Chapter 2: Working with 3D Robot Modeling in ROS; ROS packages for robot modeling; Understanding robot modeling using URDF; Creating the ROS package for the robot description; Creating our first URDF model; Explaining the URDF file; Visualizing the robot 3D model in Rviz; Intera…
The First Maker-Friendly Guide to Electric Motors! Makers can do amazing things with motors. Yes, they're more complicated than some other circuit elements, but with this book, you can completely master them. Once you do, incredible new projects become possible. Unlike other boo…
"The First Maker-Friendly Guide to Electric Motors! Makers can do amazing things with motors. Yes, they're more complicated than some other circuit elements, but with this book, you can completely master them. Once you do, incredible new projects become possible. Unlike other bo…
"The First Maker-Friendly Guide to Electric Motors! Makers can do amazing things with motors. Yes, they're more complicated than some other circuit elements, but with this book, you can completely master them. Once you do, incredible new projects become possible. Unlike othe…
This carefully edited volume is the outcome of the eleventh edition of the Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR), which is the premier venue showcasing cutting edge research in algorithmic robotics. The eleventh WAFR, which was held August 3-5, 2014 at Boğaziçi …
Process Identification and PID Control enables students and researchers to understand the basic concepts of feedback control, process identification, autotuning as well as design and implement feedback controllers, especially, PID controllers. The first The first two parts intro…
A comprehensive overview of nonlinear H8 control theory for both continuous-time and discrete-time systems, Nonlinear H8-Control, Hamiltonian Systems and Hamilton-Jacobi Equations covers topics as diverse as singular nonlinear H8-control, nonlinear H8 -filtering, mixed H2/ H8-no…
Numerical Methods for Linear Control Systems Design and Analysis is an interdisciplinary textbook aimed at systematic descriptions and implementations of numerically-viable algorithms based on well-established, efficient and stable modern numerical linear techniques for mathemat…
An investigation into the assignment of moral responsibilities and rights to intelligent and autonomous machines of our own making.
The 1980s saw a whole wave of practical applications of fuzzy theory, mainly in the field of process control, with Japan as pioneer. In the '90s there has been a flood of applications to household electrical appliances, and "fuzzy" has become a high-tech buzz-word in Japan. Sinc…
Foundations of Robotics presents the fundamental concepts and methodologies for the analysis, design, and control of robot manipulators. It explains the physical meaning of the concepts and equations used, and it provides, in an intuitively clear way, the necessary background in…
This fun and educational introduction to the exciting field of robotics, the science of designing, building, and operating robots, gives kids the basic tools for creating their own robots using ordinary craft materials and parts salvaged from recycled toys and other household de…
"The eighteenth century saw the creation of a number of remarkable mechanical androids: at least ten prominent automata were built between 1735 and 1810 by clockmakers, court mechanics, and other artisans from France, Switzerland, Austria, and the German lands. Designed to perfo…
If you want a simple guide to building complex robots, then this book is for you. You'll need some programming knowledge and experience working with mechanical systems.
Projects in this book include: DIY flavored edible paper and ink, Self-folding paper models, Light-up paper projects, Paper windmill and paper machines, 3D designs with paper, and Origami and other fold and cut designs.