Theory of Applied Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control

by Reza N. Jazar

Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1441917497

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Book Description

Theory of Applied Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control 2E is appropriate for courses in robotics that emphasize kinematics, dynamics, and control.

The contents of this book are presented at a theoretical-practical level. It explains robotics concepts in detail, concentrating on their practical use. Related theorems and formal proofs are provided, as are real-life applications. Students, researchers, and practicing engineers alike will appreciate this user-friendly presentation of a wealth of robotics topics, most notably orientation, velocity, and forward kinematics.

The second edition includes updated and expanded exercise sets and problems, new coverage includes, Components and Mechanisms of a Robotic Systems with actuators, sensors and controllers and updated and expanded material on Kinematics including geometric kinematics, Derivative Kinematics, velocity kinematics, and new coverage on sensing and control including position sensors, speed sensors and acceleration sensors.

Customer Reviews

As in matrix and linear algebra, partial derivatives, numerical methods, dynamics, kinematics and of course vector analysis w/lots of trig. One might think that one of the best recent texts ever written on inverse kinematics would be ideal for those of us designing joints both for animation and robotics, but a BIG dose of engineering kinematics is assumed to begin with. The authors say "three years of undergrad" would do it-- maybe at MIT, but a LOT of this material is graduate level in UK and US contexts.

Many animators are not engineers, but are interested in the math behind kinematics. There are few books as up to date at this text in that field. But when you see that quaternion multiplication is "explained" in terms of matrix multiplication and linear algebra, it becomes clear that you need a good grounding in linear and matrix algebra before tackling this volume.

Even the control feedback sections assume you've had at least one or two courses in feedback theory and math. The authors describe this as an "intermediate" text; however, given the paucity of other texts on kinematics in general (at least up to date texts), I'd disagree and call this advanced.

This is not to knock the outstanding quality of the material, just to warn you that if you're into self study, you might be wasting your money when you find the material level assumes a lot of engineering background. NOT a beginning text, sadly, as there are few good ones up to date on kinematics. If you spend your days with Maya and other programs skinning figures, or designing robot joints, and are willing to spend a lot of time on the prep math-- there is no better text available. But it is NOT an introductory text by any means. After all, moving joints around in 3 and 4D IS analytic geometry in motion, and PDE's are abundant in that field.

This book proved to be very useful in understanding the subject of orientation kinematics and DCM matrix. It helped me write a little tutorial on my blog (google: starlino dcm ) that contain some notes and my own view on the subject. This book is really easy to follow, just make sure you read the introduction that covers the notation conventions.