Robot Manipulators: Mathematics, Programming, and Control

by Richard S. Paul

Book Overview

"Richard Paul is perhaps the world's leading authority on the science of robot manipulation. He has contributed to almost every aspect of the field. His impressive publication record includes important articles on the kinematics of robot arms, their dynamics, and their control. He has developed a succession of interesting ideas concerning representation, specifically the use of homogeneous matrices.... Paul's book is written in his usual clear style,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026216082X
• ISBN13: 9780262160827
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A good book, but only a close second

The notation in this book is quite a problem. John J. Craig's book "Introduction to Robotics, Mechanics and Control" does a better job with the notation and clairity of explanation. The math is perfectly applicable, once one gets through the notation. Since there are a few concepts in Paul's book that are not covered in Craig's, both books should be part of a library for anyone involved in the mathematics of robotics.

good book - Not for begginers

It's an exelent book, but it needs a previous knowledge of the matter, the notation sometimes is not realy clear but it had all the algorithms and formulas for robotics