Mechanics of Robotic Manipulation

"Manipulation" refers to a variety of physical changes made to the world around us. Mechanics of Robotic Manipulation addresses one form of robotic manipulation, moving objects, and the various processes involved--grasping, carrying, pushing, dropping, throwing, and so on. Unlike most book...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Mason, Matthew T
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts MIT Press 2001
The MIT Press
Bradford Books
Edition1
SeriesIntelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series
Subjects
Computer Science
Computing and Processing
manipulators (mechanism)
Robotics
Robotics & Agents
Online AccessGet full text
ISBN9780262256629
0262256622
0262133962
9780262133968
DOI10.7551/mitpress/4527.001.0001

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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Manipulation -- 2 Kinematics -- 3 Kinematic Representation -- 4 Kinematic Manipulation -- 5 Rigid Body Statics -- 6 Friction -- 7 Quasistatic Manipulation -- 8 Dynamics -- 9 Impact -- 10 Dynamic Manipulation -- A Appendix: Infinity -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index