Introduction to Modern Robotics provides a practical guide about designing, building and programming a modern robotics system. It presents a collection of wide range research results from the robotics community. Chapter 1 presents the development of a connected crawler robot for rough terrain. It specifically focuses on the number of crawler stages should be connected. Chapter 2 shows the design and development process of a humanoid robotic platform that combines power efficiency with flexible and robust motion (such as balancing the need for human-like walking capabilities) without complex...

This book is a practical guide about designing, building and programming modern robotics systems. It presents a collection of wide range research results from the robotics community. Various aspects of current research in robotics area are explored and discussed. In particular, the major part of the book is devoted to robotic vision systems, robot navigation, human-robot interactions and adaptive learning systems. Different approaches including theorems and formal proofs for these systems are provided. Some advanced mathematics will be involved. There are totally 15 chapters in this...