Introduction to mobile robot control /

Tzafestas, S. G., 1939-

Introduction to mobile robot control / Spyros G. Tzafestas, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering National Technical University of Athens Athens, Greece. - First edition. - xxiv, 691 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Elsevier Insights . - Elsevier insights. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Annotation Introduction to Mobile Robot Control provides a complete and concise study of modeling, control, and navigation methods for wheeled non-holonomic and omnidirectional mobile robots and manipulators. The book begins with a study of mobile robot drives and corresponding kinematic and dynamic models, and discusses the sensors used in mobile robotics. It then examines a variety of model-based, model-free, and vision-based controllers with unified proof of their stabilization and tracking performance, also addressingthe problems of path, motion, and task planning, along with localization and mapping topics. The book provides a host of experimental results, a conceptual overview of systemic and software mobile robot control architectures, and a tour of the use of wheeled mobile robots and manipulators in industry and society. Introduction to Mobile Robot Control is an essential reference, and is also a textbook suitable as a supplement for many university robotics courses. It is accessible to all and can be used as a reference for professionals and researchers in the mobile robotics field. Clearly and authoritatively presents mobile robot conceptsRichly illustrated throughout with figures and examplesKey concepts demonstrated with a host of experimental and simulation examplesNo prior knowledge of the subject is required; each chapter commences with an introduction and background.

0124170498 9780124170490

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016514919 Uk


Mobile robots--Automatic control.
Robotics--Human factors.

TJ211.415 / .T93 2014