Textbook Title: Introduction to Robotics
Textbook Description:
This free etextbook online covers the basics of robotics, including robot mechanisms, dynamics, and intelligent controls. Topics that are covered in this etextbook are: 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: Harry Asada
Subjects: Engineering, Mathematics
Key words: Engineering, Mathematics, Mechatronics, Robotics
Download URL: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mechanical-engineering/2-12-introduction-to-robotics-fall-2005/