This book introduces the latest advances in modular robotics, and presents a unified geometric framework for modeling, analysis, and design of modular robots, including kinematics, dynamics, calibration, and configuration optimization. Supplementing the main content with a wealth of illustrations, the book offers a valuable guide for researchers, engineers and graduate students in the fields of mechatronics, robotics, and automation who wish to learn about the theory and practice of modular robots.
This book introduces the latest advances in modular robotics, and presents a unified geometric framework for modeling, analysis, and design of modular robots, including kinematics, dynamics, calibration, and configuration optimization. Supplementing the main content with a wealth of illustrations, the book offers a valuable guide for researchers, engineers and graduate students in the fields of mechatronics, robotics, and automation who wish to learn about the theory and practice of modular robots.
Covers the kinematics, dynamics, calibration, and configuration optimization of modular robots Introduces configuration-independent modeling and formulation methods based on group theory and differential geometry Offers new thoughts on the development of modular and reconfigurable robot systems
Guilin Yang
Modular robots Kinematic calibration Configuration optimization Robot module design Modular robot representation Modular serial robot kinematics Modular serial robot dynamics Tree-structured modular robot Modular parallel robot kinematics Parallel robot calibration