2nd Edition

Robot Manipulator Control Theory and Practice

638 Pages
by CRC Press

Robot Manipulator Control offers a complete survey of control systems for serial-link robot arms and acknowledges how robotic device performance hinges upon a well-developed control system. Containing over 750 essential equations, this thoroughly up-to-date Second Edition, the book explicates theoretical and mathematical requisites for controls design and summarizes current techniques in computer... Read more
Preface, 1 Commercial Robot Manipulators 2 Introduction to Control Theory 3 Robot Dynamics 4 Computed-Torque Control 5 Robust Control of Robotic Manipulators 6 Adaptive Control of Robotic Manipulators 7 Advanced Control Techniques 8 Neural Network Control of Robots 9 Force Control 10 Robot Control Implementation and Software

Biography

Frank L. Lewis, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, U.S.A. Darren M. Dawson, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, U.S.A. Chaouki T. Abdallah, University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A