A Visual Introduction to Robotics Engineering: From Mechanical Design, Electronics, Sensors, and Control to Programming, Autonomous Systems, and Real-

By Corbett J. Edrick Ph.D.

When a robot fails to move accurately, loses track of its surroundings, produces unstable motion, or struggles to complete an autonomous task, understanding how its mechanical, electrical, sensing, control, and software systems work together is essential for diagnosing problems and creating reliable solutions.

This book is a practical, comprehensive guide designed to build a strong understanding of modern robotics from fundamental engineering principles to intelligent autonomous systems. It connects mechanical design, electronics, sensors, actuators, control, programming, perception, artificial intelligence, and system integration with real world robotic applications, providing a structured path from basic robot components to complete robotic systems.

What This Book Helps You Master: Robotics engineering fundamentals, including robot classifications, system architecture, degrees of freedom, coordinate systems, and engineering design principles.Mechanical robot design, including links, joints, structures, transmissions, gearing, end effectors, gripping systems, materials, and prototyping.Electrical and electronic systems, including circuits, power distribution, embedded computing, motor drivers, signal conditioning, and hardware interfaces.Sensors and measurement systems, including encoders, IMUs, cameras, LiDAR, proximity sensors, force sensors, calibration, and sensor fusion.Robotic actuators, including DC motors, servo motors, stepper motors, hydraulic, pneumatic, soft, and specialized actuation technologies.Robot kinematics and dynamics, including coordinate transformations, forward and inverse kinematics, Jacobians, forces, torques, motion, and dynamic modeling.Robot control systems, including position, velocity, force, feedback, trajectory, interaction, and real time motion control.Robotics programming and software, including embedded programming, software architecture, communication, simulation, debugging, integration, and deployment.Computer vision, perception, localization, mapping, path planning, autonomous navigation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and intelligent decision making.Industrial, collaborative, mobile, aerial, marine, medical, service, wearable, autonomous vehicle, and emerging robotic systems, including safety, reliability, ethics, and responsible robotics.

If you are a student, engineer, robotics enthusiast, educator, technician, programmer, or aspiring robotics professional, this book provides a practical framework for understanding how the major disciplines of robotics engineering combine to create machines that can sense, reason, move, interact, and perform useful tasks.

Build stronger robotics engineering knowledge, understand complex robotic systems with confidence, connect theory with practical applications, and develop a solid foundation for designing and analyzing modern robots. Get your copy today and explore the engineering principles and intelligent technologies shaping the future of robotics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMFLHSNL
• ISBN13: 9798160872636
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"