Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots

Book Name:	Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots
Category:	Robotics
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Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots

Book Description:

Mobile robots range from the Sojourner of the remotely operated Mars Pathfinder mission to cleaning robots in the Paris metro. This text provides students and other interested readers with an introduction to the fundamentals of mobile robotics, including the mechanics, locomotion, sensory, perceptual, and cognitive classes that cover the field of this. The text focuses on mobility itself, providing an overview of the mechanisms that allow a mobile robot to move in a real environment to perform its tasks, including movement, sensing, native and motion planning. It synthesizes literature from fields such as kinematics, control theory, signal analysis, computer vision, information theory, artificial intelligence, and probability theory. The book presents techniques and technologies that enable portability in a series of interactive modules. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of portability, as the book moves from low-level to high-level details. It covers all aspects of mobile robotics, including software and hardware design considerations, related technologies, and algorithmic engineering.] This second edition has been revised and updated. Completely updated, with 130 pages of new material on topics such as advocacy, perception, localization, and planning and navigation. Problem sets have been added at the end of each chapter. Bringing together all aspects of mobile robotics in a single volume, Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots can serve as a textbook or work aid for beginners.