CRC Press, 2004, 486 pages. The Robotics and Automation Handbook
addresses the major aspects of designing, fabricating, and enabling
robotics systems and their various applications. The chapters cover
the development and implementation of specifications for a robotic
system and the issues related to the forces and torques generated
on a robotic system. The author presents kinetic and dynamic
analyses to demonstrate how a robotic system is analyzed. The book
includes coverage of a variety of controls approaches including
classical, multivariable and optimal. Also covered are the specific
difficulties of particular applications and how these are addressed
in the development of the robot.