Wheeled Mobile Robotics. From Fundamentals Towards Autonomous Systems

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Wheeled Mobile Robotics: From Fundamentals Towards Autonomous Systemscovers the main topics from the wide area of mobile robotics, explaining all applied theory and application. The book gives the reader a good foundation, enabling them to continue to more advanced topics. Several examples are included for better understanding, many of them accompanied by short MATLAB® script code making it easy to reuse in practical work. The book includes several examples of discussed methods and projects for wheeled mobile robots and some advanced methods for their control and localization. It is an ideal resource for those seeking an understanding of robotics, mechanics, and control, and for engineers and researchers in industrial and other specialized research institutions in the field of wheeled mobile robotics. Beginners with basic math knowledge will benefit from the examples, and engineers with an understanding of basic system theory and control will find it easy to follow the more demanding fundamental parts and advanced methods explained. Content: Front Matter,Copyright,Preface,AcknowledgementsEntitled to full textChapter 1 - Introduction to Mobile Robotics, Pages 1-11 Chapter 2 - Motion Modeling for Mobile Robots, Pages 13-59 Chapter 3 - Control of Wheeled Mobile Systems, Pages 61-159 Chapter 4 - Path Planning, Pages 161-206 Chapter 5 - Sensors Used in Mobile Systems, Pages 207-288 Chapter 6 - Nondeterministic Events in Mobile Systems, Pages 289-386 Chapter 7 - Autonomous Guided Vehicles, Pages 387-418 Chapter 8 - Project Examples for Laboratory Practice, Pages 419-481 Index, Pages 483-491