Robotics
Subtitle: Designing the Mechanisms for Automated Machinery
Publisher: Academic Press; Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: July 15, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 433
ISBN-13: 9780126185201
First sentence: The word "robot" is of Slavic origin; for instance, in Russian, the word paboTa (rabota) means labor or work.
Description: "Robotics: Designing the Mechanisms for Automated Machinery is an essential addition to the toolbox of any engineer or hobbyist involved in the design of any type of robot or automated mechanical system. It is the only book available that takes the reader through a step-by-step design process in this rapidly advancing specialty area of machine design."--BOOK JACKET.

"This book provides the professional engineer and student with important and detailed methods and examples of how to design the mechanical parts of robots and automated systems. The author draws on his years of industrial design experience to show the reader the design process by focusing on the real, physical parts of robots and automated systems."--BOOK JACKET.