TY - BOOK AU - Craig,John J. TI - Introduction to robotics: mechanics and control SN - 0201543613 AV - TJ 211 C72I 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson/Prentice-Hall [ KW - ROBOTICS N1 - Includes appendix and index; Introduction -- Spatial descriptions and transformations -- Manipulator kinematics -- Inverse manipulator kinematics -- Jacobians: velocities and static forces -- Manipulator dynamics -- Trajectory generation -- Manipulator-mechanism design -- Linear control of manipulators -- Nonlinear control of manipulators -- Force conrol of manipulators -- Robot programming languages and systems -- Off-line programming systems -- Trigonometric identities -- The 24 angle-set conventions -- Some inverse-kinematic formulas -- Solutions to selected exercises ER -