For senior-yearundergraduate and first-year graduate courses in robotics. An
intuitiveintroduction to robotic theory and application Since its originalpublication in 1986
Craig’s Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics andControl has been the leading textbook for
teaching robotics at theuniversity level. Blending traditional mechanical engineering material
withcomputer science and control theoretical concepts the text covers a range oftopics
including rigid-body transformations forward and inverse positionalkinematics velocities and
Jacobians of linkages dynamics linear andnon-linear control force control methodologies
mechanical design aspects androbotic programming. The 4th Edition featuresa balance of
application and theory introducing the science and engineering ofmechanical
manipulation—establishing and building on foundational understandingof mechanics control
theory and computer science. With an emphasis on the computationalaspects of problems the
text aims to present material in a simple intuitive manner.
