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  title info:
    title: Robotics technology and flexible automation
  name:
    name part: Deb, S. R.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Deb, Sankha
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: McGraw-Hill Companies
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    place:
      place term: New York, N.Y
    publisher: McGraw-Hill Education LLC.
    date issued: c2010
    date issued: 2010
    edition: 2nd ed.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xx, 552 pages) : illustrations, figs., tables.
  table of contents: Foreword -- D. Preface to the second edition -- E. Acknowledgements to the second edition -- F. Preface to the first edition -- G. Acknowledgements to the first edition -- 1. Robotics: history, present status and future trends -- Philosophical considerations -- Robotics and programmable automation -- Historical background -- Laws of robotics -- Robot definitions -- Robotics systems and robot anatomy -- Human systems and robotics -- Specifications of robots -- Present application status -- Machine intelligence, computer and robotics?future trends -- Flexible automation versus robotics technology -- Safety measures in robotics -- Exercises -- Bibliography -- 2. Robot kinematics and dynamics -- Introduction -- Forward and reverse kinematics (transformation) of three degrees of freedom robot arm -- Forward and reverse transformation of a four degrees of freedom manipulator in 3-d -- Homogeneous transformations -- Kinematic equations using homogeneous transformations -- Inverse kinematics of robot -- Robot arm dynamics -- Exercises -- Bibliography -- 3. Robot drives, actuators and control -- Functions of drive systems -- General types of fluids -- Pump classification -- Introduction to pneumatic systems -- Electrical drives -- A.c. Motors -- Piezoelectric actuators -- Stepper motor -- Drive mechanisms -- Exercises -- Bibliography -- 4. Robot end-effectors -- Introduction -- Classification of end-effectors -- Drive system for grippers -- Mechanical grippers -- Magnetic grippers -- Vacuum grippers -- Adhesive grippers -- Hooks, scoops and other miscellaneous devices -- Gripper force analysis and gripper design -- Design of multiple degrees of freedom instrumented robot hand -- Active and passive grippers -- Exercises -- Bibliography -- 5. Sensors and intelligent robots -- Artificial intelligence and automated manufacturing -- Ai and robotics -- Need for sensing systems -- Sensory devices -- Types of sensors -- Robot vision systems -- Design and control of sensor integrated…
  note: by S.R. Deb, Sankha Deb.
  note: Also issued in print and PDF version.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
  subject:
    topic: Robotics
  subject:
    topic: Automation
  classification: TJ210.3 2014
  classification: 629.8/92
  identifier: 9780071842853 (eISBN)
  identifier: 9780070077911 (print ISBN)
  identifier: 0070077916 (print ISBN)
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  record info:
    record creation date: 141024
    record change date: 20241008175844.3
    record identifier: in00005503844