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

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

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

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