highly recommend for grad students those have read "Introduction to Robotics" of John Craig, "Dynamics: Theory and Applications" of Thomas R. Kane and David. A Levison.
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