[Dprglist] Elements of Robotics - free book

[Murray Altheim]

Hi Doug,

I'm a Kobo owner and don't have a Kindle. As John mentioned the book
is available freely (i.e., without the requirement of a Kindle and
its DRM) and downloadable as DRM-free PDFs via dbooks. These are
mostly Springer (academic) focused books, and there's only a few (9)
that come back on a search for "robotics". Of these there are several
pertinent to mobile robotics:

   Elements of Robotics
   by Mordechai Ben-Ari, Francesco Mondada
   https://www.dbooks.org/elements-of-robotics-3319625330/

   Robotics
   by Matjaž Mihelj, Tadej Bajd, Aleš Ude, Jadran Lenarčič,
   Aleš Stanovnik, Marko Munih, Jure Rejc, Sebastjan Šlajpah
   https://www.dbooks.org/robotics-331972911x/

   Machine Learning for Cyber Physical Systems
   Selected papers from the International Conference ML4CPS 2018
   by Jürgen Beyerer, Christian Kühnert, Oliver Niggemann
   https://www.dbooks.org/machine-learning-for-cyber-physical-systems-3662584859/

Not quite related to mobile robotics but quite interesting as regards
robot behaviours:

   Foundations of Trusted Autonomy
   by Hussein A. Abbass, Jason Scholz, Darryn J. Reid
   https://www.dbooks.org/foundations-of-trusted-autonomy-3319648160/

and this one is more about RPA than robotics proper:

   Robotic Process Automation Succinctly
   by Ed Freitas
   https://www.dbooks.org/robotic-process-automation-succinctly-5592544642/

Thanks! I will add these to my Kobo and my reading list.

Cheers,

Murray

On 6/02/21 3:22 am, Doug Paradis via DPRGlist wrote:
> -All,
> Elements of Robotics by Mordechai Ben-Ari (Author) and Francesco 
> Mondada (Author) is a good introduction to basic robotic concepts. 
> It is free on Amazon. I bring it up because there are chapters on 
> mapping, SLAM, and path planning. Topics that came up in last 
> week's RBNV. The book covers all the basic concepts of robotics,
> as well as, topics like image processing, and neural networks. 
> Concepts are presented in clear and simple language with examples.
>  The book is well worth picking up and reading. Best of all it is FREE.
> 
> Regards,
> Doug P.

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