Grundlagen der Robotik

Robotics is an important and promising technology that offers opportunities for productivity improvements and thus economic growth. The core area of robotics is the development and control of robots, with the latest advancements being incorporated into the revised and expanded new edition. Robots interact with the physical world based on sensors, actuators, and information processing. This book covers all the essential fundamentals of robotics: historical developments, types of robots, autonomy in mobile robots, laws of robotics, mechanical components and kinematics, position control and path measurement, coordinate systems, industrial robots, effectors and grippers, safety and protective devices in robotics, programming and programming languages, sensors, humanoid robots, artificial intelligence, and future developments.