Robotics

This page contains resources about Robotics in general.

More specific information is included in each subfield.

Subfields and Concepts

See Category:Robotics for some of its subfields.

• Control Theory
• Machine Learning
• Computer Vision
  • Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
• Natural Language Processing

Online Courses

Video Lectures

• CS373: Programming a Robotic Car by Sebastian Thrun - Udacity
• CS223A: Introduction to Robotics by Oussama Khatib (Youtube )
• Control of Mobile Robots by Magnus Egerstedt - Coursera
• Lecture Series on Robotics by Chitta Amarnath - NPTEL

Lecture Notes

• Robotics and Intelligent Systems by Robert Stengel (from a diverse perspective)
• Introduction to Vision and Robotics by Bastiaan Boom and Michael Herrmann (Computer Vision focused)
• CS 4758/6758: Robot Learning by Cornell University (Machine Learning focused)
• Robotics by Andrew Davison (SLAM focused)
• Introduction to Robotics by Harry Asada and John Leonard  (Mechanical Engineering focused)
• Robotics by Dan Popa (Control Theory focused)
• Mobile Robotics
• Robotics by Czech Technical University in Prague
• Embedded Visual Control by Henk Corporaal

Books and Book Chapters

Practical

• Craig, J. J. (2005). Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control. Pearson.
• Corke, P. (2011). Robotics, Vision and Control: Fundamental Algorithms in MATLAB (Vol. 73). Springer.
• Martinez, A., & Fernández, E. (2013). Learning ROS for Robotics Programming. Packt Publishing Ltd.

Introductory

• Mckerrow, P. (1998). Introduction to Robotics. Addison-Wesley.
• Murphy, R. (2000). Introduction to AI Robotics. MIT press.
• Matarić, M. J. (2007). The Robotics Primer. MIT Press.
• Solutions, A. K. (2007). Robotics. Infinity Science Press.
• Russell, S. J., & Norvig, P. (2010). "Chapter 25: Robotics". Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Prentice Hall.

Advanced

• Thrun, S., Burgard, W., & Fox, D. (2005). Probabilistic Robotics. MIT press.
• Spong, M. W., Hutchinson, S., & Vidyasagar, M. (2006). Robot Modeling and Control. John Wiley & Sons.
• Bräunl, T. (2008). Embedded Robotics : Mobile Robot Design and Applications with Embedded Systems. Springer.

Specialized

See Robotics books by InTech.

Software

See also Robotics Software.

• Robot Operating System (ROS) - open-source and more suitable for research robots
• RobotC  - proprietary and sutitable for LEGO NXT, VEX, RCX, and Arduino robots
• Robotics Toolbox - MATLAB
• NI LabVIEW for LEGO MINDSTORMS
• Pyro - Python
• MRPT - Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit in C++

Robot Platforms

• iCub
• LEGO Mindstorms NXT
• Edison
• BrickPi - a robot with the brains of a Raspberry Pi and the easy build of LEGO
• Engino Robotics Platform
• Parallax Robotics
• mbed Robotics - based on ARM microcontrollers
• Arduino Robotics
• NAOqi - for NAO and Pepper robots
• Robotics Portal
• Biologically Inspired Robotics Lab - Case Western Reserve University

See also

• Computational Neuroscience
• Control Theory
• Machine Learning
• Signal Processing
• Computer Vision

Other Resources

• RoboticsCourseWare - list of free courses lecture notes
• Robotics and Intelligent Systems: A Virtual Reference Book - an assemblage of bookmarks for web pages that contain educational material
• Robotics by Wikibooks
• Advanced Robotics by Wikibooks
• Robotics by Wikiversity
• Imperial College Robotics Society wiki
• OpenServo wiki
• "The Robot Group Inc." of Austin TX: many artistic and entertainment robots
• Open Circuits wiki: motor drivers