Abstract
The sections in this article are
- 1 The Manipulator
- 2 The Power System
- 3 The Control System
- 4 End-of-Arm Tooling
- 5 Recent Features
- 6 Robot Applications
Reading List
- G. Beni S. Hackwood Recent Advances in Robotics, New York: Wiley, 1985.
- P. I. Corke Visual Control of Robots, Taunton, England: Research Studies Press, 1996.
- W. H. Cubberly R. Bakerjian eds., Tool and Manufacturing Engineers Handbook, Dearborn, MI: Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1989.
- R. C. Dorf Concise International Encyclopedia of Robotics, Ann Arbor, MI: Robotics Industries Association, 1990.
- J. F. Engelberger Robotics in Service, Ann Arbor, MI: Robotics Industries Association, 1989.
- H. R. Everett Sensors for Mobile Robots, Wellesley, MA: A. K. Peters Limited, 1995.
- W. B. Gevarter Intelligent Machines, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1990.
- B. K. Paul Horn Robot Vision, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1988.
- J. Hoshizaki E. Bopp Robot Applications Design Manual, New York: Wiley, 1990.
- V. D. Hunt Understanding Robotics, Ann Arbor, MI: Robotics Industries Association, 1990.
- S. Kalpakjian Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials, Menlo Park, CA: Addison Wesley Longman, 1997.
- S. Y. Nof Handbook of Industrial Robotics, New York: Wiley, 1985.
- O. Omidvar Ed., Neural Systems for Robotics, San Diego, CA: Academic, 1997.
- L. A. Payne M. A. Toomajian Vision for Inspection, Barrington, IL: Proc. Control Eng. Conf., 1987.
- Robotics World, Winchester, MA: Douglas Publications, 1994–1997.
- M. E. Rosheim Robot Wrist Actuators, New York: Wiley, 1989.
- M. E. Rosheim Robot Evolution, New York: Wiley, 1994.
- B.-Z. Sandler Robotics, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1991.
- M. Shahinpoor A Robot Engineering Textbook, New York: Harper and Row, 1987.
- A. C. Staugaard, Jr. Robotics and A.I., Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1987.
- A. M. S. Zalzala A. S. Morris Neural Networks for Robotic Control, New York: Simon and Schuster International Group, 1996.
Internet Information
- Robotics: Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ] http://www.rokoh.gen.u-tokyo.ac.jp/information/robotics.faq
- Internet Robotics Information: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/robotics/world.html
- What companies sell or build robots? http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/robotics-faq/8.html
- The Utah/MIT Dexterous Hand: http://piglet.cs.umass.edu:4321/p50/utah-mit-hand.html
- NASA Space Telerobotics Program: http://ranier.oact.hq.nasa.gov/Telerobotics_page/internetrobots.html
- European Robotics Network [ERNET]: http://deis58.cineca.it/ernet/ernetbook/index.html
- John M Hollerbach: Professor of Computer Science: http://www.cs.utah.edu/~jmh/
There are dozens of other web sites not mentioned here, and each manufacturing company has its own web site. Readers are encouraged to visit the numerous sites.
Citing Literature
Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
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